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Coaching Management 2004 ABCA CONVENTION ISSUE VOL. XI, NO. 10 $5.00 List of Clinics Preview of Exhibitors List of Clinics Preview of Exhibitors WAYNE GRAHAM 2003 National Coach of the Year Rice University Head Coach WAYNE GRAHAM 2003 National Coach of the Year Rice University Head Coach
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Coaching Management2 0 0 4 A B C A C O N V E N T I O N I S S U E

VOL. XI, NO. 10 ■ $5.00

■ List of Clinics ■ Preview of

Exhibitors

■ List of Clinics ■ Preview of

Exhibitors

WAYNE GRAHAM2003 National Coach of the Year

Rice University Head Coach

WAYNE GRAHAM2003 National Coach of the Year

Rice University Head Coach

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Circle No. 1 Booth No. 210

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CONTENTS Coaching ManagementBaseball Edition 2004 ABCA Show Preview Issue

Vol. XI, No. 10

COACHING MANAGEMENT 1

Cover StoryABCA Show Preview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2The 59th annual ABCA Convention comes to San Antonio January 2-5; here’s alook at what’s on deck for the show. Among the ABCA honorees this year areHead Coaches Jeff Albies, Billy Bock, Chuck Hartman, Tom O’Connell, GaryPullins, and John Herbold; Assistant Coach Jim Lawler; and Michael Josephsonand Howard E. “Ben” Davis.

List of Exhibitors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12See which companies are exhibiting in the convention hall.

List of Clinics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14Mark Johnson and Mark Marquess are two of the many coaches presenting clinics this year.

Products on Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26A look at what suppliers will be displaying at their booths.

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ABCA Convention PreviewThe San Antonio Marriott Rivercenter and

Riverwalk Hotels and the Henry B. GonzalezConvention Center across the street from thehotels host ABCA’s 59th annual convention,January 2-5, 2004. All three facilities are locatedin the heart of the popular San Antonio RiverWalk area with the Alamo nearby.

Second Vice-President Irish O’Reilly hasarranged a distinguished speaker lineup for theABCA clinics beginning on Saturday morning.This group of qualit y clinicians includes WayneGraham, Rice Universit y; Mark Johnson, TexasA&M Universit y; Mark Marquess, StanfordUniversit y; and Gordie Gillespie, RiponCollege; as well as Michael Josephson from theJosephson Institute of Ethics.

In addition, more than 250 companies willdisplay state-of-the-art equipment including newcoaching aids, apparel, and batting and pitchingmachines. Many of these items are being dis-played for the first time. Other highlights of theconvention are the Hall of Fame/Coach of theYear Banquet and the Honors Luncheon, wherewe recognize and honor individuals who havecontributed significantly to the ABCA, as wellas to amateur baseball, and who have made oursport better.

ABCA Hall of FameWelcomes Five New Members

Five coaches will be honored with inductioninto the ABCA Hall of Fame during the annualHall of Fame and Coach of the Year Banqueton Saturday, Jan. 3, 2004.

The Class of 2004 consists of Jeff Albies,William Paterson College; Billy Bock (deceased),Pine Bluff (Ark.) High School; Chuck Hartman,Virginia Tech; Tom O’Connell, PrincetonUniversit y; and Gary Pullins, Brigham YoungUniversit y.

These coaches join 204 other amateur base-ball greats in the ABCA Hall of Fame.

Jeff Albies became head baseball coach atWilliam Paterson Universit y in 1975. Sincethen, the Pioneers have known nothing but suc-cess. With Coach Albies at the helm, they cap-tured NCAA Division III national champi-onships in 1992 and 1996, the first two-timenational champions in school history. In addi-tion, Albies has guided the Pioneers to 18NCAA regional tournament appearances, 11New Jersey Athletic Conference (NJAC) titles,and seven trips to the Division III CollegeWorld Series. Meanwhile, 28 of his former play-ers have signed professional contracts and 27

were named All-Americans. His career record of759-322-10 includes 12 seasons with 30 ormore wins. His 759 victories placed him sixthamong active Division III coaches prior to the2003 season.

For his accomplishments, he was named theABCA National Coach of the Year twice (1992and 1996) while also earning the organization’sMid-Atlantic Regional Coach of the Year Awardon nine occasions (1982, 1988, 1989, 1992,1993, 1995, 1996 1997, 1999). The NJACnamed him its Coach of the Year nine times aswell (1982, 1983, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993,1995, 1996), and the New Jersey CollegiateBaseball Association has honored him six times(1982, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1996).

Albies is also a champion of collegiate base-ball, having served as the baseball chairman of

the NCAADivision IIIChampionshipsCommittee andthe chairman ofthe NCAADivision III Mid-Atlantic Region.He has also beenon the NCAADivision III All-American,NCAASelection, andLegislativeAction, andAmericanBaseball CoachesAssociationCommittees.

Prior to coaching, Albies was a second base-man in the Atlanta Braves organization from1965-67. Also the associate director of athleticsat William Paterson, Albies holds a B.S. inhealth and physical education from Long IslandUniversit y (1968), an M.S. in health and physi-cal education from Hunter College (1972), anda professional diploma in administration/super-vision from Fordham Universit y (1975).

Billy Bock’s coaching career spanned sixdecades and lasted 44 years, all in Arkansas,including 21 seasons as the head baseball coachat Pine Bluff High School. His head coachingresume included seven years in football, nineyears in basketball, two years in golf, three yearsin tennis, six years in boxing, and 35 years inbaseball. Six of those 35 baseball seasons wereas head baseball coach at Henderson StateUniversit y. He also guided baseball teams at St.

Anne’s Academy in Ft. Smith, Sylvan HillsHigh School in North Little Rock, andArkansas High in Texarkana, winning statechampionships at each high school.

During 29 years as head baseball coach onthe high school level, his teams garnered ninestate championships, five state runner-up finish-es, and six state semifinalist appearances. Histeams also appeared in 27 state tournamentsand won 23 district championships, posting anoverall record of 628-121.

Bock was born in Kansas Cit y, Mo., andraised in Clarksville, Ark., graduating fromSubiaco Academy in 1954. He holds the schoolrecord for receiving the most letters (25) as afour-year letterman in football, basketball, base-ball, track, tennis, and five years in boxing. Hereceived All-State and All-District honors andthe Curry Award for the best all-around athlete.He received his B.S. Degree from the Collegeof the Ozarks and his M.S. in education fromNortheastern State Universit y. While an under-graduate, Bock was a four-year letterman infootball, baseball, and boxing.

As head coach in football, basketball, base-ball, golf, tennis, and boxing, Billy never had alosing season in any sport. Championships werewon in every sport and in each of six decades.During his 44-year coaching career, Bockcoached in state All-Star games in football, bas-ketball, and baseball. He was head coach in thefirst Arkansas High School Baseball All-StarGame and also in the first ArkansasIntercollegiate Baseball All-Star Game. He washead coach of the 1986 gold-medal-winningSouth Team at the USA Olympic Festival.

Bock was honored with the District BaseballCoach of the Year in Arkansas 18 times; StateBaseball Coach of the Year nine times; ABCADistrict VI Coach of the Year three times;ABCA National Coach of the Year two times;NAIA District 17 Baseball Coach of the Year;AIC Baseball Coach of the Year; National HighSchool Gold Baseball Coaching Award; NFICAOutstanding Coach for Arkansas; USBFGolden Diamond Award; U.S. Baseball Coachof the Year for Arkansas; District FootballCoach of the Year three times; and DistrictBasketball Coach of the Year two times.Collegiate Baseball named him Coach of theDecade for the 1980s and then Co-Coach of theCentury. He was honored twice by theArkansas legislature and twice with “Billy BockDay” in Arkansas.

Bock served as chairman of the ExecutiveBoard of the Arkansas High School Baseball

Annual ConventionAnnual Conventioncomes to San Antonio

Jeff Albies

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Coaches Association and as chairman of ABCADistrict VI for six years. He received theDistinguished Alumni Award at SubiacoAcademy and also at the Universit y of theOzarks. He was inducted into the Universit y ofthe Ozarks Hall of Fame and also the ArkansasSports Hall of Fame. Coach Bock passed awaythis July after a long battle with cancer.

Even before the first pitch of the 2003 col-lege baseball season was thrown, ChuckHartman, Virginia Tech’s head baseball coach,already stood as a big winner. In January of2003, Hartman was notified that he had beenselected for induction into the ABCA Hall ofFame. The notification followed closely on theheels of Hartman’s induction into the VirginiaTech Sports Hall of Fame in November, and ismagnified by the fact that he is already a mem-ber of the National Association ofIntercollegiate Athletics Hall of Fame. He wasinducted into the NAIA Hall in 1989 for hisachievements at High Point College (nowUniversit y), where he coached for 19 yearsbefore coming to Tech in 1979.

The Tech skipper’s widespread recognitionhas come not only because he has been one ofthe best at winning on the playing field, but

also because he has always been a credit to thegame he loves when he is off the field. Hartmanjust finished his 25th season at Virginia Techand his 44th season overall. His 1,372 careerwins rank him third among active Division Ibaseball coaches in victories and place himfourth all-time. Hartman’s overall coachingrecord is 1,372-728-8, while his record at Techis 889-503-8.

Hartman and the Hokies have enjoyed someof their greatest success in recent years. In2002, Tech shared the regular-season Big EastConference championship with Notre Dame. In2001, the Hokies posted four wins againstNotre Dame and finished second in the BigEast Tournament. Tech won the Atlantic 10Conference tournament in 2000, 1999, and1997, earning a berth in an NCAA Regionaleach year. During the Hokies’ 1997 NCAAappearance, Hartman’s squad upset tenth-ranked Southern California in the openinggame of the regionals.

In 1996, Hartman was inducted into theSalem-Roanoke Baseball Hall of Fame and hisHokies won the A-10 West Division title. Afterdirecting the Hokies to a share of the 1995Metro Conference regular-season championship,

Hartman was voted the league’s coach of theyear. And in 1994, Hartman guided the Hokiesto a Metro tournament title and an NCAA bid.One of the veteran coach’s crowning achieve-ments came in 1992 when he became just theninth baseball coach in Division I history towin 1,000 games.

Hartman’s many contributions to baseballhave been widely recognized. The Home PlateClub of the Washington (D.C.) metropolitanarea presented him with a prestigious LifetimeAchievement in Baseball Award. He alsoreceived the Willie Duke Lifetime AchievementAward presented by the Raleigh (N.C.) HotStove League. In 1986, Hartman was voted theDivision I Baseball Coach of the Year inVirginia by the state’s college sports informa-tion directors, an honor he garnered again in1992, 1993, and 1997.

In 1984, Hartman was named to the coach-ing staff of the United States All-Star Team thatcompeted in the World AmateurChampionships in Cuba. During the summer of1985, he was in charge of the offense for theUSA baseball team that toured Korea, Japan,and the United States, and played in theIntercontinental Cup in Canada. During his

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tenure at Virginia Tech, Hartman has had fiveplayers compete for the United States in inter-national competition and 12 players earn All-America honors.

As a player, Hartman made his mark at theUniversit y of North Carolina through determi-nation and hard work. He graduated fromUNC in 1957 with a B.A. in physical educa-tion and earned an M.S. in education from theschool a year later. In 1958, Hartman landed ajob as tennis coach and assistant basketballcoach at High Point College. He also helpedout with baseball, before the head coachresigned in the middle of the 1959 season.When Hartman assumed the head coachingduties, High Point had won just eight games inthe previous three seasons. Before he left HighPoint for Virginia Tech in 1979, Hartmandirected his teams to 10 conference titles, fivedistrict championships, and two trips to theNAIA National Tournament. His High Pointclubs posted nine consecutive seasons of 30wins or more, and six of his players earned All-America recognition. Hartman’s Tech teamshave won 30 or more games in 21 of his 25seasons at the school and 40 or more games onsix occasions.

Tom O’Connell was one of the most funda-mentally sound baseball coaches in the NewEngland and Mid-Atlantic regions; as a dedicat-ed teacher of the game, few coaches spent moretime on the fine points of baseball. Captain ofboth the baseball and basketball teams atBraintree (Mass.) High School, O’Connellgraduated from the Universit y of Connecticut

in 1955. AtUConn,Coach “O”was a left-handed pitch-er and co-cap-tain in 1955and helpedthe team winYankeeConferencechampi-onships in1954 and1955. Tom

later played pro ball with the Kansas Cit y A’s,and served in the U.S. Army in 1957-58.

After receiving a master’s in education fromSuffok University, O’Connell embarked on a

coaching career of more than 40 years. Duringthe 1960s, he coached Braintree High Schooland the Braintree American Legion team wherehis teams were legendary. He captured four BayState League titles, with six state tournamentberths, and in 1966, his team captured anEastern Massachusetts Class A high school title.The legion teams were equally successful.

Appointed head baseball coach of BrandeisUniversity in 1972, Coach “O” proceeded to putthe school on the Division III map. Taking overa program that had a 64-255 record before hearrived, O’Connell guided Brandeis to a 172-65-4 record over 10 years. He led the Judges to sixGreater Boston League titles, six NCAA tourneyberths, and a national runner-up finish in 1977.

He was named New England Coach of theYear in 1976, 1977, and 1979. He was inductedinto the Massachusetts Baseball Coaches Hall ofFame in 1979. In 2003, O’Connell was inductedinto the Brandeis Athletic Hall of Fame.

O’Connell moved to Princeton Universit yin 1982, and spent 16 years as the Tigers’ headcoach before retiring in 1998 as the program’ssecond winningest coach. Now, he becomes theschool’s first baseball coach inducted into theABCA Hall of Fame.

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ABCA PREVIEW2004O’Connell’s 1985 team won Princeton’s first

EIBL title in 32 years and appeared in theAtlantic Regional of the NCAA tourney. TheTigers won a school record of 29 games thatseason, and O’Connell was honored as theNCAA District I Coach of the Year. Princetonreturned to the NCAA tourney in 1991 aftercapturing the EIBL championship, appearing inthe Atlantic Regional. The year of the Tiger wasin 1996, when the team captured its third titlein 15 years, sweeping Pennsylvania and Harvardto advance once again to the NCAA tourney.Princeton swept Rider Universit y in two gamesand went on to play in the South Regional ofthe NCAA. In both 1991 and 1996, againCoach “O” was chosen District Coach of theYear. In his last season at Princeton, his teamwon the Gehrig Division of the Ivy League. In36 years of collegiate and high school coaching,O’Connell had a combined record of 634-431-11 for a .590 winning percentage. He coachedthree All-American performers, six AcademicAll-American players, and had 21 players draft-ed or signed to professional contracts.

Coach O’Connell also served as an assistantathletic director at Brandeis and an administra-tive assistant at Princeton. He was director ofthe Ted Williams Baseball Camp and estab-lished the National Babe Ruth Baseball Campat Princeton Universit y in 1984. A lifetimemember of the ABCA, Coach “O” has servedon numerous committees and currently serveson the ABCA Summer Baseball Committee. Inretirement, Coach “O” served as head coach ofthe Hyannis Mets in the Cape Cod League andwas chosen Coach of the Year in 2000.O’Connell also serves as a consultant andcamp coordinator for Babe RuthBaseball/Softball Incorporated.

Gary Pullins is in his fourth year as assis-tant athletic director at Brigham YoungUniversity after finishing a distinguished careeras head baseball coach. Among his many dutieswas overseeing the construction of BYU’s newbaseball/softball complex, Miller Park, whichopened in 2001. Pullins retired from coachingafter the 1999 season with a 913-462-6 (.663)record in 23 seasons. His 913 victories ranked30th in all-time victories by NCAA baseballcoaches.

A native of Glendale, Ariz., Pullins graduat-ed from Glendale High in 1962. He played ayear at nearby Grand Canyon College beforeserving a church mission in Mexico Cit y. Heplayed at Arizona Western College in 1966before transferring to BYU, where he started atsecond base for two years and helped theCougars reach the 1968 College World Series.Pullins hit .341 to earn second team all-districthonors. He earned a bachelor’s degree inSpanish at BYU in 1969 and a master’s degreein physical education/health science in 1975.

Pullins spent five years in the Los AngelesDodgers organization as a player and coach,working with Latin American players. After ayear coaching the BYU junior varsit y, he

moved to what is now Utah Valley StateCollege, where he pioneered the baseball pro-gram as head baseball coach and athletic direc-tor. Pullins spent the 1976 season as an assis-tant at ASU before being selected as BYU’sseventh head coach when Glen Tucket becamethe Cougars’ athletic director.

In 1983, the third-ranked Cougars ascendedto the No. 1 ranking when they beat top-rankedSan Diego State in two of three games for theWestern Athletic Conference championship inProvo. The 1983 BYU team featured futuremajor leaguers Wally Joyner, Rick Aguilera,Cory Snyder, Gary Cooper, Colby Ward, andScott Nielsen, who helped BYU to a 54-11record, including a 23-game winning streak.

In Pullins’ 23 seasons, the Cougarsappeared in nine NCAA Regionals, won 15Western Athletic Conference divisional titles,and earned six league championships. Pullinswas WAC Coach of the Year in 1988, 1989,and 1993. He was the District Coach of theYear in 1979, 1981, 1983, and 1985 and WACEastern Division Coach of the Year in 1992,1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, and 1997.

His passion for baseball has found himspeaking in both English and Spanish at clinicsthroughout the United States and LatinAmerica. During his coaching tenure, Garyserved as president of the American BaseballCoaches Association in 1998. He also servedon the Rules Committee and is a past memberof the ABCA All-America Committee.

Herbold Wins Gomez AwardEntering his 21st season at California State

Universit y Los Angeles, John Herbold has skip-pered his teams through a total of 1,734 gamesin 49 years as a head coach at the high schooland college level. Two of Herbold’s manyaccomplishments as head coach of the GoldenEagles include becoming the winningest coachin CSULA history by surpassing the legendaryJim Reeder (for whom the school’s baseballfield is named) in 2002, as well as coaching his1,000th game at CSULA that year.

Since Herbold’s arrival at Cal State L.A.,the Golden Eagles have compiled 14 20-winseasons, surpassing the record of 13 set byReeder, and have sent numerous CSULAalums to the professional ranks. Cal State L.A.consistently ranks among the top 25 schools inthe nation—regardless of division—in sendingplayers to the pros.

Scholastically, Herbold’s squads consistentlyperform at nearly a “B” average over the courseof their academic careers. In fall of 2002, 13players had GPAs over 3.0 while six of thosehad GPAs over 3.5.

In 28 years as a high school coach at bothLong Beach Polytechnic and Lakewood HighSchool, Herbold won 18 shared or outrightMoore League crowns and amassed 483 victo-ries, three CIF titles, and a remarkable .733winning percentage.

Herbold was a Phi Beta Kappa, graduatingmagna cum laude with a B.A. in journalismfrom Stanford in 1951. He later earned hismaster’s in education at Stanford. In 1998,Herbold was inducted into the ABCA Hall ofFame.

Named after the great Left y Gomez, theABCA’s annual award is presented to an indi-vidual who has distinguished himself amongsthis peers and has contributed significantly tothe game of baseball locally, nationally, andinternationally. The Left y Gomez Award issponsored by Wilson Sporting Goods.

Honors LuncheonSeveral prominent individuals will be receiv-

ing awards at this year’s Honors Luncheon,including Honor Award winners MichaelJosephson and Howard “Ben” Davis.

Josephson had successful careers in busi-ness, law, and education before founding thenonprofit Joseph & Edna Josephson Instituteof Ethics, which he named for his parents.Josephson also founded the CHAR ACTERCOUNTS! Coalition, a partnership of over400 educational and youth-serving organiza-tions. In 1996, he was given the America’sAward by former President Ronald Reagan.Josephson has become one of the most sought-after teachers and speakers on the subject ofethics and character. At the ABCA clinic ses-sions, he will be making a presentation enti-tled, “Pursuing Victory With Honor.”

Howard E. “Ben” Davis is a trial lawyer inSan Antonio and ardent baseball supporter. Hehas coached Little League through SeniorLeague Baseball and founded the San AntonioTitans. Davis also is the tournament director ofthe annual Irish Classic—a four-team college invi-tational tournament held in San Antonio. Davisreceived the Bronze Star, the Cross of Gallantry,and the Army Commendation Medal while serv-ing in battle in Vietnam. Davis is a member ofseveral Boards of Directors in the State of Texasand is recognized as one of that state’s finestcommunity leaders.

Four other outstanding individuals willreceive the ABCA Meritorious Service Award atthe luncheon. They are: Jack Diesing, Jr.,President of College World Series of Omaha,Inc.; Jack Hacker, Athletic Director and HeadBaseball Coach at Reedley College and Chair ofthe ABCA Clinic Committee; Jack Payne, long-time Public Address Announcer for the NCAADivision I College World Series; and JohnWilkens, Secretary-Treasurer of the MinnesotaState High School Baseball Association.

The recipients of this award are selected bythe ABCA Hall of Fame Committee andapproved by the Board of Directors. The awardgoes to individuals who have provided out-standing service to amateur baseball.

The Rawlings Sporting Goods Company isthe official sponsor of the ABCA HonorsLuncheon.

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ABCA PREVIEW2004ConventionScheduleFriday, January 2Registration 10 a.m.-7 p.m.

ABCA Committee 1 p.m.-6 p.m. Meetings

Exhibits Open 1 p.m.-6 p.m.

International Coaches 6:30 p.m.-8 p.m.Reception & Meeting

ABCA Divisional 6:30 p.m.-9 p.m.Meetings

Spouses Open 7 p.m.-9 p.m.Reception

Saturday, January 3Registration 7 a.m.-5 p.m.

Clinics 8:15 a.m.-12 noon

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Exhibits 9 a.m.-5 p.m.

Clinics break 12 noon-1:30 p.m.for lunch

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Hall Of Fame/ 6:30 p.m.-9:30 p.m.Coach Of The Year Banquet

Sunday, January 4Registration 7 a.m.-12 noon

Clinics 8:30 a.m.-11:50 a.m.

Exhibits 9 a.m.-3 p.m.

Honors Luncheon 12:15 p.m.-2 p.m.

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Jim Lawler Named Assistant Coach of Year

Jim Lawler, assistant head baseball coach atTexas A&M Universit y, is the recipient of thefifth annual ABCA/Baseball America AssistantCoach of the Year Award. When Mark Johnsonwas named the head coach at A&M, his firstmove was to persuade Lawler to join him.Lawler was serving as the head coach at theUniversit y of Texas-El Paso at the time and hadhead coaching experience at Gonzaga in thePac-10 North. His 1980 team finished the sea-son ranked No. 9 in the country.

He has served as the pitching coach andrecruiting coordinator at A&M since 1985.During Lawler’s tenure as pitching coach atA&M, his staff has performed extremely well.The Aggies have had a pitcher earn All-American honors seven of the past 13 seasonsand four A&M pitchers have been selected inthe first round of the major league draft. As arecruiting coordinator, Lawler has been rankedamong the nation’s best with several classesranked in the Top 10 nationally.

This award will be presented to CoachLawler during the Honors Luncheon.

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The following companies are exhibiting at the ABCA Convention (as of 11.11.03). Company names are followed by their booth numbers at the convention. * Indicates new exhibitor

59th Annual ConventionList of Exhibitors

Adams USA - 645P. O. Box 489Cookeville, TN 38501(800) 251-6857Baseball helmets, field equipment &accessoriesJohn Bartlett & Gary Montgomery

The Adscreen Group - 4008010 Leavenworth StreetOmaha, NE 68114-5332(877) 393-5111Windscreen banners & baseball productsSteve Mariucci

Adventures In Sports (AIS) – 130 & 1322202 Anderson StreetVernon, CA 90058(800) 666- 2733Baseball uniformsAllan Ruegsegger

AFP Soft Touch Bases – 118P. O. Box 291Dousman, WI 53118(800) 965-4690Release basesLou Hernandez

Akadema - 633 & 635317 Midland AvenueGarfield, NJ 07026(973) 772-7669www.akademapro.comIn Akadema's short but remarkablehistory it has become America’shottest baseball equipment companyfor pro, college and high school play-ers. The Akadema phenomenon start-ed with The Professional glove seriesand continues with The Reptilian andPraying Mantis glove series.Lawrence GilliganSee ad on page 32

Amapro Sports, Inc. - 674242-E Route 109Farmingdale, NY 11735(800) 4-AMAPROJugs, Kenko Baseball, ChallengerTraining Golf Whiffle Ball MachineGary Krupsky

American Baseball Foundation - 2191313 13th Street SouthBirmingham, AL 35205(205) 558-4235Pitching development/reading/baseballE. David Osinski

American Iron Sports, LLC – Plaza 259120 N. 3rd StreetPonca City, OK 74601(866) 709-4189Multi Pro Pitching MachineMatthew Bixler

Ampac Enterprises/All-Star - 640 & 642P. O. Box 1356Shirley, MA 01464

(800) 777-3810Baseball protective equipmentStan Jurga & Jeff Johnson

Anaconda Sports - 313 & 3151221 Ulster AvenueKingston, NY 12401(800) 572-5293 Complete line of baseball productsJohn Stote III

Athletes in Action Baseball - 609651 Taylor DriveXenia, OH 45385(937) 352-1000Summer collegiate baseball teamsJason Lester

Athletic Training EquipmentCompany (ATEC) - Bay 265

655 Spice Island DriveSparks, NV 89431(800) 998-2832www.atecsports.com Official on-field supplier of pitchingmachines and training products toMajor League Baseball®. The worldleader in baseball training equipmentfor over 40 years—The Pro’s Choice.Larry LeukhardtSee ad on page 31

*Austin Turf & Tractor - 686 & 6881707 Colt CircleMarble Falls, TX 78654(830) 693-6477John Deere equipment/mowingCameron Travis

Baden Sports – 66734114 21st Avenue SouthFederal Way, WA 98003(800) 442-1271Baseballs & baseball accessoriesRusty Trudeau

The Baseball Academy - 6075500 - 34th Street WestBradenton, FL 34210(800) 872-6425Camps—team & individual instructional programsTom Pluto

Baseball America - 407201 W. Main Street, Suite 201Durham, NC 27701(800) 845-2726Baseball media/publishingLee Folger

Baseball Express - 511, 513 & 5151051 E. NakomaSan Antonio, TX 78216(210) 348-7000 x 4752Baseball catalog companyJoey Squilla

Baseball Factory – Bay 3819176 Red Branch Road, Suite M

Columbia, MD 21045(800) 641-4487Player development & college placementSteve Sclafani

*Baseball Heaven Sports Complex – 13520 Old Dock RoadYaphank, NY 11980(631) 205-5109Baseball tournament complexLou Volpe

Baseball Seams Company - 68912723 Markaire DriveSt. Louis, MO 63146-4416(314) 606-4280Baseball American flag artworkNate Rueckert

BATCO - Plaza 423111 Treeland CircleSyracuse, NY 13219(877) 462-2826 Batting cages & infield batting trainersPete Birmingham

*The Batter’s Box – 144510 C Highway 17 NorthSurfside Beach, SC 29575(843) 477-1874Baseball sporting goods dealerTim Perry

Baum Research & DevelopmentCompany, Inc. - 618 1155 HastingsTraverse City, MI 49686(231) 929-0598BatsMitch Pietras

*BCB Products - 7115520 E. 2nd Street #ELong Beach, CA 90803(562) 433-6392Ortho-ThermBruce Christiansen

Beacon Ballfields - 5432224 Evergreen Road, Suite 6Middleton, WI 53562(800) 747-5985, www.ballfields.comAthletic field equipment supplier andfield maintenance education special-izing in custom netting, padding,and windscreen. Also field construc-tion and maintenance educationand crew training.Paul ZwaskaSee ad on page 7

BetterBaseball/Shelter Shade - 2741050 Mt. Paran RoadAtlanta, GA 30327(800) 997-4233www.betterbaseball.comBaseball Supply Headquarters:Custom nets, baseballs, softballs,pitching machines, includingATEC, JUGS, DATA, and Master

Pitch. Training aids, batting cages,and screens.Glen RobinsonSee ad on page 45

*Big Bats, Inc./Diablo Bats - 14511361 E. Raleigh AvenueMesa, AZ 85212(480) 984-0620Maple & ash wood baseball batsRomeo Filip

*Big Bounce, Inc. - 591P. O. Box 3066Russellville, AR 72811(479) 967-8030Soft toss pitching machineDwain Bewley

Bleachers International, Inc. - 675P. O. Box 718Strasburg, CO 80136(800) 544-6658Manufacturer of aluminum bleachersWayne Clark

Boathouse Sports - 544425 E. Hunting Park AvenuePhiladelphia, PA 19126(800) 875-1883ApparelJim Beury

Brett Brothers Sports - 224 & 226E. 9514 Montgomery, Building #25Spokane, WA 99206(509) 891-6435Baseball bats, gloves, balls, etc.Joe Sample

Brown & Co. Sports Portraits - 101404 Stonehenge CircleRockledge, FL 32955(321) 617-9977PhotographsJoe Brown

*Broyhill Company - 104P. O. Box 475Dakota City, NE 68731(402) 987-3412Line markers & infield finishersMyron Sargisson

BSN Sports - Plaza 223P. O. Box 7726Dallas, TX 75209(800) 527-7510 x 7303Baseball equipmentTom Rafferty

Buck’s Bags - 6822401 W. Main StreetBoise, ID 83702(800) 284-2247Athletic team bags, individual & custom orderSteve Nyce

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Circle No. 11Plaza 435

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BWP Bats - 312R. D. 1, Box 409ABrookville, PA 15825(814) 849-0089Wooden batsMichael Gregory

C & H Baseball, Inc. - 5272215 - 60th Drive EastBradenton, FL 34203(800) 248-5192Aluminum baseball field equipmentDanielle Huff

Cages*Plus - 502 & 504518 Fair LaneNampa, ID 83686(866) 475-9148Portable batting cage with L-screenRobert R. DeCloss

Calhead – 1051945 S. Burgundy PlaceOntario, CA 91761(800) 480-9979Baseball capsLarry D’Amato

Catahoula Manufacturing, Inc. - Bay 2812901 Fourth Street, Box 549Jonesville, LA 71343(800) 873-4778Benny Champlin

CC Rental - 65819 Wright WayFairfield, NJ 07004(973) 882-0310Passenger van rentals in FloridaTom Taylor

Central Florida's Polk County SportsMarketing - 608600 N. Broadway, Suite 300Bartow, FL 33830(863) 534-2500Polk County, FloridaZach Burek

Certified Athlete, Inc. - Plaza 56514117 W. 61st TerraceShawnee, KS 66216(913) 438-1707Certified web-delivered recruitingBrent Driggers

*Challenger Industries – 1151224 Riverbend RoadDalton, GA 30721(800) 334-8873Artificial turf & baseball matsScotty Smith

*Champions Baseball Academy - 62610701 Plantside DriveLouisville, KY 40299(502) 261-9200Training center expansion & partner-ship opportunities—travel programsJohn Marshall & Ron Hinners

ChartMine/Competitive EdgeDecision Systems - 441

6 Valleybrook PlaceThe Woodlands, TX 77382(888) 329-0722, www.chartmine.netAward-winning pitch/hit chartingsystem. Go beyond simple elec-tronic scoring. Mine the data inyour pitching/hitting charts. Usedby 25 percent of DI teams. Coach Dean StotzSee ad on page 47

Choice Hotels International – 17510770 Columbia PikeSilver Spring, MD 20901(800) 638-6714HotelsDonald Crawford

Clell Wade Coaches Directory - 300P. O. Box 177Cassville, MO 65625(417) 847-2783State & national coaching directoriesKaran Wade

*The Coaches Caddy, Inc. – 6851650 Murdock RoadMarietta, GA 30062(770) 356-8602Ball carrierBrad Remole

Coaches Choice - 549, 551 & 553P. O. Box 1828Monterey, CA 93942(888) 229-5745Instructional books & videos Dr. Jim Peterson

Coaching Management - 2002488 N. Triphammer RoadIthaca, NY 14850(607) 257-6970 x 11www.athleticbid.comCoaching Management publishesthree issues per year for everyhigh school and college headbaseball coach in the U.S. withtargeted editorial, product infor-mation, and ads.Mark Goldberg

Coast To Coast Amateur Athletics - 638P. O. Box 389Marietta, OH 45750(740) 373-4455International toursKevin Ritter

Coastal Plain League - 6284900 Waters Edge Drive, Suite 201Raleigh, NC 27606(919) 852-1960Collegiate summer baseball leaguePete Bock

Cocoa Expo Sports Center - 100500 Friday RoadCocoa, FL 32926(321) 639-3976 x 12Baseball tournaments & campsJeff Biddle

*Collegiate Pacific - 254 & 25613950 Senlac, #200Dallas, TX 75010(800) 881-6536 x 248Baseball equipmentSteve Easterling

*Common Threads – 1513731 Northcrest Road, Suite 30Atlanta, GA 30340(800) 464-3784FundraisingSteve Gallo

Corley Sports, Inc. - Plaza 465P. O. Box 821437N. Richland Hills, TX 76182(877) 737-4487Baseball hitting trainerKathy Corley

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Tony Abbatine, New York Mets and BostonRed Sox“Improving In-game Concentration andFocus Levels for Today’s Players”

Dick Birmingham, Birmingham Sports“Developing the Defensive Unit”

Gordie Gillespie, Head Coach, Ripon College“Psychology of Baseball”

Wayne Graham, Head Coach, Rice University“Player-Coaching Relations”

Jack Hacker, Head Coach, Reedley College“The Art of Bunting”

Steve Johnigan, Asst. Coach, Baylor University“Working With Catchers”

Howard Johnson, New York Mets“‘Turn and Burn’—Taking Base Stealing andBase Running to Another Level”

Mark Johnson, Head Coach, Texas A&M“Basic Hitting”

Michael Josephson, Josephson Institute of Ethics“Pursuing Victory With Honor”

Gregg Kilby, Head Assistant Coach,University of Maryland“Catching: Drills That Improve Skills andKeep Them Sharp Throughout the Season”

Mike Kinnison, Head Coach, Delta StateUniversity“Coaching the Hitting Aspect”

Mark Marquess, Head Coach, StanfordUniversity“Getting to the Next Level”

Wayne Mazzoni, Head Coach, Teikyo PostUniversity“Teaching the Left-Handed Pickoff Move”

Jim “The Rookie” Morris, Former HighSchool Coach turned Major League Pitcher“Motivation”

Tim Nolan, Hitting Coach, Illinois ValleyCommunity College“Ballistic Hitting”

Bill Percy, Varsity Coach (retired), Mitchell(CO) H.S.“Outfield Play ‘A to Z’”

Rich Price, Head Coach, University of Kansas“Zone Double-Play Feeds and Pivots”

Dusty Rhodes, Head Coach, University ofNorth Florida“Controlling the Game From the Dugout”

Michael Riggs, The Sports Psychologist; JohnWeber, Head Coach, Lakeland College“Keeping Your Head in the Game”

Guy Simmons, Head Coach, Frank PhillipsCollege“Pitching”

Tom Tereschuk, Head Coach, ChapmanUniversity“Offensive Execution Routine”

Gary Vaught Head Coach, University ofIndianapolis“Infield Play—Make the Offense Adjust”

Ron Wolforth CEO/Author, Pitching Central“Backshaping/Backward Chaining”

HIGH SCHOOL COACHESBREAKOUT SESSIONSunday, January 4, 2004Jim Cleveland, Head Coach, RedwoodChristian H.S. (Castro Valley, CA)“Swing Flaws and Corrections”

Eric Kibler, Head Coach, Horizon H.S.(Scottsdale, AZ)“Developing a High School Pitching Staff”

Rick Lynch, Head Coach, Herscher (IL) H.S.“Creating a Championship Program”

Eric Regez, Head Coach, Tomball (TX) H.S.“Indoor Practice”

2004 ABCA CLINIC SPEAKERS

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FIVE OF THE LAST SIX NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP

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Louisville Slugger teams in Omaha / 2003

Texas / Cal State Fullerton / Rice University: National Champion / Stanford: Runner-Up

Circle No. 12Booth Nos. 401 & 500

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ABCA PREVIEW2004Cosby, Gerry & Company, Inc. - 3013 Pennsylvania PlazaMadison Square GardenNew York, NY 10001(877) 563-6464Travel/equipment bags & protectiveequipmentMichael Cosby

Covermaster, Inc. - 602100 Westmore Drive #11-DRexdale, ON, Canada M9V 5C3(800) 387-5808Sport surface coversGerald Hackett

CoverSports USA - 4085744 Woodland AvenuePhiladelphia, PA 19143(800) 445-6680Field covers, windscreens & fencetoppersFred Hoge

The Creativity Warehouse - 114631 Conestoga TrailChanhassen, MN 55317(952) 949-306330" plastic baseball bat displaydevice for fundraisingKirk D. Harrington

*Cutters Gloves - 6364515 N. 32nd Street, Suite 110Phoenix, AZ 85018(800) 821-0231

Sports gloves—baseballChris Sears

D-Bat, Inc. – 6711400 Preston Road, Suite 110Plano, TX 75073(888) 398-3393Wooden baseball batsCade Griffis

Dartfish USA - 5931301 Hightower Trail, Suite 111Atlanta, GA 30350(888) 655-3850Video analysis softwareRon Henderson

*David Sunflower Seeds - 2175626 E. Shields AvenueFresno, CA 93727(800) 876-0231Sunflower seedsBonnie Hippenstiel

Decker Sports USA - 4026912 N. 97th CircleOmaha, NE 68122(800) 431-5128Training equipment, baseballs &glovesThomas Decker

DeLONG - 510 & 512821 - 5th AvenueGrinnell, IA 50112(800) 733-5664

Team uniforms, jackets & capsMichael Gentz

Diamond Pro (txi) - Bay 4491341 W. Mockingbird LaneDallas, TX 75247(800) 228-2987www.diamondpro.comProfessional groundskeepingproducts, infield conditioners, cal-cine clay, mound clay and bricks,marking dust, warning track, andinfield mix. See ad on page 18

Diamond Sports - Bay 34111130 Warland DriveCypress, CA 90630(800) 366-2999Baseballs, catcher’s gear, mitts, bags,field equipment & training devicesAndrea Gordon

Digital Scout - 4093248 W. Henderson RoadColumbus, OH 43220(800) 249-1189Software, stats & scoutingNathan Schmidt

Disney Sports Attractions - 216P. O. Box 470847Lake Buena Vista, FL 34747-0847(407) 938-3841TournamentsChristine Asay

Douglas Sports Nets & Equipment - 5353441 S. 11th AvenueEldridge, IA 52748(800) 553-8907Baseball tunnels, protective screens& coversMatt Schwirtz

*Dura-Kold Corporation - 6533525 S. PurdueOklahoma City, OK 73179(800) 541-7199Reusable ice wrapsKeith Brink

Earth & Turf Company- 260112 S. Railroad AvenueNew Holland, PA 17557(888) 693-2638Multispread superseedJohn BentleySee ad on page 30

Easton Sports, Inc. - Plaza 3357855 Haskell Avenue, Suite 200Van Nuys, CA 91406(800) 347-3901 x 653Bats, gloves, bags, accessories,apparel & shoesJim DarbySee ad on the Back Cover

ESPN The Magazine - 218Disney Sports & RecreationClubhouseP. O. Box 10,000

For premium performance and a color that will set your field apart, choosefrom the Soilmaster Select Series by Pro’s Choice. Scientifically engineeredto cope with daily maintenance challenges, Soilmaster Select gives yourfield a professional look and is the TRUE choice of groundskeepers aroundthe league for building and maintaining winning ballfields. Now availablein four distinct colors, Soilmaster Select uniform granules manage moistureand alleviate compaction to keep your fields playable. Pro’s Choicedelivers a full line of sportsfield products for conditioning soil and infieldmix, top dressing infields, quickly drying puddles and revitalizing turf.

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1.800.648.1166Circle No. 13 Plaza 229

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ABCA PREVIEW2004Lake Buena Vista, FL 32830(407) 938-3423Fund-raising magazinePete Bryden

Eversan, Inc. - 21034 Main StreetWhitesboro, NY 13492(800) 383-6060, www.eversan.comWith 2.4 Ghz digital spread spectrum wirelessscoreboards, message signs, timers, and videodisplays, Eversan, Inc., sets new industry stan-dards with intuitive operations, high reliability,simple installations, and energy-efficient LEDand reflective digits.Allan RobertsSee ad on the Inside Front Cover

Francis L. Dean & Associates, Inc. - 3032800 S. Hulen Street, #200Fort Worth, TX 76109(800) 375-0552Athletic insuranceJill Faulder

Franklin Sports, Inc. – 106 & 10817 Campanelli ParkwayStoughton, MA 02072(781) 341-2480 x 228Baseball equipmentGreg Fortier & Kim Phelps

Frozen Ropes Training Center – 152 & 15412 Elkay DriveChester, NY 10918(845) 469-7331Baseball/softball training & apparelDaniel Hummel

Funtastic Sports - 206277 Thornecliffe Drive, Suite AState Road, NC 28676(877) 375-0315, www.funtasticsports.comImprove swing mechanics, increase bat speed andstrength, and increase batting average with theRotor Twin, the best swing trainer available.Bob BalsdonSee ad on page23

Game Ops Commander - 177910 NE Martin Luther King Jr. BoulevardPortland, OR 97232(800) 346-8037Game Ops CommanderJohn Jackson

Gerry Cosby & Company, Inc. - 402(See Cosby, Gerry & Company)

Glover’s Scorebooks - 248P. O. Box 355Forestville, CA 95436(707) 887-2812Scorebooks & accessory itemsTom Glover

Go Play Sports Tours - 6701520 16th Street, Suite DSacramento, CA 95814(800) 222-6379Leader in international sports tours for U.S. teams& coachesTim Andrews

GoodSports - 406P. O. Box 769Exton, PA 19341(800) 860-4303Field & facility equipmentRoger Higgins

Granada Pitching Machines, Inc. - 148P. O. Box 3490Central Point, OR 97502(800) 547-5032, www.battingpractice.comGranada Pitching Machines, inventor of the twowheel machine, has been producing pitchingmachines for more than 40 years.Mark Shelemer & Greg GoheenSee ad on page 10

*Grand Slam Sports – 113226 W. Main Street, Suite 2AAValley Center, KS 67147(316) 755-2001Pitching machineBennie Lee

*The Graphic Edge – 137743 Highway 30 East

Carroll, IA 51401(800) 747-9744Uniforms, bat bags, tees, sweats & jacketsRyan Foley

*Hadar Manufacturing - 5091515 N. 11th StreetHumboldt, IA 50548(888) 655-1606Bases and equipmentWayne Miner

Harv-Al Athletic Mfg. - 583 & 585P. O. Box 91, 409 W. Main StreetRanger, TX 76470(254) 647-3774Team uniformsBret Lund

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Hitting Is A Guess - 12841303 27th Street WestPalmdale, CA 93551(661) 609-0105www.hittingisaguess.comThe Hitting Is A Guess Video Seriesand accompanying four-color work-book is designed to challenge hittersto test their swing to see if they areat their max levels in power andconsistency. The Functional HittersWorkout and the products combineplyometric training with battingpractice to build power and explo-siveness.See ad on page 48

Hoosier Bat Company - 309(Home Run LLC)4511 Evans AvenueValparaiso, IN 46383(800) BAT-ERUP (228-3787)www.hoosierbat.comQuality ash baseball bats. Also,Wood Force 2000 has ash handle,hickory sweet spot, maple on end.Fungo same construction. Nevertape barrel of either.Debbie CookSee ad on page 35

Human Kinetics Publishing - 201P. O. Box 5076Champaign, IL 61825(800) 747-4457

Sports & fitness books, videos & softwareTed Miller

Hunter Industries - 61073 High Rock RoadSandy Hook, CT 06482(203) 270-8529Irrigation equipmentLynda Wightman

*Jack Davis & Associates - 5099659 FallbrookDallas, TX 75243(214) 348-5931Baseball uniforms & equipmentMichael Davis

*Jack Stroker Bats, Inc. - 155505 Rita DriveOdenton, MD 21113-1703(410) 674-2116Hard maple batsGeorge Lytle, Clemente Bonilla, Jr.,

*Jet Sportswear, Inc. - 672646 Schooner LaneElk Grove, IL 60007(866) 538-9327Performance moisture migrationsportswearEdan Tau

*Jostens - TBD5501 Norman Center DriveMinneapolis, MN 55437(800) 235-4774 x 8401

Championship ringsJim Dougher, Mike Callison & Nicole Olson

Jugs/JKP Sports - Bay 47119333 S.W. 118th AvenueTualatin, OR 97062(800) 547-6843, www.jkpsports.comNew Jugs Pearl with NeverBreak™Seam Technology is the first andonly leather baseball designed forpitching machines.Dave CandelloSee ad on page 31

Just For Nets/ Division of Lee FisherInternational, Inc. – 6813922 W. Osborne AvenueTampa, FL 33614(888) 569-6387Sport nets, batting cages, backstops& net productsAlen Kozic

K & K Insurance Group, Inc. - 2401712 Magnavox WayFort Wayne, IN 46804(800) 426-2889Sports camp insuranceStacie Richardson

Kennedy Athletic - 2052800 E. 11th StreetLos Angeles, CA 90023(800) 225-4326Custom headwearMike Pilcher

Kwik Goal, Ltd. - Plaza 459140 Pacific DriveQuakertown, PA 18951(800) 531-4252, www.kwikgoal.comKwik Goal manufactures a full lineof baseball and speed trainingequipment, including L-screens,batting tunnels, catch screens,portable batting cages, speed lad-ders, and speed hurdles.Sean IreySee ad on page 17

L.A. Steelcraft Products – 1491975 Lincoln AvenuePasadena, CA 91103(800) 371-2438Manufacturer of baseball equipmentLee Van Valkenburg

Levatino Bat SpeedMachine/Swingbuilder - 21110028 Jefferson HighwayBaton Rouge, LA 70809(888) 465-1331Bat speed machineSam & Lisa Levatino, Jeff Edwards

Liflong-Products.com - 5753200 S. Country Club RoadMelbourne, FL 32901(877) 543-5664Training equipment (hitting)Larry Thompson

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Louisville Slugger - 401 & 500800 W. Main StreetLouisville, KY 40202(800) 282-2287, www.slugger.comSince 1884, when John A. "Bud"Hillerich hand-turned a white ashbat for Pete "The Gladiator"Browning, the finest hitter of theday, the name Louisville Slugger hasbeen synonymous with the game'sgreatest players and teams.Kevin UhrhanSee ads on pages 11 & 15

M.A.S.A., Inc. - 131 & 2301413 S. Meridian RoadJasper, IN 47546(800) 264-4519, www.masa.comM.A.S.A., Inc., distributes a full-color 74-page sporting goods andfield maintenance catalog. Wecarry a wide assortment of base-ball, softball, soccer, and footballequipment at discounted prices.Michael Schmitt, Jr.See ad on page 30

M-F Athletic Company & PerformBetter - 307P. O. Box 8090, 11 Amflex DriveCranston, RI 02920(800) 556-7464Functional training & rehab equipmentJohn Brock

MagnetStreet - 2521749 S. Naperville Road, Suite 200Wheaton, IL 60187(800) 438-3210Custom full-color sports schedulemagnetsTim Butcher

*Major League Partners - Plaza 27528463 U. S. Highway 19 North, Suite 102Clearwater, FL 33761(877) 657-8326Interactive hitting automated lessonPhil Eddleman

Markwort Sporting Goods - 3044300 Forest Park AvenueSt. Louis, MO 63108(800) [email protected] Sporting GoodsCompany is a distributor/manu-facturer of baseball equipment,including baseballs, gloves andmitts, protective equipment, bat-ter’s gloves, uniforms, socks, laces,glove oil and training accessories.Herb MarkwortSee ad on page 35

Master Pitching Machine, Inc. -Plaza 323

4200 NE Birmingham RoadKansas City, MO 64117(800) 878-8228www.masterpitch.com

Manufacturer and direct supplier ofthe Iron Mike Arm Style PitchingMachine, batting cage nets andframes, “L” screens, protectivescreens, and related items.Patrick CorleySee ad on page 39

Mayday Publishing, Inc. - 60611038 Hildreth CourtCamarillo, CA 93012(805) 491-0379More Than ERA Pitching StatisticsSoftware Larry A. May

*McDavid Sports/Med – 21410305 Argonne DriveWoodridge, IL 60517(800) 237-8254Compression apparel & sports medicineDave Doezie

Memphis Net & Twine - 561P. O. Box 80331Memphis, TN 38108(800) 238-6380

Sports nets & equipmentAlbert Carruthers

Mickey Owen Baseball School - 665P. O. Box 4504Springfield, MO 65808-4504(800) 999-8369Baseball instructional servicesMark Daniel

Millcreek Manufacturing - 260112 South Railroad AvenueNew Holland, PA 17557(800) 311-1323www.millcreekmfg.comMillcreek provides simple, rugged,and affordable turf maintenanceequipment, including topdressers,spreaders, and infield mainte-nance tools. Ideal for programswith limited budgets.See ad on page 21

Miller Net Company, Inc. - 517 & 519P. O. Box 18787Memphis, TN 38181(800) 423-6603Sports nets & equipmentHarold Miller

Milliken & Company - 103P. O. Box 1926Spartanburg, SC 29304(864) 503-2016Team uniform & performance fabricsMichele Young

Missouri Turf Paint - 2501147 E. 63rd StreetKansas City, MO 64110(800) 426-0774Athletic field paint, lining systems &equipmentLarry Davis

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Mizuno USA - Plaza 3294925 Avalon Ridge ParkwayNorcross, GA 30071(770) 453-7807Baseball equipment & apparelBram Krieger

Muhl Tech – 292503 OgdenWharton, TX 77488(888) 766-8772Baseball training equipmentWesley Johnston

*MVP Baseball – Plaza 3931270 E. 58th AvenueDenver, CO 80216(303) 293-2277Indoor batting cagesBill Leary

National Batting Cages, Inc. - 318P. O. Box 250Forest Grove, OR 97116-0250(800) 547-8800Baseball training equipmentFred Schmidtke

National Mower Company – 189,191 & 193700 Raymond AvenueSt. Paul, MN 55114(651) 646-4079Grounds maintenance equipmentGreg Brodd & Bill Kinney

National Spit Tobacco EducationProgram - 310410 N. Michigan Avenue, Suite 352Chicago, IL 60611(800) 523-3438Spit tobacco education & cessationBrad Hutchins

*Neal Portnoy Art Studio, Inc. - 29022 Walnut StreetHolden, MA 01520(508) 829-8000Sports artworkNeal Portnoy

New England Collegiate BaseballLeague – 109515 Hawthorne LaneWindsor, CT 06095(860) 285-0133Summer wooden bat collegiate leagueKevin MacIlvane

New Era Cap Company - 1168061 Erie RoadDerby, NY 14047(800) 989-0445CapsTim Talley

NIKE, Inc. - Bay 365One Bowerman DriveBeaverton, OR 97005(503) 532-5001Sporting goodsScott Henson

Nocona Athletic Goods - 615P. O. Box 329Nocona, TX 76255(800) 433-0957Baseball equipment & glovesRob Storey

Northwoods League - 242P. O. Box 12Rochester, MN 55903(507) 536-4579Summer college leagueDick Radatz, Jr., President

Oakley, Inc. - 236 & 238One IconFoothill Ranch, CA 92610(800) 800-6254Eyewear & apparelMatt Genovese

*Old Hickory Bat Company, Inc. - 3161735 Highway 31WGoodlettsville, TN 37072(866) PRO-BATSMaple baseball batsTravis Copley

OMNI Sports Technologies - Plaza 2433525 Ridge Meadow ParkwayMemphis, TN 38115(800) 529-6664 x 125Baseball training equipmentJoe Amore

Osborne Innovative Products - Bay 2492221 - 2nd Street

Enumclaw, WA 98022(800) 325-7238Safety screens, training aids & fieldmaintenanceMark Zender

*Palmgard International, Inc. - 577P. O. Box 688Randallstown, MD 21133(800) 472-5642Baseball glovesCharles Webster, CEO

Paul Pryor Travel Bags, Inc. - 50812401 - 66th Street NorthLargo, FL 33773(800) 330-8400Travel/equipment bags, underwear& sportswearBob Milleman

Perfect Game USA/World Wood BatAssociation - 6561203 Rockford Road SWCedar Rapids, IA 52404(319) 298-2923Scouting report serviceGregory A. Legg

Pickle-Ball, Inc. - 2194700 9th Avenue NorthwestSeattle, WA 98107(800) 377-9915Poly baseballsDoug Smith

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The Xvest is considered by many of the Major Leaguestrength coaches to be an essential tool for “the edge”.

“We have used the Xvest and have foundit to be the best, most comfortable andeffective weight vest. We have seenmeasurable improvements in range ofmotion, strength and power.”

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Xvest can be used in your strength, conditioning,speed, agility, plyometric and sport specific drills ortraining. You will see dramatic improvements in speedand power as well as conditioning and strength.

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Pinnacle Systems, Team Sports - 30255 Technology DriveLowell, MA 01851(978) 275-0201Digital video analysisMike Stenhouse

*PitchCommand – 122 & 12423212 53rd Avenue SEBothell, WA 98021(425) 481-9345Computerized system measurespitch speed & locationDennis Bremner

*Pitch Count, LLC - 2283824 Dade DriveAnnandale, VA 22003(703) 256-4929Pitch counter/calculatorDave Tinsley

Pitching Central - 54226206 Hanna Road Spring, TX 77386 (281) 298-6319 Baseball pitching information products & servicesRon Wolforth

Pittsburgh Souvenir & NoveltyCompany - 644 6628 E. Montreal PlaceScottsdale, AZ 85254(480) 922-1070ApparelMike Rossman

Players Sporting Goods - 3055737 N. Graham StreetCharlotte, NC 28269(800) 896-1200Louisville Slugger ProductsAshley Stallings

Portolite Products, Inc. - Plaza 4232950 Nelson RoadDelano, MN 55328(800) 315-8115Portable pitching moundsMichael Hoppe

*Post Performance, LLC - 676P. O. Box 515Chesterfield, MO 63006-0515(618) 973-7760Customized footwearJeff Adams

Power Systems, Inc. - 6112527 Westcott BoulevardKnoxville, TN 37931(800) 321-6975www.power-systems.comPower Systems, Inc. is an interna-tional distributor of sport perform-ance, fitness, and health productsand programs. We are the oneresource for all your training needs.

Powers Manufacturing Company - 5141340 Sycamore StreetWaterloo, IA 50703(319) 233-6118

UniformsJosh Bevins

Prep Illustrated, Inc. - 537P. O. Box 191Eagle Grove, IA 50533(800) 505-4456Sports magazineKay Derscheid

*Prime Hospitality Corp. - 110(Amerisuites/Wellesley Inns & Suites)20351 Village Green DriveStrongsville, OH 44149(866) 239-9012All-suites hotels with complimentarycontinental breakfast

Pro Ice - 60022612 Mojave LaneMission Viejo, CA 92691(949) 859-3795Cold therapy productsTom Nolan

Pro-Line Cap Company - 529 & 5311332 N. Main StreetFort Worth, TX 76106-9117(888) 465-3212Baseball capsJoel Taylor

Pro Look Sports - 623, 625 & 62737 E. Center Street, Suite 304Provo, UT 84606(800) PRO-LOOKwww.prolooksports.com

The fastest growing team sportswearcompany for the past six years. Wemake custom team uniforms, travelwarm-ups, and apparel designed toyour exact specifications.Dustin RhodesSee ad on pages 4-5

ProMounds, Inc. – PendingP. O. Box 522Winthrop, MA 02152(877) 227-4824Pitching mounds & sports equipmentJoe Murphy

Pro Nine - 648 & 650P. O. Box 1765Los Alamitos, CA 90720(562) 803-1210Baseballs, bags, & protective equipmentFrank Hardy

ProBatter Sports, LLC - Bay 48192 Woodmont RoadMilford, CT 06460(203) 874-2500Video pitching machineDavid Kellogg

Profile Products - Plaza 435750 Lake Cook Road, Suite 440Buffalo Grove, IL 60089(800) 207-6457 www.turface.comFor more than 40 years, PROFILEProducts LLC has been the leadingmanufacturer of soil modificationproducts including the TURFACE®

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New Millcreek Spin Groomer™

spins as you pull it. Self propelled,works like magic.

Moves material sideways to fill in low spots automatically.

Ideal for conditioning tough, rock-hard infields.

7' or 8' sizes, no power needed

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ABCA PREVIEW2004line of infield and sports turf condi-tioners, and mound clay products.Joe BetuliusSee ad on page 13

Promats, Inc. - 506P. O. Box 508Fort Collins, CO 80522(800) 678-6287E-mail: [email protected] manufactures protectivefield wall padding, railing, andpole padding, windscreening, turfprotectors, field covers, and otherrelated stadium components forbaseball and softball facilities. Eileen CorbiereSee ad on page 38

Proper Pitch – 528 & 530P. O. Box 2294Garner, NC 27529(800) 336-7503 Indoor/outdoor pitching moundsMike Beck

Pro’s Choice SportsfieldProducts - Plaza 229

410 N. Michigan AvenueChicago, IL 60611(800) [email protected] soil conditioners relievecompaction, quickly wick wateraway, and promote drainage onsoccer, football, and baseball fields

resulting in tough, resilient turf.Charlie Selvik and Dave CyganSee ad on page 16

PUMA - Bay 3815 Lyberty WayWestford, MA 01886(800) 782-7862Baseball footwearMatt Lancor

QHI Sports - 67336A N. Research DrivePueblo West, CO 81007(888) 784-5448www.qhisports.comManufacturer and distributor of theQuick-T automated batting tee.Bob NicholsonSee ad on page 47

Rawlings Sporting Goods - Bay 3491859 Bowles AvenueSt. Louis, MO 63026(800) 729-7770Sporting goodsJeff Noser

Reader's Digest CampusFundraising (eFundraising.com)- 111

5969 Fiddletown PlaceSan Jose, CA 95120(800) 243-9902eFundraising.com, a subsidiary ofQSP Reader’s Digest, offers quality

service and up to 90% profit withyour choice of proven fundraisingprograms. Get your free kit!Ron ReynoldsSee ad on page 48

Reebok International, LTD - Bay 1651895 J. W. Foster BoulevardCanton, MA 02021(888) 898-9028Footwear & apparelTeam sales

Reef Industries, Inc. - 680P. O. Box 750250Houston, TX 77275-0250(800) 231-6074Polyester reinforced plastic sheetingMark Young

Riddell – 2093404 Steeplechase TrailArlington, TX 76016(800) 275-5338 x 2329Baseball equipment & clothingDave Hostetler

Ringor - 403 & 4057929 SW Burns Way Wilsonville, OR 97070(800) 746-4670Shoes & apparelRyan Garrett

Ripken Baseball – 21310801 Tony Drive, Suite ALutherville, MD 21093

(800) 486-0850Camps & clinicsAndrea Kunicky

Ripken Management & Design - 21510801 Tony Drive, Suite ALutherville, MD 21093(410) 823-0808Stadium projects & productsAlyssa Budkofsky

Rixtine Trophy - 2122350 ‘O’ StreetLincoln, NE 68510(800) 347-3810Trophies, awards, pins, patches &recognition itemsTim Hoffman & Del Bokowski

Russell Athletic - Bay 181755 Lee StreetAlexander City, AL 35010(256) 500-5089Athletic apparelLarry Linenberger

Salinas Baseball Gloves – 1145525 S. AlamedaCorpus Christi, TX 78412(361) 991-7881Baseball glovesOrlando Salinas

Schutt Sports - 501, 503, 505 &507

1200 E. UnionLitchfield, IL 62056

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Field Maintenance Equipment

www.Infield-Drag.com

PR-AS-25,a

Complete Info. at: www.Infield-Drag.com

Heying Co. 515 6th Ave. Alton, Iowa 51003 Ph. (712) 756-8847

ALL-STAR CHISEL-DRAGTM

Break up hard-compacted surfaces with

the “All Star Chisel-Drag”TM from Heying

Co. Cutting depth adjusts easily from

0” to 3”. Teeth are high-strength

hardened steel and are easy to replace

when worn. Includes top weight tray.

Articulated tongue and hitch adjust quickly and

easily. Quickly raises up to travel off the field,

so no need to carry. Heavy-Duty steel welded

construction. No tools needed to make

adjustments. Broom and Drag Mat attachments

also available for general purpose dragging.

Broom and Drag Mat

attachments

available

PRO GROOMER TM

-levels -grooms

-mixes -chisels

-easy-to-use -6 ft. wide

Keep Infields, warning tracks, and

other granular surfaces level,

well-groomed and in safe playing

condition with the “Pro Groomer”TM

from Heying Co. It cuts off high

areas and fills low areas.

Break up hard-compacted surfaces with chisel attachment. Save labor, reduce

water puddling problems, weeds, etc. No need for hydraulics or three-point hitch.

No tools needed to adjust. Steel welded construction.

Broom and Drag Matattachments

available

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ABCA PREVIEW2004(866) 4-SCHUTTwww.schuttsports.comSchutt Sports markets innovative,quality, protective and field/courtequipment for baseball, basket-ball, football and softball, and col-lective helmets and bases to pro-mote fan enjoyment. Larry BrushettSee ad on page 27

ScorePAD Sports, Inc. – 6795240-Q Panola Industrial BoulevardDecatur, GA 30035(678) 270-4000ScorePAD Baseball for PalmAlex Ricchi & Douglas N. Hines

*SDSM - 294429 Rockglen DriveWadsworth, OH 44281(330) 620-1511New exercise equipmentStephen T. Ross

Seating Services Inc. - 634P. O. Box 4Angola, NY 14006(800) 552-9470www.seatingservices.comStadium chairs and quality blowmolded, bravity tip, low mainte-nance stadium chairs to enhanceyour facility. Add your VIP sectiontoday.

Diane Cotroneo CookeSee ad on page 23

S.E.N.T. Company, LLC – 687P. O. Box 834Gainesville, TX 76241(800) 905-8837The Ultimate Pitcher’s Tool—instruc-tional device for pitchersTank Nelson

Sho-Me Baseball Camp - 443P. O. Box 2270Branson West, MO 65737(800) 993-2267Youth baseball instructional campChristopher Schroeder, Camp Director

Skillshow, Inc. – 1461201 First Avenue SouthSeattle, WA 98134(866) 687-9072Recruiting videos onlineTom M. Koerick, Jr.

*Skyline Baseball, Inc. – Pending7241 Garden Grove Boulevard #CGarden Grove, CA 92841(714) 893-9937Baseball gloves & ballsJames Lee

Slugmaster - 612c/o TechnaSportP. O. Box 981Lakeville, MN 55044

(952) 898-0421BatMaxx bat speed indicator &Slugmaster hitting stationJahn Stopperan

Smithco, Inc. – 189, 191 & 19334 West AvenueWayne, PA 19087(610) 688-4009Infield groomers & line markersEmil Miller

*Southland Athletic ManufacturingCompany - 509P. O. Box 280Terrell, TX 75160(800) 527-7637Stock & custom baseball uniformsBill Sturgeon

South Padre Island Nets, Inc. - 1192001 Amistad DriveSan Benito, TX 78586(866) 243-6387Sports netting/baseball trainingequipmentRobert Alba

Southern Athletic Fields, Inc. - 525,622 & 6241309 Mainsail DriveColumbia, TN 38401(800) 837-8062Field materials & accessoriesBill Marbet

Southwest Host Services - 319P. O. Box 13808Scottsdale, AZ 85267(480) 945-2359Hotel accommodations for teams &recruitingLinda Hitchins

*Spectrum Corporation – 12010048 EasthavenHouston, TX 77075(800) 392-5050ScoreboardsDarren Garner

Speedline Athletic Wear - 416 & 4181804 N. HabanaTampa, FL 33607(813) 876-1375Team uniformsDave Aubuchon

Sportdecals, Inc. - 123P. O. Box 365Crystal Lake, IL 60039-0358(800) 435-6110Baseball awards, T-shirts, incentives& helmet decals Don Metivier

Sports Attack - 404P. O. Box 1529Verdi, NV 89439-1529(800) 717-4251www.sportsattack.comSports Attack is a manufacturer of

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ABCA PREVIEW2004quality sports training equipment.With 35 years of pitching machinedesign experience, the currentproduct offering includes profes-sional baseball, volleyball, andtennis training equipment.Kurt BrennerSee ad on the Inside Back Cover

Sports Belle, Inc. - 637 & 639P. O. Box 50243Knoxville, TN 37950(865) 938-2063Team uniforms, performance appar-el & coaches apparelRoyd Walker

The Sport Source, Inc. - 6571845 Summit Avenue, Suite 402Plano, TX 75074(800) 862-3092Educational publishingCharlie Kadupski

Sports Sensors, Inc. - 27611351 Embassy DriveCincinnati, OH 45240(888) 542-9246Glove Radar & Swing Speed RadarAl Dilz

Sports Treasures, Inc. - 58111529 S. MingoBixby, OK 74008(918) 369-3633

Sports décor, jewelry & bagsKaylin Coody

*Sports Turf Managers Association - 1531027 S. 3rd StreetCouncil Bluffs, IA 51503-6875(800) 323-3875Association for athletic field professionalsSteven Trusty

Sports Tutor - Bay 2813300 Winona AvenueBurbank, CA 91504(800) 448-8867www.sportsmachines.comSports Tutor is a premier manufac-turer of sports machines includingmachines for baseball, tennis, volley-ball, and soccer—for over 15 years.John HendersonSee ad on page 24

SportsDEV, LLC - Plaza 56514117 W. 61st TerraceShawnee, KS 66216(913) 438-1707Sports technology productsGeorge Kauffman

Sporturf - 595 & 694P. O. Box 2008Dalton, GA 30722(800) 798-1056Artificial turf Darby McCamy

*Sportwaves - 134404 W. Baseline RoadLafayette, CO 80026(800) 580-4122Custom team duffle bagsKerry Evans

St. Petersburg/Clearwater CVB - 539& 54114450 - 46th Street North, #108Clearwater, FL 33762(727) 464-7257Sports destinationKevin Smith

Stabilizer Solutions, Inc. - 159205 S. 28th StreetPhoenix, AZ 85034(800) 336-2468www.stabilizersolutions.comStabilizer Solutions, Inc. is a uniquecompany that specializes in naturaland fiber reinforced sport, recreational,and landscape surfaces world-wide.Architects, contractors, groundskeep-ers, and facilities managers incorporateour natural soil binders, manufacturedsoil amendments, and engineeredfiber reinforcement systems into theirprojects. Jon HubbsSee ad on page 39

Stalker Radar - 6602609 Technology Drive

Plano, TX 75074-6796(888) STALKERwww.stalkerradar.comStalker Radar (Applied Concepts) isthe nation's leading manufacturer ofspeed radar. Stalker Sports' radarguns are the most sophisticated andhighest performing radars manufac-tured in the world.Jim ShawSee ad on page 32

*Stiggy’s Sports Shop - 11211444 Deerfield RoadCincinnati, OH 45242(513) 530-9910Baseball equipment & training itemsSteve Stigler & Scott Lawson

STM Baseball4016 Sunhill CourtWoodstock, GA 30189(888) 486-4786 Baseball field construction/renovationSkip Kirby

Strike Zone, Inc. - Plaza 42310531 Maryland CircleBloomington, MN 55438(952) 829-7790Portable batting practice deviceJohn L. Beintema

Stromgren Supports, Inc. - 684P. O. Box 1230

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ABCA PREVIEW2004Hays, KS 67601(800) 527-1988Sports medicine & protective productsCarl Wilhite

Super-Net – 429 & 4313209 Air Park RoadFuquay Varina, NC 27526(800) 955-6387 Batting cages, protectivescreens/netting & field maintenance equipmentGlen Passner

SwingAway - Bay 2492221 - 2nd StreetEnumclaw, WA 98022(800) 325-7238SwingAway—transportable hittingstationMark Zender

TechnaSport - 612P. O. Box 981Lakeville, MN 55044(952) 898-0421BatMaxx bat speed indicator &Slugmaster hitting stationJahn Stopperan

*Texas Collegiate League – 207P. O. Box 200988Arlington, TX 76006(214) 333-5340College summer leagueWayne Poage

*3 in One Industries - 1732954 Highway 32, Suite 1300Chico, CA 95973(866) 503-5628Baseball diamond grading toolMike Grosberg & Kyle Sylvester

*Tier 1 Gear - 6597323 Emerald Glen DriveSugar Land, TX 77479(281) 545-8987Pitcher’s jacketsKim Cooper

Tomark Sports - 410 & 412P. O. Box 1088Corona, CA 92878(800) 959-1844Recreational equipment Mark Harpin

The Toro Company - 647 & 6498111 Lyndale Avenue SouthBloomington, MN 55420(952) 888-8801Workman Utility Vehicle &Reelmaster MowerDale Getz

Tuff Toe, Inc. - 3061442 W. Collins Avenue, Suite GOrange, CA 92867-5443(800) 888-0802Pitching toes & batting sleevesJeff Musick

Turbo Link International, Inc./TLISports - 6041452 Crestview StreetClearwater, FL 33755

(800) 958-8726Sports surfaces, nets, padding &designCharles Meeks

TurboSlot Sports - 643P. O. Box 819Mocksville, NC 27028(800) 726-3568Hitting gloves & TurboStiksFred Willett

TurboStats Software - 557P. O. Box 144Towaco, NJ 07082(800) 607-8287Stat-tracking softwareDon Trifari

Turfco Manufacturing - 189,191, 193

1655 - 101st Avenue NEBlaine, MN 55449(800) 679-8201, www.turfco.comTurfco Manufacturing has servedthe professional turf industry formore than 50 years by providingthe most advanced aeration andrenovation equipment on the mar-ket.Bob BrophySee ad on page 29

Twin City Knitting Company, Inc. - 616P. O. Box 1179Conover, NC 28613(800) 438-6884Athletic socks, belts, hats,wrist/headbandsFrancis Davis

Under Armour Athletic Apparel - 411 & 4131020 Hull StreetBaltimore, MD 21230(888) 427-6687Performance apparelKevin Culley

Uniforms Express - 419 & 5182284 Old Middlefield Way #11Mountain View, CA 94043(888) 661-7044Uniforms, hats & jacketsGeoff Samuels

United States Specialty SportsAssociation - 445215 Celebration Place, Suite 180Celebration, FL 34747(800) 741-3014AssociationJoey Odom

USA Athletes International - 61312819 S. Navaho DriveOlathe, KS 66062(800) 413-6418 Sports tour organizationWilliam A. Edington

USA Baseball - 415 & 417P. O. Box 1131Durham, NC 27702(919) 474-8721Olympic baseball teamDavid Perkins

USA TODAY Sports Weekly - 3177950 Jones Branch DriveMcLean, VA 22108(800) 582-0404PublicationTed Chase

Vantage ProductsInternational - Plaza 359

7895 Stage Hills Boulevard, Suite105Memphis, TN 38133(800) 244-4457,www.vipsports.comSupplier of batting cages, protective screens, and netting aswell as many other baseball relateditems.Jonathan BawcumSee ad on page 10

vCoach, Inc. - Plaza 56514117 W. 61st TerraceShawnee, KS 66216(913) 438-1707Mobile instant replayGeorge Kauffman

Victory Custom Athletic - 202 &2049006 Owensmouth AvenueCanoga Park, CA 91304(800) 959-3566Baseball uniforms, jackets & capsmanufacturerEd Le Cocq

Vizual Edge, LLC - 614105 Town Line Road, Suite 2020Vernon Hills, IL 60061(847) 816-3131Visual performance evaluation &trainingKathy Puchalski

Weather Beater by ColoradoLining - 414

670 Painted Canyon DriveBozeman, MT 59718(877) 448-2777E-mail: [email protected] field coversLinda AnnaloraSee ad on page 7

West Virginia Bats - TBDP.O. Box 11905Charleston, WV 25339(304) 346-3351www.westvirginiabats.comMakers of the OriginalMetalwood Bat, the only bat thatcombines the durability of aluminum with the safety andplayability of wood.Jay CipolettiSee ad on page 43

Western Athletic Supply Company - 102P. O. Box 5407Riverside, CA 92517(800) 624-6637Baseball equipmentJack Lenertz

Western Industries – 107P. O. Box 428Miles City, MT 59301

(800) 488-5592Infield, mound & plate coversRichard Martinez

*Whip-O – 1615103 Clyde Park Avenue SWWyoming, MI 49509(616) 532-1900Warm-up batBruce Ritsema

Wilson Sporting Goods - Bay 2358700 W. Bryn Mawr Avenue, Suite 11Chicago, IL 60631(800) 443-0011 x 6853Full line of baseball/softball equipment, bats & uniformsJim Hackett

*Wind Weighted™ by Aer-Flo,Inc. - 617 & 619

1904 44th Ave. EastBradenton, FL 34203(800) 823-7356www.windweighted.comManufacturer of Wind Weighted™by Aer-Flo, Inc., baseball tarps andinstallers: self-ballasted covers formound, home base, bullpens. Nostakes or sandbags needed. Patentpending.Bill Henning, PresidentSee ad on page 6

World-Sport - 540P. O. Box 661624Los Angeles, CA 90066(800) 496-8687Top-quality international baseballtoursDavid Eby

Worth, Inc. - 603 & 605P. O. Box 88104Tullahoma, TN 37388(800) 282-9637Bats, balls, gloves & bagsMike Cunningham

WSI Manufacturing - 3142767 Highway 55Eagan, MN 55121(800) 783-4476Moisture management & protectivegearRyan Holland

*Xtra Bat Company - 19514614 115th Avenue, Court EPuyallup, WA 98374(877) 987-2228Warm-up/training batTim Hecktor

Zingbat/BMI Sales Group, Inc. -630

7750 Archer RoadJustice, IL 60458 (866) 946-4228BMI Sales Group, Inc., designed,produced, and sells the “Zingbat”bat swing trainer. The Zingbatteaches the batter to stay “insidethe ball”.John G. CiesarSee ad on page 21

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ABCA PREVIEW2004A look at what suppliers will be displaying

at their booths in the exhibit hall

AKADEMA(973) 772-7669, www.akademapro.com

Much like in the insect world where the Praying Mantis isknown to devour its competition, Akadema’s new catcher’s

mitt will do the same to con-ventional catcher’s mitts. TheAkadema patent pendingPraying Mantis includes “stresswedge” technology locatedbetween the index finger andthumb to absorb the shock.

Additional features include the double-sided slim padding,allowing increased pocket size.

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The Reptilian Claw™, from Akadema®, is the most innova-tive outfield glove on the market today. Designed to raise

the level of play, the ReptilianClaw features three wider fin-ger stalls, which are muchlarger than a regular glove, aswell as a DoubleflexedHinge™ for easier collapsepoints in the pocket. The

Reptilian Claw is made of top US Steerhide, and has a modi-fied Flytrap™ web design.

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AMERICAN ATHLETIC, INC.(800) 247-3978, www.americanathletic.comAAI Batting Tees are constructed of toughpolyurethane, the same material used inpitching machine balls. This constructionmakes the AAI Tees the toughest on the mar-ket. Solid polyurethane stems allow for con-stant pounding and will last significantlylonger than standard tees. Stem heightadjustment is 20.5” to 37”.

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ATEC(800) 998-ATEC, www.atecsports.com

As the Official Pitching Machine of Major League Baseball®,the Hitting Streak®, from ATEC, is theideal training tool for every level of per-formance. It delivers fastballs up to 60mph and hundreds of different breakingpitches. A simple twist of the wrist allowsyou to quickly change from one pitch toanother and easily run dozens of fieldingdrills. And to make your training sessionsmore productive, add the new HittingStreak® 15-Baseball Automatic Feeder.

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BEACON BALLFIELDS(800) 747-5985, www.ballfields.com

Beacon Ballfields has introduced the new Beacon Streamliner35 dry line marker. The Beacon Streamliner 35 has features:

a handle that easily collapses to 29”for easy storage; a molded plastichopper with a semi-transparentcover for monitoring material; avariable chalk-flow control deliver-ing two or four-inch lines; and thebest string-line guide in the industry.

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BETTER BASEBALL(800) 997-4233, www.betterbaseball.com

Betterbaseball is a total baseball supply house, specializingin custom cutting of any size netor batting cage you might want.The company provides quick,friendly customer service.Betterbaseball supplies everythingfrom bases to plates, mounds,gear, and hardware, and it can allbe found at betterbaseball.com orby calling the company.

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COLORADO LINING(877) 448-2777, www.weather-beater.com

Each athletic field cover has its own unique characteristics.Rain Cover is no exception. As covers become more compli-

cated, and more expensive, thereare a certain number of customersthat just need a cover, no bells andwhistles. Just keep the rain off thefield. That’s exactly what The RainCoat, from Colorado Lining, does.It’s a little less complicated; it’s a

whole lot cheaper. When the budget is as big of a problemas the precipitation, Rain Coat is your solution.

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COMPETITIVE EDGE DECISION SYSTEMS(888) 329-0722, www.chartmine.net

Electronic pitch/hit charting. Developed in conjunction withDean Stotz (associate head coach, Stanford Baseball) and JayMiller (head coach, Mississippi State Softball), ChartMine is

the most advanced pitch/hit chartingprogram available. Chart the game onthe field and transfer the data to yourcomputer. Standard statistics and unbe-lievable pitching/hitting stats. If youwant a Competitive Edge, you have togo beyond paper charting and simpleelectronic score keeping. You need tomine the wealth of information that ishidden in your pitching/hitting charts.Currently used by over 30% of DI pro-

grams, including Stanford, Fullerton, and UT Austin.ChartMine has been named a “best product” by CollegiateBaseball Newspaper the last three straight years.

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DIAMOND PRO(800) 228-2987, www.diamondpro.com

Diamond Pro offers a complete line of professionalgroundskeeping products; infield conditioners, calcined clay,

mound & homeplate clay/bricks, mark-ing dust, infield and warning trackmixes. The company offers fast andconvenient delivery. Diamond Pro’s vit-rified clay red infield conditioner isavailable in bulk nationwide. It is easyto handle and apply. Truckloads areavailable in 10-, 15-, and 24-ton loadsthat save you both time and money.Enjoy bulk savings nationwide and cre-

ate an all-around safe professional infield playing surface.Circle No. 64 on Reader Inquiry Card

EARTH & TURF(800) 693-2638, www.earthandturf.com The affordable MultiSpread 300 top-dresser, from Earth & Turf, willspread a variety of materials such astopdressing for athletic fields, golfgreens, baseball infield mix, chips on

pathways, and salt-sand on sidewalks and driveways. Its capac-ity is 22 cubic feet, and a brush, beater, or twin spinnerspreading system can be chosen with spread patterns from 3’to 15’, making the model 300 highly versatile—another Earth& Turf “simple, well-built” design.

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EFUNDRAISING.COM(866) 224-8452, www.efundraising.com

Try World’s Finest Chocolate $2 StraightPacks for your next fundraising cam-paign! Your supporters will love thecreamy taste of these huge candy bars,and with up to 50% profit, your groupwill love the huge profits! Choose fromMilk Chocolate with Almond Bars, W.F.Crisp Bars, Continental Almonds, orFund Raisin’s! Less work, more profits:who could ask for more?

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EVERSAN, INC.(800) 383-6060, www.eversan.com

Eversan, Inc. offers an array of outdoor scoreboards, timingsystems, message centers and video displays. Eversan’s major

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emphasis is producing energy efficientproducts that require low voltage and

little mainte-nance; our out-door scoreboardswill run on a 12-volt battery. Alloutdoor score-boards come withbrilliant reflectivedigits, which areenergy efficient

and can be viewed in direct sunlight. Itswireless system with a 2.4 GHz spreadspectrum frequency allows for simpleinstallation with no cable hassles.

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Eversan, Inc. provides 2.4 Ghz digitalspread spectrum wireless scoreboards,message signs, video displays, timers

and shotclocks. Highfrequency-hopping datatransfer elimi-nates cableclutter, reduc-ing installa-tion cost andset up time.

This energy-efficient system is built withfully integrated microprocessor-con-trolled components and embeddedradios. Auto scanning allows for nocomplicated channel changes.Interference-free operation with longdistance communication capabilitiesmeans data can be transmitted overone mile with optional antennas.

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FUNTASTIC SPORTS(877) 375-0315, www.funtasticsports.com

The Rotor Twin, from Funtastic Sports, isa swing trainer/hitting station that play-

ers enjoy usingbecause it providesa realistic hittingsensation and feed-back on everyswing. With properswing plane andsolid contact, it spinslike a top. Poorswing or contactproduces an erratic

spin. Use it indoors or outdoors and takeit anywhere. The height is adjustable. It’sdurable, safe, and affordable. Find out

why many coaches agree that it’s the bestswing trainer they have used.

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GRANADA PITCHINGwww.battingpractice.com, [email protected]

Granada baseball and softball pitchingmachines offer a true pitch indoors andoutdoors. No nets are needed. TheGranada system has been proven to

increase a batter’s hitting onthe field and in laboratorytesting. Good batting practiceshould include at least 200cuts a day without fear of theball. Aggressive hitters will get1,000 or more cuts a day.Granada has been improvinghitting for more than 40 years.

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HITTING IS A GUESS(661) 609-0105, www.hittingisaguess.com

The Hitting Is A Guess Target giveshitters the feedback they need totest their swing for Line DriveConsistency off the tee. You can useit as a way to test your ability to hitline drives or use it for competitionbetween players every day. Makethe target a permanent station inyour practice.

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HOOSIER BAT COMPANY(800) 228-3787, www.hoosierbat.com

Hoosier Bat Company makes an all ash bat, used by manymajor and minor league players, and a patented three-piece

wood bat, the WOOD-FORCE 2000 that’s nowNCAA Approved. Withash in the handle, hickory

in the sweet spot, and maple on the barrel end, this bat pro-vides a solid sweet spot that will not flake, while retaining thesame look and feel as a traditional all ash bat. All of our bats

are made from quality wood and crafted to exacting standards. Circle No. 72 on Reader Inquiry Card

KWIK GOAL(215) 536-2200, www.kwikgoal.com

The Oversized L-Screen, from KwikGoal, provides more protection for thepitcher during batting practice than thestandard L-Screen, while being lightenough to be moved on and off thefield with ease. The Oversized L-Screenstands 7.5’ H x 7.5’ W, and the frame ismade of 1.75” O.D. aluminum, whichkeeps the screen lightweight withoutcompromising its strength.

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With speed becoming more important every season, it isimperative for coaches to traintheir players with various speedtraining exercises. To helpcoaches with their sessions,Kwik Goal now offers the SpeedTraining Pack. The pack includes

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a Speed Ladder, the new Speed Hurdles, Speed Rings, and DiscCones. The equipment in this pack will allow players toimprove both their speed and agility.

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LOUISVILLE SLUGGER(502) 588-7350, www.slugger.com

Aerospace technology, which gave us most of the aluminumalloys used in the manufacturing of bats, continues to be aninspiration to Louisville Slugger engineers. TPX Armor features

a matrix material coating, aproprietary combination ofmetal and ceramic, which is

also used in jet engines. The metal portion of this ultra hardcoating gives you the performance you expect, while the hardceramic reduces wear and tear experienced in typical field play.

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Louisville Slugger and Alcoa have teamed up again to developthe newest member of the “Exclusive Alloy Family”—GEN1Xwith Scandium. In aluminum bat construction, the alloy’s

strength is key to batdesign, performance anddurability. GEN1X with

Scandium combines the ultra strong GEN1X with Scandium, thebest alloy-strengthening additive available for aluminum batdevelopment. The result is an alloy with unprecedented levelsof strength and toughness.

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M.A.S.A., INC.(800) 264-4519, www.MASA.com

Poly Cap® from M.A.S.A. has been designed with both the play-ers and the fans in mind. When applied to the top of chain-linkfences, Poly Cap covers the sharp barbs that can damage uni-

forms and cause player injuries. Itsadvantages also include field beautifi-cation, increased visibility, and dura-bility. The product’s optic-yellow colorclearly defines the field for playersand umpires alike. Poly cap is weath-er-treated and UV-protected with a

patented formula to withstand the most severe conditions.Circle No. 77 on Reader Inquiry Card

MARKWORT SPORTING GOODS(800) 669-6626, www.markwort.com

Glove Locker™, from Markwort Sporting Goods, is the com-

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Consistent Accuracy, Reliability and Performance

Pro Performance Requires Pro Practice.It pays to have the best tools for the job, no matter what

your level of play. For over 25 years, ATEC’s complete line ofbaseball and softball pitching machines and training products

have been the choice of the Major LeaguesTM, college andhigh school programs and youth leagues across the globe.

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plete ball glove break-in and main-tenance kit, as it hugs your gloveuniformly with the ball secure in aninner pocket. The result is PocketPerfection™. The Glove Locker ismade of stretchable and washable

neoprene that is super light yet durable. The Glove Locker kitalso comes with a supply of Glove Lube™, which is applied tothe glove before wrapping the Glove Locker around it.

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MASTER PITCHING MACHINE(800) 878-8228, www.masterpitch.com

The “Iron Mike” Pitching Machine, from Master PitchingMachine, features a throwing arm thatallows the batter to see a full windupbefore the ball is pitched. This allowsthe batter to properly develop thefundamentals used when facing a livepitcher. This capability makes the “IronMike” the preferred pitching machineof professional and amateur playersand coaches. All machines are self-feeding, include an 80-foot remote

control, and carry a manufacturer’s warranty.Circle No. 79 on Reader Inquiry Card

MILLCREEK MANUFACTURING(800) 311-1323, www.millcreekmfg.com

Wet material is notoriously the most difficult to spreadbecause of its tendency to clump and clog spreading equip-ment. Millcreek Manufacturing Co. has introduced the Turf

Tiger™, a large capacity topdresserthat applies sand/peat topdressing,compost, infield mix, soil condition-ers, and other bulk materials evenwhen wet. The Turf Tiger has a 7,500-pound capacity, and features apatent-pending SaberTooth spread-

ing mechanism that applies wet material in uniform 8-footto 12-foot wide patterns, depending on material conditions.

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PRO’S CHOICE(800) 648-1166

Pro Mound® packing clay from Pro’s Choice® is the choice ofprofessional teams, universities, municipalities, and LittleLeagues worldwide. When used at the mound and batter’s box

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33.5" circumference pattern,Spiral-Lock web, open back, deep

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Much like in the insect world where the Praying Mantis is known to devour its competition, Akadema’s newcatcher’s mitt will do the same to conventional catcher’s mitts. The Akadema patent pending Praying Mantisis the most innovative catcher’s mitt ever to hit the market, with many unique features setting it apart fromthe competition. With new patent pending “Stress Wedge” technology, located between the index finger andthumb, the Praying Mantis offers shock absorbing protection for the hand against injury and sting whenreceiving the ball. The Praying Mantis also offers two additional “Finger Hammocks” allowing the fingers tobe firmly positioned and more secure in the glove. Additional features include the Double-sided Slim Paddingallowing for increased pocket size and easier ball retention. Uniquely designed shape allows the throwinghand easier access into the pocket, resulting in a quicker glove to hand transfer and faster times to secondbase. The Praying Mantis also features a “Double Flexhinge” which makes the glove snap closed on contact.

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areas, it bonds toform a solid sub-sur-face foundation thatallows the pitcher andbatter to dig in toestablish firm footingwithout creatinglarge wear holes. ProMound installs quick-ly, and more impor-tantly, it lasts.

Experience safer playing conditions andreduced mound and batter’s box main-tenance by choosing Pro Mound. Formore information, call Pro’s Choice.

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For premium performance and a colorthat will set your field apart, choosethe Soilmaster Select Series from Pro’sChoice. Scientifically engineered to

meet daily mainte-nance challengesand give your fielda professional look,Soilmaster Select isthe true choice ofgroundskeepersaround the leaguefor building andmaintaining win-ning ballfields.Available in four

distinct colors (red, green, brown, andcharcoal), the uniform granules inSoilmaster Select manage moistureand alleviate compaction to keep yourfield in top playing condition. Pro’sChoice delivers a full line of sportsfieldproducts for conditioning soil andinfield mix, topdressing infields, quick-ly drying puddles, and revitalizing turf.

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PROFILE PRODUCTS LLC(800) 207-6457, www.turface.com

For more than 40 years, PROFILEProducts LLC has been the leadingmanufacturer of soil modification

products, includingthe TURFACE® lineof infield and sportsturf conditioners,and mound clayproducts. PatentedTURFACE ProLeague® conditionsinfield soils forexceptional moistureabsorption, increased

safety, and maximized athletic perfor-mance. PROFILE also offers TURFACEMVP®, which eliminates compaction,bad ball hops, and rainouts on skinnedinfields; TURFACE Quick Dry®,designed to absorb excess water dur-ing wet conditions and to become apart of the infield mix; TURFACE Grayand TURFACE Red, infield conditionersmanufactured in gray and red tonesfor a non-glare surface for greater ballvisibility; and TURFACE Mound Clay,the clay used to build mounds on lead-ing professional fields in the majorleagues.

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TURFACE® offers a complete line ofinfield conditioners featuring newlypatented Pro League®. Manufactured

with smaller, uniformparticles, ProLeague® is the onlypatented calcinedclay infield soil condi-tioner. Pro League®provides infield con-ditioning benefitscreating superior slid-ing and fielding sur-faces. Pro League is

unmatched in drainage and absorp-tion qualities for maximum rainoutprotection. Pro League® outperformscrushed aggregates by absorbing morewater and conditioning the infield soil.The preferred soil conditioner of manyMajor League groundskeepers, ProLeague® is designed to increase safety,playability, and drainage for baseballand softball infields at any level.

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PRO LOOK SPORTS(800) PROLOOK, www.prolooksports.com

Pro Look Sports has become thefastest growing team sportswear com-pany in the last six years for one rea-

son: fullycustom,quality uni-forms. Mostcompanieslimit yourchoices to afew stylesmade fromsub parmaterials.

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How to Evaluate SupplementsBy ELLEN COLEMAN, M.P.H., M.A., R.D.Nutrition consultant for the LA Lakers and The Sports Clinic (Riverside, CA)

Many athletes take dietary supplements, including vitamins, minerals, amino acids,herbs and others, to improve their performance and health. But caution is needed!Unlike medications, dietary supplements do not have to be approved by the Food andDrug Administration for safety or effectiveness.

Dietary supplements are not standardized, so there is noassurance of product potency (strength) or purity. Somemanufacturers may have poor quality control where theamount of an active ingredient may differ from the amountlisted. Some supplements have been shown to containcontaminants or dangerous levels of active ingredientsleading to injury or death.

Just because a product claims that it contains “natural” ingredients does notalways mean that it is safe.

Banned Substance Alert

Some dietary supplements may contain ingredients, suchas androstenedione and ephedrine, that can produce positive tests for banned substances. Athletes may notrealize that a product contains a banned ingredientbecause an unfamiliar name for the ingredient is used orthe ingredient is not declared on the supplement label.

At the very least, the unwitting use ofbanned products by an athlete may resultin a doping suspension.

Choosing a Supplement

Although there are no guarantees, select dietary supplements with the following:

✓ Carry USP (United States Pharmacopeia) on the

label. USP means that the supplement passes tests for dissolution (how well it dissolves), disintegration, potency and purity. The manufacturer should also beable to demonstrate that the product passes tests forcontent potency, purity and uniformity.

✓ Made by nationally known food and drug

manufacturers. Reputable manufacturers follow strictquality control procedures. If the company does notanswer questions or address complaints, do not usetheir product.

✓ Supported by research. Reputable companies shouldprovide research from peer-reviewed journals to support claims.

✓ Accurate and appropriate claims. If statements areunclear or the label makes preposterous claims, it is unlikely the company follows good quality control procedures. If the claims sound too good to be true, be wary.

Talk with a doctor or pharmacist about dietarysupplements. These products may interact withprescription and over-the-counter medicationsas well as other supplements and cause potentially serious adverse effects. Read theproduct label, follow all directions, and heedwarnings. Report any harmful effect to a physician and the Food and Drug AdministrationMedWatch.

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Pro Look’s uniforms are made of the finest materials available;cut, trimmed and sewn to your exact specifications. There areno additional costs for embroidered logos or for soft tackle-twill names and numbers. Additionally, all work is backed byan unprecedented two-year guarantee. If you can think it, wewill do it for one inexpensive price. Go Pro.

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“Just wanted to let you know that wereceived our uniforms today—they lookfantastic. Thanks for everything. The kidsare extremely excited. I will be in touchregarding my summer team.”—KeithWilliams, Head Baseball Coach, Rutgers-Camden. If you want to feel the same wayabout your team’s uniforms, call Pro LookSports. Go Pro.

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PROMATS(970) 484-2500, www.promats.com

Promats, Inc. has supplied protective padding for teams orstadiums with affiliations in Major League Baseball, MinorLeague Baseball, the National Basketball Association, theNational Football League, World Cup Soccer, Indoor Arena

Football, college baseball, col-lege softball, college football,and the Canadian LeagueFootball. Over 350 stadiumsnationally contain Promats pro-tective field wall padding prod-ucts. Each facility is unique in its

requirements and Promats offers many different types ofpadding to fill those needs. Just give us a call and our staffwill help you design a padding system that will work for you.

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Promats, the leader in stadium field wall padding with morethan 350 major installations worldwide, intro-duces a revolutionary new field wall pad utiliz-ing superior SKYDEX® Smarter Cushioning™materials. Promats field wall pads with SKY-DEX technology are vastly more durable,almost 60 percent lighter, and able to absorbimpact far better than standard pads. Like allPromats products, Promats field wall padswith SKYDEX Smarter Cushioning can be cus-tomized for your stadium or arena.

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HOME RUN, LLC d/b/a

HOOSIER BAT COMPANY

Fast becoming THE name for bats.We have what the players want!

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QHI SPORTS(888) 784-5448, www.qhisports.com

Hit like a pro. The Quick-T automated batting tee, from QHISports, will better develop the “muscle memory” so critical inthe development of a batter’s proper hitting technique. The

consistency of the automatic ball-feed-ing system will enable the player toenjoy a more focused practice sessionby maintaining his or her battingstance, concentration, and rhythm.Each ball feeds on demand as the pre-vious ball is hit off the tee with the12-volt battery system supportingmore than 3,000 hits before needingrecharging. At 25 pounds, the Quick-T

is light and very portable, yet stable enough to handle thetoughest of practice drills. Maximize your practice time whileimproving your hitting technique.

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SCHUTT SPORTS(866) 4SCHUTT, www.schuttsports.com

Schutt Sports’ 2800 Elite Batter’s Helmet for high school, col-legiate, and professional play offers quality with a two-year

warranty. It combines elementsof Schutt’s Football HelmetSystem to provide for the ulti-mate in comfort and fit.Available in an unlimited numberof Pro Gloss® paint finishes,including Gold and Silver Metallic

Flake and new Kandy™ finishes. The helmet is also availablewith custom bill and shell painting.

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Schutt Sports, the Official Base Supplier of Major LeagueBaseball®, now brings you the opportunity to custom logoyour bases on the tops and sides of your home plates and

pitching rubbers on top as seenin such MLB® Jewel Events as theWorld Series®, All-Star Game™,Opening Day, and Home RunDerby™, and on all 300 MLB dia-monds. Customize your bases forthat championship look or utilizethem for sponsorship opportuni-ties—another innovation from

Schutt Sports, The Gear That Makes The Game™. Circle No. 91 on Reader Inquiry Card

SEATING SERVICES, INC.(800) 552-9470, www.seatingservices.com

Seating Services, Inc. provides your stadium chair needs. TheSeries 3000 Cardinal Model blowmolded chairs are gravity tip.They have no springs and/or pins-making them less expensive tomanufacture, install, and main-tain. The chairs have beendesigned for installation on con-

crete or steel/aluminum grandstands. Seat widths can rangefrom 18” to 22”. A wide variety of colors and options makethese an excellent way to make fans comfortable and provideVIP seating that can be used for fund-raising.

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SPORTS ATTACK(800) 717-4251, www.sportsattack.com

Sports Attack offers the Hack Attack Baseball PitchingMachine. This exclusive design allows the hitter to see the ballclearly all the way through the feeding motion, accelerationand release, just like a live pitcher. This visual arm action sig-

nals the hitter when to stride andthe angle of release, giving the hit-ter an actual live arm sense of tim-ing and location. The Hack Attackwill throw unmatched array of rightand left-handed pitches. Includingmajor league quality fastballs andbreaking pitches, curve balls, sliders,sinkers, and knuckleballs. All this isaccomplished by simply changing

the speed of the wheels with three dials, eliminating thetime-consuming chore of adjusting the throwing head. Itinstantly switches to fungo work, pivoting in any direction,throwing grounders, long fly balls, deep line drives, toweringinfield popups, and popups up and back for your catcher withreal game-like back spin.

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Sports Attack is introducing the Track Attack Vision TrainingMachine, a quality year-round major-league training tool for hitters. TrackAttack uses soft, limited flight pitch-ing machine balls that are 20-percentsmaller than a baseball. It is a valu-able hitting station, forcing the hitterto track and focus on the center ofthe ball. It makes the head stay downcausing the front shoulder and hips

to stay in. Use it on any surface, indoors or out, gym field, orat home. A ball feeder is also available.

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SPORTS TUTOR(800) 448-8867, www.sportstutorinc.com

The new HomePlate machine from Sports Tutor is the first pro-grammable pitching machine designed for both batting cage

and on-field use. The HomePlate machine cansimulate almost any pitcher you are likely toface. It can throw a 90 mph fastball, followedby a 75 mph curve, followed by a change-up,followed by a slider, with only seven secondsbetween pitches. You can store up to eightdifferent pitches in each of eight differentprograms. The programmed pitch0es can bethrown either sequentially (for specific hittingdrills), or randomly (to simulate game condi-tions). HomePlate sells for $4,995.

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STABILIZER SOLUTIONS(800) 336-2468, www.stabilizersolutions.com

Hilltopper, from Stabilizer Solutions, Inc., is a unique combi-nation of long lasting binders and nat-ural clay that produces a flexible, sta-ble compound for mounds and homeplate areas. Hilltopper provides opti-mum cohesion right out of the bag. Itdoes not need water—just spread andtamp. No mud. No dust. It’s ready toplay. Installation and repairs take halfthe time of traditional clay products.

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STALKER RADAR(888) STALKER,www.stalkerradar.comThe ultra-high performance StalkerSport Radar Gun, from Stalker Radar,precisely measures the speed of abaseball when it leaves the pitcher’shand, and it also reads the speed as itcrosses the plate (these speeds can beup to 12 mph different). The Stalker

is three times more powerful than any other sports radar gun,and can accurately clock pitches from over 300 feet away. Anew double capacity battery handle is available that provides7-40 hours of use between charges. About 90 percent of theMajor League Baseball teams use the Stalker.

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TURFCO MANUFACTURING(800) 679-8201, www.turfco.com

Unlike traditional rotary edgers, the Turfco Edge-R-Rite’sunique oscillating blade cuts turf without throwing debris,making it safer to use in high-traffic areas and easier to clean-

up after. The edger eliminatesspade or shovel edging and leavesa professional-looking edge. Theright angle blade edges golfcourse bunkers, baseball dia-monds, or flowerbeds. Additionalblades can be added to edge side-walks, curbs, driveways, and to cut

in drainage or install all sorts of edging. Depth control can beeasily adjusted up to four inches. The Edge-R-Rite is built witha solid-steel frame and a traction-assist drive.

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Turfco's Mete-R-Matic XL tow-type top dresser features a mid-range hopper capacity for larger turf areas on sports fields.The Mete-R-Matic XL features the proven Mete-R-Maticpatented design, the patented chevron belt, a ground drivesystem and Turfco's industry-leading 3-year warranty. TheMete-R-Matic XL's mid-range hopper capacity is 2.25 cubicyards, or 60.75 cubic feet, and it can carry a maximum loadweight of 6,000 pounds. Stop by booth nos. 189, 191, and 193for more information.

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VANTAGE PRODUCTS INTERNATIONAL(800) 244-4457, www.vpisports.com

VPI now offers the Big Bubba Professional Portable BattingCage. The Big Bubba is the premium choice for high school,

collegiate and professional base-ball programs at considerablecost savings. The heavy-duty alu-minum construction, easy porta-bility and collapsible designmake it the perfect backstop forany level. It is 18’ W x 22’ D x 12’

H and collapses to only 5’ high for limited storage space.Sixteen-inch pneumatic wheels make relocation simple. Forty-

two feet of ricochet cushion minimizes ball rebound. Use thecoaches’ observation bar for safe elevated viewing.

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ZINGBAT(866) Zingbat (946-4228), www.zingbat.com

Zingbat™ has recently introduced the new “16 oz.” one handisolation trainer. The batter can now practice lead arm and

top hand drills to isolate proper armpath and hand action. With eachswing, the isolation trainer forces thearm to take the correct path, keepingthe hand inside the ball. The wristmust snap the barrel at the correctinstant, or the patented Zingbat™“click” will occur before contact.Coaches and players across the coun-try are welcoming this new additionto the Zingbat™ line. Call for a free

instructional video or see a demo on the company’s Web site.Circle No. 101 on Reader Inquiry Card

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ADVERT ISERS D IRECTORYCIRCLE COMPANY PAGE NO. NO.

PRODUCTS D IRECTORYCIRCLE COMPANY PAGE NO. NO.

103 . . . . Aer-Flo (Wind Weighted Tarps). . . . . . . 4256. . . . Akadema (Praying Mantis) . . . . . . . . . 2657. . . . Akadema (Reptilian Claw) . . . . . . . . . 2658. . . . American Athletic, Inc. . . . . . . . . . 26

104 . . . . ATEC (FlatBat) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4259. . . . ATEC (Hitting Streak) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

120 . . . . Bannerman (Ballpark-6) . . . . . . . . . . . 46119 . . . . Bannerman (Diamond Master). . . . . . . 46

60. . . . Beacon Ballfields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2661. . . . BetterBaseball. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2663. . . . ChartMine (Competitive Edge) . . . . . . 26

121 . . . . Cho-Pat. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4664. . . . Diamond Pro. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2865. . . . Earth & Turf. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

112 . . . . Easton (half-mock T) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44113 . . . . Easton (long sleeve crew) . . . . . . . . . . 44

66. . . . eFundraising.com . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2867. . . . Eversan (outdoor scoreboards). . . . . . . 2868. . . . Eversan (wireless scoreboards) . . . . . . . 2969. . . . Funtastic Sports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2970. . . . Granada Pitching . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

122 . . . . Heying Company (Infield Drag) . . . . . 46109 . . . . Hitting Is A Guess (resistance belt) . . . 43

71. . . . Hitting Is A Guess (target) . . . . . . . . 3072. . . . Hoosier Bat Company . . . . . . . . . . 30

105 . . . . JUGS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4273. . . . Kwik Goal (Oversized L-Screen) . . . . . . 3074. . . . Kwik Goal (Speed Training Pack) . . . . . 3076. . . . Louisville Slugger (GEN1X). . . . . . . . 3175. . . . Louisville Slugger (TPX Armor) . . . . . 3177. . . . M.A.S.A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

106 . . . . Markwort (C-Flap guard) . . . . . . . . . . 4278. . . . Markwort (Glove Locker) . . . . . . . . . . 3179. . . . Master Pitching Machine . . . . . . . . 32

114 . . . . McDavid (Body Shirts) . . . . . . . . . . . . 44115 . . . . McDavid (Microfiber Shirts). . . . . . . . . 44110 . . . . Metalwood Bat (W. Virginia Bats) . . . . 43

80. . . . Millcreek Mfg. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32123 . . . . Moyer Sports U.S.A. . . . . . . . . . . . 46116 . . . . Nike (Pro Compression) . . . . . . . . . . . 45117 . . . . Nike (Pro Vent) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45124 . . . . NSCA (conference) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46125 . . . . NSCA (membership) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46126 . . . . Partac/Beam Clay . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46127 . . . . Pitcher’s Mate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46107 . . . . Power Systems (Baseball Power Program) 42111 . . . . Power Systems (catalog) . . . . . . . . . 43108 . . . . Power Systems (CorBall) . . . . . . . . . 42

85. . . . Pro Look Sports (sportswear) . . . . . . 3386. . . . Pro Look Sports (uniforms) . . . . . . . . 3581. . . . Pro’s Choice (Pro Mound packing clay) . 3282. . . . Pro’s Choice (Soilmaster Select) . . . . . 3387. . . . Promats (protective padding) . . . . . . . 3588. . . . Promats (stadium field wall padding) . . . 3589. . . . QHI Sports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3690. . . . Schutt Sports (batter’s helmet) . . . . . . 3691. . . . Schutt Sports (custom logo bases). . . . 3692. . . . Seating Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

129 . . . . Signature Fencing (EventDeck) . . . . . 47128 . . . . Signature Fencing (SportPanel) . . . . . 46

93. . . . Sports Attack (Hack Attack). . . . . . . . 3694. . . . Sports Imports (Track Attack). . . . . . . 3695. . . . Sports Tutor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3696. . . . Stabilizer Solutions . . . . . . . . . . . . 3897. . . . Stalker Radar. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

130 . . . . Swift Stik (PIK Products). . . . . . . . . . . 4784. . . . Turface (Pro League) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3383. . . . Turface (Profile Products) . . . . . . . . . . 3398. . . . Turfco (Edge-R-Rite) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3899. . . . Turfco (Mete-R-Matic XL) . . . . . . . . . . 39

100 . . . . Vantage Products Int’l. . . . . . . . . . 3962. . . . WeatherBeater (Colorado Lining) . . . . 26

131 . . . . Xvest (Don Chu) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47132 . . . . Xvest (Fire Fighter model) . . . . . . . . . . 47101 . . . . Zingbat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Dual Action Knee StrapDual Action Knee StrapStrengthens and tightens kneecapmechanism byapplying pressureupon the tendonabove and belowthe kneecap andlessens the devel-opment of iliotibialband and overusesyndromes.Sizes: Sm - XL

(Now Patented)

Achilles Tendon StrapAchilles Tendon StrapThis patenteddevice will reducestress upon theAchilles Tendonand provide effec-tive relief frompain and discom-fort associatedwith AchillesTendonitis.Sizes: S, M, L

I.T.B. StrapI.T.B. StrapApplies compres-sion at the area ofdiscomfort, usual-ly above the kneejoint or upperthigh, to preventthe snapping orfriction of the iliotibial band.

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Cho-Pat® Knee StrapCho-Pat® Knee StrapCho-Pat’s OriginalKnee Strap isdesigned to allevi-ate certain kneediscomforts due tooveruse syndromes,arthritis, and otherforms of degenera-tion. Nearly twomillion sold!Sizes: XS - XXL

Call 800-221-1601 (toll free) or 609-261-1336 or

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4 . . . . Aer-Flo (Wind Weighted Tarps). . . . . . . . 6

31 . . . . ATEC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

7 . . . . Bannerman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

6 . . . . Beacon Ballfields. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

44 . . . . BetterBaseball. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

45 . . . . ChartMine (Competitive Edge) . . . . . . 47

41 . . . . Cho-Pat. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

15 . . . . Diamond Pro. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

29 . . . . Earth & Turf. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

50 . . . . Easton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BC

47 . . . . eFundraising.com . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

1 . . . . Eversan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . IFC

2 . . . . Gatorade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

42 . . . . Gebauer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

8 . . . . Granada Pitching . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

22 . . . . Heying Company (Infield Drag) . . . . . 22

48 . . . . Hitting Is A Guess . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

37 . . . . Hoosier Bat Company . . . . . . . . . . 35

32 . . . . JUGS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

14 . . . . Kwik Goal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

10 . . . . Louisville Slugger . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

12 . . . . Louisville Slugger (TPX). . . . . . . . . . 15

30 . . . . M.A.S.A. Products . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

36 . . . . Markwort Sporting Goods. . . . . . . 35

40 . . . . Master Pitching Machine . . . . . . . . 39

43 . . . . Metalwood Bat (W. Virginia Bats) . . . . 43

19 . . . . Millcreek Manufacturing . . . . . . . . 21

27 . . . . NSCA (Sport-Specific Conference) . . . . . 28

35 . . . . Partac/Beam Clay . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

16 . . . . Pitcher’s Mate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

33 . . . . Praying Mantis (Akadema) . . . . . . . . 32

3 . . . . Pro Look Sports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-5

13 . . . . Pro’s Choice Field Products. . . . . . 16

38 . . . . Promats. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

46 . . . . QHI Sports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

39 . . . . Rotor Twin (Funtastic Sports) . . . . . . . 39

26 . . . . Schutt Sports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

23 . . . . Seating Services, Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . 23

17 . . . . Signature Fencing . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

49 . . . . Sports Attack. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . IBC

25 . . . . Sports Tutor (HomePlate) . . . . . . . . . 24

24 . . . . Stabilizer Solutions . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

34 . . . . Stalker Radar. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

21 . . . . Swift Stik (PIK Products). . . . . . . . . . . 22

11 . . . . Turface (Profile Products) . . . . . . . . . . 13

28 . . . . Turfco . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

9 . . . . Vantage Products Int’l. . . . . . . . . . 10

5 . . . . WeatherBeater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

18 . . . . Xvest. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

20 . . . . ZingBat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

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In 1945, a group of college baseball coaches gathered in New York City to formulate ideas for the promotionand improvement of collegiate baseball. That group founded what is known today as the American College

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The main objective of the ABCA is educational in nature, helping to improve the level of coaching. The ABCA helps to promote rapportamong the coaches and the divisions within baseball and recognizes deserving players and coaches through severalsponsorship/award programs. Membership for the ABCA is only $30 per year for US residents, $35 for Canadian members, and $40 for others. All membership mustbe paid on US money orders or checks drawn from US banks.

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AER-FLO, INC.(800) 823-7356,www.windweighted.com

Wind Weighted™ Baseball Tarps are virtu-ally wind-proof. The patent-pending cov-ers for mound, home base, and bullpensfeature built-in ballast weights to keepthem down in wind. No spikes or sand-bags are needed. The installer deviceallows installation in 30 seconds with asfew as two people. The tough, waterproof14 oz. vinyl-polyester fabric is UV andmildew treated. It has a two-year warrantyand is competitively priced. WindWeighted™ Baseball Tarps—the hottestnew product of 2004. Contact the compa-ny or visit Booth Nos. 617 and 619 formore information.

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ATEC(800) 998-ATEC, www.atecsports.com

Increase your batting average. Basic bodymechanics, especially the way you grip thebat and roll your wrist are crucial to devel-oping a great swing. The top MajorLeague hitting coaches have used the Flat-Bat for years to get the best possible per-formance from their players. Get theinstantaneous feedback you need in build-ing proper muscle memory. Use the Flat-Bat in training with your tee, soft toss, andlive-pitch drills. Contact the company orstop by Bay 265 for more information.

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JUGS(800) 547-6843, www.thejugscompany.com

JUGS offers the new JUGS® Pearl withNeverBreak™ Seam Technology. The com-pany that was first to give you a five-yearguarantee on its pitching machines nowgives you an unprecedented one-yearguarantee on the longest-lasting leatherbaseball. The JUGS Pearl®. JUGS has devel-oped a new high-tech thread material thatis five times stronger than stitching used inother leather baseballs. The JUGS Pearl isregulation size 9 inch/5 oz. and has a full-grain leather cover. Contact the companyor visit Bay 471 for more information.

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POWER SYSTEMS(800) 321-6975, www.power-systems.com

The Baseball Power Program exclusivelyfrom Power Systems is a baseball spe-cific, 12-week training programdesigned to enhance speed, agility,quickness and explosiveness. The pack-age includes the necessary equipmentto help develop the skills most funda-mental to baseball, plus a video andtraining manual to take you step-by-step through the program. The BaseballPower Program includes: Agility Ladder,6 lb. Power Medicine Ball, LateralStepper, Balance Disc, Power Chute,Power Throw Ball, nylon carry bag andPower Program manual and video. VisitBooth No. 611 for more information.

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POWER SYSTEMS(800) 321-6975, www.power-systems.com

The CorBall from Power Systems enablesyou to train your body in an explosivemanner in all planes of motion. Thisunique design combines the traditionalmedicine ball with a grip ball to give youa more functional and diverse trainingproduct. The dual handgrips provide ver-satility and are ideal for abdominal train-ing, rotational movements and strengthtraining. Constructed of hollow syntheticrubber. Available in sizes 8 lbs. to 20 lbs.All balls are 11" diameter. Check outBooth No. 611 for more information.

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MARKWORT SPORTING GOODS(314) 652-8935, www.markwort.com

Markwort Sporting Goods is debutingseveral new products at the convention,including the C-Flap guard and Heart-Gard. The C-Flap features an innovativedesign that helps prevent facial injuriesto batters. It easily mounts to the earflap of the batting helmet, covering theside of the face exposed to the pitcher,without obstructing vision or air flow.The Heart-Gard is a small (6" by 6")polyethylene protective guard thatabsorbs impact energy and forces itaway from the heart. Visit Booth No.304 for more information.

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WEST VIRGINIA BATS(304) 346-3351, www.westvirginiabats.com

The Original Metalwood Bat, from WestVirginia Bats, combines four attributes inone bat – playability, durability, afford-ability, and safety – that until now weremutually exclusive. "The OriginalMetalwood Bat brings together the bestqualities of both wood and aluminumbats. The metal handle is strong and com-fortable, allowing you to cast the barrel.The wood barrel makes it mandatory thatyou take a major league swing." – MervRettenmund, Toronto Blue Jays hittinginstructor. Contact the company or visit itsbooth (tbd) for more information.

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HITTING IS A GUESS(661) 609-0105,www.hittingisaguess.com

The Resistance Belt, from Hitting Is AGuess, is designed to resist against thetwo most critical lower body movementsof the swing; pushing off the back sideand turning the hips. During the load, itteaches you to stay leveraged and duringthe swing it forces you to work hard toget through the ball. Visit Booth No. 128for more information.

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POWER SYSTEMS, INC.(800) 321-6975, www.power-systems.com

Since 1986 Power Systems has been a leading sup-plier of sport training, health and fitness products.The company prides itself in being the one resourcefor all of your training needs. Its new 2004 cataloghas a new look with better graphics and photos.Included areas are core strength, medicine balls,speed, plyometrics, agility, strength equipment,strength accessories and flooring. You will find thecatalog full of hundreds of new products anddozens of products available exclusively from PowerSystems. The company has also lowered some pricesto enable the customer to get premium products atgreat prices. Go online or call Power Systems to

request a free 2004 catalog today.Circle No. 111 on Reader Inquiry Card, Booth No. 611

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Performance Apparel

EASTON SPORTS/ EASTON BASEBALL

(800) 347-3901www.eastonsports.com

Product Name: Compression Half-Mock T

Features:100% nylon Bio-Dri™ technologywith four-waycompression;Long sleeve twotone perform-ance construc-tion; The ulti-mate in comfort

and compression for maximum perform-ance; Skinz™ Moisture ManagementApparel (detailed below)Fabric content:100% Nylon Bio-Dri™; Skinz™ apparelfeatures 100% micro-fiber fabricsStyles Offered:Colors: Black, navy, red, royalAdult sizes: M-XXXLYouth sizes: M-XL Single-layer or multi-layer construction?Two tone performance constructionPerspiration Wicking Qualities:Skinz™ moisture management apparelfeaturing: 100% micro-fiber fabrics;Engineered for maximum comfort andperformance; Bio-Dri™ fabric wicksaway moisture keeping you dry andlight; The ultimate in baseball/softballperformance apparel Team Discount Program:Various programs available upon con-tacting Easton via 800 number.

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Product Name: Loose Fit Long SleeveCrew

Features:100% micro-fiberpolyester; Bio-Dri™ fabric wicksaway moisturekeeping you dryand light;Engineered formaximum com-fort and per-formance

Fabric content:100% micro-fiber polyesterStyles Offered:Colors: Black, navy, red, royal, white,greyAdult sizes: M-XXXL/Youth sizes: S/M L/XLSingle-layer or multi-layer construction?Single-layerPerspiration Wicking Qualities:100% micro-fiber fabrics; Bio-Dri™ fab-ric wicks away moisture keeping you dryand light Team Discount Program:Various programs available upon con-tacting Easton via 800 number.

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MCDAVID SPORTS/MEDICALPRODUCTS

(800) 237-8254www.mcdavidinc.com

Product Name: McDavid Body Shirts(hDc Performance Apparel)

Features:Long sleeve, short sleeve, sleeveless(mock/crew).Fabric content:85% nylon, 15% spandex

Styles Offered:Nylon/spandexconstruction withhDc Technologyoffers premiumcompression sup-port. Single-layer ormulti-layer con-struction?

Single-layerPerspiration Wicking Qualities:hDc is a permanent compound thatabsorbs moisture and disperses it intothe fabric evaporating moisture quickly. Chemical Treatments Used:Ultra hDc, hDc

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Product Name: Microfiber Shirts (hDcPerformance Apparel)

Features:Long sleeve, shortsleeve, sleeveless(mock/crew). Fabric content:100% micro poly-esterStyles Offered:Microfiberloosewear is anultra light micro

polyester that provides maximum com-fort.Single-layer or multi-layer construction?Single-layerPerspiration Wicking Qualities:hDc is a permanent compound thatabsorbs moisture and disperses it intothe fabric evaporating moisture quickly. Chemical Treatments Used:Ultra hDc, hDc

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By Dale Strauf, Athletic Equipment Manager, CornellUniversity, and President of the Athletic EquipmentManagers Association

You don’t want to purchase any type of undergarment untilyou have had an opportunity to field-test it. In conductingthe field-test, evaluate the garment in the following areas:

� Does it perform the way it is supposed to on the athlete?� Does it hold its shape during use?� Does the fabric appear to be durable?� Are the seams finished off and reinforced so that they’ll

hold over time?� Is the waistband stitched enough so that it won’t be

abrasive to the athlete?� Does it hold its color when you wash it?

You should field-test the garment by letting one of yourmore active players—someone who’s really going to give it alot of punishment—wear it during workouts. It’s best to con-duct the testing right after the season’s over during condi-tioning workouts. Have the athlete wear it for a minimumof two weeks to properly test it.

You shouldn’t have any problems getting companies to pro-vide you with product to field-test. The companies that arereally confident in their product will have no problem givingyou a sample to test. Let the company know that you willreturn the sample back to them at their request.

If the undergarment holds up to its claims during the field-testings, and the price and features meet your needs, thenyou know you are purchasing the right undergarment foryour athletes.

What athletes are wearing underneath their uniforms.

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Performance Apparel

NIKEWeb site: www.niketown.com

Product Name: Nike Pro CompressionFeatures:Nike Pro is featuredin sleeveless, longsleeve, mock, andtees, as well as shortsand tights. Nike ProCompression pro-vides cool, light-weight support foryour workout. Madewith stretch Dri-FIT

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Product Name: Nike Pro VentFeatures:Nike Pro Vent isfeatured in asleeveless, longsleeve, and shortsleeve top. NikePro Vent providescool, lightweightsupport for yourworkout.

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BANNERMAN LTD.(800) 665-2596, www.sportsturfmagic.com

Restore your diamond’s luster in 20minutes or less. Bannerman Ltd., inRexdale, Ont., manufactures groomers

that willlevel andcare forbaseballdiamonds,warningtracks, andwalking

trails. The B-DM-6 Diamond Master®has five grooming tools, including:Ripper Blade, Rake, Leveler, Roller, andFinishing Brush. Options available:Extension Wing Brush Kit, HydraulicTractor Top Link, 50-gallon Water Tankwith spray nozzle, and Long Tine“Fluffing” Rake.

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When your players’ safety comes first,look to Bannerman Ltd., which manu-factures groomers used to shape, level,

and care forbaseballdiamonds.The B-BP-6Ballpark-6®model hasfive groom-ing tools,

including: Ripper Blade, Rake, Leveler,Roller, and Brush. Accessories avail-able: Extension Wing Brush Kit,Hydraulic Tractor Top Link, 50-gallonWater Tank with spray nozzle, andLong Tine “Fluffing” Rake.

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CHO-PAT, INC.(800) 221-1601, www.cho-pat.com

Cho-Pat’s Forearm Support secures andsupports forearm muscles that areover-exercised or strained during ath-

letic activitiessuch as base-ball or tennis;activitieswhere onerepeatedly

extends the arm and applies force. Thestrap applies compression at the fore-arm to absorb and dispense pain-caus-ing forces easing stress on the forearmmuscles and their attachments andreducing inflammation.

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HEYING CO.(712) 756-8847, www.infield-drag.com

The All Star Chisel-Drag™, from HeyingCo., breaks up hard-compacted surfacessuch as infields, warning tracks, etc.Cutting depth adjusts easily from 0” to

3”. Teethare high-strengthhardenedsteel andare easy toreplace

when worn. Includes top weight tray.Articulated tongue and hitch adjustquickly and easily. Quickly raises up totravel off the field, so no need to carry.No tools needed to make adjustments.Broom and Drag Mat attachments alsoavailable for general purpose dragging.

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MOYER SPORTS(800) 255-5299, ext. 3, www.moyersports.com

Moyer Sports offersa full line of stockbaseball and softballuniforms. Top namebrands such as Bikeand Moyer’s customline are offered. Avariety of hats withcustom styling is alsoavailable.

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NSCA(800) 815-6826, www.nsca-lift.org

Join the elite of football and baseballstrength and conditioning professionalsfor two days of learning and network-

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Share your knowledge with other spe-cialized individuals by joining more than26,000 professionals in the sport science,athletic and fitness industries that aremembers of the NSCA. Enjoy leading

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PARTAC/BEAM CLAY®(800) 247-BEAM

Partac/Beam Clay® offers FenceGuard™Protective Covers for chain-link fencing.Now available in six colors—safety yel-low, dark green, red, white, blue, andorange—plus standard and premiumgrades. These heavy-duty, UV-resistant,

polyethylenecovers pro-tect playersfrom chain-link fenceinjuries andprovide aneat and dis-

tinctive look to fencing. FenceGuardcomes in cartons of 10 eight-foot sec-tions with 50 eight-inch UV-resistant tiesfor securing every two feet to the fence.FenceGuard has a five-year manufactur-er’s limited warranty and ships by UPS.

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PITCHER'S MATE(270) 586-6186, www.pitchers-mate.com

Pitcher’s Mate offers this reversible life-size target. The target features a life-size 5’10” baseball and 5’4” softball bat-ter and a pass-through, four-sectionstrike zone. Constructed of tough mate-rial and a stainless steel frame, this tar-

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SIGNATURE FENCING SYSTEMS(800) 569-2751, www.signaturefencing.com

Signature (Fencing) Systems, LLC, offersits SportPanel® portable outfield fenc-ing. SportPanel is a lightweight, weath-er-resistant, easy-to-install outfield fenc-

Here are some products that will not be at the ABCA Convention that you should also consider as you prepare for your upcoming season.

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EventDeck Portable Flooring, fromSignature (Fencing) Systems, is a rollabletemporary flooring and pathway system,which provides access, turf protection,

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from large tent functions to track cross-ings, EventDeck will provide a firm, com-fortable floor upon which all types ofevents and gatherings can be held.Whether you’re planning a concert for60,000 or a wedding for 100, EventDeckis the perfect alternative to costly tarps,built up wooden floors, staging, anddecking. You’ll experience immediatelabor savings, improved speed of instal-lation, and reduced long-term mainte-nance due to EventDeck’s unique designfeatures. Contact the company for moreinformation.

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SWIFT STIK(877) 845-STIK, www.swiftstik.net

Swift Stik is the fastest way to improveyour swing. This simple-to-use light-weight training bat is great for baseballand softball and gives you hundreds of

extra swings per day. You get resultsfast. It improves hand-eye coordination,builds muscle memory, isolates thesweet spot, and increases bat speed.Endorsed by professional hitting guruMike Epstein, “This is, without a doubt,the best training tool I have ever used.”It is available in 34” and 30” sizes with apatented, adjustable foam “sweet spot”.It is packaged with an instructionalvideo and four small polyballs. Use itwith tennis, wiffle, or soft foam balls.Special coaches pricing is available.

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X VEST(800) 697-5658, www.THExVest.com

“I have found the X Vest to be an excel-lent tool for providing overloads in bothplyometric and strength training, condi-

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Xvest has a new weight configurationand it’s heavy, 84 pounds of heavy. TheNEW Xvest known as the Fire Fighter

model was devel-oped for the FireFighter and theirrigorous training. Ithas the basic designas the originalXvest but internallyit has a new weightconfigurationallowing for 84pounds. Because ofits ability to adjust

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AMERICAN ATHLETIC, INC.WWW.AMERICANATHLETIC.COMThe American Athletic, Inc., Web sitedescribes AAI’s quality-driven design,engineering, and manufacturing capabili-ties and its world-class products for thesports of gymnastics, baseball, volleyball,and basketball, as well as for the sportsconstruction business.

COLBOND, INC.WWW.COLBOND-USA.COMVisit the newly updated Colbond Web sitefor product information on natural turfprotection products. New site featuresinclude downloadable technical informa-tion, on-line literature / sample requests,and “Ask the EnkaTech guy” burningproduct / application questions.

DIAMOND PROWWW.DIAMONDPRO.COMOn this site, Diamond Pro features a sec-tion called “Ask the Pros,” which is aninteractive forum with professionalgroundskeepers. The site also has an on-line “How-To Workshop.”

FAIR-PLAY SCOREBOARDSWWW.FAIR-PLAY.COMCheck the latest brilliant innovations inscoreboard and message center systems.Proven lamp and LED technology – pluswireless control systems for indoor andoutdoor products. All from Fair-Play,America’s Scorekeeper for 70 years.

LYON WORKSPACE PRODUCTSWWW.LYONWORKSPACE.COMLyon Workspace Products is the world’sleading manufacturer of specialty lockersfor athletic facilities, and now offers anantimicrobial paint finish, featuring silverion technology, to fight bacterial andmold growth in locker rooms.

NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SPORTSMEDICINEWWW.NASM.ORGThe National Academy of Sports Medicine(NASM) is the industry’s premier providerof continuing education and certificationfor fitness, sports-performance and sportsmedicine professionals worldwide. TodayNASM serves more than 20,000 members

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SPORTS ATTACK LLC.WWW.SPORTSATTACK.COMSports Attack is a manufacturer of qualitysports training equipment that includesthe Hack Attack Professional Baseball &Softball Pitching Machines, The Attackand Attack II Volleyball Machines and theAce Attack Tennis Machine.

MOMENTUMMEDIAWWW.ATHLETICBID.COMAthleticBid.com is a free service to helpbuyers at schools and athletic organiza-tions research and contact companies inthe most efficient fashion.

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IF IT’S GOOD ENOUGH FOR THIS LINEUP,IT’S GOOD ENOUGH FOR YOURS.

Introducing The All-New Lineupof Easton Performance ApparelFeaturing Skinz™ Moisture Management Technology withBio-Dri™ fabrics to wick moisture away from your skin andkeep you dry and light, plus the best looks and the #1 brandname in baseball and softball. Easton PerformanceApparel… If it’s good enough for this lineup, it’s goodenough for yours.

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