A group including Ken Wright, who has taken the reigns of the youth baseball program this summer, as well as baseball moms Janelle Craft and Carrie Hunt (whose husband Jeff is also a baseball coach) approached the board with myriad concerns about the ...
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The annual Newton Baseball City Series will be held this weekend at Lyons Park on Commonwealth Ave. in Auburndale. The longstanding series pits teams representing the city's four leagues – Newton North, Newton West, Newton Central and Newton ...
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For more than 60 years, the universal cutoff date for youth baseball competition has been July 31. But USA Baseball, at the behest of its member organizations, passed a resolution at the recent American Baseball Coaches Association convention in ...
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Tip of the week:Youth baseball and softball injuries are on the rise. Pitch counts and avoidance of overuse are essential to prevent injuries to young throwers, especially those who are still growing. If you have questions about your young prospect ...
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Go to most any youth baseball game and the coaches are, sadly (and I say that as a very non-make-everybody-feel-good-treat-everyone-the-same kind of guy), yelling and agonizing quite outwardly over mistakes made by their players. Move to the major ...
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Mitch “Meat” Fraser was dynamic Monday night, leading Ellwood City's ESB to a Lawrence County League Victory Monday night. Mitch was the winning pitcher, pitching five innings, scattering four hits, and allowing just three runs; offensively, Mitch was ...
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After the game, the seven seniors were taken to the Stoughton Youth Baseball fields, to enjoy dinner at the place where their baseball careers started. Stoughton, which had won its previous six games and is already postseason bound, ran into a tough ...
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