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

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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.

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.

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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This book is a great book. It teaches you so many lessons. but they are not nessasaraly about baseball. But they are about life and they coinside with baseball. I loved the book and i have read it many times---Thank you Daddy you are the best

i have given this book to all the coaches of my sons' and daughter's teams as post season presents. they have all loved the book. i have several more coaches to go and i was wondering if the author or anybody else knew where to get them.

It amazes me that Holton could review such a beautiful book so negatively... this book is about a miserable fall from grace.. due to the author's own faults, and his attempt to regain his life, and the life with his children, by accepting responsiblity, admitting fault and rebuilding a life. Baseball is the backdrop for the lessons learned, not because he plays it, but because it is the medium his own children and ballplayers will understand. This book is a lyrical, painful, and beautifully told story about failure and remorse, but more importantly, about second chances made through honest reflection. If Holton misses the point, one wonders if she has even read the book--- or if she is capable of comprehending the nature of human error and redemption. No matter.. Rules of the Game speaks for itself.. a heartfelt, wondrously written, beautifully told story every Little Leaguer and his parents should read.

This book doesn't present new drills or strategies for winning ballgames but it will remind you why you are coaching in the first place. The author, a former lawyer, state senator,and little league coach writes this book from prison. He recalls the truths taught in little league; the lessons we learn, forget and relearn. A wonderful book that will inspire.

I really enjoyed this book. Not only is it signed By KAHohenstein. I like the way it tells about life in general and the comparison of little league. Kurt your a fantstic man, and eveything you do for everyone is greatly appreciated. iheartyou AES(omaha)

One word sums up this book, irresponsibility. Hohenstein stumbles through 200 akward pages rambling about baseball. It seems like he tries to encroach on the reader that he has learned from his mistakes- all he has learned is the proper way to malinger. At no point does he acknowledge his role in his past crimes. Rather he seems to want to sugar coat it with what a great person he really is deep down. There is no evolution of character. We do see the demise of a man, but by his own accord. He fails to at any point to admit fault for his actions or how they have effected others. Even in the role of a coach he has flaws. I wonder what he really learned from little league after all. Additionally, the stories have no flow with one another. The entire books seems to merely be a lament over a lost existence. The only purpose the book does serve is to reinforce that individuals such as this should be kept behind bars for the betterment of society.