101 Lessons From The Dugout – Harley A Rotbart

If you act too quickly without thinking, or you act too slowly because you’re spending too much time thinking, you may hurt others’ chances of moving ahead, and you’re setting a bad example. Share the good decisions and good behavior you learned from others with those looking ahead at you and learning by your example.

Kids in lower grades in school and, especially, your younger siblings are watching you and learning from you. Don’t take their respect lightly. 1kitap1.com/en Hidden Ball Tricks Unhappy Surprises and Expecting the Unexpected Trick plays don’t happen very often in baseball, but the hidden ball trick, while rare, is beloved by players and fans alike. With a runner on base, the infielder closest to the runner’s base will go to the mound to “talk” with the pitcher.

There, the infielder will secretly take the baseball, hidden in the glove, back to their position. The pitcher steps on the mound, the runner takes their lead, and the sneaky infielder runs over and tags the runner out with the hidden baseball. Another trick gets played with a runner on second base. The pitcher fakes a pickoff throw to the shortstop, covering second base, who dives and pretends the ball has been overthrown into center field.

When the runner “buys” the fake, they take off for third base and the pitcher tags or throws them out. To not get fooled by these tricks, runners should not take their lead from any base until they see the ball in the pitcher’s hand, and not break for third base until they see the ball thrown past second and into the outfield.

Life is always playing tricks on you. Your plans may be ruined by unhappy surprises. Your cell phone dies and your alarm doesn’t go off. Your bike gets a flat tire. Your computer crashes. Traffic makes you late. The dog eats your homework (really!).

“This book has everything for young ballplayers and fans alike— life lessons, love of sports, and a genuine passion for the games of baseball and softball. It’s easy for me to see the tremendous value of these lessons because I was really born and bred in baseball. There couldn’t be a better set of guidelines for life, period, no matter what age you are.

The authors have captured the essence of baseball and softball and, in so doing, have captured the essence of life off the diamond, as well. This is a book that needs to be on the shelf of every young player and fan, every coach, and every school library.” —Reggie Jackson, Hall of Fame baseball player “Through all my years playing baseball, I knew I learned a ton of life’s lessons, whether it was perseverance, hard work, communication, how to handle failure, or fighting for a spot.

But I didn’t really realize until I started to read this book just how many things I actually did learn. What I love about 101 Lessons from the Dugout is that it applies to all ages—anyone could read this book and get a lot out of it. And I think there’s life lessons for an adult like myself to read and teach to my kids.

Coaches can use it, too. The lessons to be learned from baseball and softball are endless, and this book displays them beautifully. I think it’s brilliant.” —Joe Girardi, World Series-winning Yankees manager and player “As a coach and ultimately an educator, I have always believed that the greatest purpose of sports is to teach young people LIFE. In 101 Lessons from the Dugout, authors Harley Rotbart and Ken Davidoff uniquely break down America’s greatest games, baseball and softball, and analogize each moment to the game of life.

This book is a wonderful, insightful look at our beloved sports and how we can apply them to the opportunities we have in our daily lives.” —Carol Hutchins, winningest softball coach in NCAA history “It’s always been said that the game of baseball parallels the history of our great nation. Perhaps . . . but what Harley Rotbart and Ken Davidoff have accomplished is to thoughtfully demonstrate that baseball actually is a parallel and reflection of all our lives. In this book, the authors masterfully break down the complicated game of baseball into simplified life lessons that, when followed, transcend balls and strikes, hits and errors, and wins and losses.”

—Bernie Williams, legendary New York Yankees outfielder “This book has home run written all over it. Rotbart and Davidoff are masterful writers and the baseball metaphors are brilliant.

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