Book Description

Baseball is played in the same way from the first year to the time the player progresses to high school, college and, perhaps, even to the major leagues. There are techniques to successful throwing, catching, hitting and running the bases. These are the same in the first year and every season thereafter. This book, "If the ball's in the air." describes those techniques. It is written in simple terms for young readers and baseball players. It will help them to enjoy the game more and to play it better. The lessons include fictional stories of major league players who, as youngsters, also had to learn to play baseball, overcoming the challenges our new players face. This book is also a personal diary and a keepsake for the Tee-Baller. It becomes the record of that first year. More importantly, the diary is the place to record all of the accomplishments made in that first year. That first year in organized baseball is called Tee-Ball Jud Breslin is the father of five boys, all of whom he coached throughout their little league careers. Now a grandfather with three granddaughters, he has run the Tee-Ball program in Boonton, Mountain Lakes, and Rockaway Valley, New Jersey for over fifteen years. The stories told in this book were written by Jud Breslin to teach children how to play the game of baseball. He has been married for over forty years and has served as a three-term mayor of the Borough of Mountain Lakes, New Jersey, where he resides with his wife, Wendy. Their sons have had successful sports careers in baseball, hockey and lacrosse. In lacrosse, three sons received All American honors in both high school and college. All sons have dedicated their careers to education, analytical research and non-profit charitable organizations.