The Pitcher's Mom [Kindle Edition]

Heather Choate Davis (Author)

Book Description

Bottom-of-the-ninth dreams are the stuff that young boys are made of. But boys grow. Destiny arrives on the doorstep –or, more likely, fails to– and all the while mothers look on, impotent witnesses to the great unknown. Such is the turf of The Pitcher’s Mom, a novel about big dreams, cup shopping, bleacher barbs, sore arms, mothers and sons, wrestling destiny, and the sacrifices we make for love. Finally, a baseball book that captures the game—from Little League to the pros— from the mom's point of view.

"Heather Davis has a much better insight into the whole baseball process than almost any of the parents I've known over the last 50+ years. If you're a mom with a kid in the game, and you want to look at the big picture, "The Pitcher's Mom" is the story you should be reading."

--Artie Harris, L.A. Dodgers Scout, Draft Room Coordinator, Elite Team Coordinator, featured in the hit movie Moneyball

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Heather Choate Davis began her writing career as an advertising copywriter. Over the past 30 years, she’s written screenplays, teleplays, one-acts, liturgies, and books—beginning with her memoir, Baptism by Fire. She is currently working on her MA in Theology at Concordia University, Irvine. Davis lives in Mar Vista, CA.

Product Details

• File Size: 411 KB
• Print Length: 340 pages
• Publisher: Stewart Press (March 11, 2012)
• Sold by: Amazon Digital Services, Inc.
• Language: English
• ASIN: B007JCUNDQ
• Text-to-Speech: Enabled
• X-Ray: Enabled
• Lending: Enabled
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #330,612 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Love and Baseball March 20, 2012

By Jeffrey A. Weakley

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I grew up in the south where playing on a baseball and football team was pretty much mandatory. I was 5 when I got my first team uniform. And spent every summer at the ballpark until I was 14. This book makes me nostalgic for that time. There's a world, a community, that lives there and lives for it. I feel fortunate to have been a part of it. When I read Ms. Davis's book, there are so many wonderful moments that are either spot on true and really happened, or maybe she's such a good writer, they really feel like they did. That's just plain great writing.

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars This non-baseball non-mom loved it! March 26, 2012

By Holly Winne

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First, a note for all you non-baseball non-moms out there: I loved this book, and I'm neither a baseball fan nor a mom - although like most I have enjoyed the former and vicariously practiced a bit of the latter via other routes. The themes in this book - sacrifice for those you love, the passionate pursuit of goals (with genetic fate even), coming of age, cup shopping discomfort (hmmm well, ladies have that too) - are universal.

My reading tastes run the gamut, but I always enjoy writing that offer depth without pretension, especially with a good dose of self-aware humor. The mother in this story is highly intelligent, a little neurotic at first, yet so ready to expand her comfort zone as a mother and a person that you chuckle along with her, eager to find out where her family ends up, and are perhaps even inspired... if not to love better, than at least go toss a ball with a great kid.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Totally loved this book! March 20, 2012

By Angela F

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This book was recommended to me by a friend and I couldn't put it down. I loved it! My son is 11 years old and has played little league and travel ball since he was 5. This book really hits the nail on the head with regard to little league, and said all of the things us parents think, but don't ever say. If you have a child that plays or ever played little league, you MUST read this book! I am recommending it to all my fellow baseball parents.

More About the Author

I began my writing career as an advertising copywriter--left the agency world to raise my kids and do work more for love than money. Over the past 30 years, I've written screenplays, teleplays, one-acts, and books (beginning with my memoir, "Baptism by Fire"), taught creative writing and Junior Great Books, created an original, arts-based vespers called The Renaissance Service (TM), and led retreats at a high desert monastery. "The Pitcher's Mom" is my valentine to all the years spent watching my son play--and eventually coach--the game he taught me to love. It is not a "true" story, in the sense that it is not my story, but rather a string of moments that I think will ring true for any mother who's ever washed a Little League uniform, or any parent who's ever waited and wondered if their child's big dream was actually meant to be. Right now I am working towards my MA in Theology and hoping, one day, to teach faith-based writing for non-faith-based readers at the college level. My newest book, "Elijah & the SATs: Reflections of a hairy, old, desert prophet and the benchmarking of our children's lives" is awaiting publication: stay tuned for details.