Baseball on the Brain: 1007 Trivia Challenges

But it's knowledge dressed up as trivia, in 1,003 challenges—not solo questions, but half-page games, every one involving matching multiple players to their accomplishments, or evaluating clues to discover a mystery subject or identity, or digging into the history.

Each game, each question is designed to make you feel inordinately smart if you know the answer, and if you don't, give you "Aha!" moments of edification. Batter up!

Covering three centuries of players, teams, achievements, statistics, lore, terms, history, nicknames, awards, ballparks, and even photographs, Baseball on the Brain is an unmatched feast of knowledge.

But it's knowledge dressed up as trivia, in 1,003 challenges—not solo questions, but half-page games, every one involving matching multiple players to their accomplishments, or evaluating clues to discover a mystery subject or identity, or digging into the history.

Each game, each question is designed to make you feel inordinately smart if you know the answer, and if you don't, give you "Aha!" moments of edification. Batter up!

Dennis Purdy is an all-around baseball scholar. He wrote The Team-by-Team Encyclopedia of Major League Baseball; edited and published The Vintage & Classic Baseball Collector Magazine; created the syndicated newspaper feature Baseball Trivia Game; and is the author of more than 100 baseball-related magazine articles.