baseball game

APBA Pro Baseball Board Game
$24.99
For well over 50 years APBA has been the unchallenged king of quality baseball entertainment products! Now, step up to the plate as APBA Pro Baseball puts you right in the middle of the action with a revised, spiral-bound instruction/play result booklet, complete with a quick start guide that will have you swinging for the fences in no time! The game also includes the New York and Brooklyn teams from the 1953 Fall Classic, 25 players per team.

The Baseball Economist: The Real Game Exposed
$15.00
The book The Baseball Economist by J.C. Bradbury takes America's pastime and mixes together with both economics and statistical analysis. Baseball, in general, is more of a statistical game than most other sports. This is not to say that the whole book is full of numbers. Bradbury asks many different questions through each chapter, as each could be completely separate from the others. He asks questions like why are there no left handed catchers to is pitching coach Leo Mazzone that good?

Each chapter makes the reader think of baseball very differently. Bradbury even tackles the tough spot of steroids and baseball and makes a very good argument on why we shouldn't care. His strongest argument is that many times players use other techniques that are artificial to increase their strength. One example is the Tommy John Surgery that pitchers go under when they get injured. These pitchers usually come back throwing even harder than they did before.

Another strong point in the book is Bradbury's analysis of what is the best statistic is telling how well a player will do. Baseball is both an individual sport and a team sport and it is very hard to isolate the two as each can influence each others stats. For example, pitchers could have low earned run averages because of good defensive players on his team. I have always wondered why people were more concerned with certain states over others.

The negatives of this book is that some of the stuff is dated. Bradbury is writing this book after it seemed 99 times out of 100 the rich team wins, while more recently it seems that this has changed some. The other negative is the book doesn't do much for people who are not deep into baseball. Personally, I love baseball and I would study it if I could. Many people who were looking for more broad strokes may not quite enjoy the book as others. Possible topics they could have been looking for would be like why are concessions so expensive or how much does home field advantage help?

Overall this is a great read for anyone who loves statistics or who loves baseball and economic.

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Major League Baseball 2K9
$29.99
Its fun, but the Wii just doesnt have anywhere near the game play or graphics of Playstation or Xbox 360.

Baseball Guys by Kaskey Kids - Red and Blue
$24.99
You've heard the saying boys will be boys. It still cracks me up how true this is even for the youngest of boys. I'm not quite sure who was more excited, my nephew or his dad. Damien's dad is a huge sports fan and Damien is already following in his footsteps. He's been throwing balls ever since he was able to hold on to one.