Field notes on building cages, finding cage time, and doing youth baseball right.
Every decision in order, from “will it fit” to “it’s earning”. The part of a cage build nobody else has written down end to end.
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I had a hip replacement at 19 and I'm still pitching at 41. In between I played in Canada, Mexico, Australia and the Czech Republic for $300 a game up to $6,000 a month. Here is every stop and what it paid.
The umpire is not a camera. He is a person on a long day who also saw how you just acted. What the research says about calls, and what to teach your player instead.
What a volunteer league should plan each season before opening day: budget, sponsor banners, concessions, donated items, state rules, tax and insurance questions.
A grade-by-grade recruiting timeline for baseball parents, plus what NCAA D1, D2, D3, NAIA and NJCAA each mean and the questions to ask coaches.
The 2026 World Series starts October 23. Here is how to turn each game into coaching moments for a young player, plus one honest note on the December 1 labor deadline.
Game 7 of the 2025 World Series came down to one stumble, one throw and one foot. Isaac Hess on why he believes the baseball gods give the calls to the people who earn them.
Without umpires, baseball does not exist. Isaac Hess on the one season he wore the mask, what the job pays, what a day looks like and what we say to the people in the gear.
For years I gave baseball lessons in Los Angeles, and the hardest part was never the coaching. It was finding a place to do it. Isaac Hess on why he built CageList.
Hustle Ball sits between Little League and travel ball. I made it up with tennis balls in 2020. Here is why, how a session runs, who it fits, and how another coach could run it.
We found no national license requirement to teach lessons for pay. Here are the credentials, background checks, insurance and taxes to look into, plus a first-month plan and how to find a place to teach.
Your 17-year-old is not just competing against other 17-year-olds anymore. A former pro pitcher breaks down the transfer portal, the 34-man roster, NIL and JUCO, and what serious families should do about it.
The MLB labor deal expires December 1, 2026. Here is what a lockout is, what happened in 2021-22, and what it does and does not change for your kid.