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| Shallow Fly Balls |
Purpose:
Working on tagging up and coming off the third base on shallow fly balls
Equipment:
Baseballs, batting helmets and a fungo
Setup:
Have a catcher, 2 third basemen, 2 shortstops and 2 left fielders, rest of the team should have helmets.
Execution:
Have a line of runners at third base. Hit soft line drive and fly balls into shallow left field. The runner at third base should move back to tag as he reads the fly ball of the bat. He should then try to determine whether the fly ball will be caught and whether he should stay on the base or come off and move down the line.
Have the next fielders and runner ready to jump in after each play to keep the drill moving along.
Coaching Note: This is one of the most difficult base running situations, so try not to stop the drill each time and critique each decision. The more reps the baserunners get in the more they will get the idea.
This drill also gives outfielders and infielders an opportunity to work on calling for a fly ball and being called off by another player.
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Biography - Roberto Clemente |
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Baseball player. Born on August 18, 1934, in Carolina, Puerto Rico. The son of a sugarcane worker, Roberto Clemente began his professional baseball career just after finishing high school. He signed a deal with the Brooklyn Dodgers and played with their minor league team, the Montreal Royals, for a season.  The next year he went to play for the Pittsburgh Pirates and made his major league debut in 1955. Clemente hit his stride as an outfielder and batter in the 1960s. He led the National League in batting four times during this time. Clemente also played in the 1971 World Series. He became the first Hispanic player to reach 3,000 hits, including 240 home runs.
Off the field, Clemente was described as a quiet gentleman. He was proud of his Puerto Rican heritage and stood up for minority rights. Clemente married Vera Zabala in 1963, and they had three sons. He died in a plane crash on December 31, 1972, on his way to bring much needed supplies to survivors of an earthquake in Nicaragua. The next year he was elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame.
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Recipe of the Week - Peanuts and Cracker Jack Rafts
Ingredients:
1 head Iceberg Lettuce
1 cup Cracker Jacks® or caramel-coated popcorn & peanuts
1 (11 ounce) can mandarin orange segments, drained
1/4 cup salted peanuts
1/2 cup poppy seed dressing
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Directions:
- Core lettuce; rinse and drain well. Cut crosswise into 4 even slices.
- Top with Cracker Jacks, orange segments and peanuts. Drizzle with dressing.
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