Baseball Dads: The Game's Greatest Players Reflect on Their Fathers and the Game They Love

Description

Baseball Dads is a heartwarming collection of notable major league players' favorite baseball-related memories about how their relationships with their fathers shaped them, not only as players, but as the men they are today. From superstars like David Wright, Josh Hamilton, CC Sabathia, Adrian Gonzalez, Chipper Jones, and Kevin Youkilis, to journeyman big leaguers like Adam LaRoche, J. D. Drew, Shelley Duncan, Barry Zito, and Jeff Francoeur, this inspiring book reveals, through its fifteen vivid profiles, the profound impact fathers can have on the lives of their children on and off the diamond. An ideal Father's Day gift, Baseball Dads offers a rare, intimate glimpse into the private lives of some of the game's best players.

Wayne Stewart has been a professional baseball writer for more than twenty-five years and has authored more than twenty books on the subject, including Fathers, Sons, and Baseball and Sit & Solve Baseball Trivia (with Dom Forker). He is also a long-standing member of the Society for American Baseball Research (SABR).