baseball coaches

"Sometimes baseball's best player is in the dugout, not on the diamond. Get the details about the best coaches in baseball from college to the pros. Who's got the stats and the championships to be called legend? Who has inspired the most players both on and off the field? Turn these pages to find out!"--Provided by publisher.

Teaches readers about the history of baseball, its top teams and players, and the skills young players may need to compete.

A collection of short humorous essays by baseball's famous personality, Yogi Berra.

The Baseball Whisperer traces the remarkable story of Merl Eberly and his Clarinda A?s baseball team, which he tended over the course of five decades, transforming them from a town team to a collegiate summer league powerhouse. Along with Ozzie Smith, future manager Bud Black, and star player Von Hayes, Merl developed scores of major league players (six of which are currently playing). In the process, Merl taught them to be men, insisting on hard work, integrity, and responsibility.

The author, a baseball coach, writes a letter to his son recounting his memories of playing baseball together. He then apologizes for turning the game into an organized, competitive chore and asks his son if they can rediscover the simple joy of just hitting the ball together.

When a shoulder injury ended his minor league pitching career twelve years ago, Jim Morris resorted to the next best thing: coaching. But Jim's team, knowing their coach is a great ball player, makes a deal with him: if they win the district championship, they want Jim to try out for a major-league organization. Going from worst to first, the team makes it to state, and Jim is forced to live up to his end of the deal. While there prove to be a lot of pitches to be thrown before he makes it off the mound, big-league dreams are revived, and there's no telling where he could go.

A biography of one of baseball's greats, Yogi Berra, who was player, coach, and manager.

New York Yankees Hall of Famer Yogi Berra presents essays on such topics as persistence, decision making, competition, and communication, comparing the game of life to that of baseball.

Baseball legend Yogi Berra discusses twenty-six of his famous aphorisms--one for each letter of the alphabet--including "Little things are big" and "We made too many wrong mistakes.".