This is the story of youth baseball, and how it has changed in the last 40 years. Many of these changes have been for the worse. Baseball “back in the day” was fun & innocent and filled with great coaches that taught the right life lessons out on the ball fields. Today, there are serious problems with the game. Too often power, ego, & control are the main ingredients in a baseball organization, and do not have the best interest of the kids as their top priority. If there is one lesson to learn from the book it is how much influence a coach has over a baseball player, both good and bad. Coaches need to do better, and understand the tremendous responsibility that they have in the growth of ball players, both baseball wise & emotionally
“This most wonderful story gave me a joyful rush that few authors can accomplish… memories of my own youth, baseball as it was meant to be, and the warm summer sun on the sandlot fields filled my mind and heart with feelings I have not felt for decades…this literary treasure will be secured safely for my young son for the time in his life when he can fully appreciate, and love, the truth and purity of a good life lived and the life lessons of baseball.”
-Tom Busey
