“Give me a hard 90.” Ninety feet is the distance between home plate and first base in a major league baseball game. The trip from home to first can tell many stories. It has seen many successes and many failures. But if the base path could teach one thing – it...
“People ask me what I do in the winter when there is no baseball. I’ll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring.” Rogers Hornsby Rogers Hornsby was possibly the greatest shortstop to ever play the game of baseball. Look up his statistics...
How do I know what weight bat to buy? I have often been asked by parents and young players about the weight of a bat. The conversation often goes something like this “I want to buy my son a bat but how do I know what weight and length of a bat I should...
One of the most valuable fundamental lessons that I learned at a young age came from a little league coach. He had what they call a Little League Dynasty. His teams seemed to win the championship every year. I never had the chance to play for the man except for in...
Often times we feel that we have to keep all our knowledge to ourselves because if we let someone else know what we know, they might gain an advantage over us in sports; and by no means are we ever allowed to let an opponent in on our secrets. We hold our game plan...
“Man may penetrate the outer reaches of the universe, he may solve the very secret of eternity itself, but for me, the ultimate human experience is to witness a flawless hit and run.” Branch Rickey Branch Rickey was an innovative Major League Baseball executive who...
