baseball coach talking to players

A Coach’s Plan for Guest Players

Fill in players are a delicate issue and generally not handled well. A few years ago, when our team was transitioning from a team in development to a team that could compete, we found ourselves in a competition against a team we had played evenly earlier in the season. We knew the team well enough to recognize two new faces.
baseball scorekeeper cropped

Chart Your Course to Avoid Crazy

Baseball has been the soundtrack to my life for as long as I can remember. The sounds of the game floated through my Grandmother’s house on a transistor radio. You could hear the sounds of a neighborhood game being played in the streets. Practices and games were their own symphonies.
woman on park bench

Stop the “Mom” Drama

I already know this is going to be a controversial topic. There will be women commenting that it's not them who gossip about other people's kids, other parents on the team, or coaches, and I know it's probably not most moms.
juggling balls

Juggling Overlapping Sports

At a recent baseball game I was sitting with some other families in the bleachers. My son was up to bat and I said softly, "Get a touchdown Drew." One of the moms elbowed me and said, "Umm, you know we're at a baseball game, right?" I had no idea what I had said until I replayed it in my head.