Jeff Lewis

There is nothing better as a coach than respectfully talking to an umpire between innings about something you think he missed and him saying I’m sorry coach I might’ve missed that one and everyone just respectfully goes about the game. Nobody has an ego or puts on some sort of lisaing contest. Nobody has to have rabbit ears or pretend their the reason everybody came to the game. Salute to those guys.

So tomorrow I start my last ever term of teaching. After nearly 40 years of teaching, leadership etc this should be a doddle. But tonight I'm dreading going back. Just 40 days to go.

When you swing up (intentionally) you are fighting gravity. Barrel goes down then up. Loopy. This is why we (former players and analysts who actually played at a high level) and not you or any other TikTok hitting guys say what we say about the art form that is hitting a baseball. When your hands start high and on plane with pitch, then work “down” through it with the hands, the barrel planes out and you match the plane of the pitch. (Launch angle) Now it kinda blows MY mind when someone who has never done it starts chirping saying we don’t know what we are talking about. Hitting is feel, and you can bring all the data you want, which is important to a certain extent, but, the feel of the bat going down through the zone is actually what allows the barrel to match the correct plane (launch angle for the nerds). Sure you can get away with a swinging up feel when guys are throwing 70. But try it when you facing 95. Good luck.

How is this celebrated?!? What the hell is wrong with people?! Where are the coaches? Umpires? What parent in the right mind wouldn’t drag their son off the field if he did that? Pathetic!!

High School Playoffs. Winning a high school state championship is special. The players go to school with each other, in most cases for years, parents know each other, and it means something to the community. High school athletics bring people together and form a bond forever. High school athletics can't be replaced.