Play Ball Kid Baseball Development Podcast
105 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 1 year ago - ★★★★★ - 54 ratingsOur podcast is for those who are interested in baseball player development and the recruiting process. It was originally started by Sammy Eisenberg as a 13 year old. He wanted to share knowledge he gained as he interviews current & former professionals around the game of baseball. If you are committed to the process of getting better, we want to help you Play Ball, Kid!
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The ABCs of an MLB Bullpen Coach with Chris Young, Chicago Cubs
February 17, 2021 13:00 - 15 minutes - 14.8 MBChris "CY" Young serves as bullpen coach for the Chicago Cubs. He formerly served as pitching coach for the Philadelphia Phillies. Young attended Mississippi State University, and played college baseball for the Mississippi State Bulldogs. He earned Freshman All-America honors.[2] In 2001 he was 5–1 with a 2.81 ERA. In 2002, he had a 5–2 win–loss record with a 3.67 earned run average (ERA), and was named the Southeastern Conference Pitcher of the Week for the week ending May 20.[3] Young ea...
Owning the Mental Game with Diamyn Hall
February 03, 2021 11:35 - 30 minutes - 27.8 MBUnlocking the Process to Success with former Wright State, Director of Peak Performance & Mental Conditioning. Diamyn Hall is currently known as one the world's top Online Mindset Coaches. He is the creator of The Hitter’s Blackbook & Founder of The Mental Game Blueprint VIP training program. As a former division 1 baseball player and division 1 coach, Diamyn has impacted millions of lives around the world through his trainings, books, course, & viral videos on social media. Diamyn Hall...
Rounding Third: Practice Planning with author Coach Zach Casto
January 27, 2021 13:00 - 12 minutes - 11.7 MBCoach Zach Casto started his coaching career at West Virginia State University Student Assistant for 2 years (2016-2018) and is currently the Nitro High School Assistant Coach (Outfield, Base-Running, Analytics, First Base Coach). He is the author of "Rounding Third: Skills, Drills, and Best Practices in the Game of Baseball" and the Rounding Third Leadership baseball blog and Co-Host of "Classroom Chatter" podcast. You can follow Zach on Twitter. Sammy and Zach discuss: Why he decide...
Old School Wisdom, New School Knowledge with Jerry Weinstein - Colorado Rockies Coach
January 20, 2021 13:00 - 14 minutes - 13.9 MBA lifelong learner & coach shares lessons learned from coaching teams in high school, junior college, summer college leagues, NCAA D1, the minor leagues, the MLB and international competitions, such as the Olympics and the World Baseball Classic. Jerry Weinstein began his coaching career in 1966 as a UCLA freshman coach. He was an assistant under Ron Fraser on the 1984 University of Miami Hurricanes, which came in fourth at the College World Series. He then coached at Sacramento City Colleg...
Effective Velocity Secrets with Perry Husband
January 13, 2021 14:00 - 45 minutes - 41.7 MBHow Pitchers Like Blake Snell Dominate Hitters and What Hitters Need To Understand About Pitch Tunnels & Timing Perry Husband is a pioneer in the world of Baseball Science. He introduced many modern hitting metrics to baseball, including Exit Velocity and Launch Angle. Working with Jay Bell, he used metrics to diagnose and improve performance in both Exit Velocity and Launch Angle in one session with Jay’s swing. Jay had an increase of 10 MPH in Exit Velocity and improved his Launch Angl...
Understanding Recovery from Koufax to Bauer with Gary Reinl, Director of Pro Teams, Marc Pro
January 06, 2021 14:58 - 26 minutes - 24.6 MBGary Reinl is the Director Pro Teams at H-Wave & MARC PRO, and has spent nearly forty years in the sports-medicine field, with diverse experiences ranging from training professional athletes to pioneering the field of strength-building for women during the pregnancy year to developing rehabilitation programs for injured workers. Additionally, his ground-breaking senior strength-building protocol has now been implemented in more than 1,000 senior living facilities. Gary has authored two prev...
A Biomechanics Lab On Your Phone with Dr Mike Sonne
December 30, 2020 14:06 - 12 minutes - 12 MBBiomechanics & AI: The Future of Mechanics Development Dr. Michael Sonne is the VP of Research and Innovation for ProPlayAI, a company focused on measuring and describing human motion. Mike is also the research director for the Baseball Development Group in Toronto, Canada, as well as an adjunct professor at Brock University. At Brock, Mike and his graduate students focus their research on better understanding the measurement and analysis of pitching mechanics. Mike has also written about p...
20 Year Old former College Baseball Player Obsessed with Sharing Mental Performance Training, Perry Quartuccio
December 23, 2020 13:55 - 16 minutes - 15.7 MBPerry Quartuccio is a former college baseball player. Last February, he made the gut-wrenching decision to quit the sport he grew up playing, the sport He loved. Months later, during a nationwide pandemic, Perry found himself writing and putting together a book with hopes of giving back to the baseball community. The book is titled Reaching Home Plate: An In-Depth Guide on Getting Recruited, Conquering Adversity, and Achieving Mastery. In it, Perry shares many personal experiences as he r...
Developing Velocity, Rehab & Injury Prevention with Pocket Radar's Tyler Scaturro
December 16, 2020 19:15 - 20 minutes - 19.3 MBTyler Scaturro is the Brand Manager of Pocket Radar Inc., which designs, engineers and manufactures revolutionary speed tracking technology for a wide-range of applications. After his collegiate baseball playing career ended at the JUCO and Div. II levels, he joined the Pocket Radar start-up team in 2012. Having a background working for a family-owned restaurant business and playing sports all the way through college, helped him adapt to the fast-moving, juggling multiple hats start-up car...
You Haven't Failed Enough to be Successful with Demetre Kokoris, MILB Pitching Coach Blue Jays Organization
December 09, 2020 12:49 - 18 minutes - 16.7 MBDemetre Kokoris is currently a MiLB pitching coach in the Blue Jays Organization. He got his Bachelor of Science degree from the Univ. of South Carolina and his MBA from Cal St. Fullerton. At Cal State Fullerton, he was fortunate to be mentored by Dr Ken Ravizza, the Godfather of the mental game and author of Heads Up Baseball. He's coached with NCAA Div. 1 skipper George Horton (Cal St. Fullerton/Oregon) and UCSB coach Andrew Checketts when Checketts was the pitching coach at Oregon. Demet...
Old School versus New School Pitching with Lary Sorensen, former MLB All-Star pitcher & PitchLogic Executive
December 02, 2020 14:21 - 9 minutes - 9.15 MBHow to combine data from a smart baseball with old school feels. Lary Sorensen is a ten-year veteran of Major League Baseball. He played for a total of seven teams during his thirteen-year professional career including the Milwaukee Brewers, St. Louis Cardinals, Cleveland Indians, Oakland A’s, Chicago Cubs, Montreal Expos and San Francisco Giants. Sorensen finished with a career record of 93-103 and a 4.15 e.r.a., including 10 shutouts, 69 complete games and 1,736 innings pitched. Sorensen ...
Delivering a New WIN(ing) Reality to Hitter Development
November 25, 2020 14:24 - 21 minutes - 20.4 MBIn the spring of 2009, Chris O’Dowd the Oakland Athletics drafted him in the 40th round of Major League Baseball’s amateur draft. A switch-hitting catcher out of Regis Jesuit High School in Denver, Colorado, he’d become a coveted prospect after years of training alongside his father, Dan, one of the chief architects of the legendary Cleveland Indians teams of the 1990s. O’Dowd had grown up with an unprecedented glimpse into the inner working of Major League Baseball (MLB). As the son of Clev...
Developing Unicorn Fastballs with Mike McGuinness and Nolan Long
November 18, 2020 22:34 - 16 minutes - 15.5 MBMike McGuiness (CEO) and his brother Connor McGuiness are the co-founders of the hottest pitching tool in the market, Clean Fuego. Nolan Long is a RHP in the Dodgers organization and part of the Clean Fuego team. Mike and Nolan join Sammy this week to discuss: The back story of their baseball careers and the development of Clean Fuego How Clean Fuego seemed to catch fire after the release of the viral Joe Kelley video. Dodger's pitcher, Joe Kelley breaking his window while throwing Clean ...
Follow the Green Light Not the Noise with Coach Kyle Wagner
November 11, 2020 21:33 - 11 minutes - 10.5 MBKyle Wagner is and educator and the author of "How The RiverCats Won" and "Green Light Hitting." Kyle is a former standout high school baseball player who went on to play Division 1 baseball at Wake Forrest and a year in the pros. Kyle was part of the historic 2015 Red Land Little League team that wen on to win the United States Championship. Sammy and Kyle discuss: Kyle's fascinating baseball journey in baseball, as well as his coaching journey. Kyle's “green light hitting” book and wh...
Getting our athlete's bodies back to Square 1 with Shawn Sherman
May 24, 2020 22:25 - 25 minutes - 23.8 MBHelping baseball players perform better by dealing with compensations. The SQUARE 1 System™ was developed by Shawn Sherman. Shawn earned his Exercise and Sport Science degree from Penn State University and operates a private practice in Western Springs, Illinois. Over the years, Shawn has held numerous industry certifications and therefore understands what and how the conventionalists think and believe. Over the past 25 years, his understanding of movement has evolved from that of an appren...
Rotational Power Assessment & Development with Bill Miller, CSCS
April 22, 2020 19:17 - 10 minutes - 9.46 MBWhen and how to develop rotational power in your baseball swing Bill Miller is a Certified Strength & Conditioning Specialist since 2017. He has a passion for learning, spreading and applying the most advanced methods of strength training for baseball players. Bill has worked with athletes from Little League through professional ranks. He played baseball collegiately at Trinity Christian College in Palos Heights, IL, graduating with a degree in Exercises Science. Played briefly in the Fron...
Throwing is a Natural Movement Revolution with Virgil Vasquez
April 16, 2020 15:57 - 11 minutes - 10.7 MBVirgil Vasquez has heard these quotes often, "if you throw, you are going to break", "throwing overhand is unnatural." Alex Trezza and himself are out to change this mindset and belief. Virgil believes that throwing is a natural motion, that anyone can learn to throw healthy. He believes this because he taught himself how to throw correctly after his 12 year career was over. His drive is to reach out to people that desire to learn how they can teach themselves to have their perfect throw. H...
Are You the Hunter or the Hunted Pitcher Development with Colter Bostick
April 04, 2020 19:01 - 13 minutes - 12.9 MBHow does your pitcher compare with these development benchmarks? Sammy and Colter Bostick discuss: Colter's benchmark chart for development of velocity, long toss, and other key performance indicators across age groups for pitchers. There is a group of coaches who are against using radar guns and other tech for young athletes but your chart starts with 9U, would you use tech with younger athletes? How you make the measurements more understandable for the younger athletes. There are a lo...
Training Explosive Velocity by Leveraging Fascia and Levers with Foot Doctor Esia Rivera
March 27, 2020 17:15 - 29 minutes - 27.2 MBFoot Doctor Esia Rivera is a Sports Performance and Rehabilitation Consultant based in Hutto, TX. He novel approach to speed and agility training is focused on translating those abilities to the skills needed on the field. Make sure to follow Esia on Instagram. He holds the following degrees: M.S. Exercise Science M.S. Rehabilitative Sciences B.S. Sports Management NASM PES (Performance Enhancement Specialist) NASM CES (Corrective Exercise Specialist) NASE Level 2 Speed CoachFoot ...
Whooping up Baseball Workloads with Tommy Johnson, Performance Enhancement Specialist / Baseball Pro
October 25, 2019 20:28 - 17 minutes - 16 MBTommy Johnson, MS, PES, CES, FMS, PN-1, was raised in Gaithersburg, where he started his baseball journey, playing with several local youth organizations in the area. He graduated from Quince Orchard High School, where he played and excelled during his tenure and received All County and Metro Area Honors as a Catcher. Baseball America ranked Tommy as one of the top three Catchers in the state of Maryland. He attributes much of his success during High School to the years he spent playing fo...
Training Savage Velocity & Command Together with Pitching Coach Rusty Kellum
October 16, 2019 20:58 - 20 minutes - 19 MBPitching Coach Rusty Kellum combines some of the best techniques to increase velocity with those to increase command with astonishing results. Rusty Kellum is the Pitching Coach at Bishop John J. Snyder High School in Jacksonville, Florida. A pitcher himself, for legendary Coach John Tindall at St. John’s River CC in the early 90’s, Rusty learned to work hard at his craft and has used that training as a foundation to build ballplayers to this day. Coach Kellum has been a youth and high scho...
Developing the Best Arm on Your Team with Harold Mozingo, author of Young Guns Eguide & former pro pitcher
October 07, 2019 14:26 - 17 minutes - 15.8 MBHarold Mozingo is a former pitcher in the Royals and Blue Jays organizations. He is the author of Young Guns Eguide, a 90 page complete guide to training youth pitchers. It includes Velocity Development, Mechanics, Strength Training, Workload, Training for Control, How-To Guide's for each pitch type (including pictures of grips), Training Guides by Age, Sample Routines and more! He also offers baseball lessons and training near Tappahannock, VA. Sammy and Harold discuss: How Harold's mom i...
Baseball development & recovery with Dr. Stephen Osterer
September 30, 2019 17:48 - 14 minutes - 13.2 MBDr. Stephen Osterer is the owner of Baseball Development Group. He is a chiropractor, strength and conditioning coach living in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. A traumatic elbow injury in high school almost derailed his chances to attend Cornell University and pitch for the Big Red. In the process of seeking out treatment options, Dr. Osterer developed a strong passion for manual therapy, rehabilitation, and sports performance. The concept of combining these into a career led him to the Canadian M...
Pushing on the Edge with MLB Agent Rachel Luba
September 18, 2019 15:55 - 16 minutes - 15.5 MBRachel Luba works behind the scenes of professional baseball but if you have seen Trevor Bauer's videos you might have caught a glimpse of Rachel Luba. Sammy and Rachel discuss her journey from UCLA gymnast, to an attorney working with the MLB on player salary arbitration cases to becoming a player agent. Why Trevor Bauer and possibly others will only be interested in one year deals with baseball teams. How baseball can deal with the surge of young athletes making it to the big leagues a...
Developing Loose versus Tight moving Baseball Players with Nunzio Signore (BA, CSCS, NASM CPT, FMS)
September 06, 2019 18:01 - 15 minutes - 14.3 MBNunzio Signore (BA, CSCS, NASM CPT, FMS) is the owner and operator of Rockland Peak Performance in Sloatsburg, New York, author of the book Pitchers Arm Care, Director of the Pitching Lab, and a contributing writer for such publications as Inside Pitch Magazine, Elite Baseball Performance and Stack Sports. He has been one of the most in-demand coaches/trainers in Rockland and Bergen Counties for the past 10 years, working with players in the Cleveland Indians, Minnesota Twins, Anaheim Angels...
Nick Tanielu, Astros prospect currently with AAA Round Rock Express
August 29, 2019 15:00 - 5 minutes - 4.94 MBNick Tanielu was selected in the 14th round (406th overall) in the 2014 draft by the Astros from Washington State. He had a very productive Collegiate career, .364/.433/.506/.939 in 82 games with the Cougars, and was named to the Pac-12 All-Conference team after the 2014 season. His numbers were gaudy, but his lack of power from traditionally a power position and some defensive questions prevented him from being selected higher according to scouts and other sources. This season he is batt...
Brandon Bielak, Astros RH Pitcher for the Round Rock Express
August 29, 2019 15:00 - 4 minutes - 4.56 MBA native of New Jersey, right-handed pitcher Brandon Bielak was chosen by the Houston Astros in the 11th round of the 2017 MLB First Year Player Draft out of Notre Dame, and is rapidly ascending the ranks as a prized Houston asset. Bielak attended St. Joseph, the same private, all-boys Roman Catholic high school in Metuchen, NJ where Jon Bon Jovi also ttended for two years some three dozen years before Bielak (pronounced BEE-lack). A nearby Sayreville native, Bielak committed to Notre Dame...
Astros’ AAA Round Rock Express Manager, Mickey Storey
August 29, 2019 14:58 - 9 minutes - 8.89 MBMickey Storey, is the manager of the Astros AAA affiliate, Round Rock Express beginning in 2019. He is leading the Round Rock Express to divisional leaders in the Pacific Coast League (81-53 record as of today). He spent last season as manager for Class A Quad Cities, going 81-59 in his first year as skipper. Mickey is a former professional pitcher with the Blue Jays and Astros. Mickey is the youngest manager at AAA at 33 years old. Mickey and Sammy discuss: His pathway in player developm...
Pitcher Development using Rapsodo with Bo Martino, pitching coach at Stephen F Austin University
August 21, 2019 15:49 - 14 minutes - 13 MBBo Martino Is the pitching coach at Stephen F Austin University, a D1 program based in East Texas. He is the founder of Johnny Wholestaff and the Rapsodo pitching text group. He returned to Nacogdoches for the 2019 season following a two-year stint as the pitching coach at NCAA Division II institution Cedarville University. Through his two seasons on the Yellow Jackets' staff, Martino helped Cedarville advance to the Great Midwest Athletic Conference Tournament in 2017. At the conclusion of...
Hall Of Fame Baseball Development advice from Casey Fisk
August 15, 2019 15:23 - 17 minutes - 16.1 MBCasey Fisk is the owner of Fisk Performance Training in Michigan. Casey played 1B, pitched, and caught at Illinois State University. He coached 10 years of High School baseball & 12 years of travel baseball. Casey played four seasons at NCAA DI Illinois State in the Missouri Valley Conference. During his time at ISU, Fisk was named to the MVC All-Tournament Team as a senior as he led the Redbirds to the league title and a berth in the regional tournament played that year at Oklahoma State Uni...
Secrets of Elite Athletic Performers with Dr Fergus Connolly
August 07, 2019 22:57 - 15 minutes - 14.5 MBDr. Fergus Connolly is one of the world’s leading experts in team sport and human performance. His highly acclaimed book Game Changer is the first blueprint for coaches to present a holistic philosophy for winning in all team sports. Fergus is the only coach to have worked full time in every major league around the world. He helps teams win at the highest level with the integrated application of best practices in all areas of performance. Fergus has served as Director of Elite Performance for...
Exceptional Pitchers who push the limits with Dr. Mike Reinold
July 31, 2019 19:30 - 14 minutes - 13.8 MBMike Reinold, PT, DPT, SCS, ATC, CSCS, C-PS is considered a world-renowned leader in the field of physical therapy, sports medicine, fitness, and sports performance. Dr. Reinold is currently the co-founder and president of Champion Physical Therapy and Performance, a physical therapy and performance training facility just outside Boston in Waltham, MA. He is also currently the Senior Medical Advisor for the Chicago White Sox and the Director of Baseball Performance at Northeastern University,...
Swing Smarter by Moving Better with best selling author & hitting coach Joey Myers
July 25, 2019 19:47 - 19 minutes - 18.5 MBJoey Myers is the founder of the Hitting Performance Lab. He played 4 years of Division-1 baseball at Fresno State from 2000-2003. He is a member of the American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA), the International Youth and Conditioning Association (IYCA), and the Society for American Baseball Research (SABR). He also partnered with the Positive Coaching Alliance (PCA). Joey is a certified Youth Fitness Specialist (YFS) through the International Youth Conditioning Association (IYCA), Co...
How Pitching is Like Real Estate with Dustin Pease, founder of Lokation Nation
July 18, 2019 20:58 - 14 minutes - 13.1 MBDustin is the owner of Pease Baseball and founder of Lokation Nation. Dustin Pease became the assistant coach at his alma mater, the Mount from 2013 to 2015. Dustin Pease made a seamless transition from professional baseball player to first-year assistant coach during the 2014 season. Pease, who works with the pitching staff at the Mount, began his coaching career after playing seven years of professional baseball. In Pease’s first season working with the Mount’s pitchers in 2014, the staff ...
The Baseball Fraternity with Coach Jeremy Sheetinger, American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA)
July 10, 2019 15:27 - 29 minutes - 27.3 MBJeremy Sheetinger, known as "Sheets" is the College Division Liaison for The American Baseball Coaches Association and host of the ABCA Call from the Clubhouse Podcast, and the Regional Barnstormers clinics. He is responsible for helping service the membership as well as increasing the awareness and services of the ABCA to all potential members. Before joining the ABCA, he was head coach at NCAA Div. III Spalding University in Louisville. In three seasons at Spalding, Sheetinger led the Go...
Why training pitchers safely for velocity may not start with the arm with Lantz Wheeler, Founder of BaseballThinkTank
July 04, 2019 01:07 - 13 minutes - 12.9 MBLantz Wheeler is the Founder of Baseball Think Tank. He is also the inventor of the Core Velocity Belt used by 21 MLB teams and 170+ NCAA D1 college teams. He is also the host of the Pitch a Palooza conference. Prior to establishing Baseball Think Tank, he spent 8 years coaching college baseball. During his 8 years, Lantz developed quite a reputation with 19 former pitchers being drafted by MLB teams. His staffs were twice ranked in the top 25 in the NCAA and currently 5 of his former player...
Breathing Baseball with Alan Jaeger
June 27, 2019 22:03 - 15 minutes - 14.7 MBAlan Jaeger founded Jaeger Sports on the principle that athletes need to develop both their physical and mental skills in order to be successful in game situations. You have probably seen his J-Bands used on many baseball fields from youth athletes to the MLB. As a result of several years of coaching and and personal study was Alan Jaeger’s Mental Training Book, Getting Focused, Staying Focused, and the DVD, Thrive On Throwing, Jaeger Sports’ signature Arm Health, Strength and Conditioning T...
Blessed by Baseball Family with Chris Almendarez, President of the Round Rock Express, AAA affiliate of the Astros
June 20, 2019 19:36 - 14 minutes - 13.5 MBChris Almendarez is a baseball dad and has served as the President of the Round Rock Express since October 2015. Prior to that, he was Assistant General Manager/Senior Vice President for one season and General Manager for two seasons. He joined the Express as a Senior Account Executive in October 2009. As President, Almendarez oversees all business-related aspects of the club while serving as the team's liaison for Pacific Coast League matters. He also works closely with ownership to expand ...
Talking Tech & Teaching Hitting with High School coach, instructor & podcaster Patrick Jones
June 13, 2019 00:53 - 17 minutes - 16.6 MBPatrick Jones is the host of the Patrick Jones Baseball podcast since 2017. Patrick has built out a successful podcast that started with George Foster from the "Big Red Machine" and has included notable guests like Ben Reiter, Bronson Aroyo, Steve Delabar and a number of ‘who’s who’ in the baseball development world. We discuss what he has learned about baseball development & podcasting over the last couple of years of interviewing some of the best in the baseball world. Find out what J...
The Spin on Arm Care with Chad Longworth, former pro player, coach & inventor
June 06, 2019 23:00 - 12 minutes - 11.7 MBChad was a 12th round draft pick of the Cleveland Indians. He also coached H.S. baseball. coach for 5 years. With the advent of new technology began to take hold of baseball he started questioning a lot of what players do and what they are taught. Today he offers remote baseball and softball training as well as a suite of products he has brought to market including the Spinner. In today's show Sammy and Chad talk warming up on field, why do so many athletes who suffered arm/shoulder issues ...
Are you Swinging the Right Bat with Jeff Leach, Manager of Hitting at Axe Bat
June 02, 2019 13:53 - 18 minutes - 17.5 MBWhy have players like Mookie Betts, Dustin Pedroia, George Springer and most recently Kris Bryant switched to an Axe handle? You don't need to think it is a fad or a gimmick but we'll learn more about the swing and bats as Coach Jeff Leach joins our show this week. Coach Jeff Leach, based in San Antonio, Texas, has coached all ages of amateur baseball, most recently with the 17U South Texas Sliders, an elite travel program that has produced more than two dozen professional draft picks. Lea...
Control the pressure & emotions of the game with Justine Siegal, the 1st female MLB Coach
May 24, 2019 13:33 - 10 minutes - 10.1 MBJustine Siegal is the Founder of Baseball For All. In 2015, she became the first woman to coach for a Major League Baseball organization (Oakland Athletics) and to throw batting practice to a MLB team (2011). For her work in baseball, Women’s Sport Museum honored Justine with the Trailblazer Visionary Award; espnW named her an Everyday Hero, while USA Today dubbed her as one of the top 100 most powerful people in baseball (2017). Justine received her PhD in Sport and Exercise Psychology from...
The Business of Baseball with Tim Jackson
May 17, 2019 10:28 - 22 minutes - 20.4 MBThis week we are joined by Tim Jackson, General Manager of the Round Rock Express, AAA affiliate of the Astros. Tim Jackson joined the Express staff in March of 2010. He was promoted to General Manager in October 2015 after serving as assistant GM, baseball operations for one season. In this role, will oversee the day-to-day business and baseball operations of the team. He'll also work closely with Almendarez on the Express' sales efforts. Jackson came to Round Rock after four years at Baylor...
How to win like the Yankees with Mike “Hardball” Hardge
May 09, 2019 16:23 - 17 minutes - 16.4 MBMike “Hardball” Hardge was a 2nd round draft pick of the Montreal Expos in 1990. He went on to play 13 years with the Boston Red Sox, Cardinals & the New York Yankees organizations. He is the co-host of "The Bottom Line" and does commentating for the Round Rock Express, AAA affiliate of the Houston Astros. Mike was an integral part to the memorable 1993 team that won 100 games that was documented in the book "The Class of '93: How One Team Wrecked the Eastern League." He shares about the o...
Robert Bruno, founder of NorCal Baseball on developing elite players.
May 02, 2019 00:26 - 13 minutes - 12.5 MBRobert Bruno has been coaching for over 30 years. He started NorCal Baseball 28 years ago. They have sent over 500 guys to Division I baseball and 52 guys now in the major leagues including 10 guys that I made the All-Star team and a couple MVPs. Some of NorCal’s former players include Joc Pederson, Troy Tulowitzki and Brandon Crawford. Norcal’s program is about developing players on and off the field. It’s important to have great character and to be a great teammate because that will take yo...
Bobby Tewksbary, MLB/MiLB Hitting Coach interviews Sammy Eisenberg
April 26, 2019 18:09 - 15 minutes - 14.6 MBBobby Tewksbary is considered by many to be the world's best hitting coach working with back-to-back MLB MVP's, he was ranked #68 Most Powerful Person in Baseball by USA Today (2016). Many people remember him for throwing in the 2015 Home Run Derby to Josh Donaldson. He continues to work with the world's top hitters as well as youth through college athletes at his facility in Nashua, NH. He is the co-author of "Be A Hitter" and "Elite Swing Mechanics" and runs Hitting Daily, a subscription s...
Bobby Tewksbary, MLB/MiLB professional hitting coach, author, entrepreneur
April 24, 2019 14:17 - 16 minutes - 15.5 MBBobby Tewksbary is considered by many to be the world's best hitting coach working with back-to-back MLB MVP's, he was ranked #68 Most Powerful Person in Baseball by USA Today (2016). Many people remember him for throwing in the 2015 Home Run Derby to Josh Donaldson. He continues to work with the world's top hitters as well as youth through college athletes at his facility in Nashua, NH. He is the co-author of "Be A Hitter" and "Elite Swing Mechanics" and runs Hitting Daily, a subscription...
Michael Mertz , retired Relief Pitcher Miami Marlins organization
April 19, 2019 13:32 - 12 minutes - 11.5 MBMichael Mertz, was drafted in the 14th round by the Miami Marlins. As an undersized youth athlete he started his collegiate baseball career in Juco until he was able to play for Oklahoma State in the College World Series. Sammy and Michael discuss how his injury transformed him as a player as well as what he has learned from his transition to coaching from a player. He is currently coaching in Austin, TX. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/playballkid/message
Xan Barksdale, Team USA Coach, author Catching 101, former professional player & D1 college coach
April 12, 2019 02:05 - 13 minutes - 12.8 MBXan Barksdale is a coach with Team USA, a former professional catcher, who spent 5 years as catching coach at the University of Louisville and 4 years at East Tennessee State University. However, he is most notably recognized for the development of Catching-101.com, his best selling book Catching-101: The Complete Guide for Baseball Catchers, and Catching-101 DVD, along with numerous other camps, products, and catching apps. He has also been a featured speaker at the ABCA National Conventio...
Chris Colabello, Professional hitter/1B for Team Italy, former MLB player and author of Be A Hitter
April 05, 2019 07:54 - 14 minutes - 13 MBChris Colabello, author of Be A Hitter: untold secrets from the clubhouse abut becoming the best hitter you can be, played 7 years of independent professional baseball before signing with the Minnesota Twins. Chris went on to play for the Toronto Blue Jays, and Cleveland Indians. His father, Lou, played baseball in Italy for seven years, pitching in the 1984 Olympics. Look for Chris to play in the WBC (World Baseball Classic). and hopefully the Olympics. Some Facts About Chris Colabello Pla...