Dad's Cheat Sheet for Baseball / Softball:

Resources to use to learn about it:

• Baseball Activities - from DrWoolard.com
• Baseball as America - by National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum
• Baseball Think Factory - has created several baseball sites, with reference, statistics, analysis, travel guides, news and more
• GoodSwing.com - Big pages of hitting tips and pitching tips
• HeckleDepot.com - Learn how to be a major league heckler
• How to Throw Steve Carlton's Slider - from his web site
• Little League - the official site
• The Magic Formula for Throwing the Knuckle Ball - by Tom Candiotti (note: this link is no longer available in it's original spot, because Tom Candiotti's web site is no longer up and running ... the link I've given is to an archive of it found through the Wayback Machine)
• Major League Baseball Hall of Fame
• Thrown for a Curve - from Sport! Science at The Exploratorium - shows the grips to use to throw a fastball, curveball, screwball, and slider and suggests experimenting with a styrofoam ball to see the effects of the different spins.
  • More on Curveballs, including some thoughts on whether it's OK for kids to throw them - from GoodSwing.com
• WebBall.com - Baseball Skills Clinic and Product Guide

Shopping for Equipment:

• Baseball Warehouse, a division of Athletic Warehouse, has Youth Bats and Gloves, Catcher's Equipment, Training Equipment & more.

More Shopping:

• American Blind and Wallpaper Factory - Baseball Wallpaper / Borders - use "search by design" on the wallpaper page
• DinnTrophy.com - Baseball Trophies, Plaques and Awards
• SoftballOutlet.com
• TeamMemories
• Wood Baseball Bat Pens - can be engraved with team name, league name, or player names ... from LazerDesigns.com

Baseball Calendars from Calendars .com
The National Baseball Hall of Fame: 2005 Wall Calendar	This Day in Baseball: 2005 Daily Boxed Calendar	Baseball as America - National Geographic: 2005 Wall Calendar	Major League Baseball: 2005 Daily Boxed Calendar

More available in eBay Auctions:

• Baseball Bats - DeMarini / Easton / Worth ... Fungo Bats
• Softball Bats - DeMarini / Easton / Louisville Slugger / Miken / Rawlings / Worth

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