The baseball life and times of Rob Ducey

Baseball insight from former Big Leaguer Andy Barkett

Micromonitoring of performance is putting a mental strain on kids

Socially sensitive children

Beginner's Mind

What you are vs Who you are

Max/Minimum Fried and the GOATS

Steele and Baryshnikov

Max Effort /Max Results

Tool Box

NBA Draft top 5

Freshman invasion

Guys going back to college ... testing the waters

Effects on NIL

Role of reclass and post grad year

360 with Mike Port

Soto and Facebook wankers

Effect of clubhouses on teams

The AllBlacks. The ‘82 Cardinals. Ozzie and I will talk about this weekend.

Today'sclubhouses. Tv, ipads,cell phones,food , weight room,naproom, massages room,rooms to hide away from the media..Pre planned Post game celebrations

RedSox sitting in front of their lockers scrolling through their phones. Not talking to each other about the game???

Golf and pitching. Scheffler vs Rahm and DeChambeau. No change of speeds or 3/4 shots

My golf partner yesterday was Dr Lesley Brodie. Psychiatrist. We discussed how much fun it is to create shots in bad weather conditions we played in a pouring rain. Temps in the high 40's. I have avoided pneumonia so far…. Figure it out there is no template for it-. she agreed that parents of young athletes need psychiatric help. Not the kids

Automated umpires and shrinking strike zone…Verlanders sensible comment. A distrust and Rules changes implemented by people who have no experience in playing the game. Pretty soon we'll have automated players and that will make it a complete video game

Rob Manfred is a capable labor negotiator representing ownership. And the MLB MARKETING team is doing their job by increasing revenue. Uniform patches . Sponsored elements in stadiums.

BUT….

No respected former players or managers have a voice in baseball matters..Joe Maddon should be the commissioner of baseball activities. Board members could be the Ripken brothers. JimLeyland, Buster Posey. Pedro Martinez,michael cuddyer, Jim Thome. ???

Watch heart of champions Netflix or amazon

The Mendoza Effect

Small town baseball & the fight for the soul of America

It's a calling ...men follow men