A Slow-Pitch Summer: My Rookie Senior Softball Season

by Leon Speroff

Book Overview

Slow-Pitch Summer is a candid, endearing, and often humorous memoir of a physcian returning to his first softball season in forty years. Dr. Speroff takes the reader along his journey as he rekindles... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0974568694
• ISBN13: 9780974568690
• Release Date: May 2007
• Publisher: Arnica Publishing
• Length: 114 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 8.8" x 8.7"

Customer Reviews

Senior softball reigns!

Dr. Speroff's journal of his first summer of slow-pitch senior softball is outstanding. I am personally in the midst of my "rookie" season as a younger senior in Florida. His descriptions of his teammates, the game, the equipment, & the "atmosphere" all ring true to what I am experiencing. The camaraderie is special, the good-natured ribbing is the same, & so is the "humbleizing" of missed catches, weak hits & the ever-looming risk of injury. The color photos of players certainly enhance the story. "I feel like a kid again" is the universal attitude here also. Believe me, the game is much harder than it looks. So, for men in their 60's & 70's, the challenge is with every pitch, every hit, every grounder, every fly ball, to say nothing of running the bases speedily & safely. Who cares if no one is in the stands? The bonding with teammates is so uplifting & inspiring & the privilege of participating in senior sports is so energizing that we play senior softball almost year-round in Florida. My fantasy bumper sticker: "When you grow up, you too can play senior softball!"