Jun 7, 2016 | Diamond Devotions
Don’t get too excited about youth league legends. You know them well. The kid who is a behemoth at age 10-12. He throws harder, hits farther, and runs faster than everyone else. His dad is the one everyone looks at with respect and envy. He sets records no one...
Jan 7, 2015 | Diamond Devotions
He warned me. For years. He warned me that my temper would catch up with me. It was explosive, that temper. It raged at my own failure, at umpires, at those who didn’t play hard, and many other targets. It raged the day I shattered a finger after being picked...
Feb 7, 2014 | Diamond Devotions
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...
Oct 7, 2013 | Diamond Devotions
October means that the end of baseball season is near. For most the players in the Big Leagues, the offseason has already begun. it’s the offseason that will make or break their performance next year. Yet, it’s the offseason that no one sees. No one will...
Aug 7, 2013 | Diamond Devotions
Years ago, I knew a guy who was an incredible athlete. He could do it all. He was the best player on every team in every sport. As a baseball player, he was a five-tool guy. Of all the guys I played with, he could have been the best. But it didn’t happen. His...
