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Tim McCarver's Baseball for Brain Surgeons and Other Fans: Understanding and Intrepreting the Game So You Can Watch It Like a Pro

by Tim McCarver and Danny Peary

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"I started McCarver's book because I was sure he would teach me something. I finished it as Casey Stengel."--The Cincinnati Enquirer <BR>Tim McCarver, baseball's preeminent analyst, has set down all that he knows about how the game should be played and watched. With his trademark wit and style, McCarver explains the fundamentals and proper mechanics at the level necessary for success in the major leagues. <BR> Baseball for Brain Surgeons and Other Fans is a gold mine for all fans, brain surgeons or otherwise, and anyone learning how to play or coach the game. (Even major leaguers will pick up some pointers.) After the wonderful 1998 season, America's pastime has never been more popular, and with the deeper knowledge and understanding of baseball that Brain Surgeons provides, any fan will be able to watch it like a pro.

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"The most intelligent book ever written about our secular national religion." Pete Hamill

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"Read any chapter and you'll never watch baseball again in quite the same way." The Arizona Republic

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"McCarver and Peary answer virtually every strategic question about how the sport is played." Baseball Weekly

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"One of the most significant baseball books in years." Publishers Weekly

About the Author

Tim McCarver was a two-time All-Star and played on two world championship teams with the Cardinals (1964 and 1967). He has provided analysis for FOX games since 1996.

Danny Peary's books include Cult Movies; Cult Baseball Players; We Played the Game; and Super Bowl.

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Kevin Buey, June 17, 2009 (view all comments by Kevin Buey)
McCADAVER, as I dubbed him, is an idiot and doesn't even know baseball rules, as he demonstrates often on FOX. He also doesn't know when to let a subject go; i.e., he talks tooooooooo much.
ESPN's Joe Morgan and he each thinks he knows it all and that his way is the only way. You'll notice neither has coached or managed in pro ball.
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Product Details

ISBN:
9780375753404
Subtitle:
Understanding and Intrepreting the Game So You Can Watch It Like a Pro
With:
Peary, Danny
Author:
McCarver, Tim
Author:
Peary, Danny
Publisher:
Villard Books
Subject:
Baseball - General
Subject:
Baseball
Subject:
Baseball fans
Publication Date:
March 1999
Binding:
Paperback
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Y
Pages:
368
Dimensions:
7.98x5.30x.85 in. .58 lbs.

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