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by Jim Prisching - AP
Rich Harden sleeps eight hours a night; I guess he's pretty normal in that respect. (AP Photo/Jim Prisching)
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Rich Harden
I often get this question: Should youth athletes get into a strength training program? The answer: YES!
Youth weightlifting - if properly designed - is perfectly safe and produces solid results. I often hear the tired myth of " Weight lifting too early can stunt growth." Not a single ...
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While I assume these types of posts get repetitive over time, I feel obligated to at least inform my audience why I haven't been posting much other than the stock "I'm busy" or "I am working with my coaching/training site." Frankly, neither of those excuses are good enough, so I wanted to clear ...
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drivelinemechanics.com - 3 days ago
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I put off posting this longer than I
should have, as I think on Fridays only 9
of my 23 regular readers come around, but I have a transaction to report, that might be even more thrilling than the Mark Teahen -for- Chris Getz -and- Josh Fields - ...
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Transaction Report: Me
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drivelinemechanics.com - 3 days ago
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More photos » by Kathy Willens - AP
Tampa Bay Ray' Akinori Iwamura watches his second-inning double
off New York Yankees' A.J. Burnett in their baseball game ...
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Ruining the World Series, Just Like A-Rod and Boras: ...
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by Eric Risberg - AP
San Francisco Giants' new infielder Freddy Sanchez, right, answers questions regarding the Giants' research into a time machine that will take him back 4 years as manager ...
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Freddy Sanchez
Driveline Baseball - My Coaching/Training Site
I've finally launched my training/coaching site, available at drivelinebaseball.com. All the static content is finally included along with a copied article from this site (the supplements post).
On the "About" page, you can see a sample ...
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Eric Cressey runs Cressey Performance in Hudson, MA. At his facility, he trains a lot of professional and amateur baseball players with the help of a few experts. I've adopted a lot of his work in my training regimen, and highly recommend it to everyone interested in training baseball athletes. ...
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by Kathy Willens - AP
Philadelphia Phillies second baseman Chase Utley, right, arrives at Penn Station with his wife, Jen. He's leading off up the escalator, so I don't see why he can't lead off ...
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drivelinemechanics.com - 12 days ago
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More photos » by Julie Jacobson - AP
Jeter: I'm hitting WHERE at a baseball game? Girardi:
(stares silently at a baseball game) A-Rod: (smugly) We're playing ...
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World Series Batting Order Optimizer: New York Yankees
drivelinemechanics.com - 11 days ago
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Watching Kapler is entirely captivating yet, at times,
maddening. He plays the outfield and runs the bases
like a spider on LSD – which is to say he appears to have eight legs and lacks basic control of each. R.J. Anderson . WS-related ...
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Watching Kapler is entirely captivating yet, at times, ...
"A-Rod is definitely a true Yankee now," said Greg Camello, 26, of Queens. "When he’s in a clutch situation now, he feels confident and raises his game to the next level. I think Derek Jeter is starting to rub off on him. Or maybe Kate Hudson. It definitely has nothing to do with the fact ...
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Derek Jeter
drivelinemechanics.com - 18 days ago
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This compares not only the "hot stove" free
agent value (in wins and dollars) of Jason Bay
and Matt Holliday, but also uses both the authors own very basic offensive projections as well as the Bill James Handbook's 2010 projections. Who's better? Holliday or Bay? James or fingers?
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Jason Bay vs. Matt Holliday, Bill James vs. ...
drivelinemechanics.com - 19 days ago
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More photos » by Brian Blanco - AP
Toronto Blue Jays shortstop Marco Scutaro dives for the
ball as Tampa Bay Rays' Gabe Kapler rounds third base and hopes he ...
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Training: Overtraining, or "What I See in High Schools ...
drivelinemechanics.com - 16 days ago
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More photos » by Richard Drew - AP
I'm having a hard time locating your Z-Game, Wes.
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Living in the Limelight: Gregg Zaun's Free Agent Value
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by Ted S. Warren - AP
Seattle Mariners starting pitcher Erik Bedard strains his hip flexor while executing a momentary pensive reflection. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
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"People think about all the bad stuff, and then you look at what he does, and everyone now loves the guy," said outfielder Nick Swisher. "I mean, pick a side, people. He can hit any pitch, any place. This guy is ridiculous. Ridiculous. He puts up ridiculous numbers, PlayStation numbers, and ...
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Nick Swisher
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by Charlie Neibergall - AP
"First you say that One Man Five Tools is a better fielder than me, and now this Greinke stuff? What's next? Saying I less valuable than some utility man? Save me, Ken ...
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Zack Greinke
Ken Rosenthal
Joe Mauer
drivelinemechanics.com - 27 days ago
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More photos » by Duane Burleson - AP
That Minnesota pretty boy might be in the playoffs,
but he's go nuthin on One Man, Five Tools. Browse more ...
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2009 Catcher Defense: Filling in the Holes (yet again)
