The Baseball Whisperer: A Small-Town Coach Who Shaped Big League Dreams (Hardcover) Michael Tackett. "Mike Tackett, talented journalist and baseball lover, has hit the sweet spot of the bat with his first book. The Baseball Whisperer takes one coach and one small Iowa town and illuminates both a sport and the human spirit. "Gauzy portrait of a small-town, summer-league coach in Iowa who taught baseball and life, producing 36 pros." —Sports Illustrated “ The Baseball Whisperer is a book that teaches the reader as much about hard work and American values as it does about the game of baseball. In the process, Merl taught them to be men, insisting on hard work, integrity, and responsibility. More than a book about ballplayers who landed in the nation's agricultural heartland, The Baseball Whisperer is the story of a coach who puts character and dedication first, and reminds us of the best, purest form of baseball excellence. There is baseball. There is Iowa. There are corn fields. The parallels to the novel-turned-movie Field of Dreams are remarkable and unmistakable and acknowledged in the very first sentence of the foreword.And yet, The Baseball Whisperer: A Small-Town Coach Who Shaped Big League Dreams Michael Tackett expands on some of the themes From an award-winning journalist, a real Field of Dreams story about a legendary coach and the professional-caliber baseball program he built in America's heartland, where boys come summer after summer to be molded into ballplayers — and men Clarinda, Iowa, population 5,000, sits two hours from anything. There, between the corn fields and hog yards, is a ball field with a bronze bust of a The Baseball Whisperer: A Small-Town Coach Who Shaped Big League Dreams [Michael Tackett, Mike Chamberlain] on *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Clarinda, Iowa, population 5, 000, sits two hours from anything. There, between the corn fields and hog yards The Baseball Whisperer: A Small-Town Coach Who Shaped Big League Dreams. : "Mike Tackett, talented journalist and baseball lover, has hit the sweet spot of the bat with his first book. The Baseball Whisperer takes one coach and one small Iowa town and illuminates both a … The Baseball Whisperer, the Baseball Whisperer book. Read reviews from world’s largest community for readers. From an award-winning journalist, a real Fi In a remarkable tribute to an exceptional coach with a special summer baseball program in a small town in Iowa, Tackett, an editor in the Washington, D.C., bureau of the New York Times, shares the The Baseball Whisperer:a small-town coach who shaped Big League dreams (Book) [BOOK] PDF The Baseball Whisperer: A Small-Town Coach Who Shaped Big League Dreams New BEST SELLER In a remarkable tribute to an exceptional coach with a special summer baseball program in a small town in Iowa, Tackett, an editor in the Washington, D.C., bureau of the New York Times, shares the journey of Merl Eberly, a “baseball whisperer” who from 1961 to 1997 nurtured young hopefuls dreaming of being big-league players. The Baseball Whisperer: A Small-Town Coach Who Shaped Big League Dreams. Michael Tackett.Published: 2016-07-05 a real Field of Dreams story about a legendary coach and the professional-caliber baseball program he built in America's heartland, The Baseball Whisperer is the story of a coach who puts character and dedication first, "The Baseball Whisperer: A Small Town Coach Who Shaped Big-League Dreams" is the story of the man behind the team, Merl Eberly, and some of the key major league players who learned the sport or learned about themselves spending a season or two in the scrappy world of collegiate summer ball.
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