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Want an entertaining read about a Little-League benchwarmer-turned middle-aged university professor who tries to turn around his failing Central Park softball team with a sabermetric approach, in a book that Jeffrey Lyons calls, "A fascinating look at those of us obsessed with holding onto our precious youth and of living out our dreams..."

Professor Baseball

http://www.amazon.com/Professor-Baseball-Searching-Redemption-Softball/dp/0226016668

Professor Baseball is the coming-of-middle-age story of New York University professor and Little League benchwarmer Edwin Amenta. As rookie manager of the Performing Arts Softball League&quot;s doormat Sharkeys, he reverses softball&quot;s usual brawn-over-brains formula. He coaxes his skeptical teammates to follow his sabermetric and sociological approach, based equally on Bill James and Max Weber, which he dubs "Eddy Ball." Packed with colorful personalities, dramatic games, and the bustle of New York life, Professor Baseball will charm anyone who has ever root, root, rooted for the underdog.