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Former MLB player Chris Colabello and famed hitting coach Bobby Tewksbary, cofounders of Pelotero discuss the hottest topics in baseball, sports, and athlete development.
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We definitely did not talk about bat speed.
2:00 - Women's sports and why Bobby is now into the WNBA
14:25 - MLB releases bat tracking data
41:46 - Watching Juan Soto should be mandatory for players that want to play in college
50:23 - Glow in the dark baseball game
Hosts: Bobby Tewksbary, Chris Colabello
Producer: Patrick McDonnell
0:43 - Chris has a black eye from adult men's basketball
12:18 - The White Sox struggles and how to hit well when you're in a dreadful lineup
20:16 - NFL Draft and talking about the importance of family in the career of an athlete
33:30 - Answering a question about the Soto shuffle
40:50 - Shohei's declining K-rate
53:25 - Boone's funny ejection
1:02:00 - Ha-Seong Kim smoking stories
1:13:36 - Sharing an email we got from a listener
Hosts: Chris Colabello, Bobby Tewksbary
Producer: Patrick McDonnell
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2:00 - Chris recaps going to another Motor Preferences clinic and the guys talk generally about hitting
16:24 - Deep dive into the Corey Seager article about his mindset
47:18 - Juan Soto is KILLING it in NY
53:00 - Somebody needs to stop Nestor Cortes...
56:19 - Post Show grievances
3:27 - Pitcher Injury Epidemic
21:45 - Death of the Fastball
35:30 - Mookie Betts is doing Babe Ruth things but Bobby is skeptical about him playing shortstop
50:12 - Nolan Arenado might be broken right now
59:00 - Certain "people" are already claiming ownership of Jackson Holliday's swing
Hosts: Bobby Tewksbary, Chris Colabello
Producer: Patrick McDonnell
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4:10 - NCAA basketball watching in Bobby's household
7:43 - MLB Korea Series and Shohei Ohtani under investigation
19:12 - LeBron and JJ Redick's new podcast and what it can tell us about the process of high level athletes
38:06 - Who is the best MLB player that absolutely can not dunk a basketball?
Hosts: Bobby Tewksbary, Chris Colabello
Producer: Patrick McDonnell
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2:52 - Chris talks about his experience making an MLB roster out of Spring Training
15:48 - The hype behind different Spring Training guys: Jackson Holliday, Wyatt Langford etc.
35:35 - Can a guy do anything in Spring Training that will impress Chris or Bobby?
48:52 - Swing "chunking"
59:24 - Bobby rants about challenging calls in college softball
Hosts: Bobby Tewksbary, Chris Colabello
Producer: Patrick McDonnell
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6:03 - How to create 7U practice plans and what lessons can we take from these
18:17 - The importance of role models in sports to kids
42:50 - How to train swing decisions and the Phillies' new BP philosophy
1:01:41 - Shohei Ohtani's legendary exit velos in flips and why it means less than you think
Hosts: Bobby Tewksbary, Chris Colabello
Producer: Patrick McDonnell
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Off-the-cuff episode where we dive into panic from players and parents as the season starts up!
2:00 - Kicking off the college season
15:50 - Advice to baseball parents for when your kid is struggling
41:00 - Professor at a D3 school sent an email shaming student-athletes for their priorities
Hosts: Bobby Tewksbary, Chris Colabello
Producer: Patrick McDonnell
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0:00 - Super Bowl recap that leaks into a discussion about hitting development (What is the lesson Mahomes teaches us?)
30:33 - If you were preparing an entire lineup to face Josh Hader, what would you have them do?
39:14 - A Pelotero intern was hired by an MLB team - Advice for people wanting to work for MLB orgs
45:33 - Hall of Famer Joe Mauer stories
Hosts: Bobby Tewksbary, Chris Colabello
Producer: Patrick McDonnell
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After two weeks and 3 collective coaching conventions we are back! This one is less structured than normal. Enjoy the recap of ABCA, Chris getting deep into mindset stuff of hitters vs. pitchers, and positive rants about measuring grip pressure!
Hosts: Bobby Tewksbary, Chris Colabello
Producer: Patrick McDonnell
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1:00 - Holiday recap
10:40 - New Year's Resolutions, Chris's Twitter threads, and ABCA Preview
42:35 - Question/Rant about trying to control what players think on the field
53 - Mailbag question from Mark about skill vs. athleticism
Hosts: Bobby Tewksbary, Chris Colabello
Producer: Patrick McDonnell
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We get real truthful today about swing dialogue on Twitter. Strap in.
2:30 - Talk about grip pressure and BS swing pattern talk on Twitter
25:03- Aaron Judge vs. Best Swings of All Time (they are not the same)
59:02 - Shohei Ohtani contract deferrals
1:02:20 - Which teams have spent the most so far this offseason?
Hosts: Bobby Tewksbary, Chris Colabello
Producer: Patrick McDonnell
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Tons of baseball news in this one but don't miss the extremely personal story from Bobby right in the middle!
3:00 - Shohei signs for how much?
20:50 - What drives you to be in the cage? (Bobby gets real personal here)
39:33 - Winter meetings recap
51 - Juan Soto to the Yankees
55:37 - Jackson Chourio gets the most guaranteed money before playing in the MLB ever!
Hosts: Bobby Tewksbary, Chris Colabello
Producer: Patrick McDonnell
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Two episodes this week courtesy of Thanksgiving! Hope you enjoy!
10:23 - What does "missing frames are missing" mean?
22:45 - Discussing Patrick Jones' tweet about bat speed
34:44 - Is it better for hitters to do one thing really well or be able to do a little bit of everything?
57:49 - Would Ted Williams be the best hitter if he played today? Plus the first Baseball United games
Hosts: Bobby Tewksbary, Chris Colabello
Producer: Patrick McDonnell
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Recorded pre-Thanksgiving the guys go real deep on swing mechanics, timing, advice on professionalism and more!
6:47 - Acuna thread and why there will never be another massive widespread hitting mechanics breakthrough
45:05 - The problem with the word "hitting guru"
52:43 - Tom Brady's advice to CJ Stroud
1:04:57 - Mailbag question about timing
Hosts: Bobby Tewksbary, Chris Colabello
Producer: Patrick McDonnell
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We start the show off with Chris recapping Mike Olt's wedding from this past weekend. The guys then attempt to reframe the conversation around college recruiting (14:30), talk about the crazy managerial swaps from this past week (35:21), discuss Brian Cashman's recent comments on the Yankees analytics department (58:07), and finally talk about if the US should have big baseball games play in movie theaters (1:05:21).
Hosts: Bobby Tewksbary, Chris Colabello
Producer: Patrick McDonnell
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Quick turnaround on this one! Bobby and Chris do some wrap up topics for the 2023 season, Bobby bores Chris to tears by getting way too technical about the swing, and Chris breaks down what it means for hitters to be "on purpose".
3:00 - Wrapping up the 2023 MLB season
22:26 - Lag is the next big topic in hitting
36:03 - Why the best thing you can say about a hitter is that they are "on purpose"
Hosts: Chris Colabello, Bobby Tewksbary
Producer: Patrick McDonnell
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Late show this week where the guys talk about Chris turning 40, talk a ton about the World Series and the hitters that led the way for the Rangers (5:25), and then talk about a viral response email to a player that tried to walk onto a D1 team throwing 68 mph.
Hosts: Chris Colabello, Bobby Tewksbary
Producer: Patrick McDonnell
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Bobby and Mike talk through the highlights of both championship series', discuss black out swing, a proposed new rule for travel ball, and why Travis Kelce plays better with T***** S**** in attendance.
6:22 - ALCS
25:15 - NLCS
30:46 - Blackout swings
38:51 - New rule for travel ball
43:44 - Kelce/Swift talk
Hosts: Bobby Tewksbary, Mike Olt
Producer: Patrick McDonnell
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Chris is back and we are talking about the Championship Series' (7:30), Bryce Harper's heroics (24:04), the Astros run (38:00), and we close with some 6u soccer observations (42:12).
Hosts: Bobby Tewksbary, Chris Colabello
Producer: Patrick McDonnell
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