Lessons from Little League: Motivation
With three boys playing baseball, I spend every evening on the baseball diamond and the hours after I get home are often filled with more batting practice in the basement. I've learned a lot about baseball, boys, and myself through coaching over the last 5 years. I thought I'd share a few of these life lessons as they occur. After (another) tough loss on Saturday – I was feeling pretty discouraged. The truth is I feel frustrated and discouraged because we've got 12 great players and they each have a ton of potential. I feel I've failed them. I feel the boys are lacking motivation and...
Read MoreP-E-R-F-E-C-T!
I was in San Francisco this week speaking at and attending the TV of Tomorrow Show. As I typically do, I was scheduled to take the red eye home on Wednesday night. I had a few hours between the end of the conference and my flight so after grabbing dinner at Anchor and Hope, I walked to AT&T Park to watch a few innings of the Astros @ Giants game before heading to SFO for a 10:43PM flight. I had caught the last few innings on the previous night and thought I'd catch a few more before leaving for DC. My tweet at the time sums it well: Over the years I've been fortunate to have some...
Read MoreCole Hamel, Bryce Harper, and the Unwritten Rules of Baseball
One of the books I'm currently reading is Jason Turbow and Michael Duca's The Baseball Codes: Beanballs, Sign Stealing, and Bench-Clearing Brawls: The Unwritten Rules of America's Pastime. It's a great read that goes through the myriad of unwritten rules in baseball - from running up the score, when stealing should be done, retaliation and general baseball etiquette. Halfway through the book, a few insights are apparent. First, many of the disagreements we see in baseball come from a different interpretation of these many unwritten rules. It is also worth noting the application and...
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