The Manchester School District passed a budget including extracurricular user fees for the city’s schools. Pay-to-play has spread to the queen city like a disease among behives.

Recreational youth sports leagues are an essential part of any town, no matter the population. They are not only the feeder programs for junior high and high school teams, but also play a key role in the healthiness of the town’s youngest generation.

So, just how to you tell your kids you’re out of a job, can’t make the car payment or you need to dip into their college funds to cover the mortgage? Those would be tough to swallow for children of any age.

The NH Grizzlies baseball club is collecting donations for the Gerossie family of Litchfield, who lost their home to fire early this morning.

Don’t be alarmed when your son tells you after the baseball game that he was told to put on a “suicide squeeze.” And mom, he hasn’t turned into a baker after “laying down a bunt.” Well, the weather isn’t changing when the coach asks the pitcher to “bring on the heat.” But, maybe the following list of terms, slang and phrases will enlighted your baseball vocabulary.

At the big league baseball games, you may hear the words “popcorn, peanuts, Cracker Jacks,” or “beer here.” But, what do you bring on the road to AAU games when there are no vendors around?
*Peanuts in the shell (I prefer the unsalted ones). They’re a little messy at the fields, but they compose over time.
*Bottled [...]

Just when you thought it was safe to sit in your folding chair behind the foul ball fence, on gym bleachers or in box seats at a stadium, then it happens - another one of those off-the-field, parent sports injuries.
Here’s a list of injuries and health risks you take when you commit to watching your kids play sports.
*Clapping [...]

A couple weeks ago my son says very matter of factly ‘mom, you’ve been at the fields a lot this week’. Like a drone I replied, ‘uh-huh’. He leans over to look at the odometer and asks how many miles were on the van. ‘Wow, I wonder how many we’ll put on before the end of season’, he says. I hate to think about it…

If you missed the game on television, or turned it off for the final minutes, thinking Boston University would succumb to Miami of Ohio, you missed a hockey game of a lifetime. There was a lesson to be learned from the way the Terriers played.

A couple years ago I stumbled across a list, created by Jon Unger, of over 400 one-liners that include inspirations, reminders, and reality checks for athlete’s both young and old. These phrases bring wisdom regardless of the chosen sport.