Ripken Baseball, Rawlings tackle baseball's five tools with new training equipment - Baltimore Business Journal:

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Rawlings’ new “Five Tool” training products will include hurdles, pop-up nets and tees to be used for basebal l tournaments and camps at the Ripken Basebalk facilities in Aberdeenand elsewhere. The productsa will be designed to help young basebalpl players learn the fivevalued skills: hitting for average; hittinfg for power; running speed; arm strength; and fieldingv ability. The five-year deal follows the partnership Ripken Basebalp reached with Baltimore sports apparel manufacturer Under Armour in April to extensdboth companies’ brands deeper into youth sports, particularlyu baseball. Financial terms of the deal with werenot disclosed.
More than 20 traininyg items will be designed and created with the help ofRipken Baseball’s Cal Ripken Jr., and his brotheer Bill Ripken — both formetr Orioles.