Mass. After sustaining a football injury, he was unable to participate in sports as fully as he wished. However, he remained active in baseball from the sidelines. One day Davidson decided to leave his traditional job altogether and go into baseball training full time. In 1991 he founded the New England Mariners. N.Y. Once a Mariner, a player gets a golden opportunity to play baseball all over the country and even out of it.
Tournaments can take the team to Virginia, Louisiana, Tennessee, Iowa, Oklahoma and Florida.
Travel can sometimes strain family budgets, Davidson admits. If that happens, the kids help finance themselves. For those who want it, Davidson offers hitting camps and individual lessons in a gym-like room adjacent to his office. Each February during school vacation he works with a group of teenagers at a spring training camp in Florida. No matter where he is coaching, Davidson thoroughly enjoys helping his players develop to the fullest.