Abstract: A method of facilitating in teaching the proper alignment of a ball player for hitting a pitched ball, said method comprising providing a home plate having a front edge and a side edge; providing an alignment training device having a first leg and a second leg interconnected via a hinge mechanism; aligning said first leg of said alignment training device with said side edge of said home plate; and aligning the second leg of said alignment device with said front edge of said home plate by rotating said second leg with respect to said first utilizing said hinge mechanism, wherein said hinge mechanism prevents movement of said second leg when said second leg is at a ninety degree angle with said first leg.

Abstract: A baseball or softball alignment training device comprising a first leg having a general length and having a first end at one end of the general length and a second end at the distal end opposite from said first end. A second leg having a general length and having a first end at one end of the general length and a second end at the distal and opposite from said first end. Aa first hinge member carried by the second end of said first leg. The first hinge member having a first abutment edge. The second hinge member carried by the second end of the second leg. The second hinge member having a second abutment edge. The first and second hinge members pivotally interconnected and wherein the first abutment edge of the first hinge member abuts the second abutment edge of the second hinge member at a position wherein the first leg and the second leg are perpendicular to each other forming a right angle.

Abstract: A device for adding a flavoring product to a liquid includes a tubular body having openings extending through a sidewall of the body to an interior cavity. A flavoring product is loaded into the interior cavity. At least one fin is coupled to the tubular body and extends outwardly from the sidewall. The device, with the flavoring product loaded therein, is inserted into a container and a liquid is added to the container. The openings in the tubular body are sized to admit the liquid into and out of the interior cavity to enable infusion of the flavoring product into the liquid and to discharge the flavored liquid. The fin is configured such that following insertion into the container, the fin is positioned to largely prevent the tubular body of the device from blocking the opening into the container and inhibiting discharge of the liquid.