BASEBALL: Gannon, Stevens ready for the pros : High School Sports

June 05, 2012 8:30 pm  •  By JOHN MAFFEI jmaffei@nctimes.com SAN DIEGO —- Nolan Gannon and River Stevens didn’t hesitate when asked about their plans. Both intend to turn down college scholarships to sign with the major league teams that selected them on the second day of baseball’s amateur draft Tuesday. Gannon, a hard-throwing right-hander from Santa Fe Christian School, was picked in the fourth round by the Tampa Bay Rays. Stevens, who starred at Mission Hills…

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Rome Wasn’t Built in a Day

In the article Building Players One Day at a Time, Bill Ripken states that sometimes we expect too much out of our kids.  He believes in a slow approach to teaching kids how to play the game.  Link to the full article Building Players One Day at a Time by Bill Ripken from www.ripkenbaseball.com.

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It’s Not Whether You Win or Lose…

I’ve played high school and college baseball. I know what it feels like to want to win for yourself, your teammates and your coaches. I understood that for my coaches their livelihoods may very well rest on the teams win-loss record. That was pressure. That was pressure that I chose to be a part of. All these years later, as I began to coach Zachary’s team, I immediately came up with my goals; fun and…

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Going Batty

Before I go batty, let’s talk Wiffle Ball. Do kids play Wiffle Ball anymore? Probably one of the greatest and least expensive games ever. We’ve all seen the yellow hard plastic Wiffle Ball bat. The barrel diameter of the bat is 1 1/8″! Why is that? What the bat lacks in diameter, it makes up for in proper batting technique. In Wiffle Ball, I learned to keep my weight back, watch out for my buddy…

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Never Tell Me The Odds!

We’ve all heard the statistics before.  But, if you are like me and Han Solo, you probably don’t want to constantly hear these odds.  I want to believe that with hard work, the right coaching, playing on a travel team and of course constant “encouragement” by me, Zach can make all his dreams come true and be a professional baseball player. According to the odds, it is extremely unlikely that any of our little ball…

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