Welcome to the
Baseball Bench Coach
, an easy to read and touching book about our national pastime. We keep hearing that baseball is a dying sport, lagging behind the NFL, with its domination of the television networks, and the NBA, a rising star internationally. Don't believe it! This book tells you to forget all that noise. Baseball is still thriving, weaving a magical journey from your childhood to the present day, catching a foul ball, seeing your favorite players, and munching a hot dog at the ballpark.
is an adaptation of the blog of the same name. Every Monday morning during MLB's regular season for the past six seasons, blog followers have awakened to the current topics in the game, complete with historical background and personal touches from the Coach. And now, your Coach has taken 30 of his best articles and put them in this book.
So, what is a bench coach in baseball? Of all the coaches who support the manager of your favorite team, the bench coach might hold the key to your team's success. Standing beside your manager, he provides in-game guidance on how to make the decisions that impact the outcome of the game. He's your Radar O'Reilly from M*A*S*H*, one step ahead of your manager and hopefully two steps ahead of your opponent.
And who is your "Baseball Bench Coach"? He is a baseball outsider, who loves the game, watches a ton of it, and wants to share and discuss everything that makes baseball truly great. Let him take you across the diamond and share his favorite posts, family memories, baseball heroes, ballpark terms, and how baseball matters in our world today.