The Rules of the Game: Simple Truths Learned from Little League [Hardcover]

Kurt Hohenstein (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 1996

It has often been said that baseball is a metaphor for life--the lessons learned on the ball diamond somehow carry over into the world's playing field. Author Kurt Hohenstein forgot some of those lessons. The Rules of the Game, the book Hohenstein wrote inside the Community Corrections Center in Lincoln, Nebraska is not about his incarceration but about baseball and learning the lessons again.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 221 pages
• Publisher: Thomas Nelson Inc; 1ST edition (March 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0785275045
• ISBN-13: 978-0785275046
• Product Dimensions: 7.8 x 5.3 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,208,750 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Homerun from a foul ball, January 10, 2000

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Nathen Glecker (Charlottesville, Virginia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Rules of the Game: Simple Truths Learned from Little League (Hardcover)

Like a phenix rising from the ashes Hohenstein manages to pick himself up from his once major mistake and soar. One is able to see his true character come out within the pages of the book via the roles of a caring father, husband, friend, and coach. He admits flaws even at this good point in his life, demonstrating how easy it really is to go astray from the path of life. Using the baseball metaphor the reader is easily dragged back to our own nostolgic days of little league. In the process one is forced to deal with great memories and demons that in many ways seem to parralel that of the author. In the end one is able to understand human nature and baseball a little better. Excellent work.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Outstanding Book from an Outstanding Man, November 20, 2002

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Pam (Schwieger) Maynard (Homer, NE USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Rules of the Game: Simple Truths Learned from Little League (Hardcover)

I have read this book and am going to recommend it to my children and their coaches to read also. This is an Outstanding Book from an Outstanding Man whether people believe that from the mistakes he has made in his life. We all make mistakes, some pay more than others, he has paid dearly. I know Kurt from a long time back and know what is in this book is actually how he feels in his heart. He really is a WONDERFUL MAN that I take great pleasure in knowing. He has actually given me great advice and probably saved my life. He knows what I am talking about and that's enough. Thank you Kurt for everything you've ever done.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I'm Proud of You Daddy!, August 27, 2000

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Mandi Hohenstein (Lincoln Ne) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Rules of the Game: Simple Truths Learned from Little League (Hardcover)

I am not partial to loving this book because it is about me and my Daddy wrote it but because it is an awsome book. I have read it some 20 times already. As a first time author I found that my Dad had an amazing ablilty that I didn't know existed in him. He is passionate about his life and doing well. As far as Holton's review....this book is not directly about his wrong doings and his apologies. If you were reading between the lines you would see that this book encompuses baseball, live, love, loss, heartache and remorse in the creativly written words that grace the pages. I think that you will enjoy this book and its stories. Just sit back and read it with an open heart and and mind and allow the players of the pages to enter your life and you will find yourself cheering for the home team......i love you daddy...and am prouder than you will every know....

Mandi Hohenstein

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