by Tom Swyers | Nov 23, 2012 | The Big Picture
Babe Ruth League, Inc. provides baseball to young men through the age of eighteen. Yes, a lot of changes take place at the age of eighteen. For most, playing baseball starts to become less of a reality and more of a memory. Note that I described eighteen year old...
by Tom Swyers | Nov 14, 2012 | Truisms
Mark Hyman is a journalist and an author. One of his recent books is entitled: Until it Hurts — America’s Obssesion With Youth Sports and How it Harms Our Kids. I recommend it. You can read more about the book and where to purchase it here. But the reason...
by Tom Swyers | Nov 4, 2012 | The Big Picture
When big money infiltrates youth sports, you have to dig deep, real deep, in order to get at the heart of the matter. Through some investigation last week, we discovered how an oil/gas fracking business was tied to youth baseball. So let’s dig into Florida...
by Tom Swyers | Oct 31, 2012 | Novel, Saving Babe Ruth, Travel Baseball
The recent arrest of Robert Sanfilippo reveals a great deal about travel baseball. Going forward, I will occasionally draw upon on the Sanfilippo story to illustrate some points about youth sports and youth baseball. Today I’m going to comment on one aspect of...
by Tom Swyers | Oct 25, 2012 | Truisms
There are a few truisms in creating a good community baseball (sports) program or in coaching a team. Here is one that sits near the top of the list: You may or may not get what you want, but you will almost always get what you deserve. File this thought away as I...
