Apr 27, 2017 | Diamond Devotions
Anybody who’s played the game had a coach and/or teammate at some point who helped them “unlock” something about themselves on or off the field, or both. In those cases, odds are that person became a close friend of the one they helped, regardless of...
Feb 2, 2016 | Diamond Devotions
When my son moved from machine/coach pitch a few years ago, he entered the wild world of kid pitch baseball. It’s the biggest leap for players, moving from the machine that throws the ball in the same location and with the same speed each time, to the...
Jan 27, 2016 | Diamond Devotions
Some love it, some hate it, but advanced statistical analysis is here to stay in baseball. Those who hate it, in some cases, want to remember their baseball heroes as the legends they were. Those who love it do so because it gives them a way to better evaluate a...
Oct 27, 2015 | Diamond Devotions
“It’s time to give it up and focus on baseball.” That was the gist of what my dad told me as I entered high school. “It” was basketball, a game in my home state of Kentucky that creates legends. Give it up? I was already a legend (in my...
Mar 6, 2014 | Diamond Devotions
Baseball isn’t exactly a culture in which words of affirmation are prevalent. Instead, most of what players receive from coaches and teammates is negative. It’s focused on what they do wrong or the things that are easy to mock. What a shame. It isn’t...
