by admin | Nov 4, 2012 | The Big Picture
When big money infiltrates youth sports, you have to dig deep, real deep, in order to get at the heart of the matter. Through some investigation last week, we discovered how an oil/gas fracking business was tied to youth baseball. So let’s dig into Florida...
by admin | Oct 31, 2012 | Novel, Saving Babe Ruth, Travel Baseball
The recent arrest of Robert Sanfilippo reveals a great deal about travel baseball. Going forward, I will occasionally draw upon on the Sanfilippo story to illustrate some points about youth sports and youth baseball. Today I’m going to comment on one aspect of...
by admin | Oct 25, 2012 | Truisms
There are a few truisms in creating a good community baseball (sports) program or in coaching a team. Here is one that sits near the top of the list: You may or may not get what you want, but you will almost always get what you deserve. File this thought away as I...
by admin | Oct 19, 2012 | Website Introduction
Sit back and fasten your seat belt. You are about to go on multi-month ride through the world of youth baseball. There are the good guys, like the many volunteers who serve their community baseball programs, and there are the not-so good guys: the promoters and their...
