by Dave Franco | Interview, Mental Baseball, MLB Clubhouse Convos, Winning Ballplayer
Today we get to spend some time with one of the best second basemen in the game who happens to have one of the best personalities in all of sports. Of course, we’re talking about the Reds’ Brandon Phillips. Brandon is in his 11th MLB season...
by Dave Franco | Hitting, Interview, Mental Baseball, MLB Clubhouse Convos, Training Tips
Special thanks to the Mets’ Scott Hairston for hanging out with us today. Scott has enjoyed a nine-year MLB career after being drafted by the Arizona Diamondbacks in the 3rd round of the 2001 MLB draft and then making his big league debut in 2003. He is now in his...
by Dave Franco | Catching, Interview, MLB Clubhouse Convos
Serious catchers out there, listen up! Today we gain some big league catching insight from Blue Jays’ catcher J.P. Arencibia. You might remember the NLB article a little while back with J.P. about hitting and why slumps are all mental. This is a clip with J.P....
by Dave Franco | Hitting, MLB Clubhouse Convos, Training Tips, Winning Ballplayer
You’ll hear coaches and hitting gurus say it all the time to hitters: “Keep it simple.” The natural question that follows from the hitter is, “What exactly does that mean?” It can mean a lot of things, from shortening your stride, limiting your pre-pitch bat...
by Dave Franco | Hitting, Mental Baseball, MLB Clubhouse Convos, Winning Ballplayer
Mets’ third baseman David Wright is one of the premier players in the game today. Despite a down year in 2011, he has burst back into superstardom in 2012. Wright was drafted by the 1st round of the 2001 draft, and since his MLB debut in 2004, he has been a...
by Dave Franco | Hitting, Interview, MLB Clubhouse Convos, Training Tips
“The best hitters keep their bat in the hitting zone longer than everyone else.” If you’ve been around the game long enough, you’ve heard this or something along the same lines before. In a related note, one of the hitting problems I hear about and see the most in...
