Mar 6, 2018 | Diamond Devotions
Most of us don’t like to be told the truth. We want to go on believing we’re doing a good job on the field, never truly craving the truth that can either reinforce what we’re doing well or reverse what we’re not doing well. But the truth, even...
Dec 6, 2017 | Diamond Devotions
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...
Sep 6, 2017 | Diamond Devotions
TOOTBLAN. It’s a thing in baseball. Not a good thing. It stands for Thrown Out on the Bases Like a Nincompoop. There’s even a Twitter account dedicated to tracking who racks up the most TOOTBLANs in a season. You’ve seen a guy get a TOOTBLAN…when he...
Feb 6, 2017 | Diamond Devotions
You’ve seen them. Usually, they travel in groups. Some of the guys I played with called them “cleat-chasers.” Apparently, these young ladies liked something about baseball players. Maybe it was the uniform, or the ability to play well, or the tough...
Jan 6, 2017 | Diamond Devotions
I think I could do infield drills in my sleep. Seriously, if someone propped me up and told me to play “wall ball,” I could do it without waking up. At every level of baseball, I did infield drills just like that. The outside wall of our garage served as...
