📘 Line Drives & Life Lessons

A Serious, Sarcastic & Sage: A Collection of Fast-Pitch Softball Poetry

Welcome to the dugout—the real one. The one with sunflower seeds, scuffed cleats, and a coach who tells it like it is.

Line Drives & Life Lessons is a bold, funny, and fiercely honest collection of poems for fast-pitch softball players who hustle hard, cheer louder, and know that greatness lives somewhere between the chalk lines and the dirt stains.

Narrated by the unforgettable Coach Shelly—a sarcastic, 60-year-old softball lifer with a heart of gold and zero patience for joggers—this book drops wisdom like pop flies. You'll find:

• Villanelles about backing up plays and bunting with pride
• Limericks on cleat drama and dugout energy
• Sonnets on leadership, sacrifice, and teammates who actually call the ball
• Free verse and haiku with dirt under the fingernails

Whether you're a player, parent, coach, or just someone who believes in sliding head-first into life, this collection will make you laugh, nod, and maybe even tie your cleats a little tighter.

🥎 Perfect for:

• High school and middle school fast-pitch athletes
• Coaches who love to teach with humor
• Parents who’ve heard “Let’s goooooo!” 3,000 times
• Anyone who knows that softball is more than a game—it’s a way of life

Read it in the dugout. Share it on the bus. Keep it in your bag.

Because these aren’t just poems. They’re dugout truths.