Tarrik Jumaan Brock (born December 25, 1973) is an American former professional baseball player and current coach. He is the first base coach for the Pittsburgh Pirates of Major League Baseball (MLB). An outfielder who batted and threw left-handed, he played part of one season in MLB for the Chicago Cubs. He has coached in MLB for the Houston Astros and San Diego Padres. Playing career Brock was originally...

Reggie Smith is by far one of the best hitting coaches in the industry. As a possible MLB Hall of Fame Hitter with 314 HR, .287 lifetime batting average from both sides, an excellent coach who has used science to help hitters has lots of platinum information.   Carl Reginald Smith (born April 2, 1945) is...

Things discussed: Show dedicated to Bill Harrison of Slow the Game Down, the GodFather of Sports Vision and Ryan’s dad. Their company has been training athletes of all sports, all levels for over 49 years. Going to an eye doctor is important but then you need to go to a sports vision person to do...

About Perry Husband Perry Husband is a pioneer in the world of Baseball Science.  He introduced many modern hitting metrics to baseball, including Exit Velocity and Launch Angle.  Working with Jay Bell, he used metrics to diagnose and improve performance in both Exit Velocity and Launch Angle in one session with Jay’s swing.  Jay had...

Lauren is an athlete-turned-mental conditioning coach, who is highly motivating, and relatable with a passion for developing the minds of the elite. Lauren trains professional athletes, military personnel and business professionals through national speaking engagements, educational training workshops and consulting. For the past four years Lauren has served as the Mental Conditioning Coordinator for the...

Dennis Dale McLain (born March 29, 1944) is an American former professional baseball player.[1] He was a pitcher in Major League Baseball for ten seasons, most notably for the Detroit Tigers. In 1968, McLain became the most recent Major League Baseball pitcher to win 30 or more games during a season (with a record of 31–6) — a feat accomplished by only 11 players in the 20th century.[2][3]...

Brent Terry Strom (born October 14, 1948) is a former Major League Baseball pitcher who played from 1972 to 1973 and 1975 to 1977 for the New York Mets, Cleveland Indians and San Diego Padres.[1] He is the pitching coach for the Houston Astros.[2] According to an interview with Tommy John, Strom was the second pitcher to receive Tommy John surgery.[3] Prior to playing professionally, Strom attended San Diego High School then...

Coach Caliendo reconnects with former player with the Schaumburg Flyers Jack Voigt on the podcast. Jack has so much knowledge he can translate to all as a professional player and coach. They discuss what Jack is working on with his players who are now at home, video training, communication, staying positive, developing great habits, a...

Coach Fratto talks about his story from playing at Oakton, going to Georgia and then as a bullpen coach for the Chicago Cubs. Then an assistant coach and finally head coach at Oakton Community College. Final Championship year in 2018. Things discussed: Building a championship culture. How can you build good chemistry in your team?....

Jim Rushford a Chicago native went to San Diego State University, played outfield and pitched. Tries 1st to get to play in Independent ball with no luck, then sees Ron Kittle MLB Player, Manager of the Schaumburg Flyers on WGN TV talking about a new franchise in the Northern League in Chicago and a tryout....