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Text Messages Place Baseball Coach On Leave
Here is another cautionary tale for coaches out there - don’t send inappropriate text messages to students. This time, it’s West Hartford High (Conn.) baseball coach Sean McCann who is under investigation. He allegedly sent inappropriate ...
St. Thomas Baseball Coach Denning Retires
Coming off a Division III national championship, St. Thomas (Minn.) baseball coach Dennis Denning has decided to retire. The 65-year-old coached the last 15 years at St. Thomas and compiled a 522-157 record with two national titles. Previously, he co...
California’s Winningest Prep Baseball Coach Dies
John Stevenson, who won 1.059 games in 50 baseball seasons at El Segundo High (Calif.), died Monday at the age of 76 due to a heart attack.http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/dodgerthoughts/2010/01/californias-winningest-prep-baseball-coach-passes-away.h...
Working Up the Pitcher’s Starting Routine
Watch any quality major league pitcher prepare for a start and you will discover that he is observing an established routine. Once the routine is developed over a period of trial and error and the pitcher knows that it is working for him, we will exp...
Utilizing situational hitting to improve fielding, baserunning
How many times in a close game have you had a runner make a mistake on the bases that might have cost you a big inning? We always get upset by such things and wonder what they are thinking and what we could do about it. Our first thought: Have we ...
Urban Baseball
Boosting the Young Player’s Performance"I haven’t had a problem filling out a roster, but I have had a problem filling it with quality players. We can always find two or three players who can play with anybody, but getting a solid nine is...
Baseball: Turning your ‘throwers’ into pitchers
Finding kids with live arms usually poses a problem. At every level from the Little League to the big leagues, you can find young pitchers with the ability to do it, depending greatly on how they are coached. Many pitchers try to get by on vel...
The Priority System in Baseball
Who’s got the ball?A collision or near-collision between two outfielders, two infielders, or an infielder and an outfielder can prove costly during a ball game. It usually occurs between a pair of determined, aggressive players, who fail to hea...
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