baseball movies for kids

Tue, 15 May 2012 18:17:32 GMT

20-Year Reunion With Delinquent Friends: Re-Watching 'The Bad News Bears'
Huffington Post (blog) (satire)
Does he sound like the type of person who should be coaching baseball to little kids? Most people today wouldn't think so, but this would have been normal in the 1970s. I know this because my parents were always watching movies from the' 70s and there ...

Sun, 13 May 2012 00:08:15 GMT

Boston Globe

12 winning movie baseball coaches that endure
Boston Globe
But dozens of baseball movies have given us memorable managers who chew the scenery like a wad of tobacco and occasionally steal the film as easily as Jacoby Ellsbury dashing from second to third. 1. Cap, “Alibi Ike” (1935): This engaging screwball ...

Thu, 26 Apr 2012 20:05:31 GMT

Brewers' John Axford makes his pitch for movies
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Baseball is Axford's first love, but movies are his significant other. He's written an unproduced screenplay, about a kids' baseball team; wants to go into filmmaking after his playing days are over; and has worked on behalf of the Milwaukee Film ...

Tue, 24 Apr 2012 20:53:38 GMT

Collider.com

Editorial: What Happened to Sports Movies for Kids?
Collider.com
The 1991-1995 kids sports movies embrace a child's love sports as they understand sports, which is from the perspective of little league and televised games. Based on the movies from 1991 to 1995, kids absolutely adored sports, particularly baseball.

Mon, 23 Apr 2012 19:50:14 GMT

Hard hit by a youth baseball mishap
Barrington Courier-Review
Playing catch is one of the most basic ways to practice baseball. It is an activity boys have done thousands of times in the backyard from the time they can pick up a ball and throw it. The main point of one of the all-time best baseball movies, ...

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May 20,2012 10:48 AM
In certain youth baseball leagues they invoke what's called the mercy rule. If your team gets behind by ten runs the game is over. Death is God's mercy rule. Enough already. It's over. There is one saving grace. God, the cosmic jokester ...
Will Unwound

For the Participant, May 20: A list of events in central Pennsylvania ...

May 20,2012 10:48 AM
New Cumberland Youth Baseball all-star tournaments, June 11-15 at New Cumberland Boro Park for 7-under (fee is $100), and June 21-30 at Will Cole Park, New Cumberland, for 9-under (fee is $225). Contact Tim Schaeffer at ...
Pennsylvania Sports

Play Ball!!! All Star Peewees Hit Diamond For Double Header

May 20,2012 07:23 AM
The Knights, the all-star team for the Prince George Youth Baseball Association at the 11-12-year-old level, will face Quesnel in a “friendly” doubleheader at Volunteer Park (Field 3), with the first pitch set to be thrown at noon.
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Ashland wants to expand rules on head injuries for younger athletes

May 20,2012 03:09 AM
Like White, Nick Moscaritolo of Ashland Youth Baseball and Softball called safety paramount and is happy to promote concussion awareness. But he also pointed out that the new requirements are getting imposed on volunteer boards with limited time and ...
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COVERING THE BASES: Sportsplex becomes focal point this week

May 20,2012 03:09 AM
DAVID THOMAS/The Jackson Sun By David Thomas Six months shy of her third birthday, Reese Ann Sikes uses the playground equipment at the West Tennessee Healthcare Sportsplex while her brother Cooper, 5, plays Dixie Youth Baseball for The Land Office ...
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Huntington youth player turns unassisted triple play

May 20,2012 03:09 AM
Eight-year old Jaxson Havard, a member of the Orioles in Huntington's Youth Baseball League, recently turned an unassisted triple play. The opponent has runners in scoring position with no outs. It's going to take a big defensive play to keep those ...
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Brooklyn Youth Baseball Sponsors | Community Spirit | Brooklyn News

May 19,2012 11:08 PM
Brooklyn City Officials are giving a big shout-out to the following companies who are sponsoring a youth baseball team this summer! The children of Brooklyn ...
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