Uncle Jim's Baseball Diaries: Stories and Anecdotes from Over 40 Years Coaching Youth Baseball - Paperback

by Don L. Gaston (Author)

Baseball is America's favorite past time and has provided good times and fantastic childhood memories for kids and parents alike. I was fortunate enough to get to coach my son's Little League baseball team when he turned seven. Without having any baseball coaching experience that first year, I decided to call on my Uncle Jim for some advice (knowing that he had been coaching Little League for a long time). This book is intended to be a road map for any parent who is involved with coaching baseball and for anyone who enjoys the game, kids and parents alike. Uncle Jim tells of his own childhood memories that inspired him to begin coaching youth baseball. Throughout the pages of this book, Uncle Jim reminisces over various situations he encountered during his forty year coaching career. He provides valuable tips for coaches and parents currently involved in Little League, and shares insight from his own experience as a team coach and manager. Many coaches and parents, or the baseball enthusiast in general, will be able to relate to some of these situations, producing a chuckle or a smile, as they journey through Uncle Jim's stories. Coaching and working with kids has been a lifetime passion for Uncle Jim. He shares his stories with great enthusiasm for Little League baseball, in a light hearted, fun format.