I don't know this guy but this is apretty good blog on the MLB Draft.https://thehittingguy.com/blogs/the-daily-hitter/the-truth-about-the-draftThe Truth About the Draft As the 2017 1st Year Player Draft approaches. Many young boys & families throughout the country are excited. To date, I personally have had 96 MLB Draft Picks come out of my program. Twenty-Six made it to the Big Leagues, and I've seen…See More

I don't know this guy but this is apretty good blog on the MLB Draft.https://thehittingguy.com/blogs/the-daily-hitter/the-truth-about-the-draftThe Truth About the Draft As the 2017 1st Year Player Draft approaches. Many young boys & families throughout the country are excited. To date, I personally have had 96 MLB Draft Picks come out of my program. Twenty-Six made it to the Big Leagues, and I've seen…See More

These days in baseball, every batter is trying to find an angleWith increasingly sophisticated data available, major league hitters are focusing on getting the ball in the air.Interesting article: https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/sports/mlb-launch-angles-story/Los Angeles Dodgers third baseman Justin Turner, put it another way: “You can’t slug by hitting balls on the ground. You have to get the ball in…See More

The New Tommy John Surgery That Could Change BaseballRAY GLIERMay 18 2017, 3:19pmFoto de Monica JohnsonFor nearly half a century, a UCL injury has meant complete elbow reconstruction for pitchers—and over a year of rehab. Thanks to an enterprising doctor and some very high-quality tape, that is finally changing.Dr. Jeff Dugas has scrubbed in for about 2,000 surgeries on the ulnar collateral ligament of the…See More

9 Things Good Sports Parents Avoid December 2, 2016  0 CommentIn Balance by Alex…See More

The Mystery of the Vanishing ScrewballHector Santiago of the Los Angeles Angels was sitting at a restaurant table in Glendale, Ariz., in March, holding an orange in his left hand. He formed a circle with his thumb and forefinger, then spread his remaining fingers around the fruit with half an inch between each one. He was demonstrating how he throws his screwball, which is the best in baseball mostly because nobody else has one.The secret, he said, is to exert no pressure with the pinkie or…See More

The Mystery of the Vanishing ScrewballHector Santiago of the Los Angeles Angels was sitting at a restaurant table in Glendale, Ariz., in March, holding an orange in his left hand. He formed a circle with his thumb and forefinger, then spread his remaining fingers around the fruit with half an inch between each one. He was demonstrating how he throws his screwball, which is the best in baseball mostly because nobody else has one.The secret, he said, is to exert no pressure with the pinkie or…See More

MU uses technology to teach hittersBy Matt Nestor mnestor@columbiatribune.com | 815-1786 Oct 9, 2016The first time Missouri baseball assistant coach Dillon Lawson held a pitch-recognition training session, he looked at his players and realized they had no clue what they had just seen.Lawson loaded up a video of a pitcher from a batter’s-eye view. The hurler went into his wind-up, but just as he released the ball, the screen…See More

With scholarship limit, college baseball careers come with a costBy Dirk Chatelain / World-Herald staff writerAnthony Marks is a 5-foot-7, bearded ball of fire.Coming out of high school in western Pennsylvania, he was a 150-pound outfielder without a Division I (or D-II) scholarship offer. But his summer baseball coach knew Coastal Carolina’s coach, who invited Marks to walk on.First time Marks took batting practice with the Chanticleers, he wore jean shorts and a sleeveless undershirt. He had…See More

With scholarship limit, college baseball careers come with a costBy Dirk Chatelain / World-Herald staff writerAnthony Marks is a 5-foot-7, bearded ball of fire.Coming out of high school in western Pennsylvania, he was a 150-pound outfielder without a Division I (or D-II) scholarship offer. But his summer baseball coach knew Coastal Carolina’s coach, who invited Marks to walk on.First time Marks took batting practice with the Chanticleers, he wore jean shorts and a sleeveless undershirt. He had…See More