By Jason Kuhn My dream of playing professional baseball would soon be a reality. I was a senior and closer for a top 25 nationally ranked NCAA Division 1 baseball team. Now a case of performance anxiety, more commonly known as the “yips” brought that dream to a screeching, embarrassing, and devastating halt. A pitcher, […]
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By Karl Blum You all can probably remember a teammate like me. A guy who shined in intra-squads and all of his bullpen sessions but for some reason could never consistently put it together when it mattered. I would lie in bed at night and just visualize myself throwing strikes. I couldn’t wait for the next […]
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By Luke Melms Unlike a baseball stadium which you can physically see a foundation laid and walls go up, the best you can do in business is have a plan on paper. Playing baseball is like speaking our first language. There’s no thought to it. When it comes to business, we are all at different […]
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By Bob Gast There is no “professional self” or “home self” or “personal self”. We are who we are and wherever we go, ‘there we are’. The only question is whether we are learning, growing and breaking down the illusionary walls we have created. Sometimes the small and silent moments yield the largest hammers to breaking down […]
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By Vinny Addona Making the transition to the workplace from baseball was once a frightful thought. Now that I am doing it, I find it exciting and worthwhile. The biggest thing I have noticed is the work ethic and routine I developed from years of baseball really playing into this position. I am currently an […]
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By Joey Gorman As I entered a 6 AM lift in October of my freshman year at Saint Joseph’s University, I thought I had many baseball games in college to be played. I never imagined my career could potentially be over before it even started. One of my favorite movies is Field of Dreams. If […]
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By Luke Melms With the amateur draft last week, there is an important lesson to take away when looking at business in the context of players hearing their names called. Unlike baseball, there is no draft in business. However this isn’t how it always used to be. There used to be barriers to entry that […]
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By Jeremy Wolf Dear Reader, I get to live my dream every day and night. I get to work for a company whose symbol hung on my wall since I was a kid. I give my heart, soul, and body to this job and have sat quietly as my colleagues, my brothers in arms, have […]
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By Keith Clingman As a high school player in Oklahoma, I was fortunate to live in a city and state that took baseball seriously. A decent high school career (and likely more relevant, a lot of enthusiasm) got me some looks from a few colleges and pro scouts (all who wondered if this 5’10”/150 lb. catcher […]
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By Eric Byrnes Shortly after my last season playing professional baseball, I began working at MLB Network. Once or twice a month, I would fly between San Francisco and New York City. On the 5-hour flight each way, I had plenty of time to reflect on many of my early life and professional baseball […]
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