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Congratulations are in order. Pop the Cokes, shake the Gatorade, toss sunflower seeds in the air. Our Cardinals’s secured first place in the National league last night, and the overall top [...]

Weight Watchers? Ponzi scheme. Crossfit? Waste of time. 21-Day Fix? Forget it. Want to lose weight? Coach little league baseball. More specifically coach WAA Cardinals little league baseball. [...]

Baseball is a game of failure. 70% of the time the games best players fail when trying to hit the ball. Players record errors on the field. Make bad pitches and throws. What’s important to [...]

Coaching baseball is my highlight of the week. With AJ. Being outside. In the warmth. In the rain. In the cold. It doesn’t matter. Away from the responsibilities of life is a welcome [...]

I did something today I have never done before. I read a book cover to cover in one night. Um…what? The magnitude of this event was smacked clear when Aaron, my youngest looked at me and [...]

If you read this blog or know me you know this: I love baseball. You’ll also know that my hometown team is the Detroit Tigers. The Tigers were swept in the World Series tonight by the San [...]

“I want to be pitcher. Put me in. I can do it. Okay then let me play first base. I want the ball.” This was me in 1984 as a 10-year old. I would ask my Father who was the head coach [...]

The game of baseball never ceases to amaze me. I have been a baseball coach in the Webster Athletic Association (WAA) for the last 9 years (we’ll if my math is right) and I thought I have [...]

What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger. Right? Isn’t that the saying? If that’s the case, the month of June has turned me into Superman. I have had more blood pumped through [...]

Oh my I love baseball. I love baseball for it’s rich history. It’s design and strategy. I love that every play is a potential lesson in character building. Every out or base hit a [...]