When I finished my Major League Career, it was my mission to create opportunities for kids who shared the same undeniable belief I had. To mentor those ready to defy the odds and willing to be the best version of themselves on and off the field. ...
The next year, when Liz signed Lucas up to join another baseball camp for kids who needed to hone their skills, the coaches told her after the first day: "Don't bring him back." Lucas kept playing anyway and spent two more summers at Altobelli's camp. He improved. Some of his vision...
2. Back in school, before Camp, I was shorter and smaller than the rest of the kids. I was always the last to be picked for any team when we played games. Then, a few months ago, it got even worse. The kids started to call me names and nobody talked to me, even though I di...
2. Back in school, before Camp, I was shorter and smaller than the rest of the kids. I was always the last to be picked for any team when we played games. Then, a few months ago, it got even worse. The kids started to call me names and nobody talked to me, even though I di...
I said hi to a head coach at a multi school camp during the summer when my son was a rising senior and despite our having a fairly unique last name he didn't have a clue. He was honest and said something on the order of "We recruit 100's of kids at this point and I don't ...
Camp. Nooooooooooooo! 9– Camp officially begins. Pick calls the kids together. Don’t go over there. He will make fun of you in front of the kids for their and his own amusement. He is crazy. Instead, start working on the field. Water, drag, mow, fix the batters boxes and the ...
One of the funnier things that I've heard or read...At one of the "camps" held by one of the teams from time to time, a coach was heard to tell the kids at the camp...They only recruit 90+ throwers; 6.7 runners; and 87 across the infield. Imagine...
Household chores can be hazardous to your health. Just ask Quintana, a durable left-hander who was one of only four MLB pitchers to make at least 30 starts each season from 2013-19. Shortly before the Cubs were set to report for Summer Camp following the COVID-19 shutdown, Quintana was...
Year Round T-Ball Programs T-Ball - Parent & Me Squirts| Ages 2.5-3 With help from Mom or Dad, players will learn the fundamentals of T-Ball. T-Ball Squirts| Ages 3-5 Players will develop their skills in batting, throwing and fielding, and apply them to a t-ball scrimmage. ...
I did. I spent every summer that I was in law school away from Chicago, which is the wrong time to leave town. So the first summer I was inSt. Petersburg, second summer I came here and third summer I went to Berkley and worked for theRaiders. Then I came back here permanently. ...