Just received this picture from my friend Dave, a fellow NH Grizzlies parent. It’s a picture of the Grizzlies surrounding my son, Brandon congratulating him on the three-run homer he hit at a baseball tournament in Connecticut last weekend. He’s the one with the big smile on his face in the middle. His dad (myself [...]

The parents from the other team must have thought we were nuts, while our NH Grizzlies 14U parents gave each other high-fives, yelling “dominos” as our boys defeated the Stratford, Conn. Braves in a playoff game Saturday night, June 21, 2008, sending them into a semi-final game Sunday in the 4th Annual Grant E. Stanis D1 Territory Championships baseball [...]

Do you wish you could take better photos of your child playing sports? Check out my tips on sports photography.

For parents of athletes, pictures are a way to capture moments on the field, and save them to share with family and friends. Sports photography is not easy, and takes a good camera and quick reaction time [...]

Faster than a speeding bullet…Stronger than a freight train…Can leap tall buildings in a single bound! What if your child is taller than a flag pole…smarter than the average eighth-grader, and is struggling to single out just one sport to play?
When I was younger it wasn’t that hard to make it on the sports teams with [...]

There has been something missing from AAU games this spring. Since pitchers have been throwing for their school teams, some have not been able to pitch much for their AAU ball clubs.
Now that junior high baseball teams have finished their seasons, and high school teams wrap up, AAU teams will become even more competitive as all [...]

When your son or daughter starts to rip home runs out of the park, you’ll know it’s soon time they will be moving up to the next level of play, outgrowing their current baseball/softball field.
I saw it happen a few weeks ago. Dan Quinn, a seventh-grader, hit a nice homerun for the Auburn Braves junior high team during a [...]

Congratulations to the Auburn Village School baseball team on their championship game victory over Wilton. The Braves defeated the Warriors 6-0 Thursday, May 29, to finish a perfect season with a record of 12-0 in the Tri-County League for Class S junior high schools.
 
 
What a show the Braves put on last night during the Class S [...]

In the blink of an eye, the play is over, and dust fills the air. Did the umpire see it? Will he make the right call? “He’s out,” I said to the parents around me, showing the images on the back of my camera. My son, Brandon clearly put the tag on the runner during a [...]

Have you had to make a choice between attending church, or taking your child to sports activities? Maybe you’ve been lucky enough to avoid the decision so far, with no games on Sunday, or religious services on Saturdays.
If your child is young and you have only signed up for recreation leagues on Saturdays so far, [...]

Was it that embarassing trip on the athletic field, or the mismatching socks you wore on the court that gave you your first nickname? Maybe it was that “athletic” crew cut, or your hunter orange hair that labeled you from birth.
It’s funny how a nickname sticks with you all your life, at least with the friends who [...]