Since its beginning, Chris Corkum's Baseball, Inc. has become renowned throughout Southern New England. In 1984, Corkum decided that the best way to maintain his connection between teaching and baseball was to create his own baseball school. has become renowned throughout Southern New England for the excellence of its baseball programs. Players of all ages, from tee-ballers to adults, come for pri
vate instruction to the batting cages and pitchers mounds which are located in a secluded rural area behind the Broad Brook home Corkum shares with his wife Paula. Chris is also helped out by a fantastic team of coaches, some of which have scouting affiliations with major league teams. They share in common the pleasure they get from being outdoors hearing the crack of the bats, the constant whirring of the pitching machines and the chatter of kids of all ages as they play ball. Baseball is serious fun for these guys and gals. Corkum's private "Field of Dreams" is just one place to get his special brand of baseball instruction for kids. Each springs and summer he take the "show on the road" to towns across Connecticut and Western Massachusetts. Working with town Park and Recreation Departments and Little League associations, Corkum conducts Summer Baseball Camps for groups numbering roughly 20 to 100. The camps teach baseball fundamentals such as pitching, hitting, baserunning, fielding, strategy and of course, good sportsmanship. A few notable former campers include current Arizona Diamondbacks shortstop Nick Ahmed and former major league pitcher Chris Capuano. A few notable former coaches include Neal Huntington, the current General Manager for the Pittsburgh Pirates, John Couture, the former Mental Skills Coordinator for the Cleveland Indians and Greg Morhardt, the scout who discovered Mike Trout.