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Dear Dads on the Sidelines: My Fatherless Son Needs You

By Marjorie Brimley

How to Teach a Kid to Field a Ground Ball In 5 Easy Steps

By Jack Crosbie

How to Throw Batting Practice to Kids So They Can Hit

By Jack Crosbie

How to Make Little League Fun For Kids

By Jack Crosbie

How to Teach Young Baseball Players to Run the Bases

By Jack Crosbie

Everything You Need To Know About Tee-Ball Rules

By Jack Crosbie

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How to Teach a Kid to Catch With a Baseball Glove Little League coach Mike Randazzo, whose team played in last year's World Series, shares his tried-and-true method.

I Signed My Kid Up For Youth Baseball and Probably Failure My kid has never played baseball, and he’s likely not a natural, but I signed him up anyway. Here’s to the coming disaster.

Baseball Screws With Kids' Minds A coaching expert and sports psychologist on how parents can help children overcome the bizarre psychology a difficult sport.

What Little League Coaches Learn Four accomplished Little League coaches on proper encouragement, teaching kids the art of winning (and losing), and what they've learned along the way.

MLB Players Coach Little League Very Differently Two former MLB players who are now coaching kids have a message for Little League managers: Chill out and keep the game fun.

Always Root for Jackie Robinson West The team was stripped of its Little League title for cheating. And maybe that doesn't matter at all.

Why Does the South Hate Little League? Little Leagues and Dixie Leagues poach players from each other in the south. They compete for resources. They play on the same fields. Why?

The Little League Crime Wave is an American Tragedy In the last decade, over $2 million has gone missing from Little League coffers. The criminals walk among us.

The Most Beautiful Little League Fields in America These diamonds among diamonds stand as a tribute to Americans affection for their national pastime and also for, you know, carpentry projects.

A Little League Coach’s Guide to Teaching Your Kid to Catch a Fly Ball Spoiler Alert: the biggest secret is practice.

Will Southern Baseball Rise Again? Wes Skelton, the commissioner of the Dixie Youth Baseball, wants his players to face the best Little League has to offer. He thinks they'll win.

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