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| Rob Neyer's Big Book of Baseball Blunders: A Complete Guide to the Worst Decisions and Stupidest Moments in Baseball History | 
 enlarge | Author: Rob Neyer
Publisher: Fireside
Category: Book
Buy New: $16.60
New (2) Used (3) from $4.50
Avg. Customer Rating:  14 reviews
Sales Rank: 313041
Format: Bargain Price
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 304
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.4
Dimensions (in): 9 x 7.4 x 0.8
Dewey Decimal Number: 796.357640973
ASIN: B001AQY086
Publication Date: May 2, 2006
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| Customer Reviews:
A fun book any baseball fan can enjoy May 8, 2007
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
In Rob Neyer's Big Book of Baseball Blunders, Neyer examines around fifty of the biggest baseball blunders in the history of the sport. The list (blunders of his own choosing) includes bad trades, poor personnel decisions and poor player performance. Neyer covers the entire history of baseball, yet focuses on modern day times. This book can be enjoyed by the casual fan. It is full of atecdotes and doesn't rely too much on a bunch of boring stats. Each chapter is a few pages long, allowing you to read bits and pieces at time or to skip parts you don't find interesting. This is a fun book for a baseball fan and would also make a great gift.
 Blundered on Rangers History July 5, 2006
1 out of 22 found this review helpful
Missed the worst blunder in Texas Rangers History, being
April 1, 1982: Lee Mazzilli Traded by the New York Mets to the Texas Rangers for Ron Darling and Walt Terrell.
August 8, 1982: Lee Mazzilli Traded by the Texas Rangers to the New York Yankees for Bucky Dent.
For Baseball fans January 11, 2007
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
I bought this as a gift for my father, who is a huge baseball buff. He really enjoyed it.
 A baseball fan's delight July 2, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Rob Neyer's book of baseball blunders is sure to please any baseball fan with a sense of history. Neyer analyzes 50 trades and decisions from 1917 through 2003. They range from well-known events such as Grady Little's decision to lift Pedro Martinez in the eighth inning of the 2003 American League Championship series and the trade of Roger Maris from the Kansas City Athletics to the New York Yankees in 1959 to lesser-known events such as the sale of Pee Wee Reese from the Boston Red Sox to the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1939 and the Kansas City Royals' signing of pitchers Mark and Storm Davis in 1989.
Neyer astutely analyzes these events, challenging long held opinions and impressions by looking at the facts. Neyer is a keen observer of baseball history and his analyses are interesting and sound. His sidebars in the margins of chapters are irresistible. Baseball fans can open this book to any chapter and start reading.
A Pretty Good Read December 12, 2006
I was a touch disappointed that some "older blunders" weren't covered - don't ask me what coz nothing comes to mind - but Neyer is getting easier and easier to read and this is a good book to add to your baseball library. It is set up very much like his other book, "The Big Book Of Lineups," with interesting sidebars and stories. BEWARE the binding on this book, it gives out very easily.
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