Everyone wants the best for their child and no one wants their child to be left behind. I have heard parents say WELL so and so has extra batting lessons with this great coach — we better start them right away for our child. It never ends. You have to think about how...
And so it came to pass that I was asked to be an assistant for a fall majors team. I had just coached a AA team this spring, and I wondered how it would go—would I survive the sudden leap from 7-8-9 year olds to 10-11-12 year olds. Now that my own kids are off in...
As I’m watching snow outside, I know its January and January always gets my energy level up as I know BASEBALL IS JUST AROUND THE CORNER. We have tryouts here in February so it’ll be on us in no time. I always picture the first practice and what I’ll do. I just...
Well who’s counting, but we just had the season ending party for my team. They finished under 0.500 but I thought they had a great season. The best part of the party was when I asked who was going to play again next season and everyone raised their hand (OK...
Nothing can keep a baseball coach up more at night than ruminating about the order of pitchers for an upcoming game. I remember reading a biography of Vince Lombardi where he is quoted as saying that football was an odd game since 90% depended on the...
