Discipline, Courage, Preparation, Focus - many of the strengths and qualities that help achieve success in life are also critical to playing winning baseball.  In this unique collection of brief essays, valuable life lessons are drawn from the ballfield and applied to work, relationships, family, and all key aspects of our lives.

Author Philip Theibert has long known that the game of baseball is a lot like the game of life. Whether as batboy for the college team his father coached, to playing competitively as a young man, to coaching his own children, Philip has understood that if you master the right way to play the game, you will be well-equipped to conquer the greatest challenges in your life and thrive.

The book's 99 lessons are organized into the nine cornerstones for life success.  Insightful and entertaining baseball vignettes are supplemented by on-the-field anecdotes and quotes from baseball greats like Earl Weaver, Tommy LaSorda, Gary Carter, and many others for whom baseball is and was a way of life.

The winning lineup goes like this:

ATTITUDE

DISCIPLINE

FOCUS

PREPARATION

CHARACTER

COOPERATION

COURAGE

INDEPENDENCE

GROWTH