Turning Baseball Upside Down: Memoirs Truths & Myths from Coaching Baseball 55 Years

This is a story about life and baseball or maybe about baseball and life by a confessed baseball coaching lifer whose every attempt to retire has failed. So I decided to write about it. After all its like my wife tells me just tell stories. So thats what I have done. The problem is that every time we talk we are reminded that there is another story to tell. At lunch today with sons Josh and Carl (who both played for me though not always willingly) we were reminded of the Legion season that Josh caught a full season of double headers unbeknownst to us with a cracked bone in his ankle. While eating I received a text from son Rusty (who like Josh also coached with me) coaches an MSBL team in Phoenix. He is having a terrible season and has entertained thoughts of retiring. I sent him a draft of this manuscript today and received this text while eating lunch: Ive been ready to quit coaching after this season. After reading chapter 1 I am not ever quitting! Thanks Rusty. I hope you like this.