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Inside the Tommy John surgery epidemic
Sam Miller of ESPN The Magazine offers up a highly informative look at why Tommy John surgeries are now so very common in baseball. A key point: What makes an…
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Hi-Toms to High Point?
High Point Enterprise reports HP Convention & Visitors Bureau president and CEO Tim Mabe is pitching a new downtown baseball stadium for the Thomasville Hi-Toms. But –as the headline states—the…
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Evil State Won’t Buy Regulation Ball Fields – Harumph!
It is a shame we can’t get $3 million from the state to construct a baseball diamond. I mean, I think the reason kids are getting in the criminal justice…
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The Next Step In Fuquay-Varina’s Squeezing Out Of Successful Nonprofit
Three weeks ago I blogged about Fuquay-Varina commissioners having voted to offer youth sports programs even though a local nonprofit has been running a successful area youth sports league for…
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Fuquay-Varina Votes To Offer Sports Programs Already Provided By Nonprofit
For 22 years the Fuquay-Varina Athletic Association has operated successful youth sports leagues for those in and around the town. And now, despite the group’s successful record and despite there…
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No Government Program Required
At JLF sister blog The Locker Room, Jon Sanders posts about a dispute in Fuquay-Varina over who will provide sports opportunities for town kids. A volunteer group has been administering…
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Fuquay-Varina wants volunteers out of the way of kids’ sports
As a prologue, recall the “Yellow Pages Test”: Years ago, the first libertarian I encountered introduced to me the concept of the “Yellow Pages Test”: If it’s in the Yellow…
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Man among boys
Maybe there should be a size as well as an age restriction for Little Leaguers.
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Reason #4873 Why…….
…we left Maryland and came back to Charlotte: Youth baseball could get new look: masks, goggles Yep, baseball is a threat. To the children. Won’t someone pass a law to…
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The “modern” sport, and the need for a kid to play and learn it
It’s contained within my favorite baseball quotation.
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RE: No Crying In Baseball
Has anyone ever tried to put together or sponsor a state-wide home-school baseball tourney? Seems, based on this story, there may be a need for it.