Another set of tryouts have officially come and gone here at MSI. Tryouts are my least favorite time of the year, hands down. It is always full of tough decisions, upset players/families, and a glaring reminder about how backwards some people’s priorities are in youth sports. One of [...]
So my commute to work is pretty brutal. There’s no denying it. It typically takes me around an hour, but with traffic and construction, it can be even longer. I make the most of it though by listening to a lot of different podcasts and audiobooks…”Automobile U” is a [...]
When talking about how to get recruited to play in college, the talk always centers around exit velocity, 60 times, Perfect Game rankings, etc…but there’s still one HUGE component that is being missed…your grades! I recently came across these stats regarding NCAA schools [...]
I took a weekend off! I was in Austin, Texas for one of my best friend’s bachelor party’s (in fact I’m actually writing this on the plane ride home). How did I meet him you ask? I played college baseball with him from 2004-2008. We were both freshman on the team and lived [...]
I hope you are all watching the MLB Playoffs! Not only are they exciting and full of some of the best players in the game, but they are also full of events we can learn from. Let’s take everyone favorite red head, Justin Turner (Dodger’s Third Baseman). He went 0 for 4 with 4Ks [...]
Every young player’s dream is to one day become a Big Leaguer…and can you blame them? I can’t! For a lot of us, the dream was to make this game our career…grown men playing a kid’s game they say. But we aren’t going to talk about dreams today. We’re [...]