{"product_id":"youre-the-umpire-mind-boggling-questions-to-test-your-baseball-knowledge-paperback","title":"You're the Umpire: Mind-Boggling Questions to Test Your Baseball Knowledge - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eWayne Stewart\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eRon Blomberg\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCalling all Yankee and Red Sox fans  Dodgers and Giants fans  Blue Jays, White Sox, and Cubs fans  Fans everywhere  Do you have what it takes to be Major League umpire? Well, now you can test your baseball knowledge.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDivided into three sections, this unusual handbook, now in its third edition, offers Routine Calls, which deal with scenarios and rules that typically come up in games and deal with clear-cut rules--fair and foul, strike zone questions, and the like. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe next section, Basic Situations, deals with umpiring matters and rules that are just a bit more unusual or, for the casual fan, obscure. Interference and obstruction calls, for example, don't come up too often, but they remain standard stuff involving rules that umps and many fans know quite well. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the final section, Obscure Rules and Situations, you will be presented with what many baseball people call \"knotty\" problems. Here, you will be asked questions involving the complex infield fly rule and other arcane matters. This section, then, is the ultimate test of your umpiring skills and knowledge. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMost of the situations in \u003ci\u003eYou're the Umpire\u003c\/i\u003e come from real games, such as the time a fastball from Randy Johnson killed a bird in flight and what the umps did regarding that pitch, but some scenarios are made up to illustrate specific points or rules. Test yourself against your friends or against the iconic baseball rulebook. It's a challenge and it's fun.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWayne Stewart\u003c\/b\u003e has been a professional sportswriter for more than thirty-five years and has authored thirty books, including \u003ci\u003eName that Ballplayer\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eYou're the Ref\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Little Giant Book of Basketball Facts\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8.2 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 16, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51765483241760,"sku":"9781510739307","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/6114dca8ba4113847f092a9f0b37b686.webp?v=1780271285","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/youre-the-umpire-mind-boggling-questions-to-test-your-baseball-knowledge-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}