25 years. On the record.
From a grocery store turned batting cage to stadiums in Panama. The photos and records behind this timeline are fingerprinted (SHA-256) and their combined root is written on Base, so nobody can quietly rewrite it.
Live the Dream Athletics starts
Kevan Burns, former player and MLB agent, starts training and placing young players. The Power Punch batting aid follows and later reaches Dick's Sporting Goods.
Beloit, Wisconsin
An old grocery store becomes a baseball facility: turf, nets, tractor tires. Lessons for local kids.
Bridges to Cuba
Equipment drives for Cuban youth: gloves, bats, balls and shoes. Free trips, a documentary shot in Havana, and the line we still use: “We build too many walls and not enough bridges.”
Montverde Academy
Kevan runs the baseball program; varsity goes 11–1 in the fall.
Beloit summer lessons
Summer lessons from June 10 and the Beloit Baseball community.
Panama and showcases
LTD Panama at MVP Sport City and the Rod Carew stadium. Coaching at the Power Showcase. Players on to a Yankees draft, TCU and Niagara, and a 12U team to Cooperstown.
Remembering Randy Jaco
Oakleys made in his honor; alumni ties to Indian Hills CC.
Dick's, then the pause
After 19 years the Power Punch reaches Dick's shelves. Then COVID stops the fields.
The record goes on chain
The history archive is fingerprinted and anchored on Base. Unit #0001 of the Power Punch founder's run is minted. Live the Dream becomes the fund and the system.
What's anchored
33 files: photos, training videos, the patent record, playing career and retail history. Root 0x619420…34b08f.
Add to the record
Played for us, coached with us, have a photo or clipping? Send it. With your yes (and a parent's, for anyone under 18) it joins the archive.