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Improving skills Former: @DrivelineBB Writing on baseball & sports in the link below open.substack.com/pub/rotatenews… Joined August 2009

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Kyle Unitas @KyleUnitas

4 hours ago

🛎️ “You can’t run fast by running poorly.” Some performance problems aren’t primarily informational or perceptual. They’re capability or organization problems.

Brandon Davis, CSCS @Brandon_L_Davis

7 hours ago

One of the best parts of @SHREDmillSpeed is you can’t run fast by running poorly. Had a kid make a 2 MPH jump from rep one to rep two just by understanding big anterior pelvic tilt with big back side mechanics will never be an efficient way to put force into the ground.

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a day ago

@transformbball Getpdf

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Kyle Unitas @KyleUnitas

2 days ago

🔥 Hot Take: If multiple successful solutions exist, all we know is that athletes don’t have to move identically to achieve the same outcome. That doesn’t tell us whether some technical solutions are more effective, more efficient, more robust, or more trainable than others.

Tom Parry @kestrelpsych

2 days ago

Does this suggest there is not “one correct technique” and behavior is a function of constraints 🧐

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2 days ago

@JustinMLB @RobertStock6 How different would you have them

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Mike Petriello @mike_petriello

2 days ago

A good time to re-up one of my favorite research articles I've done: Not only did Ted hit it there, but it was probably more like 530 feet, and it's almost impossible in today's park for anyone to do the same. --> mlb.com/redsox/news/te…

Fenway Park @fenwaypark

2 days ago

📍Section 42, Row 37, Seat 21 80 years ago today, Ted Williams hit the longest home run in Fenway Park history. Today, you'll find a lone red seat in the bleachers showing just how far his 502-foot blast traveled.

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OC @OC____

2 days ago

These stadiums they play in for three days a year usually don’t have humidors. People forget there is a lot of behind the scenes treatment of the baseballs.

Josh L. @jowole1216

3 days ago

Would’ve been gone in 0/30 parks and had a .000 xBA. I have no clue how a baseball hit at 94.6 EV, 48 launch got out, but evidently this field is magical, and this is just the newest reason why you can’t trust PCL power hitters.

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OC @OC____

2 days ago

More interesting to think where the line is of good/bad individualization and why. Hit line drives is good because it’s broad? Hit the ball X between Y & Z degrees is bad and anti-individualization or no? Same with biomech if you see great players hit X, Y positions etc

Justin @JustinMLB

2 days ago

Yesterday i learned from multiple reliable source that the Red Sox offensive staff, both in the majors and minors, take a “one size fits all” approach with a large majority of the hitters they deal with, instead of working individually with the players.. and that seems wrong

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5 days ago

@JCondreay Pretty much

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5 days ago

Second thought here might be controversial but I don’t really think Machado needs to know what FIP is. Is what it is, but naturally talent hitter who’s excelled for a long time? Wouldn’t have super high expectations on what analytics he’d know anyway.

Just Baseball @JustBB_Media

5 days ago

Manny Machado on how baseball is evolving: “I wish we could get the analytics out the way. I think there’s too many stats out there. Way too many numbers. I don’t even know half the stuff that goes up [on the scoreboard].” (Via @DevineGospel)

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5 days ago

Fun coaching question is if you really think it matters that much for him to turn things around.

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6 days ago

When do analytics become old? Wasn’t expecting a FIP mention, which is 27 years old.

Devine Sports Gospel @DevineGospel

6 days ago

Just when I thought we were out on Machado This is a great take No more nerd shit!

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2 weeks ago

@Dukeswasmyguy Who’s on the Dbacks top 25?

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3 weeks ago

@Helios_Movement Gut

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a month ago

Such a hard time believing this is true. Very well may be true but such a quick turnaround from the signings & trades to trying to move them.

MLB Deadline News @MLBDeadlineNews

a month ago

The Giants are either playing 4D Chess or they’re completely delusional. Cholowsky is almost universally mocked as the number one pick in the draft and feels like a shoe-in to be picked before SF picks at 4 (though the bonus pool money can complicate things). via @BNightengale

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a month ago

Old school line

Jon Anderson @JonPgh

a month ago

What in the world is this line

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2 months ago

@JoshNorris Fell to 3.01 in a league I’m in. Admittedly took him there

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2 months ago

@ORPringle @BowTalksBall @DevyEusuf Same

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2 months ago

@Quintorris_ 2.07 to me

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JJ Cooper @jjcoop36

2 months ago

Feel it's a useful day to post this again. Last year, I studied every single MLB starting pitcher who debuted from 2008-2015. I grouped them by their average fastball velocity compared to the league. The hard-throwers were better and had longer careers. baseballamerica.com/stories/to-hav…