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Not a Statistic

The True Life of a Foster Child

In Jeremy's childhood, his parents were often drinking or partying. They encouraged his siblings to have fighting matches, and as a younger boy with no desire to fight, Jeremy covered his face and waited for the blows to end. His family had little to live on and after an eviction spent Christmas in a homeless shelter. This ended up being one of the better times since his parents treated their kids better in the presence of others and Santa even delivered Christmas presents from the shelter workers. Not a Statistic tells one child's struggle through an abusive and drug-addicted family as he fights to not follow in their footsteps. When he is suddenly thrust into the foster system, he still has to fight to not follow in their footsteps and push through everything thrown his way. Jeremy Collier's dramatic memoir reveals his battle through life and how he has come through some of the toughest situations and become triumphant. It is a story of someone fighting for what he believes in and working to become a success in life despite the odds weighing against him. This inspirational story shows that one's childhood needn't limit one's potential. With everything that stacked up against him, Jeremy avoided turning to drugs or crime. He struggled to become his own person and Not a Statistic. Despite his foster mother's prediction that he would drop out of school and start using drugs, Jeremy proved that stereotypes aren't universal truths. Not all foster kids are juvenile delinquents. Discover hope in this story of one boy overcoming the odds and achieving his dreams.

This inspirational story shows that one's childhood needn't limit one's potential. With everything that stacked up against him, Jeremy avoided turning to drugs or crime. He struggled to become his own person and Not a Statistic.

CHARACTER IS NOT A STATISTIC: The Legacy and Wisdom of Baseball's Godfather Scout Bill Lajoie

Bill Lajoie just had it. When it came to drafting ballplayers and building a World Series club, few in baseball history can match his extraordinary success. The lessons of Lajoie’s illustrious career and the brilliance of his philosophy are put to print in Character is Not a Statistic. After a playing career that fell achingly short of the major leagues, Lajoie returned to Detroit to become a teacher in the mid-1960s. But his unyielding passion for baseball and desire to atone for a broken dream pulled him back to the game as a scout. From there, he’d go on to build World Series Championships from scratch by finding players who possessed the very character he lacked as a young athlete. Starting as an area scout for the Cincinnati Reds in 1965, Lajoie later moved up the ladder with the Detroit Tigers and was the architect and general manager of their 1984 World Series crowning. Lajoie would then be instrumental as an assistant GM for two more franchises who dominated their decades with championships and titles; the 1990s Atlanta Braves and the 2000s Boston Red Sox. Perhaps no one alive has scouted more baseball over the last 50 years or has better stories to tell about finding the greats. Though the modern era has seen the depersonalization of scouting via statistics and radar gun readings, Lajoie was immensely successful through five decades by emphasizing what a player had inside him. His belief in a player’s humanity and character persists to this day. This book is not only a biography, but a collection of great baseball stories and a manual for the next generation of fans and scouts alike. Lajoie tackles such controversial issues as the Moneyball movement, the importance of a strong manager, scouting for makeup, making trades, preventing pitching injuries, running a farm system, and ranking both the best general managers and scouting directors of the modern era.