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“If we are to learn to improve the quality of the decisions we make, we need to accept the mysterious nature of our snap judgments.” – from the book Blink (2005) by Malcolm Gladwell As players and coaches, sometimes we don’t recognize what’s likely to happen on the baseball field until it actually does. It’s … Continue reading
“You must forget the last game and the last inning and the last batter, because there is not a thing that you can do about them. The only batter you can get is the one standing up there at the plate with the bat in his hand. You can have the strongest arm in the … Continue reading
“The legendary shortstop Derek Jeter was a frequent subject of debate during the Moneyball era. Broadcasters and scouts noticed that Jeter seemed to make an especially large number of diving plays and concluded that he was an exceptional shortstop for that reason. Stat geeks crunched the numbers and detected a flaw in this thinking. Although … Continue reading
“If you do not expect the unexpected you will not find it, for it is not to be reached by search or trail.” – Heraclitus (Greek Philosopher, late 6th century BC) [Today’s post is a short follow-up to one from a couple weeks ago entitled “Baseball Is Not A Spectator Sport (For The Players)”. Although … Continue reading
“All the world’s a stage, And all the men and women merely players: They have their exits and their entrances; And one man in his time plays many parts” – the opening lines of a monologue spoken by the character Jaques in Act II Scene VII of the play As You Like It (1623) by … Continue reading
Elevate Your Baseball Game 