The Real Voices of the Game Productions

Olympics a disaster

Heather MacDonald and masulinity/boy scouts

MLB is softening

Reality check in baseball

All that Jazz

Drinking out of the hose

1st and 3rd bunting- creating chaos

We're dumbie proof

Psychology of Chisholm/The importance of Judge

2 Strike toughness

Pitch Com(munism)

A Way out of this mess

Gary Allenson

Honesty- No "Me" or "I"

3 genrations ... the secret

Journey to the NY Yankees

Gillick - Expansion- The Jays

Role as a Dad

Secret to Hitting Tommy John

Where have the fundamentals gone

Lessons from managers

Players that had him in awe

Coaching vs Criticism

Gotta love it

Coaching coaches

Buzzy and Duke

The fabric of baseball- scouting the scouts

Jim Abbott

The Skipper

Moose

Trades

Great expectations

Gene Autry- ".... but I'll miss you."

Umpires

The Commish

Pawtucket

How would the players of the 80's, 90's 2000's fair today

Fundmentals and the 2 strrike approach

Japan

Tommy Lasorda

Today's Kids and Parents

Frankie Rodriguez

Dialectical political warfare ... in baseball

Alternative meat

Lies

Obesity Czar

Sacred Cow

Cholesteral myth

Nuts

Gentleman in Moscow

Power and Penske

Trade deadline

Draft- College dominant

Signing insight

NIL or Sign

Toe the Rubber: Player Development for All Ages NCAA Division 1 transfer portal 2024-2025 (300 NCAA Division 1 baseball programs. - Approximately 3000 have entered the portal.

College coaches at many Division 1 schools have decided that sitting in Georgia heat in the summer is not beneficial to their recruiting. They have turned to the portal to fill out rosters.

Players in the portal have proven track records, a year or more of physical and emotional development. With current coaching changes many of the top stars in college baseball are entering the portal.

Increased competition for spots on the team. NCAA Division 1 baseball programs have 11.7 scholarships that can be spread out over 32 players (old rule was 27 players) 25% scholarship accounts for a majority of the roster. Division 1 schools SC/NC examples.

Overall Cost (in state tuition) Clemson University $35,000 annual / 25% scholarship equals $8,750 annual University of South Carolina $29,000 annual / 25% scholarship equals $7,250 annual Overall Cost (private school - out of state) Wake Forest $91,000 annual / 25% scholarship $22,995 annual Duke University $94,000 annual / 25% scholarship $23,500 annual 300 division 1 baseball schools can spread 11.7 scholarships among 32 players. (9600 (25%) scholarship opportunities.

500,000 high school baseball layers in the USA 150,000 travel ball baseball players (14-18 years old). Total cost of elite level travel programs Parents are paying $15,000 to $20,000 per year in travel ball costs.

4 years of travel ball equals $80,000 (529 savings fund at 5%) for 4 years equals $100,000 Examples: 25% scholarship at Clemson University for 4 years equals $35,000 25% scholarship at Wake Forest University for 4 years equals $91, 980 Conservative estimate is $3 billion dollars is available in academic scholarships for the 300 NCAA Division 1 baseball schools.

Good grades are as valuable or more valuable than 4 years of elite travel baseball for receiving a scholarship to an NCAA Division 1 program. Academic scholarships are not limited to 25%.

Trying too hard to entertain

Papi- on field in game interviews

HoF opinions- who should be in

Pete Rose

The good and bad of metrics

Coaching philosophy

Never let the bar drop- quality is a part of culture

10 400's and 1950's rules

3 in the wagon 6 draggin'

The importance of Josh Rawitch and Jane Clark

1% and 48

Respect from Helton

Cal-Moli-Moose-Thome

Spahn and Whitey advice

Roberts 28 complete games in a row or DiMaggio hit streak

State of the game speech by the Commish

Ryno-George Brett- Dickie Noles

Mailbag Day

Congrats to HOF Joe Castiglione

All-Star Game Pros and Cons

HOF- Who needs to in- Defense needs to be considered

Celebration

Robots and Reading Hands

Sliding and Diving

Stretching beyond whats comfortable- dealing with mistakes

Holiday and rushing prospects

Make Up

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