What I've Learned From Baseball by Coach John Peter
The game of baseball is infinitely more complex than most give it credit for. Most that I have learned about baseball is common sense…but each lesson took someone with more common sense than I to point it out.
Coaching Tips
- Teach catchers to call the game. Why? If you are a teacher, teach…or don’t expect much when you truly need them to think things through for themselves.
- Make practice fun! Why…because the world doesn’t need any more soccer players…And soccer is just people being bored in a hundred languages…worldwide!
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Featured Article
When and How to Throw a Curveball by Andrew Tinnish
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The Assistant of Amateur Baseball Operations for the Toronto Blue Jays goes over the six key elements to the curveball that must be followed in order to throw the pitch properly.
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Little League World Series
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The 56th annual Little League World Series is finishing up in Williamsport, Pennsylvania. Among the teams that have been eliminated from the United States are Fort Worth, Texas, Waipahu, Hawaii, Aptos, California, Webb City, Missouri, and Clemmons, North Carolina. The remaining International teams don't include Guam, Saudi Arabia, Mexico, Saskatchewan (Canada), and Russia.
TV Schedule
Thursday, August 22
Venezuela vs. Netherlands 3:30 ESPN2
Worcester, MA vs. Harlem, NY 7:00 ESPN
Saturday, August 24
International Championship
Japan vs. Netherlands 3:00 ESPN
U.S. Championship
Louisville, KY vs. Worcester, MA 7:30 ABC
Sunday, August 25
Championship Game 6:30 ABC
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Baseball’s Believe It or Not
Forgotten Nickname: The Philadelphia Blue Jays
Philadelphia’s National League baseball team has been known as the Phillies since 1890. But there was a nearly forgotten aberration in the 1940’s when new owner Bob Carpenter held a contest among fans to pick a new nickname for the team. The fans chose Blue Jays, and for two seasons that’s the Phillies were known as.
Wearing uniforms featuring a Blue Jay logo, the team went 61-92 in 1944. But their luck further soured in 1945, and Philadelphia finished their brief flirtation with the Blue Jays nickname with a 46-108 record.
The Phillies, however, weren’t the only “old school” National League team to undergo a name change during their franchise history. In 1953 the Cincinnati Reds demonstrated the anti-communism fervor of the times by changing their name to the Cincinnati Red Legs. It wasn't until 1959 that Cincy fans succeeded in having the name changed back to the Reds.
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Famous Baseball Quotes, Wit & Wisdom
I'm going to write a book: How to make a small fortune in baseball - you start with a large fortune.
Ruly Carpenter, president and owner of the Philadelphia Phillies from 1973-1981
I found out that it's not good to talk about my troubles. Eighty percent of the people who hear them don't care and the other twenty percent are glad you're having trouble.
Tommy Lasorda
It's the only occupation where a man has to be perfect the first day on the job and then improve over the years.
Umpire Ed Runge
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