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Baseball General Manager and Scouting Course
 

Baseball Jobs Training

This course is for you if you want to pursue a these professional baseball jobs:

• MLB Player Personnel
• MLB Scout
• MLB Management
• MLB Front Office
• MLB Agent
• MLB Game Operations
• Baseball Operations
• MLB Sports Marketing
• MLB Account manager
• MLB Media & Community Relations
• MLB, minor leagues, NCAA, or baseball job advancement opportunities
• Baseball Internships

The Baseball General Manager and Scouting Course is an 8 week online course that offers cutting edge theories on how to develop a career in professional and collegiate baseball. In the ever-changing dynamics of the business of baseball management, today's Baseball GM must learn to balance a budget in the club house and remain competitive on the field. The Baseball General Manager and Scouting Course will cover issues including player personnel, sabermetrics, major league scouting and other essential tools of modern general managers of professional and collegiate baseball organizations. May qualify for university internship requirements.

The course's main objective is to develop a new age in the game of baseball by creating synergies between the new school of thought in sabermetrics and traditional baseball scouting. With MLB Scout Larry D'Amato and Baseball Business guru Maury Brown as your mentors, baseball enthusiasts will fall in love with this course because it is both educational and focused on the business of baseball and the game they love.

You do not need to relocate, this course can be taken from anywhere in the world.

Individuals will learn:
  · Responsibilities of a baseball General Manager
  * An Introduction to digital video analysis software used by MLB teams
  · Baseball contracts and negotiation
  · New school and old school baseball management
  · The effect of sabermetrics in baseball
  · Overview of Collegiate Baseball
  · Collegiate baseball recruiting
  · Relationships between Major League Baseball and Minor League Baseball
  · Player Development Contracts
  · The role of the Baseball General Manager year-round
  · How to run the Front Office of a baseball club
  · Methods of ranking high-school and college baseball prospects
  · How to write a major league baseball scouting report
  · The language and history of baseball scouting

The course instructor Dr. Lynn Lashbrook is joined by Mentors Larry D'Amato, Maury Brown and occasional guest speaker Rob Neyer

Larry D’Amato has been scouting baseball for over 40 years. He started in 1970 as an area scout and held scouting positions as an Area Scout, Scouting Supervisor, National Cross Checker, Pro Scout, and Major League Scout for the Pittsburgh Pirates, Cincinnati Reds, New York Yankees, Major League Scouting Bureau, Texas Rangers and most recently the Houston Astros. The players he personally discovered and signed include Rod Scurry, Fred Breining, Jeff Lahti, Terry Lee, Jim Neidlinger, Steve Cooke. Larry has covered high schools, junior colleges, four year colleges, and the Pacific Coast League, Northwest League, Pioneer League. He has set up and run Free-Agent Tryout Camps all over the USA. He has covered both Arizona and Florida Major League Spring Training, in addition to the National League West, American League West, National League Central, American League East, International League and various Mexican Leagues. Larry is a three time winner of the Topps Scouting Award and he has 4 World Series Rings. Larry has lots of scouting wisdom to share and he is somehow connected to everyone working in baseball. He will personally critique your scouting reports so that you are performing at a major league level! His sense of humor will entertain you, but his knowledge of the game will keep you coming back!
 

Maury Brown is a well known baseball business analyst and author, as well as the founder of the BizofBaseball.com. He is a regular contributor to Forbes SportsMoney and FanGraphs. In regards to baseball, Maury has freelanced for the New York Post, Yahoo! Sports, Baseball America, CNBC, MSNBC and NBC Sports. Maury’s first work in baseball was assisting in the Submission to Major League Baseball by the MLB to Portland effort during the Expos relocation derby. His main contribution involved the proposed Charter Seat License program. Maury was a contributor to Baseball Prospectus, on the staff of The Hardball Times and he is the former co-chair of SABR's Business of Baseball committee. His book contributions include the 2007 Baseball Prospectus , the 2007 Football Prospectus , as well as an essay on the Collusion Rulings of the late ’80s and early ’90s within Rob Neyer’s Big Book of Baseball Blunders : A Complete Guide to the Worst Decisions and Stupidest Moments in Baseball History and the Maple Street Press, 2010 St. Louis Cardinals Annual (The Price of Doing Business)

Considered an expert on the business of baseball, Maury has appeared on ESPN2's First Take, CNBC's On The Money, Canada's Business News Network and the CBS Evening News His radio appearances include being featured regularly on Sirius/XM Radio's MLB Home Plate. On any given day you might find Maury’s research quoted in the NY Times, Time Magazine, USA Today, Boston Globe, Chicago Sun-Times, Washington Times, CNN/Money, MarketWatch, Crain's Business NY, Crain's Detroit Business, Crain's Business Chicago, The Deal, the Rocky Mountain News, Fox News, New York Daily News, Sports Illustrated.com, the NY Sun, South Florida Sun-Sentinel, Tampa Tribune, Toronto Globe and Mail, Los Angeles Times, the Chicago Sports Review, Pittsburgh Post Gazette, St. Petersburg Times, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, San Jose Mercury News, the Oregonian, the Portland Business Journal, Sports Fantasy Monthly magazine, and USA Today Sports Weekly.
You will enjoy getting to know Maury Brown during his weekly audio chats throughout the 8 week course. Many of the SMWW graduates have been chosen to work on projects with him.

Occassional Guest Speaker:

Rob Neyer, ESPN's most respected baseball analysts appears on ESPNews weekly with Brain Kenny. Rob is one of baseball's most respected writers and analysts, began his career in 1989, working for legendary sabermetrician (and now Red Sox executive) Bill James. Rob spent four years with James, then worked as an editor and writer for STATS, Inc. In 1996, Rob was hired by Paul Allen's Starwave Corporation, which had just begun to publish ESPNet SportsZone, the precursor to ESPN.com, the most popular sports-related Website in the world. These days, Rob writes at least four times a week for ESPN.com, and he's also authored or co-authored roughly a dozen books, including his latest, The Neyer/James Guide to Pitchers. Rob's extensive knowledge and experiences allow him to offer perspectives from both "inside" and "outside," resulting in a nuanced view that is rare among those connected to the game.

You can find out more about Rob Neyer by listening to ESPN Radio with Bob Valvano. Or check out Rob's website at www.RobNeyer.com or read Rob Neyer's latest ESPN article at http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/neyer/index.
 

Former student and Associate Scout for the San Francisco Giants Michael Hemenway had this to say about the course:

The Sports Management Worldwide General Manager/Scouting course has given me the opportunity to examine the latest trends in baseball management and player evaluations. As a recent graduate of the Major League Scouting Bureau's Scout Development Program it allows me to reanalyze and reinforce traditional scouting methods. Along with an introduction to Sabermetrics and how the two diciplines can work together in the difficult task of finding a prospect to compete in Major League Baseball.

Course Details

Weekly Audio Chats - A unique aspect of each 8 week course is the opportunity for students to participate weekly in interactive audio chats with fellow students, Larry D'Amato, Maury Brown, Rob Neyer and Dr. Lynn Lashbrook and renowned guest speakers. This is a tremendous opportunity to network within the professional and collegiate baseball industry and get to know your instructor, guest speakers, and fellow students personally via the internet. This is available via any online computer with a microphone. At the conclusion of the course, students will have a well-rounded understanding of the methods used by baseball scouts and general managers that have put winning teams on the field.
Listen to 5 minutes of a past chat here...

Online Education - This innovative academic course is facilitated through a Web-based educational delivery system. You will enjoy the online discussion boards, weekly readings, weekly quizzes, course projects, and interaction amongst fellow sports business-minded students and faculty. All course materials and textbooks are included in the course.

Global Participation - SMWW students participate from over 125 countries. Courses have a international influence and instructors will cater assignments to specific countries or leagues. Countries with economic challenges are eligible for economic dicounts.

Earn College Credit: Most participants are not college students. Most participants are working full time in a variety of careers including many in sports from all over the world. (Many wish they had taken this course in college!) For those of you who are in college and would like transferable credits (graduate or undergraduate) to your school, two-three hours of college credit is available. Click here for more information.

Military Discount - For those individuals who represent their country in military service we offer a discount. Please contact info@smww.com if you are active, reserve, or a retired member of your countries military system. Thank you for serving your country! (Please include what country and specific part of the military.)

Tax Write Off - (For USA Citizens) SMWW course tuition, books and supplies can be used for education tax credits. Save your receipts and consult with your tax advisor on how this applies to you.

Sports Career Conferences - throughout the year, Sports Management Worldwide hosts Sports Career Conferences at a variety of sporting events. These are fabulous networking events that put SMWW Alumni in the heart of the action. Opportunities to meet Head Coaches, GM's, Chief Executives, Player Personnel, Scouts, and fellow Sports Agents are facilitated. Visit SMWW Sports Career Conferences to learn more. SMWW Alumni receive discounts.

The Future of Scouting- Learn the latest technology
The Baseball GM and Scouting course includes an introduction to the digital video analysis software used by MLB teams like the White Sox, Cardinals & Yankees!

Several MLB, minor league teams, and NCAA teams are using new software and hardware devices to enhance their scouting process. Scouts and coaches can assess players on quickness and effort, and record comments without missing a key play. This allows baseball organizations to gather information on players 24 hours a day. By eliminating the mounds of paperwork associated with the scouting process, scouting has become more efficient, and data is collected and shared much more easily. SMWW course students will get the opportunity to be exposed to the cutting-edge techniques being used by teams worldwide including pitch-by-pitch data analysis with the power of video coaching and analysis. 
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What is the role of a Baseball General Manager or Major League Scout?

With the help of the Baseball General Manager and Scouting Course, students will understand the day to day tasks performed by a Baseball GM and major league scout and gain the understanding of overall management of both on-field and off-the-field personnel. A great baseball general manager can put a winning team on the field whether he or she has the budget of the Yankees or the Devil Rays. The course covers all the bases from sabermetrics-the cutting-edge evaluation of baseball talent, used by Athletics and Red Sox-to traditional major league scouting methods and prospect ranking systems. Learn what baseball general managers do, year-round, to improve their clubs. Learn the different ways organizations rank their prospects and maximize the draft. Students get an inside look at what it takes to be a baseball major league scout from season to season.

Sabermetrics is the mathematical and statistical analysis of baseball records.

Baseball statisticians have shown that it is possible to answer a variety of questions about the game of baseball by means of sabermetrics.

This revolutionary course integrates traditional scouting and sabermetric techniques.

Students will be introduced to the everyday operations of major league scouts and the baseball front office. As a coach the course can teach you how to evaluate player talent from a scouts perspective and learn the scouting language thus helping your players and program succeed. As a baseball enthusiast you’ll be able to impress friends with your insight into questions like "How can the A's continually turn over their roster and still succeed?" Learn baseball’s most respected writers and analysts, and get into the sabermetrics world of Bill James and Billy Beane, learn to blend traditional scouting practice with the new method of sabermetrics, and advance your current career in baseball.

Course Certificate & Resume Reference:

Successful graduates of the Sports Management Worldwide courses will be sent a SMWW Certificate of Accomplishment. This certificate represents not only your achievements in the course but also demonstrates your personal commitment to self-improvement and ability to "self train" yourself for higher positions within the sports business industry.

In addition to your certificate, you will be given the stamp of approval by SMWW. This approval includes a personal reference you may add to your resume with contact information for Dr. Lynn Lashbrook and a reference to the mentors of this course.

Become a SMWW Scout:

Upon successful graduation of the Baseball GM & Scouting Course, individuals will be invited to join SMWWscouts.com. This is an exciting opportunity to advertise yourself as a certified scout and feature your scouting reports as a trained talent evaluator! This is a match making service for baseball scouts and those needing a baseball scout around the globe. It assists Managers, Coaches, Agents, and Teams looking for qualified talent evaluations with our certified SMWW Scouts! The site will include your own webpage with your picture and bio, with samples of your best scouting reports. It offers coaching staffs a chance to submit requests for scouting reports and find scouts by region. As a graduate of the Baseball GM & Scouting Course you are eligible to apply for acceptance as a SMWW Scout and be featured on this exciting website. (Free upon graduation!)

Work for a team:

Our goal is to see all Baseball GM & Scouting graduates gainfully employed in baseball worldwide. Your chances of accepting an offer of employment within professional baseball will improve by going through the program. SMWW will customize a baseball portfolio to assist you with your career goals.

Through our extensive network of professional baseball teams worldwide, baseball departments, and baseball organizations, our objective is to prepare you for when the right job opportunities become available. Numerous people that have gone through our programs are now employed in great positions and you could do the same. We want to help you launch your baseball career and help you find a position where you can be the most successful and satisfied.

Student Troy Steffy of Pro Baseball Training (probaseballtraining.com) summed up the students attitude about the course:

And for the record, I LOVE THIS COURSE!

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Cost: $1,450 (includes all course textbooks, headset, microphone and access to web based classroom. Shipping additional.) Payment plans available (as little as $495 a month). See if you are eligible for an economic discount based on your country of residence. Length: 8 Weeks; "Live" audio online chats weekly with renowned instructors! Prerequisites: Must be 18 or older to participate and have a passion for sports Payment: Visa, MasterCard, American Express, Discover CALL TODAY: 1-877-SMWW-NOW (In the UK: 087 12884799) Register Now

 

Academic Credit - Graduate & Undergraduate

Western Oregon University (WOU), a member of the Oregon University System, offers a separate Credit Overlay Program for Sports Management Worldwide's courses. Students interested in obtaining college credit (graduate or undergraduate) for Sports Management Worldwide courses must apply for the credit with Western Oregon University directly.

For more information, please visit the following webpage.