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Skip Bertman baseball clinic
Posted on 1/17/26 at 2:51 pm
Posted on 1/17/26 at 2:51 pm
Anyone remember when they brought actual MLB players for each position on the field? Not just the college players that it seems today.
I remember going and they had the dinner the night before where you could meet the players beforehand at a place off Airline. I have a few baseballs signed by players from that event along with from the clinic itself. I also remember Kelly Gruber (3B Blue Jays) teaching 3B drills and telling kids they should move to OF.
I remember going and they had the dinner the night before where you could meet the players beforehand at a place off Airline. I have a few baseballs signed by players from that event along with from the clinic itself. I also remember Kelly Gruber (3B Blue Jays) teaching 3B drills and telling kids they should move to OF.
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Posted on 1/17/26 at 3:08 pm to Skenes
I went in the 80s as an outfielder and got instruction from RJ Reynolds of the Pirates
Posted on 1/17/26 at 3:12 pm to Skenes
A total grift. Your parents got took.
Posted on 1/17/26 at 3:14 pm to Skenes
Absolutely, went to a bunch of them in the late 80s early 90’s.. Goodtimes.
Posted on 1/17/26 at 3:59 pm to Skenes
Too fancy for me... but I spent a lot of time at Skip Bertman's batting cages back in the day
Posted on 1/17/26 at 4:26 pm to terd ferguson
Remember playing in the Babe Ruth regionals in 84 in Denham Springs. I was playing on the South Texas Flax squad and Coach Bertram gave the opening banquet speech. Good Times.
Posted on 1/17/26 at 4:46 pm to UptownJoeBrown
Sorry you were too poor to go
Posted on 1/17/26 at 4:59 pm to Skenes
I remember when Billy Martin was invited one year and taught me how to cuss as a kid.
Posted on 1/17/26 at 5:16 pm to UptownJoeBrown
In theod 90s it was. All no name college kids coaching. Saw slip for 2.3 seconds during the picture.
Posted on 1/17/26 at 5:17 pm to Skenes
I didn’t go to the Bertman clinics but I remember for a period in the early 90’s there were day long clinics at LSU at Alex Box. They had former and (then) current players. Not any superstars but some solid players. LSU players too. Met a couple of old timers that had played for the Brooklyn Dodgers there. Will Clark showed up one year and was a douche. Skip Bertman was always there. Peter Gammons gave the opening speech one year.
Posted on 1/17/26 at 5:19 pm to TheFonz
Once mlb players figured they could charge for autographs and make $ it was a lot harder to get those guys to commit without some sort of fee
Posted on 1/17/26 at 5:21 pm to Skenes
Turtle Thomas telling us we all fricking sucked was great
Posted on 1/17/26 at 5:24 pm to Skenes
Had Kim Batiste sign my glove back in 1996 or so. No idea where that glove is.
Posted on 1/17/26 at 5:43 pm to Skenes
At the Belmont
Posted on 1/17/26 at 5:47 pm to Skenes
Coach Bertman's Summer baseball camp was much different than the annual BTR Kid's Baseball Clinic. That was usually a one-day event at Alex Box that was sponsored by local business men and a lot of current and former major leaguers would show up for the one-day event. I went to most of them and had a blast. I remember once in the late 70's or early 80's when Tommy Lasorda came in and was the headliner at the clinic and the banquet the night before.
Posted on 1/17/26 at 7:36 pm to Skenes
I used to get pitching lessons from Jody Autrey. Would walk over from the tailgate on football Saturday mornings since we drove in from Houston.
Posted on 1/17/26 at 7:48 pm to Wraytex
quote:
Remember playing in the Babe Ruth regionals in 84 in Denham Springs
There's a good chance I watched you play. I remember my parents taking me to that event.
Posted on 1/17/26 at 7:51 pm to cgallent
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I remember once in the late 70's or early 80's when Tommy Lasorda
Skip showed up in 1984 so it I'm guessing it wasn't late 70's
This post was edited on 1/17/26 at 7:52 pm
Posted on 1/17/26 at 7:57 pm to TheFonz
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Will Clark showed up one year and was a douche.
Funny. I met him back then and he was a complete dick. Two years ago, my buddy had a party and he was there and I was thinking “frick that guy.” Ended up in a small group chatting and he came over and it ended up just me and him. Dude couldn’t have been nicer. Super cool guy and I kind of ended up feeling guilty for hating on the dude for so long. I guess we all change.
Posted on 1/17/26 at 8:08 pm to nicholastiger
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Once mlb players figured they could charge for autographs and make $ it was a lot harder to get those guys to commit without some sort of fee
mlb players were charging for autographs long before the mid 90s
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