false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166254494m/10654.jpg 10654 5 <B>A story with a big heart about a boy, a coach, the game of baseball, and the game of life.</B> <P>"There are teachers with a rare ability to enter a child's mind; it's as if their ability to get there at all gives them the right to stay forever." <P>There was a turning point in Michael Lewis's life, in a baseball game when he was fourteen years old. The irascible and often terrifying Coach Fitz put the ball in his hand with the game on the line and managed to convey such confident trust in Lewis's ability that the boy had no choice but to live up to it. "I didn't have words for it then, but I do now: I am about to show the world, and myself, what I can do." <P>The coach's message was not simply about winning but about self-respect, sacrifice, courage, and endurance. In some ways, and now thirty years later, Lewis still finds himself trying to measure up to what Coach Fitz expected of him. 14 illustrations. 13293 16 5 2005 Coach: Lessons on the Game of Life total:128|5:28|4:36|3:44|2:13|1:7| 128 449 176 21 3 1 false false Tue Jan 27 11:38:33 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 27 11:41:51 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 1 true false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Jan 13 15:46:08 -0800 2008 Sun Jan 13 15:51:33 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 1 false false Fri Dec 19 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Dec 19 09:49:30 -0800 2008 Fri Dec 19 10:17:10 -0800 2008
A very compelling story of a generational clash (old players and current generation players) with a legendary coach being the subject of it all.

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