THE AUTHOR · THE COACH
A lifetime
around the ballfield.
Meet Ernie Fisher: coach, scorekeeper, and lifelong student of the game.
ERNIE FISHERAUTHOR · BASEBALL COACH
1969—Where it began
It started with
a team of kids.
Ernie started coaching in 1969, when he was a 13-year-old kid helping run an elementary school team in Cypress, California.
More than five decades, countless scorebooks, and many seasons later, he has built a life around baseball. His coaching has included tee-ball, little league, pony league, and adult softball.
Several of the players he coached went on to the major leagues. Through all those years, Ernie kept score with a pencil—and kept thinking about what the numbers really mean.
That curiosity became the foundation for his own statistic, Production Average, and for Baseball’s Little Black Diamonds.
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Fair warning: you’ll want a copy for your coach, one for your dad, and one for that friend who still swears the batter is ahead at 2–1.FROM THE BOOK’S BACK-COVER COPY
THE JOURNEYMORE THAN FIVE DECADES IN BASEBALL
1969First coaching experience, helping with an elementary school team in Cypress, California.
Over the yearsCoaching across youth baseball, pony league, and adult softball.
TodaySharing a lifetime of baseball stories and his Production Average philosophy through his debut book.