Baseball Talk: What Do They Really Mean by That, Anyway

Rating:
Summary: Humorous but not real intersting.
Review: America's pastime has been and always will be baseball. Baseball has a language all its own. Baseball experts talk about the "full count", "bases loaded", "can of corn", "cup of coffee" and so many other sayings, that anyone unfamiliar to the game can easily be confused.

Malcolm Wells has put together 190 pages of cartoons, that's right cartoons, which illustrate that what you hear, may not be the picture that comes to mind. The pictures are literal translations and they are funny, but the books stops there.

There are no stories, no articles, and no interviews, just cartoons and after the 20 minutes of fanning through the pages you are left wanting more. While there is an unlimited potential for more books of this type, this book could be better with some stories.

A good gift for the die-hard baseball or sports fan and a price that makes it affordable as well. Overall a easy, funny read but left hungry and a little empty.