{"id":817,"date":"2013-01-13T12:01:36","date_gmt":"2013-01-13T17:01:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/philvelez.com\/blog\/?p=817"},"modified":"2013-03-03T10:52:17","modified_gmt":"2013-03-03T15:52:17","slug":"shortstop-or-bust-the-traveling-tales-of-youth-baseball","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/philvelez.com\/blog\/?p=817","title":{"rendered":"Shortstop … or Bust!: The Traveling Tales of Youth Baseball"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"shortstoporbust\"<\/a>I am excited to promote a book from a newly published Latina author, Linda Padilla-Diaz. Shortstop … or Bust!: The Traveling Tales of Youth Baseball<\/a> offers a personal account into the harried nature of youth baseball and presents an informative, amusing, and bittersweet story about the five-year journey of a group of boys who worked hard and played hard to win.<\/p>\n

Under the attentive guidance of a volunteer manager passionate about baseball, a group of boys assembled as the \u201cB\u201d team to play travel baseball for their town team. In Shortstop \u2026 or Bust!<\/i>, author Linda Padilla-Diaz shares a compilation of stories covering the journey through the five years her two sons played competitive traveling youth baseball\u2014from her perspective as both a mother and the manager\u2019s wife.<\/p>\n

Shortstop \u2026 or Bust!<\/i><\/a> describes Padilla-Diaz\u2019s love of the game and delves into parents\u2019 fixation for their children\u2019s extracurricular activities, seeking the glorified shortstop position. The humorous, touching chronicle of lefty Derek and manager Harry provides firsthand insight into the growing revolution and competitiveness of youth travel baseball. The story begins with the modest commencement of the team with overzealous coaches and dads and describes their winning transformation through several seasons. Padilla-Diaz offers an entertaining play-by-play account of events and provides an up-close view of the games the team played.<\/p>\n

Linda Padilla-Diaz is a working mother, law school graduate, baseball fanatic, coach, and softball director. She and her husband have two boys and live in northern New Jersey.<\/p>\n

Congratulations on the new book, Linda!<\/p>\n