Anyone Can Do It

He tried to make it as simple as possible. If you work hard at the game, it will reward you. If you do what I ask you to do, I will reward you. He didn’t ask his players to have more pure talent. He didn’t ask them to do what he knew they could not...

A Good Reminder

He had been teaching them some new skills, pushing them beyond where they had gone before. They were capable, but they had just never thought of doing it this way. Now, they seemed hungry for more instruction. Slowly and surely, they had seen themselves improve, had...

How to Know if You’re a Fool

His swing was broken, but he wouldn’t listen. Somehow, the plummeting batting and on-base averages weren’t enough for him to admit his need for help. Not only that…his life was broken, too. A series of rebellious decisions, in the face of pleading...

Specialization

Sometimes the training never seems to end. Baseball is like that. If it’s not in-season practice and games, it’s summer ball. If it’s not summer ball, it’s fall ball. If it’s not fall ball, it’s winter conditioning. Lots of people...

The Only Game I Didn’t Start as a Kid

It’s the only time I remember my dad and I couldn’t get along on the baseball field. I was eleven and our team was about to face a 12-year-old flame thrower from one of the league’s best teams. Dad wanted me to be ready. I was scared to death. It was...