by admin | Nov 14, 2022 | Baseball, People
BASEBALL, PEOPLE Bob Kipper’s Pre-Game Schtick Bob Kipper was the team pitching coach when I played for the Low-A Greenville Drive, and again when I played for the Double-A Portland Sea Dogs. I loved him! He was awesome. He had pitched in the big leagues for a...
by admin | Nov 14, 2022 | Baseball
BASEBALL Not a Slide Guy Every MLB team has a Minor League farm system to develop players and produce the next generation of big-league talent. Each affiliated farm team has a set of coaches that includes, but is not limited to, a Manager, Pitching Coach, Hitting...
by admin | Nov 14, 2022 | Baseball
BASEBALL My Autograph Collection I was never a big autograph collector. Growing up, the only autograph I ever got was from Craig Counsel while he was a utility infielder on the Dodgers. I had him sign the game program my dad bought me to keep score on, and the only...
by admin | Nov 14, 2022 | Baseball, Lifestyle
BASEBALL, LIFESTYLE Olympic Village Gym The two coolest parts of the Olympic experience for me were the gym and the cafeteria in Olympic Village. In this post, I want to talk about the gym. All my life, I have looked up to elite athletes. The championships, the...
by Jamal Simpson | Nov 14, 2022 | Baseball, People
BASEBALL, PEOPLE Gary DiSarcina When I showed up for my first taste of professional baseball, I was coming off a wrist surgery. I had broken it diving over the catcher’s head against Harvard 6 days before the draft (This was before I learned that I wasn’t a slide guy)...
by Jamal Simpson | Nov 13, 2022 | Baseball, People
BASEBALL, PEOPLE Jack Hammer For the playoff run with the Boston Red Sox in 2013, I was the inactive 26th man traveling with the team in case of injuries. I did everything with the team like I was active; took batting practice, went to all the scouting meetings, and...
