“Head Down” is a nonfiction essay that chronicles the 1989 season of his son Owen’s little league baseball team and all the triumphs and tribulations the team experiences on the road to the Maine State Championships.
This is included in Nightmares & Dreamscapes.
Community Thoughts:
Posted By: Jim-Baseball - 01/27/2009 - 10:48 AM EST
I don't see the synopsis of this (I wanted to send the synopsis to a fellow coach), but shared "Head Down" with my youngest (12-year-old) son last night and he loved it. As a coach for the past 13 years, I've always loved this story since I first read it several years ago. My son is focused on AAU baseball this season (in Danvers, MA based on our limited options here in Central NH for tough competition), but I will surely miss seeing him play (and coaching) on the "little diamond". Growing up poor in South FL, I agree that baseball was a great equalizer for me...and when Little League, and to a lesser degree, High School baseball, is over...you take each other (in your memories)...and you understand that what happened "inside the chalk" was something special you have shared that transcends what you come back to when you walk off the field.
