HOT BOX
Three times this spring, I have seen top ranked D1 college baseball teams fail to properly executed a run down play. There is only one reason for these failures to execute what should be an almost automatic out. No one in the 14 or 15 years these young men had been playing had ever taught them to execute this play correctly! No matter what you call it rundown, hot box, or pickle, you must teach your players to properly execute this play. If you don't, you can't assume that a later coach will. - READ MORE

FIRST BASE
First base is a pride position. First base is a guts position. As the father of a middle infielder, nothing drives me crazier than an infielder making a stellar play, throwing the ball low to first (as I teach them), the first baseman waves at it, trying to "pick it" and the infielder gets the error. - READ MORE