My hometown wouldn't let me play

Then I found a book. Now I wrote one.

GLOVES OVER MOUTHS

Which is the only way I get my words.

Aim Small, Miss Big

The cue every coach gives you is the one costing you the sixth inning.

HIT IT TO ME

Hope it's not me...

The Long Walk Back

10 steps, one decision.

The Butterflies Lie.

Your body can't tell scared from ready. You get to.

Your attention has a strike zone too

PLUS: why elite hitters decide their swing before the windup, the one question that shrinks a 43-foot at-bat, and a free Hunt Your Zone card you can tape inside your bag.

Don't Coach in the Car

PLUS: the one question that resets a bad game, the phrase training your kid's inner voice, and a glovebox card for the hard drives home.

Be your own pitching coach

PLUS: the 8-second reset for when the game speeds up, a big-league escape at Wrigley, and a two-time champ who refuses to stay rattled.

Eat a steak and go to sleep

Time off is progress. The work doesn't compound without the rest.

0 for 36

By at-bat 15 I was already a different person

I pitched a complete game while puking

90 degrees. American Legion summer ball. A trash can in the dugout.

The 500-foot homer trap

You're not auditioning. You're showing them what you've already built.

The summer I became a stalker

I barely played that summer. So I Frankenstein-ed everyone else's game.

The summer that changed me as a player

Your summer is your single greatest development window. Don't waste it.

The slowest guy on the field wins

Can't Hear Excuses

My coach put me in the loudest moment of the game on purpose

Well / Better / How

Three questions for the car ride home

Check Your Car!

Circumstances don't decide. Your CAR does.

"Clear your head" is killing your at-bats!

Everyone's said it.

The Next Pitch

What an Oklahoma comeback this week can teach you about staying in the moment.

The Step Back

The tiny adjustment that flipped a 2-for-33 slump into a record-breaking series at Yankee Stadium.

The Reset

What happens between the failure and the comeback is where careers are made.

The Maddux Mindset

The comeback isn't about returning to who you were. It's about competing as who you are now.