Sitting in the dugout, Greg Maddux said, “Watch this. We might need to call for an ambulance.” Jose Hernandez drove the next pitch into the chest of the Dodgers third base coach.
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The Utter Nonsense of Moneyball
I’m watching Brad Pitt in Moneyball on Netflix. And trying hard not to hurl chunks.
“Get Down the Hill”
It’s funny how simple things can be. You battle to find the right words to explain a complex action to a kid.
TAIJUAN AND CARSON
How does a 16-year-old nudge the radar to 87 when a giant major leaguer in the prime of his career can scrounge only four more clicks on the gun?
Tom Terrific and the Art of Pitching
Tom Seaver died this month, his great mind ravaged by dementia. There is a tragic irony here because Seaver was one of the smartest, shrewdest, most creative pitchers to ever step on the beam clay of an MLB bump
SEE HOW EASILY….YOU CAN THROW HARD
SEE HOW EASILY……YOU CAN THROW HARD
“How’s that baseball thing working out?”
One day Walt Burrows looked out the window and saw a kid working out. Throwing. Taking groundballs. The kid looked like an elite athlete.
OBLIQUE TEAR SIDELINES ROWAN WICK
It wasn’t much. Just an awkward little twist. But it ripped a tear in his left oblique.
Wick closes with his cutter
Five years ago I did a session with Rowan Wick and his dad, Clayton. Working on a cutter/slider. The third time he unleashed the Rawlings screamed, “Whoosh.” It sliced 10 inches sideways like a machete. It went supersonic and bit into the air like a crocodile. It sounded like it was in pain. It wasn’tContinue reading “Wick closes with his cutter”
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