Pee Wee Reese played shortstop for the Brooklyn Dodgers from 1940 to 1957. He played in nearly 2200 games and had a life time batting average of .269. While with the team the Dodgers won six National League Pennants. In 1959 he became one of the first baseball sports broadcasters. He was inducted into the baseball Hall of Fame in 1984.

Pee Wee Reese played shortstop for the Brooklyn Dodgers from 1940 to 1957. He played in nearly 2200 games and had a life time batting average of .269. While with the team the Dodgers won six National League Pennants. In 1959 he became one of the first baseball sports broadcasters. He was inducted into the baseball Hall of Fame in 1984.

Pee Wee Reese played shortstop for the Brooklyn Dodgers from 1940 to 1957. He played in nearly 2200 games and had a life time batting average of .269. While with the team the Dodgers won six National League Pennants. In 1959 he became one of the first baseball sports broadcasters. He was inducted into the baseball Hall of Fame in 1984.

Ron Gawthorp is a semi-retired author who now lives in the Alleghany Highlands of Virginia. A veteran writer of some renown in community newspapers early in his life, he has returned to writing after working in the oilfi elds. His fi rst novel, Richer Than The Rockefellers, refl ected life in the oilfields of Illinois, his native state. Glimpses of Glory is his first published non-fiction work. In it he has tediously reconstructed the forgotten career of a professional baseballer from the roaring twenties through the depression. “Baseball was a lot different when it started than it is today. These men were the pioneers of the sport. I think it important to remember how they lived,” the author says. “They worked hard, played hard and gave the game the grit it needed to survive. I especially hope young readers will take note of the way grew.” Gawthorp says that over the years he has stumbled into a lot of stories he was unable to publish. “Some are book worthy and some are still only short stories, fi ction and nonfiction, but I am still looking to put them on the public plate. I am being much assisted by technological advances in the publishing field. The Good Lord willing and the electric stays on the grid, I’ve got enough to keep me busy.” The author is an avid history buff and loves visiting historic locations, research and learning. He lived 22 years in West Virginia before retiring “just over the mountain” to Millboro, VA.

Ron Gawthorp is a semi-retired author who now lives in the Alleghany Highlands of Virginia. A veteran writer of some renown in community newspapers early in his life, he has returned to writing after working in the oilfi elds. His fi rst novel, Richer Than The Rockefellers, refl ected life in the oilfields of Illinois, his native state. Glimpses of Glory is his first published non-fiction work. In it he has tediously reconstructed the forgotten career of a professional baseballer from the roaring twenties through the depression. “Baseball was a lot different when it started than it is today. These men were the pioneers of the sport. I think it important to remember how they lived,” the author says. “They worked hard, played hard and gave the game the grit it needed to survive. I especially hope young readers will take note of the way grew.” Gawthorp says that over the years he has stumbled into a lot of stories he was unable to publish. “Some are book worthy and some are still only short stories, fi ction and nonfiction, but I am still looking to put them on the public plate. I am being much assisted by technological advances in the publishing field. The Good Lord willing and the electric stays on the grid, I’ve got enough to keep me busy.” The author is an avid history buff and loves visiting historic locations, research and learning. He lived 22 years in West Virginia before retiring “just over the mountain” to Millboro, VA.

Ron Gawthorp is a semi-retired author who now lives in the Alleghany Highlands of Virginia. A veteran writer of some renown in community newspapers early in his life, he has returned to writing after working in the oilfi elds. His fi rst novel, Richer Than The Rockefellers, refl ected life in the oilfields of Illinois, his native state. Glimpses of Glory is his first published non-fiction work. In it he has tediously reconstructed the forgotten career of a professional baseballer from the roaring twenties through the depression. “Baseball was a lot different when it started than it is today. These men were the pioneers of the sport. I think it important to remember how they lived,” the author says. “They worked hard, played hard and gave the game the grit it needed to survive. I especially hope young readers will take note of the way grew.” Gawthorp says that over the years he has stumbled into a lot of stories he was unable to publish. “Some are book worthy and some are still only short stories, fi ction and nonfiction, but I am still looking to put them on the public plate. I am being much assisted by technological advances in the publishing field. The Good Lord willing and the electric stays on the grid, I’ve got enough to keep me busy.” The author is an avid history buff and loves visiting historic locations, research and learning. He lived 22 years in West Virginia before retiring “just over the mountain” to Millboro, VA.

Sports for youngsters have changed drastically in the last forty years. Gone are days when boys used to gather at a field on a summer day to play baseball from dawn to dusk; to make rules, argue, work out solutions, and continue play. They also participated in team sports, but not to the level of organization of youth sports today: all-star teams, travel teams for all ages, and a parental focus on making it to the big leagues. This book presents observations made over years of coaching, to raise thoughts for parents and coaches to consider what youth sports are today.

Sports for youngsters have changed drastically in the last forty years. Gone are days when boys used to gather at a field on a summer day to play baseball from dawn to dusk; to make rules, argue, work out solutions, and continue play. They also participated in team sports, but not to the level of organization of youth sports today: all-star teams, travel teams for all ages, and a parental focus on making it to the big leagues. This book presents observations made over years of coaching, to raise thoughts for parents and coaches to consider what youth sports are today.

Sports for youngsters have changed drastically in the last forty years. Gone are days when boys used to gather at a field on a summer day to play baseball from dawn to dusk; to make rules, argue, work out solutions, and continue play. They also participated in team sports, but not to the level of organization of youth sports today: all-star teams, travel teams for all ages, and a parental focus on making it to the big leagues. This book presents observations made over years of coaching, to raise thoughts for parents and coaches to consider what youth sports are today.

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A grandfather’s trips with his grandchildren to baseball parks around the country is the backdrop for the light-hearted but instructional telling of stories about some stellar baseball players. These stars also provided off-the-field examples for young people to follow in the way they lived their lives. The kids learn why these men are part of baseball lore and why they should be remembered as more than ballplayers. Courage, charity and concern for others pop up in the lives of all of these men who, except for one, are in the National Baseball Hall of Fame. And, as Grandpa says, “He could have been.”

A grandfather’s trips with his grandchildren to baseball parks around the country is the backdrop for the light-hearted but instructional telling of stories about some stellar baseball players. These stars also provided off-the-field examples for young people to follow in the way they lived their lives. The kids learn why these men are part of baseball lore and why they should be remembered as more than ballplayers. Courage, charity and concern for others pop up in the lives of all of these men who, except for one, are in the National Baseball Hall of Fame. And, as Grandpa says, “He could have been.”

A grandfather’s trips with his grandchildren to baseball parks around the country is the backdrop for the light-hearted but instructional telling of stories about some stellar baseball players. These stars also provided off-the-field examples for young people to follow in the way they lived their lives. The kids learn why these men are part of baseball lore and why they should be remembered as more than ballplayers. Courage, charity and concern for others pop up in the lives of all of these men who, except for one, are in the National Baseball Hall of Fame. And, as Grandpa says, “He could have been.”