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Reddit mentions of Watching Baseball Smarter: A Professional Fan's Guide for Beginners, Semi-experts, and Deeply Serious Geeks
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Release date | December 2008 |
I've been watching for decades, and I feel the same way - I couldn't tell you in words what things like backchecking or a power forward are, but I kinda think I'd probably know it to see it.
I would really love to find a book like Watching Baseball Smarter, but for hockey.
Get this book. Seriously. It will tell you about so many of the intricacies of the game you wouldn't pick up on otherwise.
I was also a casual fan back in East Asia and then really got into the sports after moving to the US. The book that helped at the start is Watching Baseball Smarter. It has a bit of everything: history, rules, conventions, statistics, fun facts, etc. Many of the things are US/MLB-specific which you might find helpful coming from a different part of the world.
https://www.amazon.com/Watching-Baseball-Smarter-Professional-Semi-experts-ebook/dp/B000SEFHYM/
If you also have a more analytical mindset I also recommend checking out the books on modern trends of managing/developing teams and players in the past 20 years or so, along the line of Moneyball, Big Data Baseball, and The MVP Machine
Newcomer thread has some good stuff in it.
http://www.reddit.com/r/MLBTheShow/comments/24y2iy/official_2014_newcomer_help_thread/
To understand the game in general, keep an eye on /r/baseball and/or pick up a book like Watching Baseball Smarter.
Also listen to the broadcasters for situational stuff. Once I was on 1B with 1 out and the batter had a 3-2 count. The announcer said something like, "Do you send the runner here to avoid the double play?" Good idea! See ya, 1B!