Good Afternoon

Downloaded a game a few weeks ago to try it out since then I have seen several games and now using the mlb.tv app on my apple tv. Dont know much about the game except the basics and want to learn more. I havent got a favorate team yet just enjoying watching any match I have time for.
If anyone can help me find out more about the stats and the game as a whole that would be great.

Thanks
Dan

Hi Dan,

I'm a relative newcomer as well. I think the best way to understanding more about the game is to watch games and try and follow the commentary. Baseball's got it's own language (and stats), and there a number of sites that translate the lingo. The BBC has got a reference (http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/baseball/3294559.stm) and so has the MLB (http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/official_info/baseball_basics/lingo.jsp), but I'm sure there are more comprehensive ones out there. Good ol' wikipedia is also a decent resource for looking up terms of play.

For Baseball history, the Ken Burns documentary is quite thorough (there's a thread about it on this site).

Also you may not have to record games in order to watch them back. I use the MLB app on xbox, and it give me access to archived games. Apple tv might do the same.

Good luck!

Tom

Hi Dan, I'm also a newcommer and I'm trying to watch as many games as I can to find my team. I got a months subscription to MLB tv for such purpose. I do have one or two teams I'd certainly like to watch again but there's a load I haven't seen yet. I'm not likely to watch every night, but its the kind of sport I like to dip into on a regular basis to unwind from work.

Good luck on finding your team :)

Welcome to the forums

A lot of people find it best to just watch a few teams and soon a few start to stand out for various reasons, ex nice ballpark, style of play, City, history, even Team logo has been a reason.

Have fun picking your team

I'd recommend three books

Baseball Field Guide (Dan Formosa)

Watching Baseball smarter (Zac Hample)

and

Watching Baseball (Jerry Remy)


also consider (for an insight into the game from a playing point of view )

Odd man out
Bullpen Gospels

and the DVD

Player to be signed later


The list of course goes on and on

Mrs Joe still giggles every time they talk about having a shag in the outfield ! Perhaps she's making a subtle hint ! :)