{"product_id":"homerun-for-life-gene-tate-9780984774289","title":"Homerun For Life: Building Strategies for Life","description":"\u003cp\u003eCoach Gene Tate came to Las Vegas, Nevada thirteen years ago from East Palo\u003cbr\u003e Alto, California to start a youth baseball program that has changed the lives of\u003cbr\u003e hundreds of kids. This July, Tate will become the first coach to lead an African\u003cbr\u003e American youth baseball team to Cuba to compete against Cuban youth. Tate\u003cbr\u003e started the East Palo Alto T-Ball\/Pitching Machine in 1992 to teach Baseball and\u003cbr\u003e Life Skills to young. But unlike most other youth baseball programs, Coach\u003cbr\u003e Tate's program is completely free! \"Today, we serve over 400 youngsters per year.\u003cbr\u003e We teach the kids baseball, but we also teach them life skills and through baseball they\u003cbr\u003e can gain character,\" says Coach Gene Tate. \"In taking our talented African American\u003cbr\u003e youth to play competitive baseball in Cuba we will be exposing them to an international\u003cbr\u003e playing fi eld, full of even more diversity and culture for them to discover.\" The program\u003cbr\u003e promotes the awareness of the Old Negro League whom teams played from the\u003cbr\u003e late 1800's through the early 1960's. The names of the nine teams are named after\u003cbr\u003e the Negro League Teams: St Louis Stars, Homestead Grays, Chicago America\u003cbr\u003e Giants, Pittsburgh Crawfords, Kansas City Monarchs, Baltimore Elite Giants, \u003cbr\u003e Indianapolis Clowns, Birmingham Black Barons, and the New York Black Yankees.\u003cbr\u003e Our Focus is to teach the ideals of Sportsmanship, teamwork and community\u003cbr\u003e pride.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Gene Tate,Gerald Curry\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0984774289\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780984774289\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Curry Brothers Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/01\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 80\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.21d","brand":"Gene Tate","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47474002067711,"sku":"9780984774289","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_be90cb1f-3bb2-4ad1-bd7a-f1cb2fabd3b0.jpg?v=1762314343","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/homerun-for-life-gene-tate-9780984774289","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}