Past show, very educational, example of what to come with some of our shows on Baseball Outside the Box

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🎙️ New Episode: From Army to the Ballfield — Leadership Lessons with Colonel Jeffrey J. Del FuocoThis week on Baseball Outside the Box, Peter Caliendo interviews Colonel Jeffrey J. Del Fuoco — U.S. Army Colonel (Ret.), attorney, baseball coach, and podcast host.They explore:⚾ Military discipline applied to baseball⚾ Coaching today’s athletes through failure⚾ Legal/ethical issues in youth sports⚾ His podcast mission & leadership journey🎧 LISTEN NOW:👉 https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/baseballoutsidthebox

Guest, Seattle Mariners Mental Skills Coach Kellen Lee Experienced Certified Mental Performance Consultant (CMPC) with a MA in Sport Psychology and a PhD in Performance Psychology. Looks to enhance human performance through deliberate training of Mental Performance Enhancement techniques to various populations such as elite athletes, military personnel, and organizations. Proficient in Spanish.Do Not Miss This Show!

One of the best radio shows for parents, players and coaches on all sports development is The Sports Doctor. Dr. Weil has some of the best experts in sports development.

Formerly on Healthy Life Radio and was also on WDCB public radio in Chicago for over 20 years. He has written articles for many newspapers & magazines and is a frequent guest on other networks. And his new book, co-written with Sharkie Zartman, titled '#Hey Sports Parents! An Essential Guide for Any Parent with a Child in Sports' - is now available on Amazon!

Join the Sports Doctor and his great guests for important topical information for injury free exercise, wellness and sports performance for both adults and kids. Frequent topics include, the role of the foot in sports, all aspects of sports medicine including, proper sports shoes, youth safety, health, wellness, and sports performance for both adults and children.

From Cubs Arizona spring training Kevin Graber shares with us some great ideas on the following.

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While in Serbia at the (WBSC Europe) World Baseball Softball Confederation European Congress Pete Caliendo is interview about ISG Baseball/Baseball for Good and the ABCA by his good friend with Serbian Baseball Nikola Woo.

Lots of discussion of international baseball:

Baseball For Good www.baseballforgood.org

ISG Baseball www.isgbaseball.com

American Baseball Coaches Association www.abca.org

Caliendo Sports International www.caliendosportsinternational.com

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Get the inside scoop on Team USA in the 2023 World Baseball Classic from one of the coahes, Carlos Munoz.

MLB Scouting School.

Sabermetrics Presenter.

BP Catcher 2017 World Series Champion Houston Astros.

Played in Mexico and Venezuela.

Was asked to be on both USA and Venezuela WBC teams, had to make a tough choice, Born Venezuela and moved here, now a US citizen.

Been on the show before.

Discussed many things:

How he made the decision on picking which country he would represent.

This is not an easy tournament, special rules, only a couple weeks, single elimination, how you navigated through it all.

First time meeting the team of super stars and great coaches.

Role in the bull pen as a coach and catcher.

Different pitchers' preparations.

What did you learn from the players and coaches.

How the team jelled so much with so many super stars and possible big egos.

Player you were really impressed with.

How you guys dealt with after the big loss to Mexico.

Mike Trout and how excited he was.

Batting practice routines of the players.

Pressure of throwing BP to all these super stars, how you dealt with it.

Most explosive crowd/game.

And much much more.

Wojo at 4 years olds moves with his family as missionaries to the Dominican Republic. Then off to Bucharest, Romania and he plays for their Little Team in the Little World Series in Kutno, Poland. Back to the USA at 12 years, plays high school baseball, multi-sport athlete, signs college scholarship with the Cidadel, gets drafted, makes it to the big leagues with Houston, plays 13 years in professional baseball, about 5 in the major leagues, retires in 2022 and goes to Caio, Egypt to help 2500 kids learn about the game.  These kids in the schools never played baseball. While in Cairo he sees that John Carlos Stanton is in Cairo on vacation, texts him and John Carlos comes and helps with the kids. What a life journey and Wojo is just getting started.  Your Host Pete Caliendo Twitter @baseballout Face Book Peter Caliendo Email: [email protected]

Historical conversation live from Ukraine with Baseball National Team Manager and Ukraine Baseball Federation Board member Oleg Boyko. 

They discuss about the war in Ukraine, kids playing baseball, national teams traveling to other countries and how do they do all they do through this tough time.  

Special thanks to ISG Baseball www.isgbaseball.com and Baseball for Good www.baseballforgood.org who for years have been helping Ukraine Baseball and continue to do so today.  

This is a must listen episode. Know that whatever problems you may have in your life or baseball, may not even come close to your country being destroyed. They keep fighting, continue to do what they love, teach baseball, help kids stay focused on the game and less on the war.  The solders are true heroes as Oleg and other coaches will tell you, but these baseball coaches, officials and players in our eyes also are hero's and incredible people for fighting through these imaginable times.  

If you can help support them, email Peter Caliendo at [email protected] for details.  

We discuss:   

The war. 

How are they doing? 

How they get through it daily? 

How they manage to Travel to other countries with their national teams in baseball and softball. How they get funding to be able to continue and travel and play.

Organizations like, ISG Baseball and Baseball for Good who help them financially, sending coaches to help and more. 

Coming up project with ISG/Baseball for Good to take 50 baseball and softball Cadet players to Poland for a week of fun, games, training and more.

And so much more to this conversation.  

Your Host Peter Caliendo, " This was not an easy conversation to have knowing all that is going on in Ukraine" My heart goes out to all in Ukraine. 

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This is an outstanding show with Jeremy Guthrie former MLB pitcher, 1st round pick, traveling to 38 countries working with players and coaches. Jeremy has a great passion for international baseball and giving back to the game. His understanding of working with players and coaches is incredible. There are many things discussed here that coaches, parents and players will take extremely valuable.  

Just some of the things discussed:  

His career from being a 3-sport athlete, his influence parents influence and a Japanese/American Mother from Hawaii. 

Being discipline and consistent with his training since he was young. 

Dealing with adversity. 

Pitching movements. 

Recovery routines. 

Being on Team USA in the World Baseball Classic. 

Never had any major injuries in his career, why? 

Developing arm strength. 

Throwing a football, how that helped his arm action. 

Type of pitches to develop and when, why? 

And so much more.  

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