Opening day of the Craig Stammen Classic weekend for community baseball attracted good crowds, 9-year-olds with talent beyond their years, and a major league manager who happily occupied his day off by hitting fly balls to kids learning to play. Read more.....

Proud of the records and the legacy of another Miller named David, cousin Brett Miller has his sights set on a legacy of his own, the wins to make it relevant, and his sights set on racing until racing gives up on him. Read more in Thursday Press Pros.....

Even under the pressure to win, professional coaches and scouts will share the values of events that promote kids playing baseball in their home communities.  It's the support and camaraderie of those around which make it comfortable to learn. Because not everyone learns at the same rate. Read more about this weekend's Stammen Classic, in Versailles.....

What they were then, and what they are now (Sam Deland, above)...an important consideration for a developmental effort that's guided Craig Stammen's amateur baseball 'Classic' since its inception.

Amongst the inconveniences of driving 30 miles between two ballpark venues, the 98th Ohio High School baseball championships showed us that the closeness of community values far exceed that of scouting services and a document guaranteeing that your status as a player.  Delphos St. John proved to be the blueprint of things past.  And yet to be determined...things to come?