Cubs game tonight

I think one things players and even some coaches lose sight of is that you need to do everything with a purpose...as an infielder when your playing catch you should always recieve the ball as if you were turning a double play and make sure your glove never closes...your more using the heal of the glove to slow the ball down and get your hands quicker

Instead of 8 guys standing around the cage during BP...work on bunting at the college level and below every hitter should be able to get a bunt down. The best hitter in high school baseball still fails oround 6 times out of 10 so it should be something everyone works on.

Also for OF...in BP play every ball live and work on your reads..watch the movie 61 and watch how Maris runs balls down in BP...thats how those guys played the game

Just a few little things for kids to work on at practice to get work in...because you will never make it just doing what everyone else is doing

good points.

for pitchers, best pitch in baseball is a change-up, yet, many pitchers struggle with it. in high school, a pitcher might throw a change once or twice in a game. well if that is the only time you are throwing it, of course it's going to be difficult. i have my pitchers warm-up throwing change-ups to each other...still working on mechanics from short distance, but they get the feel of how to throw the change. they'll feel more comfortable in the game when it's called. hey, never know, maybe they'll even want to throw more of them!

Never close my glove? How do you receive a low throw below your knees without squeezing your glove? In college we tried the old work on getting reads and having the outfielders go full speed only to see two of our starters collide in practice with one breaking their neck and the other going into convulsions. One of the scariest things I have ever seen

I did not think I would have to explain to people with knowledge of baseball that catching without closing the glove is only when the throw is in the head, chest, shoulder area