What I've Learned From Baseball by Coach John Peter
The game of baseball is infinitely more complex than most give it credit for. Most that I have learned about baseball is common sense…but each lesson took someone with more common sense than I to point it out.
Coaching
Develop and play for the big inning. Why? Because in 65% of all wins, the winning team scores more in one inning than the losing team scores during the entire game! You just can’t count on scoring in every inning.
Pitching
The change up is the 2nd pitch a pitcher should add to his arsenal. Why? Because successful pitching is the destruction of a hitter’s timing.
Hitting
Have an objective before walking into any cage. Why? Because the idea of most pitching machine batting practice should be to work on something specific. You are doing it right when you can hit 7 out of 10 pitches where you want. Until then…keep working at it.
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Effective Two-Strike Hitting by Coach Sam Piraro (San Jose State)
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One of the most important areas of offensive baseball is the ability to make good contact with two strikes. Here are some ideas in dealing with the two-strike situation.
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Baseball Quotes, Wit & Wisdom
I love baseball. It beats working.
Yogi Berra
Dad always said, "Practice, practice, practice." Dad was right. Practice paid off.
Mickey Mantle
A baseball swing is a finely tuned instrument. It is repetition and more repetition then a little more after that.
Reggie Jackson
Most successful people are detail oriented. They don't want to be surprised.
Sam Piraro, Head Coach at San Jose State
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Baseball’s Believe It or Not
On August 24, 1919 Cleveland Indians pitcher Ray Caldwell was on the mound in a game at Philadelphia as an electrical storm approached. With two outs in the ninth inning he needed just one more out when lightning struck – literally. Caldwell was knocked out for five minutes by a bolt from the sky. When he came to, the pitcher insisted on finishing the game (his first with the Indians) and struck out the final batter in Cleveland’s 2-1 victory. For an encore, Caldwell finished off his memorable year two weeks later by throwing a no-hitter against the Yankees.
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