What is it about baseball All-Stars that makes them
great lovers?
So
what’s the scoop? Is there something about the selection process to choose
Major League All-Stars that contributes to these men being better than good in
bed? Are there aspects of the performance edge, of the pursuit of athletic
excellence, that develop traits and qualities that make baseball All-Stars
awesome lovers?
As
the old swing song goes, “It ain’t what you do, it’s the way that you do it.”
And when it comes to love, it is a bit about what All-Star heroes
(fictional and real) do, but it’s definitely about the way that
they do it.
The
performance level achieved by All-Stars requires discipline and practice, it’s
true. But to get to the majors in the first place, the boys that become the men
in the majors have to have certain qualities, and it’s those same
qualities that are at the heart of the sensual game of love. So what are those
elements and qualities?
1.
Great body awareness. All-Stars carry an awareness of not only their own
bodies, but a mindfulness of those around them. Top MLB All-Stars have
exquisite spatial orientation; they have a tuned-up awareness and a
consciousness of the field. These men know where others are, yet not just by
being in tune with the physical; the best of them have learned to feel beyond
vision and sound.
2.
Exquisite Attention. Players at the All-Star level know how to focus.
The same extreme focus that they turn to seeing the seams on a fastball can be
turned to the women they wish to please. They’ve been practicing focus most of
their lives. Need I say more?
3.
A Love of Feedback. The best of these amazing men love feedback; in
fact, they crave it. A player needs to accurately scrutinize the body language
of his opponents and teammates in order to gauge how they’ll respond to the
next play. They know that sensitivity to feedback allows them to excel and to
hone their game. Refinement toward perfection is a lifelong practice and
discipline. A woman’s sensual response is fuel to such a man. It’s a win-win
feedback loop.
4.
An Appetite for the Intense. All-Stars by nature seek out the
climax, the exhilarating moment when energy peaks. That’s when great
achievements are reached and when players transcend their former level of play.
In those moments, all is risked. All is on the line. And the reward is
exceptional. Ask any All-Star and he’ll tell you that in a team sport it’s the
energy of an excellent opponent, the pressing up against the drive of another,
which takes him to a new level. The energy of a skilled and involved opponent
pushes an All-Star to the heights. It drives outstanding performance. The best
encourage one another to greatness. And the results can be explosive.
5.
Baseball is a Game out of Time. There’s no clock. You play the game
until it’s over. That’s a lot like love and a whole lot like good loving. (I’ll
say more about baseball and time in future blogs. In the meantime you can check
out All-Star Alex Tavonesi, the hero in Love Bats
Last, the first book in my Heart
of the Game series that debuts on February 4th and tell me what
you think).
6.
Baseball is a Game of the Heart. Sure, the sheer strength and agility
of baseball All-Stars is a plus, but it’s the subtle aspects of the mind-body
connection that bring it all together, that make All-Stars truly special. And
beneath the excellence—under the focus and drive and sheer physicality—it’s the
heart of the man that makes the difference when it comes to love and loving.
These men know what it means to follow their hearts and strive for their dreams.
They know how to go the distance. I leave the rest to your very fine
imaginations!
And
a big P.S.: Being in love can make athletes perform better! Research
reported on WebMD.com has linked being in love with an athlete’s on-field
performance, showing that love can improve that performance. That makes sense:
when you’re in love, you’re happy, life looks better, your mood is better and
you even have more energy. Why wouldn’t all of these positives make a guy a
better athlete?
And
a plus for the reformed rakes in my books who go on to excel: The findings also
showed that there was more to win than happiness. Athletes who were in
committed relationships seemed to have overall better performances than those
who were not.
So
why wouldn’t a ballplayer look for love? Why wouldn’t a woman look for love in
an All-star? All-Stars make great lovers and deserve great lovin’.
* * * * * *
Love Bats Last
Pamela Aares
Book Tagline
When love’s in the game you can’t
play it safe...
Book Description
In LOVE BATS LAST, author Pamela Aares introduces you to the Heart of the Game series. Get ready for All-Star alpha males
and the strong women they come to love!
A stormy night changes their lives
forever...
The baseball diamond isn’t the only field for all-star player
Alex Tavonesi; he also runs his family’s prestigious vineyard. What he can't
seem to run is his love life. He’s closing in on the perfect vintage and the
perfect game, but so far the perfect woman has eluded him.
Veterinarian Jackie Brandon is eluding her aristocratic past and
memories of a soccer star who jilted her just before their wedding. She devotes
herself to a marine mammal rescue center on the northern California coast,
where hundreds of seals and sea lions are washing up dead.
A chance meeting in a midnight storm brings Alex and Jackie
together to rescue a stranded whale. Watching her work, he realizes she's the
passionate, courageous woman he thought he'd never find--he just has to
overcome her deep distrust of jocks. Jackie's passion and courage lead her to
discover what's killing the sea mammals. The culprits want to silence her, and
Alex is the only one standing in their way. What will he sacrifice to save the woman he loves?
Quotes and Praise
“Pamela Aares deftly weaves together
the desires and strategies of world-class sports with the equally charged realm
of the heart to create fast-moving tales you’ll wish would never end.”
—Mary Beath, award-winning author of Refuge of Whirling Light on the contemporary series the Heart of the Game.
“A new star in the romance world!” —E. Alexander, New York Times best-selling author
About the Author
Pamela is an author of contemporary and historical romance
novels. Her first book, Jane
Austen and the Archangel (Angels Come to Earth, #1) was released in 2012. Midnight Becomes You, (Angels Come to
Earth, #2) will
release in 2014, along with three more books in the Heart of the Game series, all releasing in 2014.
Before becoming a romance author, Pamela Aares produced and wrote
award-winning films and radio shows including Your Water, Your Life featuring actress Susan Sarandon and the
NPR series New
Voices. After producing
The Powers of the Universe and The Earth’s Imagination, she knew without a doubt that romance lives at the heart of the
universe and powers the greatest stories of all.
Pamela holds a Master’s Degree from Harvard and lives in the wine
country of California with her husband and two curious cats. Her love of nature
led to adventures scuba diving the coral reefs of Fiji, exploring the cliffs of
Greece, sea kayaking the Rosario Straits and white water rafting the wild and
scenic rivers of the west—and romance!
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