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The title was highlighted in three episodes as a heartfelt memoir about a Little League season shared with the author's dad, exploring grief and humor through baseball anecdotes. Teresa and various guests, including the host and super‑fans, praised its writing as a masterpiece that was difficult to put down and even discussed the audiobook production. The overall tone was enthusiastic and the book was presented as a highly recommended read.
Episode: Bill Burr + Simon Helberg (Carolla Classics)
It was about the author's experience coaching little league with his dad and how they used it as a time to bond and heal.
The book is called Making it Home Life Lessons from a Season of Little League
I think the juicy stuff inside this book is all about my stepmother
that'll be for the next book
I think this is my favorite on the side of the Santa Monica Angels
that's a chapter about my brother's all star team which was in Santa Monica
Baseball is like church Many attend but few understand
It's insightful It seems like initially like shallow but if you think about it like oh no that's exactly what church and religion is so that's pretty good
For the parents of a little leaguer, a baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings
It's so funny you talk about this like that quote about the baseball and like the parents that's the opposite of Adam's parents
The nervous breakdown When can I get out of here? What the fuck is this? I hate these people
It's so nerve-wracking and so even when I'm watching the major leaguers like we took the kids out of school early because we got tickets to the playoffs Diamondbacks, we live in Arizona, Diamondbacks, Phillies
How many, like my husband has been a lifelong Phillies fan and he's never been to a playoff game so we took the kids out of school early, took them to the game, Phillies lost and then we decided we were bad luck and we stayed away for the last game which the Phillies won but now they're back in Philadelphia anyway
That's just good science. Right, thank you because there's a sense that you control the world like when the Phillies lost here we had to ask ourselves what could we have done differently today
All of the most of the chapters begin with quotes and many of them are famous baseball quotes so here's a chapter Chapter 6 is called Hello, Goodbye, Shalom, and Play Ball and that starts with the quote Baseball is like church Many attend but few understand
I love that one It's insightful It seems like initially like shallow but if you think about it like oh no that's exactly what church and religion is so that's pretty good
And this is another one for any parents of little leaguers This is a quote by Earl Wilson For the parents of a little leaguer, a baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings
I love that As we're recording this, the Phillies are probably losing to the Diamondbacks When I came in here we were down You know my husband's from Philly so I had to convert I think we were down four runs in the fifth inning so I don't think we came back but I'm too scared to check the score
I love that you're so into baseball and like how much that's permeated your life based on your sons.
It's such a beautiful testament to how much you love them
Masterpiece I have three physical copies, I own an audible copy I bought it I'm still reading the paperback copy and I have the audible copy, I have two chapters in I kind of screwed myself because I restarted it and that's like a video game where you're halfway and you're like what do I do now
I start that other one or I go back and just finish a paperback Theresa's always encouraged me to be a better reader and recommended many books to me over the years, she's kind of like my secret book club. But going back to the clips
Making a Home, Life Lessons from a Season of Little League.
Episode: Jay Mohr + Teresa Strasser (Carolla Classics)
Teresa's book, a memoir about a season of Little League baseball and grief, was described as incredibly well-written and hard to put down.
I couldn't put it down. It's a masterpiece.
It's a Grief book, but hopefully, it's also funny.
If you love Teresa, you're gonna like her book regardless what it's about.
Little League Baseball gave me a way to be with my dad in all his eccentric multitudes.
Episode: Patton Oswalt + Teresa Strasser (Carolla Classics)
It was mentioned in the context of Teresa's book tour and podcast appearances. She discussed the audiobook, its subject matter (her dad and a Little League season), and the process of recording it.
So my most recent the title T Making it home life lessons from a season of Little League on the on Adam show with with Orny Adams there or any got Thorny We were talking about the audiobook and I was telling them That I my audiobook directors this man named Scott Sherratt and he is the Spielberg of audio book directors everybody Bono Questlove Oprah everybody and I Was so nervous because I'm not a voice actress and this book is about me and my dad It's also about a team of Little League players. So there's a bunch of different kids. I have to differentiate coaches my husband My son my brother in flashbacks my dad and I'm not a voice actress So I was really nervous how I was gonna do it
It's called making it home life lessons from a season of Little League It's a book about grief and specifically one season of Little League that I watched with my dad After my brother and my mom died four months apart I know it sounds griefy, but hopefully it's also funny And what you're about to hear is from the prologue if you like audiobooks, I think this one's pretty good
By the way, Adam Krola and dr. Drew both also provided blurbs, which was very nice, but Cal Ripken jr He has set a record for consecutive games that will never be broken