Bat Flips

It goes something like this: hanging curveball, monster home run, bat flip, slow trot, lots of yelling, someone gets drilled with a fastball, benches clear, media goes crazy, players are suspended, the debate continues. A bat flip after a home run always draws...

The Hardest Players to Coach

Proverbs 1:23a “Turn to my reproof…” The hardest players to coach are the ones who see no flaws in their game. It’s not always because they are arrogant, but just that they’ve had so much success they see no obvious reason to change...

You Aren’t as Smart as You Think You Are

After four years of high school baseball, followed by four years of college baseball, I was ready to coach. So I thought. Really, though, I knew it all. I knew the best ways to hit, throw, field, run practice, all of it. I knew it. And, at age 22, I set out to prove...