Pete Rose's Winning Baseball

Pete Rose's book is good for forming a mental approach to baseball or softball. He stresses the importance of teamwork and getting along with your teammates, as well as playing hard and playing to win, something that is often missing from timid youth teams or casual adult 'beer' leagues. Most remarkably, he equates winning with keeping morale on the team high: he frowns upon angry coaches and abusive teammates who criticize others. Instead of public anger, he recommends giving supportive advice privately and briefly with players who make a bad play. He gives unconventional advice about becoming a switch hitter early in one's career so that one never has to face a curve ball thrown the wrong way. The advice that he gives would probably be better for younger players, although after watching some adult rec league teams exploding into anger and self-destructing, it would benefit them as well. I found the more sparse information about technique far less helpful. This is what I was looking for when I bought this book, unfortuantely. Again, it's the mental advice here that is better, such as the goal of hitting the ball hard, rather than the result (getting base hits), that is his helpful focus. This book is useful for any player looking for a fresh psychological and team approach to winning the game.

Pete Rose is one of the greatest baseball players. In this book he will teach you how to be a good all around baseball player. He explains how to play every position correctly. It is important to practice too and he preaches that. If you can switch hit he believes that it is a great advantage to you and gives good reason why. Don Gullett, who was a pitcher for the Cincinnati Reds, teaches you how to pitch. He shows how to throw certain pitches and how to take care of your arm. Practically anything that you would want or need to know about how to play baseball correctly is in this book. I would recommend this book to all young players and any coach because it is a really good book for showing you how to play and practice. If you like baseball then this book would probably interest you. I liked it because it helped me understand the game better and how to play and practice better.