Out of My League by Dr. Bernie Kastner

By Dr. Bernie Kastner

Out of My League is a psychotherapist’s funny retrospective account of occasions that came about at the fields of other ethnic softball leagues in south Brooklyn in the course of one season within the yr 1985. Dr. Kastner weighs in at the execs and cons of assorted philosophical outlooks during the lens of America’s favourite hobby, and analyzes his own fight towards discovering what's actually very important in lifestyles. people with a keenness for baseball will locate this booklet hugely entertaining

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