January 17th, 2008
Baseball Throwing Part One - Why All Championship Teams Begin On Defense
I had the good fortune to hear Branch Rickey speak and he was in his 80’s. I listened along with a lot of other coaches and scouts. I listened to Branch Rickey talk about, “What it Takes To Become a Major League Baseball Player.”
He said, “A guy has got to be able to do four things:
1) Throw.
2) Run.
3) Field.
4) Hit.
He has to be able to do two of these things extremely well to play in the big league.”
He went on and said, “If he can do all four and hit with power, he is going to be a super star.”