BASEBALL BY THE BOOK OR DVD.Byline: Valerie Kuklenski Staff Writer There's no better time than the off season for a young athlete to brush up to paint, or make clean or bright with a brush; to cleanse or improve; to renew. See also: Brush on baseball -- from the family-room armchair. Mastervision has reissued its video ``Little League's Official How-to-Play Baseball'' for the first time in DVD DVD: see digital versatile disc. DVD in full digital video disc or digital versatile disc Type of optical disc. The DVD represents the second generation of compact-disc (CD) technology. , which will bring it to a new audience who may no longer have VHS (Video Home System) A half-inch, analog videocassette recorder (VCR) format introduced by JVC in 1976 to compete with Sony's Betamax, introduced a year earlier. players. It also makes for easy cuing to any of the 19 chapters covering all the fundamentals, from throwing, catching and hitting to bunting and sliding. Members of a real New Jersey team and their coaches demonstrate every lesson, which is key to relating to young viewers. There are tips on effective outfielding (how to properly call for a fly ball before you collide with your teammate), working the infield, pitching and -- maybe most important -- how to play as a team. ``Little League's Official How-to-Play Baseball Book,'' by Peter Kreutzer kreu·zer or kreut·zer n. Any of several small coins of low value formerly used in Austria and Germany. [German, from Middle High German kriuzer, from kriuze, and Ted Kerley, comes with more than 125 line drawings and diagrams, as well as the league's official rules, albeit the 1999 edition. The concise third chapter covers points of general sportsmanship and decorum DECORUM. Proper behaviour; good order. 2. Decorum is requisite in public places, in order to permit all persons to enjoy their rights; for example, decorum is indispensable in church, to enable those assembled, to worship. , which, if well learned, can save a coach a lot of bellowing bellowing see bellow. bellowing continuously in bovine rabies, continues until pharyngeal paralysis supervenes. bellowing soundlessly . The DVD itself retails for $29.95, or it comes packaged with the book (a handier reference in the dugout) for $39.95, at Borders, Barnes & Noble or www.llbbdvd.com. Valerie Kuklenski, (818) 713-3750 valerie.kuklenski@dailynews.com CAPTION(S): photo Photo: no caption (``Little League's Official How-to-Play Baseball'') |
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