Sheppard Memorial Library has a new title sure to interest biography and baseball fans.

The story of former East Carolina University baseball coach Keith LeClair's life and his battle with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) is detailed in Bethany Bradsher's new book “Coaching Third: The Keith LeClair Story.”

From LeClair's passion for baseball growing up in Walpole, N.H., to his playing and coaching days at Western Carolina University to his coaching days at East Carolina University — leading his team toward a goal of reaching Omaha, Neb., and the College World Series — Bradsher covers the life of the courageous coach and the support of his courageous wife, children, parents, siblings, friends, church family, colleagues and players.

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