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• Website Updates

  Just wanted to pass on some updates from the Baseball By The Yard website. The comments section of the posts are now working.  Up until now there was a very... Read more

  Posted on 27 November 2012 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• Best Gift for a Young Player

  

  If you are a player or parent/coach of a player, you are probably hoping the holidays are good to you in the way of baseball.  I’ve always felt that if a... Read more

  Posted on 26 November 2012 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• 2B Double Plays Part 1

  Here is Part 1 of 4 videos on double plays for second baseman.  This part focusses on the footwork of coming across the bag to turn the double play. Read more

  Posted on 20 November 2012 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• Trout Or Cabrera

  

  The Great Political Divide has spread to baseball.  Not between Democrats and Republicans but between people on the field (players and coaches) and Sabermetric... Read more

  Posted on 19 November 2012 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• Ideas for Interviews?

  In the next few weeks I will be doing a few podcast style interviews with a local scout, a professional manager, and a person who is very knowledgeable about... Read more

  Posted on 16 November 2012 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• Getting Pitchers Ready for the Season

  The other day I received a great question from a reader.  Because many coaches deal with this issue, I asked permission to use the question and my response in... Read more

  Posted on 15 November 2012 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• Stool Drill for Fielding

  

  If you are a Phillies fan, you probably saw a number of photos like the one to the right showing second baseman Chase Utley rehabbing from his recurring knee... Read more

  Posted on 14 November 2012 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• Indoor Long-tossing

  

  One of the goals of baseball players, especially pitchers, is to build arm strength during the off-season months.  In my opinion, one of the best ways to do tha... Read more

  Posted on 13 November 2012 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• Base Stealing – Tennis Ball Drill

  

  Here is a drill that can be easily done indoors during these colder months.  It’s a drill that focusses on a base runner’s starts when attempting to steal. Read more

  Posted on 12 November 2012 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• Being a One Percent-er

  

  This past campaign season, much was made of the 1% of people at the top of the economic ladder.  One mistake many of their critics make is having the belief tha... Read more

  Posted on 09 November 2012 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• Use Your Voice to Focus the Mind

  

  How many of you can listen to someone talk and be thinking of something totally different than what the person is talking about?  If you are a guy, you better... Read more

  Posted on 08 November 2012 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• Election 2012

  

  People are waking up today to find that the President of the United States has been re-elected in this year’s Presidential race.  On one side there will be... Read more

  Posted on 07 November 2012 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• Coach Them Everyday

  

  I had lunch with a friend of mine yesterday who was a very accomplished coach in a sport other than baseball.  He said when it came to practice, he had a... Read more

  Posted on 06 November 2012 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• How and Why

  

  There is a quote that I like which says, “The person who knows HOW will always have a job.  The person who knows WHY will be his boss. Read more

  Posted on 05 November 2012 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• Don’t Neglect Your Catchers

  Here’s a YouTube video I came across that shows some Yankee catchers working out in Spring Training.  It’s a long video so click through it to get the idea of... Read more

  Posted on 02 November 2012 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• Don’t Forget the Mental Side

  With Hurricane Sandy rolling through and colder temperatures settling in, it looks like most of the Fall programs in my area are all but finished.  Thus begins... Read more

  Posted on 31 October 2012 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• World Champion SF Giants

  

  “When pitching is your strength, you want a good defense,” SF Giants manager Bruce Bochy said. “That shows up every day. … Hitting sometimes, it comes and goes. Read more

  Posted on 30 October 2012 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• The Trouble with Superstitions

  There seems to be a problem with the new site loading so I'm posting today's post here: As you probably already know, baseball players are some of the most... Read more

  Posted on 11 July 2012 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• Baseball By The Yard YouTube Channel

  

  If you have not located this yet, Baseball By The Yard has its own YouTube Channel! The link is below.Most of the video clips from the blog posts are there. Read more

  Posted on 06 March 2012 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• New Site Launches Today!

  FINALLY!!!!!I'm happy to announce that the new Baseball By The Yard site isfinally ready to go! (http://baseballbytheyard.com)All the technical glitches that... Read more

  Posted on 05 March 2012 BASEBALL, SPORTS