What’s In This Issue?
• Amazing Adley Rutschman: Talented Oregon St. receiver was 1,197th pick in MLB Draft out of high school, now favorite to be No. 1 overall selection in 2019.
• Not Your Typical National Champ: Augustana overcomes 5 athletic scholarships, bone-chilling weather.
• Impossible Dream Becomes Reality: Army’s Cam Opp overcomes big obstacles, including death of father.
• Lou Pavlovich Column: Irish O’Reilly was a remarkable coach and man who was a perfectionist.
• Academic Fraud: University of Missouri hit with multiple NCAA penalties to its baseball, softball and football programs after a tutor completed academic work for 12 student-athletes, according to the NCAA Division I Committee on Infractions Panel.
• Editorial: Being a good student can turn into real money as McLennan Community College (TX) Coach Mitch Thompson explains with his student/athletes balancing baseball and academics with precision.
• Jack Dunn Instructional Clinic: Working on mental side of hitting crucial for players.
• How To Keep Warm In Cold Weather: Experts explain how this can be easily achieved for baseball teams.
• Justin Dehmer Instructional Clinic: Here’s how to handle ‘hope hijackers’.
• The Mental Side Of Baseball With Geoff Miller: Slowing games down is crucial for high level player performances.
• High School Baseball: State-by-state list of top high schools in USA for 2019.
• NJCAA Announces Hall Of Famers: Joe Bauth (Erie College), Dwight Kotila (Century College), Joe Scheuermann (Delgado College) and Marty Smith (Central Florida) will be enshrined in the 2019 class at the annual NJCAA Division I Baseball World Series next May.
• Ruleball With Rich Marazzi: Let’s talk about 45-foot long runner’s lane to first base.
• Tony Abbatine On Hitting: Hitting improvement lies in swing, vision models.
• Big Change At NAIA World Series: Starting in 2022, the host school at the finals will not receive an automatic bid which was determined by a special NAIA Baseball Task Force over the past two years.
