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Middle age isn't slowing me down, if anything the downhill slope is giving me a chance to accelerate. Like the line from the Rush song says: "Young enough to remember the future, but old enough not to care what (they) think of me"

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Sports & Recreation > Baseball Coaching & Skills How to throw a slider: 1 of 3
Fitting in between the knee buckling effect of a curve ball and the dominance of a lively fastball lives the slider. This breaking ball's deception is obtained by it semblance in the pitcher's release and velocity of their fastball, differing no more than 5 to 7 mph in velocity difference and adding a late, down and away (fr... More..
Sports & Recreation > Baseball Coaching & Skills Fielding drills for baseball pitchers: 1 of 3
Three letters that strike dread among pitchers of all calibers and skill level - from the majors, to high school, to even little league: 'PFP'. The reviled Pitchers Fielding Practice has probably been maligned since its inception, but it has its benefits and purpose; just ask the 2006 Detroit Tigers, who saw numerous chances... More..
Arts & Humanities > Thoughts on Writing The realities of being a writer: 17 of 43
If I wanted to see what this was all about, I knew I had to start at the end. Getting your writing in to the hands of a reader is the goal. In any skill development, they teach that you can work backwards from the end state and understand what it takes to get there. And there is where I was. I will not patronize one or anoth... More..
Sports & Recreation > Baseball Coaching & Skills Volunteer for your local Little League: 2 of 5
That little box on the sign up sheet for your kid's youth baseball program, says volunteer, and you want to, you just don't know how you can help. Well, mark yourself down, your contribution is unique, special and in the case of most youth sports programs necessary. Volunteering is about contributing in a positive manner, an... More..
Computers & Technology > Business & Office Software Software reviews: Roboform 6.x Password Manager: 2 of 5
Four Stars Because I Can't Load It Into My Brain I tried to get away with using just a few different passwords. But with different rules for different accounts character minimum, mix of letters and numbers the four I could remember didn't cover enough uses. I needed something to handle the login variations as well as an encr... More..
Politics, News & Issues > Sports Archives Commentary: MLB New York Yankees let go of baseball's premier manager, Joe Torre: 5 of 11
Dodgers Rip Heart out of New York, Again! 1958, the New York neighborhood of Brooklyn lost its heart and maybe its identity in the migratory move of the Dodgers baseball team to Los Angeles California. An expansion of the baseball world beyond the confines of the greater New York area. Now, and again, in 2007 the Dodgers - m... More..
Sports & Recreation > Baseball Coaching & Skills Keys to becoming a succesful hitter: 6 of 13
Instructions of 'See the ball, hit the ball', quickly leads to, under the breath responses of "yeah, right" for sport's most difficult and complex feat: hitting a baseball. Whole books have been written about hitting and have still not covered all the nuances and conditions need to consistently perform at the plate. And then... More..
Entertainment > Musicians & Bands Electronic music: Pioneer performers and their history: 1 of 2
Music categorization becomes diluted over time as each are applied as a vinculum to all variations and tangents of a genre and as such any serious discussion must start first with a clarifying definition. While the intent is not to isolate a particular style or represent it as a purity removed from its predecessors - without... More..
Entertainment > Musicians & Bands Top 5 Rock Keyboardists: 1 of 2
Any Top' list will entail a few obvious and unanimous selections when comparing between list makers. The debate and variations always come with the names beyond first few that immediately come to mind. A list of five is small enough to avoid any extreme surprise or disagreement with anyone's top five being influential, artis... More..
Sports & Recreation > Baseball (Other) The history of the baseball glove: 1 of 1
The pop of a baseball striking the soft leather of a player's glove is one of the traditional audio pleasures of the game of baseball. But it wasn't always that way. In the dawn of organized baseball of the mid 1800's until well into the 1870's, baseball was a "Stick and Ball" game, with the use of gloves unimagined. Once in... More..