Lessons that last longer than a season
Reflections from a lifetime of teaching the game.
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COACHING SINCE 1969
COMING SOON
“You win by coming back to home plate.”
— ERNIE FISHER01 / THE BOOKCOMING SOON
A different way to keep score
Baseball’s Little
Black Diamonds
The numbers tell part of the story. Ernie Fisher wants to talk about the part that happens when a player makes it all the way home.
Part baseball conversation, part coaching wisdom, and part affectionate challenge to the way the game is measured.
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Somewhere tonight, a broadcaster will tell you the batter is ahead in the count at two balls and one strike. Ernie Fisher would like a word.THE OPENING THOUGHT · BASEBALL’S LITTLE BLACK DIAMONDS
02 / THE AUTHORTHE MAN BEHIND THE BOOK
ERNIE FISHERCOACH · AUTHOR · LIFELONG STUDENT OF THE GAME
A life around the ballfield
For Ernie, baseball
has always been personal.
It started in 1969, when a 13-year-old Ernie began helping run an elementary school team in Cypress, California.
From tee-ball and little league to adult softball, Ernie has spent decades coaching, keeping score, and watching what makes the game meaningful.
Read Ernie’s story →03 / THE PHILOSOPHYWHAT REALLY COUNTS
A scorekeeper’s point of view
Not every important
thing fits in a box score.
Ernie calls his own statistic Production Average. It focuses on what ends up on the scoreboard—and, most importantly, whether a runner comes all the way home.
Explore the philosophy ↗04 / FROM THE JOURNALNOTES FROM THE BALLFIELD
Stories, observations & baseball talk
The game is always
giving us a story.
What does the scoreboard leave out?
A closer look at Production Average.
Read article →Stories from around the ballfield
Characters and memories from baseball life.
Read article →A note for early readers
Every great baseball book
starts a conversation.
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