We have two very special guests on this week’s ABCA Podcast with the Kansas City Royals’ Shon Plack and Mike Arbuckle. Plack is the Manager of Sport Development for the Royals. Arbuckle is the Senior Advisor to the GM for Scouting and Player Development. Both have a wealth of experience in the game. Plack previously worked for PBR, Building Champions and coached at Avila. Arbuckle has worked at every level of professional baseball as a scout, getting his start in scouting with the Phillies and Braves. Arbuckle was the Assistant GM for the Phillies before coming over to the Royals. The Kansas City Royals have been at the forefront of community involvement in youth baseball and softball. Their Urban Youth Academy is a phenomenal facility in the heart of Kansas City. The Royals recently started “The Royals Amateur Development System”, R.A.D.S. which has a website full of information for youth baseball development. The Royals are in partnerships with 15 youth leagues in the metro Kansas City area in both baseball and softball. The link to the website is royals.mobilecoach.org. The ABCA Podcast is presented by Netting Pros. Netting Professionals are improving programs one facility at a time, specializing in the design, fabrication and installation of custom netting for backstops, batting cages, dugouts, bp screens and ball carts. They also design and install digital graphic wall padding windscreen, turf, turf protectors, dugout benches, dugout cubbies and more.