The Interconnectedness of Carlos Zambrano’s Challenges
by Buddy Biancalana I recently returned from baseball’s Winter Meetings. Reflecting back over the three days, one conversation I had is staying with me. The conversation of which I intentionally did more listening than speaking, included Carlos Zambrano’s agent Barry Praver, Cub’s VP, Player Personnel, Oneri Fleita and MLB.com writer Carrie Muskat. They were discussing Zambrano’s challenges. […]
The Rangers’ Bullpen Woes by Buddy Biancalana
The World Series that very few folks outside of Missouri and Texas wanted to see turned out to be incredibly entertaining. Congratulations to the St. Louis Cardinals and the Texas Rangers on an outstanding Series and season. The most memorable moment for me was seeing both, the exhilaration and anticipation on the face of MVP David Freese as […]
An Update From Buddy Biancalana of PMPM Sports (Zone Training)
Greetings, It’s been another year of wonderful success for many of our clients. We have now worked with athletes in seven professional and 13 amateur sports. We’ve also worked with a few musicians. Following are a few of the success stories from baseball. I am not at liberty to use some client’s names. Philip Humber–Pitcher-Chicago White […]
The Science behind the Collapses
So what really happened to the Braves and Red Sox that caused their hard to imagine collapses? On the surface level, we could just very simply say that neither club performed well in September. For the Braves, one could focus on the fact that they did not hit well with runners in scoring position […]