Our Game was written not only to encourage girls and young women to follow their dreams of playing professional baseball, but also to show how the main character Maria, was able to sow and grow her own seeds of success.

What is success?  How do we know it when we see it — when we feel it?  Is it fleeting? Is it long lasting? Is it permanent?

Is the person who spends their entire life meditating on a mountaintop any more or less successful than a world leader? A self-made billionaire? A baseball pl...