Jack Baker Throws No-Hitter As Eureka 177 19U Defeat Festus 253 Jack Baker was brilliant on the mound on Saturday at Ballwin Athletic Association, as Baker threw a no-hitter to lead Eureka 177 past Festus 253 7-0.

Semi Final - Sunday 12:30PM at Ballwin AA. Eureka vs Washington

Cade Gustafson’s Clutch Hitting Propels 177 to victory over Alton

Who's #1? Missouri American Legion Baseball is officially underway and it's time for the first YBM Power Rankings of 2026. Some teams have already played a full slate while others are just getting started, but the race for a state championship has officially begun. Who deserves the top spot? Who's climbing? Who's still flying under the radar? Watch now 👉 youtu.be/p33gjmj7A48 #YBM #BaseballTalk #MOLegionBaseball #PowerRankings

🚨 YBM TOP 10 POWER RANKINGS ARE BACK! Join us as we follow Missouri American Legion Baseball all summer long as teams battle their way through the summer to the state title! Think your team should be higher? Have a squad we need to keep an eye on? 👇 Let us know. #MissouriLegionBaseball #YBM #PowerRankings #missouribaseball

⚾ Baseball Battles Cancer is underway at B.A.A. 12 Legion teams from Missouri, Illinois, and Indiana are competing this weekend in support of an outstanding cause! Follow along and good luck to all participating programs! #MissouriLegionBaseball #BaseballBattlesCancer

MO ALB Player of the Week! Bryce Wieberg - Jefferson City Post 5 Wieberg turned in a dominant performance on the mound vs Hannibal Post 55. Complete Game | 5 Hits Allowed | 13 Strikeouts | 75 Strikes on 110 Pitches Post 5 took Game 1 by a 3-1 score.

Eureka Freshman with a great comeback win !

Players of the Game 🏆 YBM Legion Summer Series Presented by Kilogear! Eureka Post 177 opens the summer in style, earning a 5-0 victory over Kirkwood Post 156. Jack Baker & Cade Gustafson (P) | Combined 8 K The Eureka pitching duo set the tone from the first pitch, teaming up for a shutout performance. @MOLegionBall @Post177Baseball @KILOGEARPRO @cadegustafson44 @JackBaker2026 #YBM #LegionSummerSeries #MissouriLegionBaseball #PlayerOfTheGame #PostGame

⭐Player of the Week! Camren Mahler St. Peters Post 313 | FZN HS | UMSL Commit Weekend vs. Hannibal Post 55: 2-for-5, 1 double, 2 home runs, 6 RBI, 4 runs scored and 3 walks. A huge offensive performance earns Mahler this week's MOALB Player of the Week honor! #MOlegionball

Eureka Freshman win 7-1

Eureka Legion Post 177 14U were triumphant over Gamers Baseball 14 Blue 7-4 on Wednesday

2026 SUMMER LEGION BROADCASTS!!! Schedule Release!!! PLEASE SHARE!!! Ste. Gen. Post 150 Baseball Post 253 Baseball Fans Rock Memorial Baseball Post 283 Mineral Area Post 416 fans! Catch all the District 13 games right here on LiveStreamSTL.TV or the Live Stream STL App on RokuTV this summer!!! @RockPost283 @MOLegionBall @molegionD13

The 156 is back! Your 19u MO State Finalists open @MOLegionBall against @Post177Baseball 5:30pm game time at Kirkwood HS with Bliss Food Truck on the scene. Can’t be there? Watch it in @YBM_cast

Gavin Czarnecki leads Eureka 177 past Elsberry.

The Scouting Classroom #15 WHAT SCOUTS WATCH IN BATTING PRACTICE One of the biggest misconceptions in baseball is what people think scouts are watching during batting practice. Fans watch where the ball lands. Scouts watch how it gets there. Anybody can get fooled by one loud round. One long home run.
One ball hit over the scoreboard. 
One swing that gets people talking. But scouting has never been about chasing highlights. It’s about identifying repeatable ingredients. Because batting practice gives scouts something valuable: A controlled environment. No velocity.
No breaking balls.
No two-strike count.
No game pressure. Just the hitter and the swing. And when you remove the variables, the swing starts telling a story. Scouts begin asking questions: Is there rhythm? Is there balance? Is there bat speed? Is the barrel accurate? Does the ball jump differently? Can the hitter create easy carry? Is the swing efficient? Can he repeat it? Does he stay through the middle of the field? Can he backspin the baseball? Can he manipulate the barrel? Does the body actually work? Those things matter. Because tools show themselves before production does. You can hit a long BP home run and fool people. I've seen players put on unbelievable batting practice shows and completely fall apart once the game started. And I’ve also seen future big leaguers take quiet rounds where the average fan saw nothing special. But scouts noticed. Why? Because the ingredients were there. The rhythm. The bat speed. The timing. The barrel accuracy. The ease of operation. The body control. The foundation. Good scouts learn to separate results from ingredients. Because distance is easy to see. The swing underneath it takes experience. The swing tells you a story long before the stat line ever does. That’s Scouting  #BehindTheRadarGun 🔎