Baseball Decoded

In the baseball recruiting world the Showcase events have become a staple for competitive youth, and big business for the companies that operate them. In this episode Micah and Liam dive into the the Showcase event and analyze how the tested metrics actually compare to baseball skill. Then they peel back another layer to go through the actual physical attributes that are essential for high performance of each skill.

In this Episode Liam talks to Ryder about how Marucci Sports was able to break through and start to challenge some of the long standing metal bat manufacturers.  They cover how the BBCOR certification rocked the bat world and caused many other...

There is a lot of misinformation about how athletes become faster and more powerful. The training across sports has advanced to a level where we can now fully understand the inherent characteristics of powerful athletes, and how to develop them from a young age.Liam and Micah explore the relationship between strength and speed, and how they equate to power.This short form episode is the first in a series dedicated strictly to Speed

Jon (aka "Zinger") is originally from Moline, Michigan where he played with the Grand Rapids A's travel team during high school, a team that made it to the Connie Mack World Series in 1998. He played at the collegiate D1 level for the Michigan State Spartans from 1999 to 2002. After school, Jon was undrafted, but continued to play professionally for 12 years and 14 seasons including Winterball. Jon began coaching part time in 2002 and has since coached at the professional, college...

This audio comes out the archives from when your hosts Liam Mucklow and Micah Gibbs were literally first trying to learn how to use their Zoom Recorder and Adobe Audition. Listen in as the guys try and convince themselves if they should even attempt creating a podcast. Listen in as the two of the team members from The BPL share stories from 2020 Spring Training, Micah's time at LSU and playing pro ba...

Callix Crabbe is originally from Saint Thomas, US Virgin Islands and was drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the year 200 right out of High School. Callix opted to play 2 years of college before again entering the MLB Draft and this time signing with the Milwaukee Brewers. He made his MLB debut with the San Diego Padres in 2008 and continued to play professionally through the 2011 season. In 2012 he began his coaching career with the IMG Academ...

In this episode Liam sits down with Ryder Dupuis inside Marucci Sports Bat Testing lab.  This episode walks us through the evolution of Metal and Composite bats over the last 15 years.  Learn how the market was sent reeling with the introduction of...

In the first Episode of Baseball Decoded listen to Liam and Kyle tell the story of how they met, and how the Baseball Performance Lab joined forces with Marucci Sports to lead the charge in Bat Fitting and Bat Design.

Dr Greg Rose is most famous for his work in golf, founding the Titleist Performance Institute in Oceanside, California. Greg has worked with more professional golfers than anyone on the planet! He is also trained and certified over 20,000 professionals in golfs body-swing connection. In 2018 Dr Rose refocused his energy to studying the body-swing and body-pitch connection and founded On Base University. Since then he has worked with pla...

Eric Walbridge started his pitching career at UC Berkeley in 2010 and while on downtime recovering from a labrum surgery he started helping his team mates relace, break in, and restore their gloves.  Unfortunately Eric return from injury was short...