To help baseball and softball coaches administer first aid and prevent injuries that may happen on the field, the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine (AOSSM) makes available a handbook called "Prevention and Emergency Management of Youth Baseball and Softball Injuries."

Vahe Gregorian of the St. Louis Dispatch reports on the progressively larger divide between African-Americans and baseball.

In the Public Interest
by Ralph Nader

As the Little League season gets into full swing for millions of young baseball and softball players across the country, their health and safety on the playing field will significantly benefit from an addition in the Little League rules this year -- a requirement for breakaway bases.

The Honorable Anthony A. Williams
Mayor, District of Columbia

Dear Mayor Williams:

On Sunday, June 26, the Washington Post featured the Eastern Senior High School baseball team in a moving story that, once again, demonstrated your penchant for peculiar priorities. While assembling the Eastern players for a political photo op at RFK Stadium in March, you promised to attend their first game. A nice gesture, indeed, and one that would have meant so much to these youngsters. But as the Post’s David Nakamura reported, not only did you fail to show for Eastern’s first game, but you never even bothered to attend any of their games. How quickly they were forgotten. You do attend often, however, the Nationals games, in part, to show your commitment to the half-billion-dollar stadium giveaway to Major League Baseball.