I have been thinking about this all day today. I woke up at my normal 5:30 am. I usually don’t look at my phone for the first hour as I focus on my morning routine. For some reason, I checked it and saw a text from my original ‘brother from another mother,”, Jay Hill. Jay …
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Episode #010 – Dave Turgeon – Changing the World Through Baseball
“I try to see guys in a growth mindset of this is where they are at, get ’em to the next dot. Because you know what? They have limitless dots that they can get to and it’s just about how badly they want to get to it ” – David Turgeon Born David Andrew Turgeon …
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Oh Man, I Love This Game!
I have to thank my Uncle Tom O’Brien for introducing baseball to me at the age of 7. At least that is as far back as I can remember. I loved to play catch, and field grounders and pop flies with him every day after school and on weekends. He taught me how to use …
A Story About the Young, Eager Christian Yelich
(Photo via the Flickr Creative Commons, thanks to Ian D’Andrea) I tell this story every chance I get to be in front of aspiring baseball players and coaches of all ages. As coaches, we say things all the time that get repeated over and over again, especially when it comes to mechanics or motivating a player. …
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Part 3: Pitchers, Identifying Differences in Latin and U.S. Players
(Photo via the Flickr Creative Commons, thanks to Periodico JIT) I remember years ago watching an SEC college baseball game with some buddies and noticing that all the pitchers had the exact same delivery. We all noticed and then we couldn’t unsee it. It was quite impressive honestly to see the same mechanics from …
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Episode #009 – Kory DeHaan – The Squeaky Wheel
“I’m here to push him along his path, and maybe I get to be one of those people that makes him have an a-ha moment” – Kory DeHaan Born Korwin Jay DeHaan July 1976 in Pella, IA, Kory was fortunate to move up the levels of baseball without too much hiccup. From Little League …
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Part Two: Hitters, Identifying Differences in Latin and U.S. Players
(Photo via the Flickr Creative Commons, thanks to Periodico JIT) Part one of this series, on the general differences between Latin and U.S. players, can be found right here. When it comes to hitters, you will hear a lot of talk around the cages from scouts, hitting coaches and other players that Latin hitters all look the …
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