This is really no stride. Start wide. Coil your knee a bit without your foot moving at all. So simple absolutely nothing can go wrong. Albert Pujols has crushed 662 jacks with this one and Juan Soto uses it with two strikes. When a hitter’s having trouble with his timing I’ll have him hit from load in pre-game BP. Often he’ll stay with it in the game because he’s back in the groove.
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THE TOUGHEST COMPETITOR EVER
“Don’t dig in against Bob Gibson. He’ll knock you down. He’d knock down his grandmother. Don’t stare at him, don’t smile at him, don’t talk to him. If you hit a home run, don’t run too slow, don’t run too fast. If you want to celebrate, get in the tunnel first. And if he hits you, don’t charge the mound, because he’s a Gold Glove boxer.”
–Hank Aaron
ARE BEAU AND KYLE ON TO SOMETHING?
Beau Payne is an enigma surrounded by a question mark searching for a profound answer. A few years ago he was held captive by his personal demons, bombarded with What If, and drenched in melancholy. To his immense credit he seems to be walking a very straight line these days.
HOW TO RUN A PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE
I have a basic philosophy about coaching. If the kids play well, it’s all them. And, if they don’t play well, it’s all me. That is not false humility. It’s reality. If the players are not getting it done there are two reasons. **** I’m not teaching it right or I’m making it too complicated
The Jordan Hicks Recipe for blitzing 104
Hicks is the poster boy for rhythm and tempo. His delivery is as smooth and fluid as honey.
MAD DOG, THE PSYCHIC
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.
The Utter Nonsense of Moneyball
I’m watching Brad Pitt in Moneyball on Netflix. And trying hard not to hurl chunks.
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
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