Kindle Edition Amazon Ebay Category:  Sports/Recreation Publisher: Sunrise Mountain Books ISBN-10:  194072807X Type: Fiction Pages: 210 Copyright: June 23, 2016 ISBN-13: 9781940728070 Price: $2.99 (eBook) Brent, the coach's son, is his father's best player on the 12-year-old Little League baseball team. The team is playing for the State Championship. His team is ready. They expect to win. But outbursts of uncontrollable anger from players, their parents, coaches, and officials threaten Brent's enthusiasm and concentration for the big game. Game Day comes, and Brent's nerves and emotions are a wreck. Then some unexpected events--some funny, some heart-warming, during the Baseball Championship event-- open his eyes to a score that really counts, even after the Championship game. It was a close and exciting game, but Brent is surprised and excited about an entirely different score. Great for book reports! Great gift for grandsons!  Excerpt Championship Saturday finally arrives for Brent. It’s the perfect chance for him to redeem himself for losing the regular season game and a chance at a perfect season against Westside. He’s been dreaming of playing in the championship game all season. With a win in the championship game he will be able to play his next game on ESPN. “Game Day, BABY!” Brent says to himself, with a clenched fist raised high in the air as he bolts downstairs for breakfast. As Brent glides down the staircase, he sees his older brother on the couch with the clicker firmly in hand. He’s watching highlights from last night’s Red Sox vs. Yankees game on the Major League Baseball network. “Hey, Brent, dude, watch this replay… it’s totally sick,” says his older brother. “The Yankees batter is so angry at getting hit by the Red Sox pitcher that he chucks his bat at him. It is crazy!” “I’ve been that angry before,” Brent thinks, remembering, all too well, his fury three weeks ago. It was a game the Eagles won 21 - 5 versus the Mud Cats. Brent had struck out with the bases loaded. His dad, Coach Pablo, yelled so loud at him that crows, watching the action from their perch on an electric power pole, flew away at lightning speed. Brent had wished he could fly away with them. Anger throws a curveball at Brent, interrupting the joyous beginning to his Championship Saturday. “Should’ve thrown my bat at Dad,” fumes Brent under his breath.

Savvy
Talk about a fun book for young baseball fans! Brent is a 12-year-old boy who loves baseball and is on the Little League team with an added challenge--his father as coach. There is plenty of baseball action during the Championship Game, with all the emotions that run high, before and during competition. Brent fights his way through the emotions and comes out having learned an important lesson that goes beyond baseball. This is a book to engage reluctant readers, particularly boys who don't have enough books for their interests. A special aspect of Venosdel's writing is his clever use of figurative language that gets the point across in a picture better than 1,000 words! Fun reading.

Amazon
Great book for "tweener" boys who love baseball but don't like to read. Lots of humor & baseball action they will get. Good read for parents & grandparents too. We all sometimes forget that it's a game & our kids should be having fun instead of feeling major league pressure from their parents & coaches. This book should be in every elementary teacher's classroom library.

Amazon
Great storyline and helps you keep things in the proper perspective.