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Anticipate Probable Outcomes

“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

A Student Of The Game Is Always Learning

“At the end of our workout I spoke to the kids briefly about the two fundamental “rules” I have for when we’re together.  1) Safety – basically don’t do anything dumb that would put someone else or yourself in harm’s way.  Wear helmets when batting, be careful and aware of others when swinging bats, make … Continue reading

Baseball Is A Simple Game, But It Is Not An Easy Game To Play

“A good friend of mine used to say, ‘This is a very simple game. You throw the ball, you catch the ball, you hit the ball. Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose, sometimes it rains.’ Think about that for a while.” – Ebby Calvin “Nuke” LaLoosh (Tim Robbins) from the motion picture Bull Durham (1988) … Continue reading