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Thanksgiving is a Time to be Grateful
What are you grateful for? Each person in our family of three takes turns saying a few things he or she is grateful for as part of a regular dinner ritual. Quite often, one of us says something related...
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USAbat Recommendations and Observations from Early Adopters
The first bats in conformance with the new USAbat standards went up for sale on September 1, 2017. Since then this site has maintained a database of all USAbat models currently available or expected to...
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Does Player Size Matter in Youth Baseball?
The 12u base runner is bigger than the 1st base coach, and about a foot taller than the first baseman (who was slightly taller than my 12u son at the time) Yes! But how? Try doing a few google...
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The last spot in the batting order matters. On many rec league teams, the last spot in the batting order is occupied by the player on the team with the lowest batting average, lowest on base...
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The Convoluted Bat Needs of 13u Baseball Players
Getting the right bats for a 13u player is far more complicated than any other age. Not only do a variety of bat standards apply depending on context, but BBCOR bats are looming in the near future for...
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Axe Bat Review: Element Drop 8 USAbat vs Prior USSSA Youth Axe Offerings
Last year I reviewed the Axe bat MB50, the best single-piece Aluminum USSSA BPF 1.15 bat my son had ever used. It was not just a good Axe bat. It was as good as or better than any single-piece aluminum...
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Reflections on 10 years of Youth Baseball Rec League Part 1: Ages 2-8
It has been a very long time since my last post, because I’ve become busy heading up a youth baseball software startup. We have a prototype and now I’m raising money. I’m not prepared to discuss it...
View ArticleReflections on 10 years of Youth Baseball Part 2: Ages 9-14
Ten years is a long time to be playing recreation league youth baseball. This is the conclusion to the two part series, which began with: Reflections on 10 years of Youth Baseball Rec League Part 1:...
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Handedness in Youth Baseball
A big deal is made in Major League Baseball (MLB) about which hand a player uses to throw and to hit. The differences between handedness breakdowns of MLB players and in the population at large are...
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Powerex MH-C980 Turbo Charger Analyzer Review
A month ago, Maha (Powerex) offered to send me their new 8-bay MH-C980 charger. At first I didn’t want it. There are hundreds of chargers on the market, and I don’t want to spend time looking at all of...
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Leaving Baseball (in a Good Way!)
It’s been over 18 months since I last published a blog post. I’ve received a number of inquiries over the past year. Why no more baseball posts? Am I okay? Yes I’m okay. I stopped posting partly...
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