Pitching & Catching
Pitching instruction will include: care and warming up of the arm, pitching mechanics, fielding and pickoff moves. Catchers will receive instruction on receiving, throwing and blocking. Various drills will be used for practice.
All Skills
Instruction will cover: hitting, throwing, fielding and base running. A controlled game will be played each day. The last day of camp will feature contests in the various areas of the game.
Hitting
Instruction will cover hitting and bunting mechanics. Practice time will include station work.
The Hays Town Team
The city of Hays has a long-standing baseball history. Records show that the game was played as early as 1869 as a team of soldiers from Fort Hays challenged the Hays Town Team to a game. Photographs have been found as early as 1901 of the Hays Team…
1920’s-1930’s
Newspaper research and an interview with Gene “Dusty” Glassman brings into view a storied background of semi-pro baseball through…
THE START OF
SOMETHING NEW
During the 40’s, the current baseball stadium came into being and fans flocked to the games, lining the foul lines with their cars and picnic blankets and chairs. Kids hustled after foul balls for a nickel and ran up and down the cars looking for empty pop bottles for a rebate of 2¢…
1940’s-1950’s
Players shining during those years included Glassman, Walters, Les Pelzel, Tony Ruder, Marvin “Lefty” Dreiling, “Lefty” Braun, Hilary Schumacher, Tony “Red” Pfeifer, Hess Ruder, Bill Walters, Ed Wasinger and Earl Hobbs, who years later lured…
1960’s-Present
In 1976, the Jayhawk League was formed. This is an NCAA sanctioned summer collegiate league…