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Wall Street Journal writer Jared Diamond on Swing Kings and the Home Run Revolution

The SIS Baseball Podcast

English - April 07, 2020 12:00 - 24 minutes - 16.9 MB - ★★★★★ - 23 ratings
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On this edition of The SIS Baseball Podcast, Mark Simon (@MarkASimonSays) is joined by Wall Street Journal national baseball writer Jared Diamond (@jareddiamond), author of the new book, Swing Kings: The Inside Story of the Home Run Revolution. Jared and Mark discuss who these people are that have established themselves as hitting experts (2:08), the communications aspect of trying to teach hitting (5:37), which superstar players have benefited the most from swing coaches (7:04), how much of the home run increase is related to swings vs the changing baseball (12:48), and Jared’s experience as a hitting pupil (17:11).


Get your copy of Swing Kings: The Inside Story of the Home Run Revolution at HarperCollins.com or wherever books are sold.

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