EP29 – Daniel Herrera
Daniel Herrera was one of the last pitchers to throw a screwball in the Major Leagues, and we talked about command, reading hitters, his crazy MLB debut, and more.
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EP28 – Fehlandt Lentini – The Man You Can’t Catch Stealing
Fehlandt Lentini stole 567 bases at an 85% success rate over 17 years of professional baseball, an absurdly good rate. Listen as he explains his secrets, and his experience being one of the main characters in the book The Only Rule Is it Has to Work.
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EP27 – Jacob Cruz
Jacob Cruz, the hitting coach for the AA Tennessee Smokies, joins me to talk about trends in hitting, the Arizona Fall League, what what it takes to make it in baseball.
EP26 – Bobby Stevens
Bobby Stevens, former Orioles minor league infielder, talks travel baseball, dealing with difficult teammates, the baseball Twitter world, and more.
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EP25 – Guide to Preventing Pitching Injuries Pt.2
In part two, we discuss pitching injury factors including radar gun usage and velocity obsession, the Motus sleeve, pitch mix, pitch counts and tournament usage.
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EP24 – Guide to Preventing Pitching Injuries Pt.1
In this episode, Dan gives practical advice for parents and coaches on preventing pitching injuries.
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EP23 – Shawn Teufel: Sidearm Pitching, Velocity and Bernie Madoff
Shawn Teufel, former Mets and Tigers farmhand and son of 1986 World Series Champion Tim Teufel, joins us to talk about his conversion from conventional to sidearm pitching. We talk at length on velocity, college choices, and being a victim of the Bernie Madoff Ponzi scheme.
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EP22 – Zach Clark Pt.2
Zach Clark continues his story of converting into a Knuckleballer, then his transition back into conventional pitching, then finally scouting. We discuss life on the road, how families make Minor League life work, and more.
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EP21 – Zach Clark: Converting Into A Knuckleballer
Zach Clark talks about his 10-year professional career as a pitcher, in which he made it to the Major Leagues as a conventional pitcher, despite long odds as a non-drafted free agent. Then, the Baltimore Orioles asked him to convert into a knuckleballer. How did it go? It’s a long story. Part 1 of 2.
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EP20 – Misconceptions in Pitching
In this episode of Dear Baseball Gods, I discuss long toss, tracking bullpen strike percentages, string lines, luck and other misconceptions in pitching.
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