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

By Kurt Hohenstein

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0785275045
• ISBN13: 9780785275046
• Release Date: January 1996
• Publisher: Thomas Nelson Inc
• Length: 221 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 7.3" x 1.0" x 5.3"

Customer Reviews

Outstanding Book from an Outstanding Man

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'm Proud of You Daddy!

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 Hohensteinhottatti00@aol.com

Little League Essential

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.

Homerun from a foul ball

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.

Simply amazing- it teaches so much about life thru baseball

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