Four-year-old Sam Payne can knock the baseball out of the park.
That "the park" is only the back yard of his suburban home makes
little difference to his mother, Martha Payne, who understands
baseball a lot better than she understands parenting. She yearns to
make her son a star on the Little League field, where promising
young players are rewarded with a spot on the All-Star team.
Fueled by endless ambition but only a pinch of maternal
instinct, Payne helps her son navigate through the thrilling but
often heartless world of Little League baseball. While revealing a
host of parental neuroses and coaching excesses, "Put Him In, Coach
"delves into the inscrutable bond between mother and son-a bond
sometimes forged in unlikely places.
As Sam progresses from tee-ball through years of strikeouts and
wild pitches and up to the brink of adolescence, he and his mother
discover as much about each other as they do about the perils of
the game. Most importantly, Payne learns that in raising a son,
sometimes less is more-even if your kid does have a shot at
becoming the next Babe Ruth.
Put Him In, Coach A Mother's All-Star Memoir, is a recipient of
the prestigious Mom's Choice Award. The Mom's Choice Awards honor
excellence in family-friendly media, products and services. The
Awards esteemed panel of judges includes education and media
experts as well as parents, children, librarians, performing
artists, producers, medical and business professionals, authors,
and scientists, including Dr. Twila C. Liggett, ten-time
Emmy-winner and founder of Reading Rainbow; Julie Aigner-Clark,
creator of Baby Einstein and the Safe Side Project; Jodee Blanco,
New York Times best-selling author; LeAnn Thieman, motivational
speaker and coauthor of seven Chicken Soup For The Soul books, and
Tara Paterson, Certified Parent Coach and founder of the Mom's
Choice Awards. Parents and educators look for the Mom's Choice
Awards seal in selecting quality materials and products for
children and families. Martha Payne's memoir has been honored with
this distinguished award.
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