Caroline’S Day

By Tony A. Angelelli

This book makes use of the game of fast-pitch softball as a tool to tell a story about never, ever giving up. Its about dealing with defeat and personal adversity, about picking yourself up and staying in the game, and about surprise. The book uses the authors granddaughter, actual happenings from her life, and the fortunes of the game to tell a tale that teaches a life lesson. By the way, there are these furry little flying critters, called bats, that keep making their presence known throughout the story. Watch for them!

• Language: English
• Publisher: AuthorHouse
• Release date: Oct 9, 2015
• ISBN: 9781504951623

Tony A. Angelelli

The author is a retired engineer, father of three daughters, and grandfather of six grandchildren. He and his wife, Joy, live in Knoxville, Tennessee. The author is a life-long sports fan who has never been much of an athlete himself, although he still keeps trying, but he is now able to live sports all over again through his grandchildren. He experiences the highs and lows, the hard work and frustrations, and the successes and failures of fast-pitch softball through the real-life experiences of his granddaughter in this book. He cries and laughs with her, hurts and celebrates with her, and even “slides into third” with her.

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2015 Tony A. Angelelli. All rights reserved.

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Published by AuthorHouse 10/09/2015

ISBN: 978-1-5049-5156-2 (sc)

ISBN: 978-1-5049-5162-3 (e)

Library of Congress Control Number: 2015915514

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Dedicated to my granddaughter, Caroline, whose courage and heart inspired me to write this book.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Chapter 1: Let’s Get started

Chapter 2: Mom & the Bats

Chapter 3: Dad and Maddie -- Nanna and Poppa

Chapter 4: Let’s Play Softball with Coach Cheri

Chapter 5: The Ballpark & No. 7

Chapter 6: Sir Wells

Chapter 7: The Glove & the Arm

Chapter 8: Are We Having Fun Yet?

Chapter 9: Disaster No. 1

Chapter 10: The Aftermath

Chapter 11: What Next??? Disaster No. 2

Chapter 12: Second Comeback -- Playing with a Broken Arm

Chapter 13: Controversy

Chapter 14: Another Disaster???

Chapter 15: This Is the Day!!!

Chapter 16: Let’s Finish This

Chapter 17: To Sum It Up & Go Forward

LIST OF FIGURES

Figure 1   Caroline

Figure 2   Bat Holding A Softball Bat

Figure 3   The Whole Family

Figure 4   Coach Cheri, Denver, & Caroline

Figure 5   Tim, Rick, Beth, & Mike

Figure 6   Caroline with No, 7 Jersey

Figure 7   Sir Wells

Figure 8   Pitch & Catch with Poppa

Figure 9   Caroline Playing Infield

Figure 10   Caroline Swinging the Bat

Figure 11   Falling Off Scooter   

Figure 12   Tripping & Falling Again   

Figure 13   Caroline at Bat with Her Pink Cast

Figure 14   Throwing Out Runner from Outfield

Figure 15   Chicken Dance

Figure 16   Big Mike & Caroline on Bench

Figure 17   Caroline Getting Hit by Pitch

Figure 18   Bats Circling Field

Figure 19   Rounding ¹st & Heading for ²nd

Figure 20   Sliding Safely Into ³rd

Figure 21    Coach Cheri Hugging Caroline

Figure 22    Family Applauding Team

Figure 23   Bat Holding A Softball

CAROLINE’S DAY

Chapter 1: Let’s Get started

Call me Poppa – that’s what all my grandchildren call me. This is a story about one of them named Caroline. The story that I am going to tell is true and I know that because I was there to personally witness almost everything in this story. I got the parts that I was not there to witness directly from somebody in the story who was there. The people in this story are real people; sometimes their names have been changed a bit – sometimes not. The setting is just outside of Knoxville, Tennessee. The time frame starts in the Spring 5 years ago and continues to just about now. OK, here we go! Let’s get started on Caroline’s journey!

Caroline is 11 years old and is in the 6th grade. She is a pretty girl with medium length light brown hair, a Snow White complexion, and plenty of freckles. She is rather tall and lean for her age and she