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Benchwarmer

Author : Josh Wilker
Publisher : PublicAffairs
ISBN 13 : 161039402X
Total Pages : 321 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (13 download)

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Download or read book Benchwarmer written by Josh Wilker and published by PublicAffairs. This book was released on 2015-05-05 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A moving, funny, inventive parenting memoir, written in a surprising form: an encyclopedia of failure in sports What can a new father learn about parenthood from reading sports almanacs? For most dads, the answer to this question is: nothing. But to Josh Wilker, whose life and writing have been defined by sports fandom, all of the joy, helplessness, and absurdity of parenthood are present between the lines. After all, what better way to think about losing control than Eugenio Velez's forty-five consecutive at-bats without a hit? How better to understand ridiculous joy than the NFL career of Walter Achiu, whose nickname was "Sneeze"? In the stories of sports figures large and small, Wilker finds the pathos in success and the humor in losing. As the terrified father of a one-day-old, Wilker recalls the 1986 World Series, when the moment was too big for the Red Sox. When he finds himself stealing away for an hour of alone time, Wilker thinks of boxer Roberto Duran, so beaten by Sugar Ray Leonard that he finally gave up. And yet, even as the frustrations and anxieties build, Wilker remembers Mets pitcher Anthony Young, who broke the baseball record for most consecutive losses -- and never stopped showing up. Finding the richness of life in obscure wrestling maneuvers and pop-ups lost in the sun, Benchwarmer is a book of unique humanity and surprising wisdom.

Baseball Dads

Author : Matthew S. Hiley
Publisher : Greenleaf Book Group
ISBN 13 : 1626342040
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (263 download)

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Download or read book Baseball Dads written by Matthew S. Hiley and published by Greenleaf Book Group. This book was released on 2015-09-15 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An irreverent black comedy about sex, drugs, murder… and children's baseball. Dwayne Devero is just like you and me, except he simply doesn’t give a s**t any more. He’s had enough. He’s done with people living life wrong. You’ll do it right, or he’ll bury you under the bases at the ballpark where he coaches. It’s just that simple. Tired of poor decisions being made all around him, from the politics of player positions on his son's little league baseball team to the philandering of his wife in his own bedroom, Dwayne decides that breaking is better than bending. What follows is a wild ride full of carnage and revenge, led by a man who will stop at absolutely nothing to bring honor back to his family, his community… and children's baseball. Baseball Dads is a pitch black comedy in which one man takes on the duty of bludgeoning honor back into a sometimes dishonorable world.

Barbed Wire Baseball

Author : Marissa Moss
Publisher : ABRAMS
ISBN 13 : 1613124937
Total Pages : 52 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (131 download)

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Download or read book Barbed Wire Baseball written by Marissa Moss and published by ABRAMS. This book was released on 2016-03-08 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As a boy, Kenichi “Zeni” Zenimura dreams of playing professional baseball, but everyone tells him he is too small. Yet he grows up to be a successful player, playing with Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig! When the Japanese attack Pearl Harbor in 1941, Zeni and his family are sent to one of ten internment camps where more than 110,000 people of Japanese ancestry are imprisoned without trials. Zeni brings the game of baseball to the camp, along with a sense of hope. This true story, set in a Japanese internment camp during World War II, introduces children to a little-discussed part of American history through Marissa Moss’s rich text and Yuko Shimizu’s beautiful illustrations. The book includes author and illustrator notes, archival photographs, and a bibliography.

My Name Is Cool

Author : Antonio Sacre
Publisher : Abrams
ISBN 13 : 1939629020
Total Pages : 114 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (396 download)

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Download or read book My Name Is Cool written by Antonio Sacre and published by Abrams. This book was released on 2013-07-01 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “In 1960 my father got into a rowboat from Havana, Cuba and rowed 90 miles to the United States to start his new life. By the time I got into seventh grade, I was telling my friends that my father saved all of his family, all of his friends, piled everyone into that boat and rowed everybody over to America. By the time I got into high school, I was telling my friends that my father stole five boats from Castro’s navy, saved all of his friends, all of his family, all of his first, second, third, fourth, and fifth cousins, everyone on his block, all of the pets, and everybody on his baseball team. He piled them into the boat. There was no room for him in the boat, so he tied those boats together with a big rope, put that rope around his shoulders and he swam everybody over to the United States. . .” Born in Boston to a Cuban father and an Irish-American mother, Antonio Sacre is one of the few leprecanos on the national speaking circuit. Using his own personal history and telling the stories that audiences across the nation have found so captivating and wonderful, this award-winning storyteller and author weaves the Spanish language, Cuban and Mexican customs, and Irish humor into an unforgettable book of humor, inspiration, tradition, and family. My Name is Cool is a classic story sure to transcend, like the author himself, cultures and boundaries.

Clubbie

Author : Greg Larson
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
ISBN 13 : 1496226356
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (962 download)

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Download or read book Clubbie written by Greg Larson and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2021-04 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Greg Larson was a starry-eyed fan when he hurtled headfirst into professional baseball. As the new clubhouse attendant for the Aberdeen IronBirds, a Minor League affiliate of the Baltimore Orioles, Larson assumed he’d entered a familiar world. He thought wrong. He quickly discovered the bizarre rituals of life in the Minors: fights between players, teammates quitting in the middle of the games, doomed relationships, and a negligent parent organization. All the while, Larson, fresh out of college, harbored a secret wish. Despite the team’s struggles and his own lack of baseball talent, he yearned to join the exclusive fraternity of professional ballplayers. Instead, Larson fell deeper into his madcap venture as the scheming clubbie. He moved into the clubhouse equipment closet, his headquarters to swing deals involving memorabilia, booze, and loads of cash. By his second season, Larson had transformed into a deceptive, dip-spitting veteran, now fully part of a system that exploited players he considered friends. Like most Minor Leaguers, the gravitational pull of baseball was still too strong for Larson—even if chasing his private dream might cost him his girlfriend, his future, and, ultimately, his love of the game. That is, until an unlikely shot at a championship gives Larson and the IronBirds one final swing at redemption. Clubbie is a hilarious behind-the-scenes tale of two seasons in the mysterious world of Minor League Baseball. With cinematic detail and a colorful cast of characters, Larson spins an unforgettable true story for baseball fans and nonfans alike. An unflinching look at the harsh experience of professional sports, Clubbie will be a touchstone in baseball literature for years to come.

Baseball Dads

Author : Wayne Stewart
Publisher : Skyhorse Publishing Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1616085835
Total Pages : 161 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (16 download)

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Download or read book Baseball Dads written by Wayne Stewart and published by Skyhorse Publishing Inc.. This book was released on 2012-05 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Superstar ballplayers Josh Hamilton, David Wright, CC Sabathia, and others talk candidly about their fathers and our national pastime.

As Cool As I Am

Author : Pete Fromm
Publisher : Macmillan + ORM
ISBN 13 : 1429974141
Total Pages : 351 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (299 download)

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Download or read book As Cool As I Am written by Pete Fromm and published by Macmillan + ORM. This book was released on 2007-04-01 with total page 351 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STARRING CLAIRE DANES, JAMES MARSDEN AND SARAH BOLGER As Cool As I Am "... packs an emotional punch that sneaks up from behind... Fromm creates an engrossing coming-of-age saga that cuts to the essence and shines."(Seattle Times). As a teenager pretty much left to raise herself, Lucy Diamond is a narrator with a radiant yet guarded heart. As she races at breakneck pace toward womanhood, everything is at stake for her, producing an urgency and dread that she holds at bay with humor and grace. But while Lucy charges ahead, her mother's youth is fading. Simultaneously embracing and resisting their similarities, Pete Fromm reveals both women's emotional vulnerabilities and their deep mutual need. Conveyed through dialogue that is both laugh-aloud-funny and true, Lucy stands out in contemporary literature for her large heart and inimitable grit. A Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Book of the Year

James Cool

Author : Toriano Porter
Publisher : AuthorHouse
ISBN 13 : 1468594605
Total Pages : 124 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (685 download)

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Download or read book James Cool written by Toriano Porter and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2012-05-04 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the summer of 1985, the Winston clan – Virginia and Robert and their children Sonny and Cassius – move from the Southside of St. Louis to the city’s Northside and take up space on a street famously known as James Cool. The family’s resolve is tested immediately after Virginia befriends a neighborhood tough-guy; Robert gives in to the traps of success; and the two boys are targeted by the posse of thugs that terrorizes the street. James Cool, a classic American novel by Toriano Porter featuring Rory L. Watkins

It’s All for the Kids

Author : Michael A. Messner
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520257103
Total Pages : 282 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (22 download)

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Download or read book It’s All for the Kids written by Michael A. Messner and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2009-03-18 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this study, Michael A. Messner probes the richly complex gender dynamics of youth sports. Weaving together vivid first-person interviews with his own experiences as a volunteer for his sons' teams, Messner finds that despite the movement of girls into sports, gender boundaries still dominate.

Cool Baseball Facts

Author : Kathryn Clay
Publisher : Capstone
ISBN 13 : 142964477X
Total Pages : 14 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (296 download)

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Download or read book Cool Baseball Facts written by Kathryn Clay and published by Capstone. This book was released on 2010-07 with total page 14 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Simple text and full-color photos illustrate facts about the rules, equipment, and records of baseball"--Provided by publisher.

Situated Fathering

Author : William Marsiglio
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1461715253
Total Pages : 353 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (617 download)

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Download or read book Situated Fathering written by William Marsiglio and published by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. This book was released on 2005-07-28 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When men act as parents they do so in diverse physical and social spaces imbued with symbolic meaning. They father in the military overseas, on the farm, in dilapidated inner cities, immersed in ethnic neighborhoods, navigating idealized places of leisure where families go, as stepfathers in spaces where physical dimensions and family meanings intersect, as nonresident fathers managing less than ideal conditions, rolling across the interstate as long-haul truckers, playing catch alongside the house, managing precious family-time in prison work-release programs, as participants in community fatherhood initiatives, etc. Until now, family scholars had not explicitly theorized and focused on how physical space shapes fathers' lives. A distinct volume of theoretical and empirical research, Situated Fathering addresses this oversight by proposing a new framework for studying how various contingencies of physical space, in conjunction with social/symbolic issues, affect men's identities as fathers and their involvement with children. Consistent with public interest in men's efforts to 'be there' as providers and caregivers, this book explores issues associated with the barriers and supports to involvement that are part of the physical and social environment. Written largely for family scholars and students, it emphasizes a future-oriented perspective by outlining directions for theoretically guided research in specific, often gendered fathering sites.

Blue Collar Boston Cool

Author : Michael A. Connelly
Publisher : iUniverse
ISBN 13 : 1475955642
Total Pages : 199 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (759 download)

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Download or read book Blue Collar Boston Cool written by Michael A. Connelly and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2012-10 with total page 199 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lately, the lively, often unruly, and occasionally dangerous Schraft Street in Boston has become Jim Herlihy's entire world. As he struggles to eke a meager existence from the small assets he owns-a neighborhood gym, local sports bar, and a renovated old three-decker- his challenges are compounded because the love of his life is in love with someone else, and his troubled young tenant, stripper Amy Jordan, for whom he has developed a powerful brotherly affection, is in love with him. After a few contentious run-ins with notorious local gangster Hoary Harry Annunzio-who seriously worries Jim when he drunkenly threatens to rape little Amy-his friend and local cop Carlton Carrollton jokingly suggests Jim consider a preemptive strike against Harry. And then when Harry is unexpectedly found brutally beaten to death, the cops and especially two rival gangsters very seriously want to know who did it. Wild rumors are circulating in this suddenly dangerous, self-contained little world, and Jim finds himself a suspect, despite his reputation as a sane, hardworking, and normally very good-natured businessman. Something's gotta give-and the inside neighborhood dope does include that Jim Herlihy can be a very tough customer when absolutely necessary. In this entertaining murder mystery, a gritty Boston neighborhood and its hardcore boss are thrust in the midst of madness as a killer waits to strike again.

Cool Shoes

Author : Maricel Thomas
Publisher : iUniverse
ISBN 13 : 1491718870
Total Pages : 146 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (917 download)

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Download or read book Cool Shoes written by Maricel Thomas and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2013-12-27 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Twelve-year old Martin has only just moved to a new town when he encounters some mean kids tormenting a small Jack Russell terrier puppy, lost and alone. Martin saves him, brings him home, and eventually gives him a nameCool Shoes. Now the puppy has a home and a friend, and Martin knows hell never be lonely again. Martins mom and the squirrels take a liking to Cool Shoes, but the puppy needs to play with other dogs, too. One day at the dog park, Martin makes the acquaintance of Zaria, who also owns a Jack Russell. Now both Martin and Cool Shoes have new friends, and together, they can stand up to any foe! The friends need to be strong together, because there are bullies everywhere. Martin and Cool Shoes learn that some people just dont want to get along, but they also learn that all people can get along, if only they try. This is the story of a boy and his rescue dog, but its also about friendship, family, and the bravery it takes to do the right thing.

Dad, How Do I?

Author : Rob Kenney
Publisher : HarperCollins
ISBN 13 : 0063075032
Total Pages : 230 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (63 download)

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Download or read book Dad, How Do I? written by Rob Kenney and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2021-05-18 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the host of the YouTube channel that went viral—Dad, How Do I?—comes a book that’s part memoir/part inspiration/part DIY. Rob Kenney’s father left him and his seven siblings when he was fourteen years old, and the youngest had to fend for themselves. He wished that he had someone who could teach him the basics—how to tie a tie, jump-start a car, unclog a drain, use tools properly—as well as succeed in life. But he and his siblings had to figure these things out on their own. Now a father himself, Rob decided that he would help people out by providing how-to tips as well as advice—and even throw in some bad dad jokes. He started a YouTube channel for anyone looking for fatherly advice, and in the course of three months, gained a following of nearly 2.5 million subscribers, with millions of views for his how-to and inspirational videos. In this book, Rob shares his story of overcoming a difficult childhood with the strength of faith and family, and offers inspiration and hope. In addition, he provides 50 practical DYI instructions (30 of which will be unique to the book), illustrated with helpful line drawings.

One Shot at Forever

Author : Chris Ballard
Publisher : Hachette Books
ISBN 13 : 140130432X
Total Pages : 247 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (13 download)

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Download or read book One Shot at Forever written by Chris Ballard and published by Hachette Books. This book was released on 2012-05-15 with total page 247 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "One Shot at Forever is powerful, inspirational. . . This isn't merely a book about baseball. It's a book about heart." -- Jeff Pearlman, New York Times bestselling author of Boys Will Be Boys and The Bad Guys Won In 1971, a small-town high school baseball team from rural Illinois, playing with hand-me-down uniforms and peace signs on their hats, defied convention and the odds. Led by an English teacher with no coaching experience, the Macon Ironmen emerged from a field of 370 teams to represent the smallest school in Illinois history to make the state final, a distinction that still stands. There the Ironmen would play against a Chicago powerhouse in a dramatic game that would change their lives forever. In this gripping, cinematic narrative, Chris Ballard tells the story of the team and its coach, Lynn Sweet: a hippie, dreamer, and intellectual who arrived in Macon in 1966, bringing progressive ideas to a town stuck in the Eisenhower era. Beloved by students but not administration, Sweet reluctantly took over the ragtag team, intent on teaching the boys as much about life as baseball. Together they embarked on an improbable postseason run that buoyed a small town in desperate need of something to celebrate. Engaging and poignant, One Shot at Forever is a testament to the power of high school sports to shape the lives of those who play them, and it reminds us that there are few bonds more sacred than that among a coach, a team, and a town. "Macon's run at the title reminds us why sports matter and why sportswriting has such great power to inspire. . . [It's] one hell of a good story, and Ballard has written one hell of a good book." -- Jonathan Eig, Chicago Tribune

Senior Year

Author : Dan Shaughnessy
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN 13 : 0618729054
Total Pages : 238 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (187 download)

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Download or read book Senior Year written by Dan Shaughnessy and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2007 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author chronicles his son's senior year of high school baseball, the boy's obsession with and talent for sports, and his efforts to keep his grades up while deciding what college to attend and avoiding problems until graduation.

Crime TV

Author : Jonathan A. Grubb
Publisher : NYU Press
ISBN 13 : 1479804363
Total Pages : 373 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (798 download)

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Download or read book Crime TV written by Jonathan A. Grubb and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 2021-07-27 with total page 373 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This book offers a straightforward and vibrant approach to the study of criminal behavior and contemporary criminal justice issues through the use of popular TV shows. Students, researchers, and anyone else interested in crime will find this book an accessible and informative resource for understanding the causes of crime and how society responds to crime"--