1/2/2009 - ABCA - American Baseball Coaches Association

Come visit us at booth 305 at one of the largest baseball coaches convention ever. This will run from Jan 2-4, 2009 in The San Diego Convention Center, Sails Pavilion. Stop by our booth and say hello, we`d love to meet you....

8/14/2008 - Cal Ripken World Series/Major 70

We will be one of the sponsors again this year. It is held in Aberdeen, MD at Cal Ripken`s complex. The field where the championship games will be played is a replica of Camden Yards, complete with "warehouse" beyond right field (it is a Marriott hotel). We`ll be there from August 13 through 16. Tickets are free. Come visit us if you are in th...

6/1/2008 - NESN - commercials

We will be running some 30 second commercials on NESN - New England Sports Network. This is in the Boston area. Look for it....

1/3/2008 - ABCA - Philadelphia, PA

We attended another ABCA convention. This time it was in Philadelphia. The first time in fifty years since it was back in Philly. We met some folks from "Eye on the Dream" (a documentary of a New Hampshire summer league team) and will do some commercials with them.

Only problem with this trip was my wife fell on an uneven patch of sidewalk a...

8/28/2007 - Weekend Makeover TV

This is the target date for the airing of the Weekend Makeover TV segment showcasing our cage....

8/17/2007 - Cal Ripken World Series

We`ll be at the Cal Ripken World Series.  We`re one of the sponsors, it should be fun.
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6/20/2007 - We`re going to the College World Series

We`re going to the College World Series and will be a vendor at The Omaha Baseball Show.  We are going to put up 4 of our cages and some other vendors will use us to demonstrate their products.  We hope to make it out to at least one college game....

6/14/2007 - "Weekend Makeover" TV shoot

We`re going to Gainesville, Florida to do a "Weekend Makeover" TV shoot.  It will air in July, 2007 on the Women`s Entertainment Network.  The episode is for backyard sports.  We will put up our cage and demonstrate it.  It should be fun. ...

6/2/2005 - Only carry #21 netting

After seven years, we have made a business decision to only carry #21 netting.  The inventory control, storage costs and price increases on the #15 were getting too expensive.  Hopefully fewer choices will make it easier on the client.  Ok, it will be easier on me too! ...

3/8/2004 - Our current authorized dealers are:

Our current authorized dealers are:  Astoria Net Shop, Webball, and JGB Sports....

3/1/2004 - Our new shopping cart using MIVA is up and running

Our new shopping cart using MIVA is up and running.  Give me your feed back, I`m still learning how to set it up....

1/24/2004 - Installing a new shopping cart from MIVA

About ready to install a new shopping cart from MIVA.  It has unlimited number of items.  It`s a very sophisticated system.  Still learning about it.  Hope to have it up in a few days.  If there are things you don`t see on the shopping cart that you want, let me know I`ll see if I can get them....

1/9/2004 - First annual World Baseball Coaches Convention

First annual World Baseball Coaches Convention in Mohegan Sun, Uncasville, CT.  Check out our pictures.  The Mohegan Sun Casino and Resort was spectacular.  Got to see and hear Gary Carter and Brett Butler.  Bought and read Brett Butler`s book Field of Hope, good reading.  Organizers expect it to do...

1/5/2004 - Copying our idea of a portable cage

If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery then I should be really flattered!  More and more companies are copying our idea of a portable cage.  Of course I still think ours is the best and we try to provide the best customer service possible.  We`re not large so we can move quickly.  We will continue to of...

1/2/2004 - Another great ABCA show

Another great ABCA show in beautiful San Antonio, TX.  Check out our Alamo and Riverwalk pictures.  Oh, yes our booth pictures too!...

3/14/2003 - We now have a golf insert

We now have a golf insert or it can be ordered as a stand alone product too.  We don`t have it on the order page yet.  Several have asked about a net that can be used for golf practice.  Call for prices.  The insert runs about $150, just net and Hooks to attach to existing batting cage, shipping runs about $15....

3/10/2003 - Zooka now on our ordering page

Zooka now on our ordering page and online shopping cart.  We are offering some pretty good prices for the Zooka, even better for a package deal:  cage + machine.  Check it out.  Bata is coming soon.  It is a much more expensive machine than Zooka.  We can offer about $200 off the MSRP for the Bata-2.<...

2/13/2003 - Zooka and Bata.

Will be adding pitching machines soon -- Zooka and Bata.  Check back soon for product description and prices...

2/4/2003 - Now almost all 100% Dupont 66-728

Netting supplier is now almost all 100% Dupont 66-728.  With about 500,000 pounds of netting on the floor, about 400,000 was Dupont, 100,000 was Honeywell.  When Honeywell is gone, will be completely Dupont.  Both are excellent quality and the differences are not that discernable....

1/7/2003 - ABCA trip in San Diego

Another great ABCA trip in San Diego.  Check out our pictures on the Snapshots page....

10/16/2002 - ABCA again this January, 2003

We`re going to ABCA again this January, 2003.  Our booth number will be 916.  Come to San Diego and look us up.  We`d love to chat with you.  We just made a video of our assembly process along with some hitting by players from Little League through college.  We`ll have it at the convention.  It should...

8/18/2002 - All our netting is made in the USA.

Just a reminder.  All our netting is made in the USA.  I visited our netting supplier in late June.  They used to split about 50% Dupont and 50% Honeywell.  I believe they are almost 100% Honeywell now.  It is the same nylon used to make air bags:  Type 6, Nylon, which has high tenacity, low abrasion,...

6/15/2002 - Animals chewing on the netting

I`m hearing stories about animals chewing on the netting again - even with the black netting.  Here are some suggestions to prevent and help this, some are less expensive than others (read "cheap", if you like).  Use clothes pins to hold the net off the ground when not in use.  Use "S" hooks, crimped on the bottom e...

1/6/2002 - ABCA was an outstanding convention

ABCA was an outstanding convention.  We had a great time and it was a tremendous opportunity.  See some of the pictures we took on our Snapshots page....

10/27/2001 - Prices dramatically reduced on all cages.

Prices dramatically reduced on all cages.  Not sure how long this will last, most likely through Christmas.  Visit us at the ABCA Conference in Orlando, Jan 3-5,2002.  Our booth will be 1618....

8/22/2001 - Animals eating the bottom edge

About the animals eating the bottom edge of the netting on some cages.  My netting supplier says it`s squirrels!  He is not sure how they will react to the black latex vinyl dipped netting, but the blue netting did attract them for some reason.  He is not sure why.  The pepper mixture might do the trick as ment...

7/22/2001 - ABCA Convention in Orlando

I plan on going to the ABCA Convention in Orlando January 3-5, 2002.  Plan now to go, look us up.  It should be a great event.  Check out their web site:  American Baseball Coaches Association

6/1/2001 - Animal has been gnawing at the bottom edge

I received an e-mail from a client who bought a cage in March, 2001.  They noticed recently that some animal has been gnawing at the bottom edge of the netting and chewing holes in the netting.  I received a couple of e-mails such as this.  Do any of you know of a solution?  We`re not sure if this is a squirrel...

5/26/2001 - Another alternative is leaded rope

I now have the #21 in stock.  Its bursting strength is rated at 200 lbs. per cord or 800 lbs per mesh.  And quoting Henry Ford, "You can get any color you like as long as it`s black."  Sorry but the new dip my netting supplier uses, a latex vinyl, only comes in black.