I had tryouts for my 2009 summer baseball team this weekend – ALREADY – and it has occurred to me how much things have changed over the years. For the record, the players that I coach are now high school juniors and seniors.
When I started this coaching odyssey some twenty years ago baseball was a much different game. At that time, it was a mainstream sport. Soccer was played in the fall only and lacrosse was a “secondary” sport. When I registered my own sons for baseball at the local recreation council back then we needed to arrive several hours early to make sure that we were far enough up in line to get a spot. That same recreation council no longer has a baseball program today. (more…)