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Coming soon to a bookstore near you: Shakespeare for Dummies, designed to bring the Bard to the masses. Written by Ray Lischner, a computer science teacher at Oregon State University in Corvallis, and John Doyle, a British theater director, the book will feature such chapters as “Why Does Everyone Talk So Funny?” and summaries of each play. In addition, the book features baseball-like “scorecards” so the uninitiated can follow the action. For instance, in Romeo and Juliet, “first base on a baseball diamond indicates a suitor who woos a lover. Second base is awarded for meeting a lover in private, third base for getting engaged. Getting married is a home run.” (AP) ...The baseball dating scorecard sure has changed over the centuries!