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About the Author

David Nemec is the author of The Great Encyclopedia of Nineteenth Century Major League Baseball, The Beer and Whisky League, The Complete Book of Forfeited and Successfully Protested Major League Games, Early Dreams, Major League Baseball Profiles: 1871-1900, and many other works on baseball. Nemec show more has won numerous SABR national baseball trivia contests. He currently lives in Laguna Woods, California. show less

Works by David Nemec

Mad Blood (1984) 5 copies
Bright lights, dark rooms (1980) 2 copies
Baseball Chronology (2000) 1 copy
Early Dreams (2004) 1 copy

Associated Works

The Ultimate Baseball Book (1979) — Contributor — 186 copies

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Canonical name
Nemec, David
Birthdate
1938
Gender
male
Nationality
USA
Places of residence
San Francisco, California, USA

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The highlights of baseball from its beginning in 1846 to 1995.
 
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BLTSbraille | Sep 4, 2021 |
Some quick snippets to fill you Saturday afternoons in the winter waiting for baseball to come back.
 
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BooksForDinner | Jan 20, 2016 |
Being a coffee table directory of the Hall of Fame members. Each player receives a page, and I like the chronological organization, which allows the casual fan or historian to learn about the periods more readily than the usual alphabetical organization. Nemec knows his stuff, too, which is not always the case with this sort of book. The only problem is, as with all Hall of Fame books, that it is inevitably going to quickly be made, if not obsolete, incomplete. That isn't the fault of the book, though.… (more)
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Big_Bang_Gorilla | May 4, 2011 |
Being a hybrid which is basically a reference book but which also has textual modules and seasonal narratives which are meant more to be read than consulted. The book is a long-needed gathering of information which is mostly available elsewhere but not always in a convenient form. My only quibbles are that the book should be less bulky than Total baseball if it was going to be easier to use, and it isn't; another notable problem is that the basic organization is by season and the user has to do considerable flipping around to find out about any one player's career.… (more)
½
 
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Big_Bang_Gorilla | 1 other review | May 3, 2011 |

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