This is the story of youth baseball, and how it has changed in the last 40 years. Many of these changes have been for the worse. Baseball “back in the day” was fun & innocent and filled with great coaches that taught the right life lessons out on the ball fields. Today, there are serious problems with the game. Too often power, ego, & control are the main ingredients in a baseball organization, and do not have the best interest of the kids as their top priority. If there is one lesson to learn from the book it is how much influence a coach has over a baseball player, both good and bad. Coaches need to do better, and understand the tremendous responsibility that they have in the growth of ball players, both baseball wise & emotionally

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I have always loved the game of baseball, and have played it since I could pick up a bat. I played youth, high school, and American Legion baseball. I was drafted by the Detroit Tigers out of high school in the 6th round of the 1972 draft. I have coached youth baseball for the last 8 years. It has been a great experience for me, and certainly one that has been rewarding. The Gambrills team that I started coaching when they were 13 years old had 12 kids on the team. Of those 12 kids that started on the team, 11 of them played ball through high school. Of those 11 kids that played through high school, all 11 have gone on to play college baseball.

I run summer baseball camps for kids from the age of 8-18, as well as 8-week winter programs, and coaches clinics. I am also in the beginning stages of putting together a “Baseball Bus Tour” for the summer of 2010 which I am very excited about.