30 Lessons My Boys Learned from Baseball

Andy Norwood
Pelican Publishing (2010)
ISBN 9781589807945
Reviewed by Carol Hoyer, PhD, for Reader Views (07/10)


This one of the most entertaining and valuable books I have read on life lessons for anyone of any age. The author has taken the analogy of baseball and applied it to lessons we all need to learn and teach our children.  Mr. Norwood starts from lesson 30 and works his way up to number 1- each and every one of these lessons seen through the eyes of baseball apply to our everyday life. 

We all want our children (and some adults) to know that life isn’t always fair and we don’t always get what we want. We want them to be emotionally healthy (with a few outbursts thrown in) and realize that if they put their minds to it they can do anything they want.  As the daughter of a Little League coach and wife of one, I had to laugh at many of the examples throughout the book. I am always amazed at how some parent(s) lose it at baseball practice or games; or even how some coaches got to be coaches. I’m sure that we all think our children are incredible and would never do wrong intentionally, but in reality this isn’t the way it works. My particular favorite lesson was “No Whining.”  We see whiners every day at work, in sports and in relationships; if you don’t like what is going on then change it.  Lesson #26 talks about how we have to learn to deal with different people, not only on the field, but off of it. Most of our misunderstanding comes from lack of good communication and information.

After I read this book, I let my husband read it and he loved it as well. In each chapter I could hear his laughter and “Oh My Gosh.”  In fact, we loved the book so much for the valuable insight that we bought copies for his assistant coaches.  Once you start reading this fun book, you won’t be able to put “30 Lessons My Boys Learned from Baseball” down and you can relate to each scenario and life lesson.

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