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  • 2nd Annual Baseball and Business World Series Meetup
    October 4th, 2017

    The playoffs are upon us and am excited to announce there will be another Baseball and Business World Series Meetup. Last year we had a great group of guys come out to watch Game 4. Everyone enjoyed getting to watch the game while chatting baseball and business. This year we will once again be having […]

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  • Baseball: A Series of Sunsets and Storms
    September 27th, 2017

    By Luke Melms Baseball is a game of peaks and valleys. It always has been and always will be. We have all experienced storms in life. Baseball is a game where in the midst of an 0 for 20 feels like the storm will never end. Living in South Florida not far from the coast, […]

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  • Baseball and Beyond
    September 20th, 2017

    By Chris Lubanski To say that baseball has been an enormous influence in my life would be an understatement. The myriad chapters I experienced from the countless hours playing soft toss in the basement with my dad to competing for nine seasons as a professional player afforded me some amazing opportunities. My baseball accomplishments—national high school player […]

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  • Failure as a Proponent of Success 
    September 6th, 2017

    By Carlos E. Delgado, MS Understanding failure is understanding success. Failure provides the best opportunity for readjusting, reconnecting and learning. Baseball is a game of failure. Knowing this, failure should be embraced rather than feared. Baseball players know that these letdowns are a necessary part of the success journey. Baseball was my greatest teacher. I was […]

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  • Sliding Safely into Home: My Life After Baseball 
    August 30th, 2017

    By Rick Hester My career goal as a youngster from Elizabethtown, North Carolina was to play Major League Baseball. After my high school career at East Bladen High School, my student-athlete path continued to North Carolina State University, Southeastern Community College and Clemson University. I was also fortunate to spend three seasons with the Texas […]

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  • The Baseball and Business Scholarship
    August 23rd, 2017

    By Luke Melms I am always thinking of new ways to bring value to the Baseball and Business community. The idea I have been floating around is building a scholarship for current college players. Division 1 football teams can give up to 85 full scholarships and Division 1 basketball teams 13 full scholarships. This allows […]

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  • The One Teammate Project
    August 16th, 2017

    By Luke Melms You guys did it last week. Jake’s article made its way around all of social media whether it be on LinkedIn, Facebook or Twitter thanks to many of you liking, commenting and sharing the article. Here’s a screenshot showing how the article being published drove traffic on the day of and in […]

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  • A Baseball Game and a Cornfield
    August 9th, 2017

    By Jake Gronsky I can’t really say I’m a success story though I can’t really say I’m a failure.  I guess I’m stuck in the tug-of-war reserved for former athletes that have tasted enough success to remain content with their careers but never enough to be satisfied with the sport.  Perhaps it’s the rite of […]

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  • The Surprising Story Behind Baseball and Business
    August 2nd, 2017

    By Luke Melms This last week the NCAA ruled a college football player ineligible because he makes it known in his videos he is an athlete on his YouTube channel which generates ad revenue. In fact, he’s a marketing major using a creative way to develop real world skills with the little time he has to […]

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  • Why Pitch Clocks Don’t Belong in Baseball But Do in Business
    July 26th, 2017

    By Luke Melms Football and basketball teams can be bailed out by halftime, boxers can be saved by the bell but baseball doesn’t find itself with a clock for good reason. There’s no way around three outs in an inning or running out the clock to avoid playing all nine innings. Time of games has […]

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