My wife is in Brazil, so what do I do with my spare time? Naturally I go across the street to watch the Little League 10 and under All-Stars playing. It was our local team against a team from one of the leagues up north. Two great pitchers keep the score 0-0 through...
Unfortunately, for many high school baseball players the junior varsity may be their final year of interscholastic baseball. We have all heard of the ballplayer who didn’t start or, even worse, make the varsity baseball team and went on to do great things in...
Some day, some time, it will happen. Our last day as a player or as a coach. It happens to all of us.and it’s ok. You can bet even the likes of Cal Ripken, Jr. had that haunting feeling. My reason for writing on this topic is simply that I feel that many young...
For the athlete, success is dependent upon winning, and winning is dependent upon motivation…and more aptly self-motivation. The same can be said about success itself. Success requires effort, and there are too few who are willing to pay the price of success....
I absolutely believe that the #1 backyard training aid that any player could ever hope to have is a batting cage and a pitching machine…even if the pitching machine needs to be budgeted at a later date. The reason this is so important has to do with how...
I just returned from my 2nd trip to Cooperstown (the spiritual home of baseball) this year… my 2nd trip in 11 months. For the uninformed, Cooperstown New York is the spiritual home to baseball. It is located in upstate New York amidst some of the most striking...
