Bloomington baseball has seen better years. But on Thursday night, as the mosquitoes and darkness descended on the school’s baseball field there were reasons to smile. The Bobcats 9-4 win over visiting Edna was the 600th career victory for its baseball coach Edward “Hodie” Garcia. Bloomington scored five runs in the bottom of the first…
Baseball Geeks
In a lengthy retirement statement earlier this month, Wilkinson spoke of a grind that snapped his spirit and affected the passion needed to coach at the NCAA Division II level. “I found myself numb to the win and questioning myself following a loss,” he stated. “If a coach cannot celebrate the win and questions his…
Twenty years and 500 or more Twenty years and 500 or more victories amount to a tidy accomplishment for a 50-year-old coach. The numbers reflect a solid career. The combination works. However, Todd Wilkinson, who observes his 50th birthday next season, elected not to stay around as Barton College head baseball coach for a 20th…
Competition You need to welcome competition; your team won’t improve by simply winning every single game in opposition of weaker competitors. You should step up to play with teams that are better than your team. You will then discover out a lot of idea about winning and defeating to other teams. If you are playing…
If you enjoy baseball or softball, you must hear about the term “Slap hitter”. Actually, slap hitting is a high-level technic. It combines 2 different actions in order to take advantage of the time – you will have to hit the ball as well as run at the same time. Frankly speaking, in order to…