Sinopsis
Listen in as Dan Blewett shares stories from his tumultuous baseball career, and the lessons he learned scratching his way (almost) to the top.
Episodios
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EP31 – Bill Murphy on Japanese Baseball
07/12/2017 Duración: 01h23minBill Murphy, over his 14-year career, spent time in the MLB and NPB, spending two seasons with the Chiba Lotte Marines, winning a Japan World Series with them in 2010. He talks about growing up as a pitcher in California, coming into his own as a collegiate pitcher, his 3rd round selection in the “Moneyball” draft by the Oakland A’s, his time in the Major Leagues and how different playing in Japan is compared to American baseball.
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EP30 – Sean Gleason Talks Mexican League Baseball
28/11/2017 Duración: 01h01minSean Gleason, former Orioles farmhand, explains the differences between American and Mexican League baseball. He talked about his development into a hard-throwing reliever, weight training, and the grind of Minor League baseball.
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EP29 – Daniel Herrera
22/11/2017 Duración: 01h10minDaniel Herrera was one of the last pitchers to throw a screwball in the Major Leagues, and we talked about command, reading hitters, his crazy MLB debut, and more.
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EP28 – Fehlandt Lentini – The Man You Can’t Catch Stealing
15/11/2017 Duración: 01h12minFehlandt Lentini stole 567 bases at an 85% success rate over 17 years of professional baseball, an absurdly good rate. Listen as he explains his secrets, and his experience being one of the main characters in the book The Only Rule Is it Has to Work.
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EP27 – Jacob Cruz
07/11/2017 Duración: 58minJacob Cruz, the hitting coach for the AA Tennessee Smokies, joins me to talk about trends in hitting, the Arizona Fall League, what what it takes to make it in baseball.
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EP26 – Bobby Stevens
01/11/2017 Duración: 01h01minBobby Stevens, former Orioles minor league infielder, talks travel baseball, dealing with difficult teammates, the baseball Twitter world, and more.
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EP25 – Guide to Preventing Pitching Injuries Pt.2
21/10/2017 Duración: 54minIn part two, we discuss pitching injury factors including radar gun usage and velocity obsession, the Motus sleeve, pitch mix, pitch counts and tournament usage.
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EP24 – Guide to Preventing Pitching Injuries Pt.1
15/10/2017 Duración: 44minIn this episode, Dan gives practical advice for parents and coaches on preventing pitching injuries.
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EP23 – Shawn Teufel: Sidearm Pitching, Velocity and Bernie Madoff
01/10/2017 Duración: 54minShawn Teufel, former Mets and Tigers farmhand and son of 1986 World Series Champion Tim Teufel, joins us to talk about his conversion from conventional to sidearm pitching. We talk at length on velocity, college choices, and being a victim of the Bernie Madoff Ponzi scheme.
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EP22 – Zach Clark Pt.2
22/09/2017 Duración: 37minZach Clark continues his story of converting into a Knuckleballer, then his transition back into conventional pitching, then finally scouting. We discuss life on the road, how families make Minor League life work, and more.
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EP21 – Zach Clark: Converting Into A Knuckleballer
15/09/2017 Duración: 50minZach Clark talks about his 10-year professional career as a pitcher, in which he made it to the Major Leagues as a conventional pitcher, despite long odds as a non-drafted free agent. Then, the Baltimore Orioles asked him to convert into a knuckleballer. How did it go? It’s a long story. Part 1 of 2.
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EP20 – Misconceptions in Pitching
10/09/2017 Duración: 47minIn this episode of Dear Baseball Gods, I discuss long toss, tracking bullpen strike percentages, string lines, luck and other misconceptions in pitching.
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EP19 – What It Takes
03/09/2017 Duración: 36minDan explains the five key things everyone needs to be truly great at sports, baseball, or, well…anything.
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EP18 – Dr. Alan Nathan Talks Saberseminar
18/08/2017 Duración: 01h11minDr. Alan Nathan, a world expert on the physics of baseball, joins me to talk Red Sox, Sabermetrics, and Saberseminar 2017. Follow him on Twitter: @pobguy
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EP17 – The Yips
09/08/2017 Duración: 45minWhat exactly are “the yips?” They’re mythical, terrifying, and very real.
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EP16 – Getting Cut.
26/07/2017 Duración: 46minGetting cut, or released, as they call it, is never easy. Dan tells the story of the few times he was released, how coaches evaluate players, and how to move forward if and when the bad news comes down.
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EP15 – Slumps, Superstition in Baseball, and Variance
16/07/2017 Duración: 52minIs superstition in baseball worth even a second thought? How much does bad luck play into a slump? And, how much does the normal variance in baseball play into longterm performance? Listen in as Dan talks about how to combat slumps, how to stay mentally strong and understand the many things at play in good longterm performance.
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EP14 – The Collapse of the Lake County Fielders
09/07/2017 Duración: 01h24minNothing is ever sure. I started the season, in 2011, with a new team that was getting a new ballpark in a new league. A month and half later, we were all scrambling to find new teams, abandoning the sinking ship. We weren’t getting paid, we were on the road for the first 7 weeks of the season, we flew overnight flights to every series. Exhausted, we found ways to win and were a part of one of the best stories in minor league baseball.
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EP13 – Meditation, and The Worst Day of My Life
30/06/2017 Duración: 57minI blew the game for the third time in a row. In the clubhouse after the game, the manager walked through to the coaches’ office, slammed the door, then basically screamed how he felt about me and my performance. It wasn’t pretty, and it drove me to find meditation, visualization, and the mental training that gave me incredible confidence and saved my career. What did he shout, for all my teammates to hear, and how did I respond? Tune in to find out.
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EP12 – The Parent-Athlete Relationship
19/06/2017 Duración: 45minDan discusses the parent-athlete relationship and how parents can best support a happy, healthy career in sports.