Download or read book Jim Is My Name Softball Is My Game written by J M Skinner and published by . This book was released on 2019-11-23 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Jim Is My Name Softball Is My Game College Ruled Composition Notebook features 110 pages, 8.5 x 11 inches in size, and has a matte cover. Makes a great birthday gift or Christmas Present!
Download or read book Jimmy Is My Name Softball Is My Game written by J M Skinner and published by . This book was released on 2019-11-23 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Jimmy Is My Name Softball Is My Game College Ruled Composition Notebook features 110 pages, 8.5 x 11 inches in size, and has a matte cover. Makes a great birthday gift or Christmas Present!
Download or read book My Name Is Joy written by Sheila Joy and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2009-06 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Up until her 40's, Sheila's life was like that of any other suburban wife and mother. Married for twenty years to the same man, she found great success balancing a career in advertising with raising two beautiful children. She also lived up to her own very high standards as a quintessential homemaker, gourmet cook, world traveler, public speaker, cyclist, marathoner, and a trainer for other athletes. Those around Sheila were amazed by her ability to juggle her seemingly perfect life. In this book, Ms. Joy candidly reveals that behind her mask of perfection was a life filled with turbulence and pain. Always working hard to cover up her insecurities and feelings of not being good enough, she never allowed herself to get close to anyone. As the adult child of an alcoholic, Sheila openly and honestly reveals her need to control the people and situations around her. It took a painful divorce, a disastrous second marriage, the threat of bankruptcy and the most tragic experience of all - her teenage son's horrific motorcycle accident and traumatic brain injury - to finally make Sheila realize that the only person she could change was herself. At last, Sheila has removed her mask. This book will motivate you with her strength, honesty, and integrity. By openly sharing her own experiences, Sheila proves that it is never too late to change. Most importantly, however, her words reveal the key to finding true and lasting joy.
Download or read book Professor Baseball written by Edwin Amenta and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2008-09-15 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It happens every summer: packs of beer-bellied men with gloves and aluminum bats, putting their middle-aged bodies to the test on the softball diamond. For some, this yearly ritual is driven by a simple desire to enjoy a good ballgame; for others, it’s a way to forge friendships—and rivalries. But for one short, wild-haired, bespectacled professor, playing softball in New York’s Central Park means a whole lot more. It's one last chance to heal the nagging wounds of Little League trauma before the rust of decline and the relentless responsibilities of fatherhood set in. Professor Baseball is the coming-of-middle-age story of New York University professor and Little League benchwarmer Edwin Amenta. As rookie manager of the Performing Arts Softball League’s doormat Sharkeys, he reverses softball’s usual brawn-over-brains formula. He coaxes his skeptical teammates to follow his sabermetric and sociological approach, based equally on Bill James and Max Weber, which in the heady days of early success he dubs “Eddy Ball.” But Amenta soon learns that his teammates’ attachments to favorite positions and time-honored (if ineffective) strategies are hard to break—especially when the team begins losing. And though he rejects the baseball-as-life metaphor, life keeps intruding on his softball season. Amenta here comes to grips with the humiliation of assisted reproduction, suffers mysterious ailments, and finds himself lingering at the sponsor’s bar, while his partner, a beautiful but baseball-challenged professor, second-guesses his book in the making. Can he turn his team—and his life—around? Packed with colorful personalities, dramatic games, and the bustle of New York life, Professor Baseball will charm anyone who has ever root, root, rooted for the underdog.
Download or read book Magennis My Bff written by Robert Quinlan and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2018-09-30 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a story of two Irish Roman Catholic guys from Boston who met in California in 1984 and developed a friendship for thirty-one years that endured through divorces and even the death of a son, until Magennis passed away in 2015.
Download or read book My Name Is Not Chief written by Ben Blue and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2015-12-15 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ben Blue is born prematurely on a kitchen table in Chicago in 1956. As the tiny Ho-Chunk Indian takes his first breath, he has no idea of the challenges that await him in life. Ben grows up amid poverty in his grandparents Wisconsin home where he learns how to fight, face bullies, and play football. As he is shuttled between his alcoholic mothers home and his grandparents, Ben must cling to hope that he can one day overcome the despair that has haunted the American Indians for generations. When Ben moves to California with his mother, his life spirals downward after he is introduced to drugs and alcohol. After his mother dies, Ben journeys through the darkness of addiction and povertyuntil he commits to sobriety, causing his life to take a turn for the better. Even as Ben finds a job, earns a college degree, marries, and has children, he must battle the lures of his addiction. As his path leads him to explore his Ho-Chunk identity and address stereotypical images of Indians, he proudly makes a declaration that changes everything. My Name is Not Chief shares the tale of an American Indians struggles as he attempts to overcome seemingly insurmountable obstacles and find his place in the world.
Download or read book Always Turn Down the First Offer written by Tony Hernandez and published by Page Publishing Inc. This book was released on 2022-11-14 with total page 159 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Always Turn Down the First Offer: Memoirs of a Sportscaster is much more than a diary of one person's recollections working on television and radio in markets ranging in size from the smallest worked in Los Alamos, New Mexico, to the largest, the Big Apple, New York City. It portrays a nostalgic journey through a foregone era from the late 1960s to the somewhat more recent early 2000s. It gives you insight into a sportscaster's up-close and personal dealings on a daily basis with some of America's greatest athletes, teams, coaches, and other broadcasters of that time period. No punches are pulled in describing the highs and lows and the politics involved in the business of broadcasting. For those who may be interested in entering the profession themselves, there are lessons to be learned here.
Download or read book Reinvent Yourself written by Hal Gieseking and published by The Business Scribe, Inc.. This book was released on 2005 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Plan a better life for yourself with new business and social skills. OAG FREQUENT FLYER magazine said, "What you get is life-coping skills from a slew of well-known personalties, relating to interviews by the well-traveled Hal Gieseking in trips across the world. Formerly travel correspondent for the CBS Morning News and consumer editor of Travel Holiday magazine, Gieseking recounts conversations with such luminaries as Bill Moyers, Jack Nicklaus, Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter, James Michener, opera star Beverly Sills and a galaxy of others." Deborah Roker, Director of Communications for Sonesta Hotels & Resorts, said, "I bought your book and I love it - congratulations on a great read - an inspiring one, too." Richard Bimler, President of Wheat Ridge Ministries, said, "These interviews model what it means to live life to the fullest and to accept and use our own gifts."
Download or read book They Played for the Love of the Game written by Frank M. White and published by Minnesota Historical Society. This book was released on 2016-02-01 with total page 299 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A century before Kirby Puckett led the Minnesota Twins to World Series championships, Minnesota was home to countless talented African American baseball players, yet few of them are known to fans today. During the many decades that Major League Baseball and its affiliates imposed a strict policy of segregation, black ballplayers in Minnesota were relegated to a haphazard array of semipro leagues, barnstorming clubs, and loose organizations of all-black teams—many of which are lost to history. They Played for the Love of the Game recovers that history by sharing stories of African American ballplayers in Minnesota, from the 1870s to the 1960s, through photos, artifacts, and spoken histories passed through the generations. Author Frank White’s own father was one of the top catchers in the Twin Cities in his day, a fact that White did not learn until late in life. While the stories tell of denial, hardship, and segregation, they are highlighted by athletes who persevered and were united by their love of the sport.
Download or read book I Will Always Write Back written by Martin Ganda and published by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2015-04-14 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The New York Times bestselling true story of an all-American girl and a boy from Zimbabwe and the letter that changed both of their lives forever. It started as an assignment... Everyone in Caitlin's class wrote to an unknown student somewhere in a distant place. Martin was lucky to even receive a pen-pal letter. There were only ten letters, and fifty kids in his class. But he was the top student, so he got the first one. That letter was the beginning of a correspondence that spanned six years and changed two lives. In this compelling dual memoir, Caitlin and Martin recount how they became best friends—and better people—through their long-distance exchange. Their story will inspire you to look beyond your own life and wonder about the world at large and your place in it.
Download or read book The Softball Game written by John L. Kinsler and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2000-10-31 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 20 million men and women in this country play softball. On the surface, The Softball Game is about men and their need for battles. Aggression is as coded in our DNA as is our need to reproduce. It is a fun game with laughs recalled from years playing softball. The old storyteller is reluctant to do battle. He tells the confrontation in the first person singular, episode by episode. The game is a tribal struggle played by redneck, bad guys and middle class, semi-affluent, anti-heroes. Coming to the rescue is Beth - - a woman! Beth reduces the male struggle to a farce. The driving timbre is the storyteller’s experiences with three females whose lives are indirectly, obliquely, and directly affected by his wars at softball. The Softball Game is about these women. Phaedra literally hands the young warrior his first sexual experience. Entering the “man world” still a child, he meets Bridgette his playtoy. She is a transition to adulthood and the paragon of summer love. Playing at sex with adult bodies and a child’s maturity, they both lose. Then comes Beth. If you read one chapter, it should be 11. There has never been a hero like her.
Download or read book Micheal Is My Name Softball Is My Game written by J M Skinner and published by . This book was released on 2019-11-27 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Micheal Is My Name Softball Is My Game College Ruled Composition Notebook features 110 pages, 8.5 x 11 inches in size, and has a matte cover. Makes a great birthday gift or Christmas Present!
Download or read book We Were the All American Girls written by Jim Sargent and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2013-04-26 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here are 42 interviews with women who competed in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Each interview features data about the player, a short summary of her athletic career, and the player's recollections. A brief history covers the many changes as the league evolved from underhand pitching with a 12-inch circumference ball in 1943 to overhand pitching, adopted in 1948, through the circuit's final year, 1954, when a regulation baseball was introduced. The interviews range from 1995 to 2012 and reveal details of particular games, highlights of individual careers, the camaraderie of teammates, opponents and fans, and the impact the League made on their lives. Several players recall how the 1992 movie A League of Their Own brought the historic All-American League back to life almost 40 years after the final game was played.
Download or read book Timmy Is My Name Softball Is My Game written by J M Skinner and published by . This book was released on 2019-11-24 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Timmy Is My Name Softball Is My Game College Ruled Composition Notebook features 110 pages, 8.5 x 11 inches in size, and has a matte cover. Makes a great birthday gift or Christmas Present!
Download or read book Jaime Is My Name Softball Is My Game written by J M Skinner and published by . This book was released on 2019-11-23 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Jaime Is My Name Softball Is My Game College Ruled Composition Notebook features 110 pages, 8.5 x 11 inches in size, and has a matte cover. Makes a great birthday gift or Christmas Present!
Download or read book Dwight Is My Name Softball Is My Game written by J M Skinner and published by . This book was released on 2019-11-25 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Dwight Is My Name Softball Is My Game College Ruled Composition Notebook features 110 pages, 8.5 x 11 inches in size, and has a matte cover. Makes a great birthday gift or Christmas Present!
Download or read book Guy Is My Name Softball Is My Game written by J M Skinner and published by . This book was released on 2019-11-23 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Guy Is My Name Softball Is My Game College Ruled Composition Notebook features 110 pages, 8.5 x 11 inches in size, and has a matte cover. Makes a great birthday gift or Christmas Present!
