Sunsets come and go in life, sometimes in the blink of an eye, until they blur into years. Now 45, I routinely find myself taking inventory of those years. I think – often strain – to remember the details of […]
Baylor’s Bat
A Dad Strikes Out
I took my twin ten-year-old sons to a couple of Angels games this week, and I was shocked—shocked!—to discover just how little they knew about baseball. I don’t mean to criticize my sons. They know an awful lot about things […]
Coach Ludwig
A lousy youth baseball player finds himself as a cheerleading teeball coach I have no business being a coach. I was never much of an athlete. I have no sporting skills to impart. And yet, I earned the title of […]
Do You Give Your Kids an Allowance?
Do your kids get an allowance? Do they have to earn it? Money is on everyone’s mind these days and it was a spirited topic during a recent Thursday evening Tweet Chat that I host, called #DadChat**. Tweet Chats are […]
[SPORTS] MLB Postseason Preview
The American League: Tampa Bay Rays vs. Texas Rangers: Tampa Bay and Texas won their respective divisions and made it to the playoffs, but they got there in much different ways. It took help from a familiar foe for one […]
How to Throw a Ball Farther
Smack! The batter connects and the softball flies over the second baseman’s outstretched glove, headed to you in the outfield. You field the ball cleanly on one hop, but the man on second is racing around third. “Home!” your teammates […]
[BOOK REVIEW] Can A Bitter Cup of Coffee Right Baseball’s Wrongs?
Douglas J. Gladstone, who has previously written for The Father Life, has written a book. I had the privilege of reading it before it was made available to the public on April 5th. The book, A Bitter Cup of Coffee; […]
[MLB] 2010 Season Preview: The AL
American League East: Divisional Run-Down: The New York Yankees ended last season by winning the World Series. Since then, they’ve changed around their outfield by adding Curtis Granderson and subtracting Melky Cabrera and Hideki Matsui. They also upgraded their rotation […]
Q and A with Oakland A’s Outfielder Ryan Sweeney
In 2009, just his second full season in Major League Baseball, Oakland Athletics outfielder Ryan Sweeney finished second on the team with a .293 batting average while hitting six home runs, recording 58 RBI’s and stealing six bags. He was […]
MLB Postseason Preview
The American League: Boston Red Sox vs. Los Angeles Angels: I feel like a broken record. Every postseason I write previews for the playoffs, and somehow, every year I write a preview for the Red Sox and the Angels embroiled […]
The Week In Sports #14: Something Is Rotten in Pennsylvania
Something strange is going on in the state of Pennsylvania, and it has been for a long long time. The Phillies have lost the most games in MLB history and had sixteen straight losing seasons in the thirty’s and forty’s. […]
The 150th Anniversary of the Box Score
Baseball has been regarded as America’s pastime for over 150 years. Journalists back in the 1850’s regarded baseball as America’s game. Whether you are a big time baseball fan or not, most everyone is familiar with the box score. The […]
The Key To a Smooth and Successful Youth Baseball Season
It’s a common scene that happens in youth baseball leagues in towns across the country. A parent is unhappy that his or her child is not in the starting lineup, batting in a certain spot in the order, playing a […]
[MLB] Preview: AL West, NL West
The AL West was the sorriest division in baseball last season, with just one team finishing above .500. That team, the LA Angels of Anaheim, ran away with the division, clinching weeks before the season was over.
The Promise of Spring
Ernie Banks once told the New York Times, “Spring training means flowers, people, coming outdoors, sunshine, optimism, and baseball. Spring training is a time to think about being young again.” I would submit that, with a six-month old in the […]