The Vital Role of Coaching in Youth Baseball and Tips on How to Accomplish Your Goals As the Metro Baseball League gets set to begin another season, we want everyone to know how grateful we are to have the opportunity to help shape young athletes’ lives. Beyond the crack of the bat and the roar […]
Baseball season is fast-approaching, and there is no greater sign of this than the annual MBL Travel Directors Meeting. (Well, maybe Major League pitchers and catchers reporting for spring training is a more significant marker, but our meeting is right behind!) We wanted to share some highlights from the meeting in the blog this month. […]
The 2024 American Baseball Coaches Association annual convention took place earlier this month, and, as always, there were impactful messages about baseball at all levels. For those that are not familiar with the ABCA, this is an organization founded by collegiate baseball coaches in 1945 to represent and support all amateur baseball coaches.The convention focuses […]
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To be honest, the Metro Baseball League doesn’t work without the hundreds of wonderful, hard-working people leading our communities. Having just completed my first year as MBL Director, I am AMAZED at how many individuals put forth time and effort to make youth baseball great. Nearly all of them are volunteers, working to support their […]
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Another fantastic season of summer regular season and tournament baseball is in the books for the Metro Baseball League and Minnesota Baseball Tournaments. As we begin another season of Fall League baseball, we first want to send out as many “thank yous” as we can to all the players, coaches, umpires, parents, families, volunteers, sponsors, […]
Read More… from Celebrating a Home Run Season: MBL’s Impact on Youth and the Communities We Serve
Another fantastic summer regular season and tournament baseball is in the books for the Metro Baseball League, Minnesota Baseball Tournaments, and the August Classic. As we catch our breath and get ready for another season of Fall League baseball, it’s a great time to look back on this summer’s play and reflect on all the […]
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Minnesota Baseball Tournaments Caps off Another Fantastic Summer of Baseball! What a fantastic summer of baseball it’s been across the state of Minnesota! We’ve enjoyed phenomenal weather, had very few rainouts, and had some spectacular youth baseball games played across the state. All of that, and the Minnesota Twins have been in first place all […]
Our MBL Insider caught up with A.J. Brandenburg from Belle Plaine 12AAA. A.J. is a hard-throwing lefty with plus command, and he can play pretty much anywhere on defense. His coach, Scott Schulz, raves about him as being a great teammate and loves to coach him. Belle Plaine made the move to AAA this year, […]
We! Love! Baseball! And everything that comes with it. How much fun are these kids having?! Our MBL Insiders have been making the rounds to league games and tournaments, taking note of all the great things happening around the MBL. Coaches building up their players with positive feedback while teaching the game There are so […]
As our season is set to begin, we can’t help but think about the importance of sportsmanship in youth sports and how it affects so many parts of our game: youth baseball. The fact that sportsmanship is, once again, a Point of Emphasis in the NFHS (High School) rule book and the MBL rules is […]