Excellent baserunners are made not born. A fast baserunner is not always the best baserunner. Being fast is only one component to becoming a great baserunner. Too often, young players look only to their speed to distinguish themselves but being a valuable...
One of the most important times in a young player’s career does not occur during the game or even directly after the game. It occurs when the baseball bag is thrown into the trunk and the young player climbs into his seat and drives home with mom or dad. This ten...
“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...
