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In the world of American sports, change is inevitable. Nowhere are the changes most apparent than that of children's sports. Chuck Schwartz, the 27 year Little League coaching veteran from Champaign, Illinois knows full well how those changes have impacted kids, parents, coaches and kids' sports over his tenure.
"Chucky Schwartz knows this - that it is not about winning a game. It's about teaching a kid to be a winner in life. If we do that, they will win over and over again in what they do." Dr. Stephen Cosgrove of Auburn University and founder of Boys of Baseball National Traveling Teams, said. He wears Beatles T-Shirts for heaven's sake! Page 64
Schwartz takes us from a simple time when kids played sandbox and Little League for the baseball season with their neighbors, to a complex era when children started playing elite club ball all year and traveling with kids from different towns to parts unknown for match-ups with other clubs. He walks us down a path when parents showed their support, enjoyed the games and then went for ice cream, to a road of overzealous parents who take their child's play as serious as a career. He questions where the game of Little Baseball is going and wonders if it's too late in the game to get back to a time of innocence and free play for our young people.
"I would look for rain clouds and wish them to stay away that day, so we could play our little league game that night," Johnny Walker, an All-Star player of Schwartz, said, page 46
This easy to read memoire, set in "Innings" instead of chapters, Schwartz, along with writer Bridget Broihahn, retells his life as a child Little Leaguer, the influence of his family, and he how he took on the journey into the realm of Little League coach, even though he has no children of his own.
"So may youth league coaches are parents who have a vested interest in one or two players on the team," Fred Kroner, chief executive sports editor for The News-Gazette, said. "He wasn't in it for himself." Page 147
Schwartz tells us about those sensitive times of civil rights when kids from all walk of life: male, female, black, and white took the field together to play America's favorite pastime. He paints a picture of each era by sharing the latest TV shows, movies, books and social scene in Champaign-Urbana, home of the University of Illinois, like a boy's need for a good burger or how a new baseball glove makes a young player feel and how that glove is broken in and conditioned.
"Batters had a lot of pressure hitting against me, because they thought it was shameful to be struck out by a girl, which only made me more determined," Jan Francesco Aten, the first girl to play Little League in Champaign County, page 110.
At the core of It's Your Team, there is a story of baseball and an endless summer, where a myriad of experiences is shared: funny, sad and all exciting. Filled with heartfelt memories of young people grappling with winning and losing, at a time when everything could be made all better by an after game trip to the local A&W, It's Your Team will lead its readers down a sacred, forgotten path long ago to times now being explored in youth baseball.
"I just enjoyed watching the Little League games," Mike White, collegiate twice awarded National Coach of the Year and professional football coach, said. White's son, Matt, played for Schwartz. Page 151
"Chucky Schwartz knows this - that it is not about winning a game. It's about teaching a kid to be a winner in life. If we do that, they will win over and over again in what they do." Dr. Stephen Cosgrove of Auburn University and founder of Boys of Baseball National Traveling Teams, said. He wears Beatles T-Shirts for heaven's sake! Page 64
Schwartz takes us from a simple time when kids played sandbox and Little League for the baseball season with their neighbors, to a complex era when children started playing elite club ball all year and traveling with kids from different towns to parts unknown for match-ups with other clubs. He walks us down a path when parents showed their support, enjoyed the games and then went for ice cream, to a road of overzealous parents who take their child's play as serious as a career. He questions where the game of Little Baseball is going and wonders if it's too late in the game to get back to a time of innocence and free play for our young people.
"I would look for rain clouds and wish them to stay away that day, so we could play our little league game that night," Johnny Walker, an All-Star player of Schwartz, said, page 46
This easy to read memoire, set in "Innings" instead of chapters, Schwartz, along with writer Bridget Broihahn, retells his life as a child Little Leaguer, the influence of his family, and he how he took on the journey into the realm of Little League coach, even though he has no children of his own.
"So may youth league coaches are parents who have a vested interest in one or two players on the team," Fred Kroner, chief executive sports editor for The News-Gazette, said. "He wasn't in it for himself." Page 147
Schwartz tells us about those sensitive times of civil rights when kids from all walk of life: male, female, black, and white took the field together to play America's favorite pastime. He paints a picture of each era by sharing the latest TV shows, movies, books and social scene in Champaign-Urbana, home of the University of Illinois, like a boy's need for a good burger or how a new baseball glove makes a young player feel and how that glove is broken in and conditioned.
"Batters had a lot of pressure hitting against me, because they thought it was shameful to be struck out by a girl, which only made me more determined," Jan Francesco Aten, the first girl to play Little League in Champaign County, page 110.
At the core of It's Your Team, there is a story of baseball and an endless summer, where a myriad of experiences is shared: funny, sad and all exciting. Filled with heartfelt memories of young people grappling with winning and losing, at a time when everything could be made all better by an after game trip to the local A&W, It's Your Team will lead its readers down a sacred, forgotten path long ago to times now being explored in youth baseball.
"I just enjoyed watching the Little League games," Mike White, collegiate twice awarded National Coach of the Year and professional football coach, said. White's son, Matt, played for Schwartz. Page 151
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