Duke's Baseball Blog

Steven Strasburg - What Does He Do to Make Him Special

2011-09-24T09:20:00.000-07:00

Clayton Kershaw Throwing Mechanics

2011-09-24T09:16:00.000-07:00

David Goggins on Mental Toughness

2011-09-24T09:13:00.000-07:00

Pitching Mechanics - Hands Break

2011-05-09T09:23:00.000-07:00

Duke Pitching for 10U Legends Navy

2011-05-09T09:08:00.000-07:00

Infield Diving Drill

2011-05-09T08:53:00.000-07:00

Catcher Blocking the Plate

2011-03-22T07:44:00.000-07:00

First Base Basics

2011-03-22T07:40:00.000-07:00

How to Tape a Wood Baseball Bat

2011-03-22T07:36:00.000-07:00

Long Toss Balance Point - Pitching

2011-01-05T08:44:00.000-08:00

Baseball Myth - Swing Down on Baseball

2011-01-05T08:41:00.000-08:00

Fielding Bunts - Catcher Fundamentals

2011-01-05T08:40:00.000-08:00

Happy Holidays!

2011-01-02T18:38:00.000-08:00

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What Do Scouts Look for in Baseball Players?

2011-01-02T18:37:00.000-08:00

USA Baseball 2008 14U

2010-12-19T23:26:00.001-08:00

Speed and Agility Camps

2010-12-10T13:05:00.000-08:00

Speed Training Tip: Arm Action

2010-12-07T06:31:00.000-08:00

Importance of Frequency in an Athlete's Work Out

2010-12-07T06:23:00.000-08:00

Chicago White Sox Academy Hitting Drills - Stride and Separate

2010-12-06T21:47:00.000-08:00

Chicago White Sox Academy - Infield Receiving Drill

2010-12-06T21:46:00.000-08:00

Seamus Interviews Peter Moylan of the Atlanta Braves

2010-12-03T09:35:00.001-08:00

Kokoyakyu: High School Baseball

2010-11-27T12:31:00.000-08:00

Bryce Harper Does It All

2010-11-21T15:32:00.001-08:00

Hot Feet Medicine Ball

2010-11-21T15:31:00.000-08:00

Leg Strength Lunges

2010-11-21T15:30:00.000-08:00

Buster Posey Home Run at Florida State

2010-11-21T15:29:00.000-08:00

One Leg Pushup Iso Holds - Cressey Performance

2010-11-21T15:28:00.000-08:00

Cool Bat Tricks by Josh Womack

2010-11-21T09:52:00.000-08:00

Medicine Ball Deceleration Drill

2010-11-21T09:50:00.000-08:00

Medicine Ball Drill with Cressey Performance

2010-11-21T09:44:00.000-08:00

Leg Strength with Cressey Performance

2010-11-11T06:47:00.000-08:00

2010-11-07T07:53:00.001-08:00

Medicine Ball Training for Bat Speed

2010-11-07T07:51:00.001-08:00

Working Out with the Cincy Reds

2010-11-07T07:50:00.001-08:00

Medicine Ball Training for Baseball

2010-11-07T07:48:00.000-08:00

Seamus at Game 7 Sports Training

2010-11-04T07:44:00.001-07:00

Pitching Drills

2010-10-06T20:10:00.000-07:00

How to Throw 88mph at Age 16

2010-09-25T19:27:00.000-07:00

Sausage Races

2010-09-23T17:57:00.001-07:00

Seamus Working Out at Legends Baseball

2010-09-22T15:43:00.000-07:00

Baseball - Speed and Strength : Resistance Bands training

2010-09-21T06:44:00.000-07:00

Shoulder Fly Variations With Resistance Bands

2010-09-21T06:43:00.000-07:00

Load For Successful Hitting

2010-09-16T16:23:00.000-07:00

Pitching / Baseball Workout - Plank Exercise

2010-09-16T16:13:00.001-07:00

Nasty Conditioning Drill - Athletic Edge

2010-09-02T07:04:00.000-07:00

Quick Feet Drills for Catchers

2010-09-02T07:01:00.001-07:00

Catchers Receiving Drills at The Baseball Academy

2010-09-02T06:53:00.000-07:00

Catcher's Blocking Drills at The Baseball Academy

2010-09-02T06:52:00.000-07:00

Outfield drills with Jason Bay, Matt Kemp, Rocco Baldelli and Andre Ethier

2010-07-31T19:09:00.000-07:00

The Shortstop Mentality

2010-07-11T16:54:00.000-07:00

Baseball Pitching - Hip Rotation and Power

2010-07-11T16:51:00.000-07:00

Kid Pitch Interviews Prince Fielder and Tony LaRussa

2010-07-11T16:48:00.000-07:00

2010 AAU Baseball 9u 12u and Super Showcase Opening Ceremony

2010-07-11T16:40:00.001-07:00

Athletic Evolution - Baseball

2010-07-11T16:34:00.001-07:00

Athletic Evolution on Facebook

Athletic Evolution

2010-07-11T16:32:00.000-07:00

Athletic Evolution on Facebook

Jon Niese Strikes Out 79 in 90 Innings Pitched for the New York Mets

2010-07-10T10:30:00.000-07:00

Information from Baseball Reference

Cal Ripken Angels Use the Hit-A-Way for Pre-game Warm Ups

2010-07-10T10:17:00.000-07:00

Read Part One About the Hit A Way PTS

Safe or Out?

2010-07-10T10:01:00.000-07:00

Seamus Hits a Triple for the 10U AAU Wayland Blazers

2010-07-03T14:32:00.000-07:00

Seamus with Boston Red Sox Sports Media

2010-06-02T05:39:00.000-07:00

Seamus with Amalie Benjamin, Lou Merloni, and "Regular" Rob Crawford - all members of the Boston Red Sox sports media world.

Illinois Wesleyan University Wins NCAA DIII College Baseball World Series

2010-06-01T20:21:00.000-07:00

CONGRATULATIONS COACH MARTEL!!!

Seamus' father David played for Coach Martel in the NCAA DIII College World Series Tournament in Martel's inaugural season at Illinois Wesleyan and from 1988-10.

Major upgrades in IWU's athletic facilities have enabled Martel to successfully recruit high-quality baseball players to his DIII program.

Martel has now successfully guided Illinois Wesleyan Baseball to a National Championship in his seventh appearance in the DIII post-season.

Cinderella wears green

Illinois Wesleyan Wins NCAA Divison III Baseball Championship

Wayland Blazers U10 team wins on walkoff play at the plate

2010-06-01T15:28:00.000-07:00

"Babe Ruth" Takes a Few Swings in the Cage

2010-06-01T13:30:00.001-07:00

Wayland Blazers 10U Capture Duquette Memorial Day Tournament Runner-Up

2010-06-01T08:53:00.000-07:00

Seamus (9) Works Long At Bat and Hits Double - Major League (9-12)

2010-05-26T14:07:00.001-07:00

Seamus Barrett batting for the Angels (Arlington Cal Ripken 9-12) on May 14, 2010 at Buck Field in Arlington, Massachusetts. Seamus hits a long foul ball and makes the pitcher work before doubling to the right-center field fence. Angels lost to the Nationals 2-9.

Join Me on Weplay - Social Network for Youth Sports

2010-05-26T12:37:00.001-07:00

Click here to add me as a friend on Weplay.

Seamus' Game Winning Hit for the Angels

2010-05-25T10:04:00.000-07:00

Angels over the Blue Jays 3-2

Seamus talks with Nate McLouth of the Atlanta Braves

2010-05-25T09:53:00.000-07:00

Seamus Interviews Nate McLouth

Seamus in the Press Box at Citi Field

2010-05-07T09:25:00.000-07:00

Seamus Limbers Up in Front of Jerry Manuel

2010-05-07T09:20:00.000-07:00

Seamus Interviews 100 MPH Atlanta Braves Pitcher Billy Wagner

2010-04-30T08:37:00.000-07:00

It's the swan song of an amazing career
Pitching his final season, righty-turned-lefty Billy Wagner has thrived as power closer By Tim Kurkjian

Seamus Interviews Two-Time MLB All-Star Tim Hudson

2010-04-30T08:02:00.000-07:00

Seamus interviews pitcher Tim Hudson for KidPitchTV.

KidPitch Blog: Seamus and Ben Chase Autographs at Citi Field

2010-04-30T07:59:00.000-07:00

Seamus and Ben Chase Autographs at Citi Field

Fordham Baseball Player Scores with Superman Slide

2010-04-21T15:37:00.000-07:00

Kownacki leaps over the catcher @ Yahoo! Video

Superman leap makes Fordham player a viral video hit

Kid Pitch Reporter Seamus Barrett Visits Weplay.com

2010-04-16T18:38:00.000-07:00

Kid Pitch reporter, Seamus Barrett, and his dad stopped by the Weplay.com office last week and we had a wonderful time. Besides building a Kid Pitch prop, playing Weplay's Grand Slam Derby baseball game and touring the MLB.com office (where Weplay is located), Seamus showed us why he's on his way to becoming a big name in the world of baseball.

Join Kid Pitch on Weplay at: http://www.weplay.com/kidpitch/wall

Seamus Throws 51 mph Fastball - April 2010

2010-04-14T12:38:00.000-07:00

Nine year old (3rd grade) Seamus Barrett working out at Frozen Ropes Natick with Pawtucket Red Sox Jeff Natale. Seamus throws 49 & 51 mph fastball from stretch position on April 13, 2010.

Little League Founder's Grandson Named Rawlings All American

2010-04-02T09:29:00.000-07:00

Athlete of the Week: Kevin Ziomek

Amherst High School's LHP Kevin Ziomek was named to the first team of the Rawlings PreSeason All American squad.

Kevin is the grandson of Stan Ziomek, the founder of Amherst Little League in 1952.

Congratulations Kevin!

Casey Kelly of the Boston Red Sox

2010-04-01T06:13:00.000-07:00

Sox Prospect Kelly aces his big-time test against the Tampa Bay Rays.

INTERVIEW: Sox’s No. 1 pick: Casey Kelly

Red Sox’s Casey Kelly strikes out four against Rays on IMG Academies Blog

Casey Kelly on Sox Prospects

KidPitch Episode with Torii Hunter

2010-03-31T06:07:00.000-07:00

Click here for KidPitch Episode 6 on WePlay!

Stabilization Drills - Baseball Hitting Instruction

2010-03-23T10:52:00.001-07:00

Double Play Feeds & Pivots

2010-03-23T10:49:00.000-07:00

Resistance Band Exercises for Baseball Training

2010-03-21T19:39:00.000-07:00

Extreme Baseball Hitting and Agilities Drills

2010-03-21T19:21:00.000-07:00

Wayland Blazers U10 Baseball Issued Gear

2010-03-21T18:54:00.000-07:00

The Wayland Blazers U10 baseball team were issued gear for the 2010 season.

Thank you Coach Sean and Coach Rich! Amazing stuff!

Wayland Blazers vs. Legends Navy U10

2010-03-21T08:13:00.000-07:00

The Wayland Blazers take on the Legends Navy U10 team April 18, 2010 in a Saturday double-header at the Riverview Field in Wayland.

Game one starts at 10:00 a.m. and game two starts at noon.

Coach Equipment Review - Hit A Way PTS

2010-03-21T06:49:00.000-07:00

by Coach David Barrett(Part one of three)

My first impression with the HitAWay PTS by Sklz Baseball was basically complete surprise.

I'm a pretty savvy consumer and I had checked out the HitAWay PTS on the website videos and even at the local Sports Authority store before I had a chance to do this blog review, and I thought I had a pretty good idea about this training device.

However after helping Seamus lift the box into the house and unpacking the box, I was nearly shocked to learn that the HitAWay PTS is actually a rather heavy-duty piece of training equipment. It is amazingly solid, with a very steady platform and very solid construction.

PTS stands for "portable training station" and with its folding action the HitAWay PTS is also easily portable. It won't fit in a backpack, but between the bat bag, the ball bucket and the bag with catcher's gear, my car trunk has a lot of gear in it already on game day or on the way to baseball practice.

Adding the HitAWay PTS isn't any trouble at all, and I plan to bring it along to all of the team practices and games.

(To be continued.)

Check out Seamus' blog post on the SKLZ HitAWay PTS.

Seamus Back Foot Hitting Drill

2010-03-14T08:31:00.000-07:00

Seamus works out with the Wayland Blazers at Frozen Ropes in Natick.

In this hitting drill Seamus intentionally steps back with his back foot in order to focus on a proper weight shift.

Wayland Blazers vs. Worcester Heat

2010-03-14T08:25:00.000-07:00

The 10U Wayland Blazers take on the Worcester Heat on Saturday, April 10 in non-division play.

Seamus Grades the Boston Red Sox on KidPitch

2010-03-14T08:09:00.000-07:00

Check out the KidPitchTV website to see how you can be on KidPitchTV too!

10U Blazers Season Opener vs. Waltham Jr. Hawks

2010-03-14T06:49:00.000-07:00

The 10U Wayland Blazers open the playing season on April 3 at Veteran Memorial Field in Waltham with non-conference action against the Waltham Jr. Hawks.

Come out to support the Wayland Blazers!

These games were canceled due to field conditions and may be rescheduled.

Seamus' Young Guns of the AL East on KidPitchTV

2010-03-13T16:54:00.001-08:00

@StrongBaseball on Twitter

2010-03-12T21:38:00.000-08:00

Get a closer look at Seamus' Favorites on Twitter and more twitteriffic baseball content.

Seamus Recognized by KidPitchTV !!!

2010-03-12T21:16:00.000-08:00

Seamus was recently recognized by KidPitchTV for successfully getting himself drafted by the Angels in Arlington's Cal Ripken Major League.

Seamus Tweets with Tampa Bay Rays Star Pitcher David Price

2010-03-12T20:22:00.000-08:00

StrongBaseball

@DAVIDprice14 How did you feel during your last start?

DAVIDprice14

@StrongBaseball probably felt a little TOO good Haha...but body feels strong

StrongBaseball

@DAVIDprice14 Were you a pitcher when you were 9-10-11 years old?

DAVIDprice14

Yes i was...i always wanted to be a hitrer though! RT @StrongBaseball: @DAVIDprice14 Were you a pitcher when you were 9-10-11 years old?

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Wayland Blazers Enter Duquette Memorial Day Tournament

2010-03-12T19:53:00.000-08:00

The Wayland Blazers 10U AAU team will compete in the Spring Fling Weekend Tournament at Dan Duquette Sports Academy.

Hotels for Parents

Dan Duquette is the former General Manager of the Boston Red Sox.

Seamus to Begin Hitting Lessons at Frozen Ropes

2010-03-12T18:38:00.000-08:00

As part of his contract with the 10U AAU Wayland Blazers, Seamus is scheduled for ten 1/2 hour instructional sessions at Frozen Ropes Baseball Academy in Natick, Massachusetts.

Seamus plans his first lesson on St. Patrick's Day 2010.

P01 Baseball Infield Box Drill

2010-03-12T17:36:00.001-08:00

Seamus Endorses the Hit A Way Portable Training Station

2010-03-12T17:21:00.000-08:00

Seamus Endorses the Hit A Way Portable Training Station

By Seamus

The Hit Away PTS is a great training system. Anyone can use it in many different ways like high, low, inside and outside.

The Hit A Way PTS can be used indoors and out doors if you have a big enough space.

The Hit A Way PTS looks like a long metal pole with two strings attached to a ball.

The Hit A Way PTS is great because you can keep hitting and hitting.

Seamus Says: Send In Your Clips to KidPitchTV !!!

2010-03-12T17:19:00.001-08:00

SEND YOUR CLIPS TO kidpitchshow@gmail.com. Each week, we'll pick one highlight as the Rawlings Kid Baseball Clip of the Week.

Kid Pitch is also looking for reporters all around the country to cover local baseball teams. Send us an email if you are interested in joining the team.

Here is a link for Episode 3 of KidPitch - watch for a report by Seamus.

Arlington Angels Plan First Workout

2010-03-12T16:32:00.000-08:00

The Angels in Arlington's American League plan to hold their first workout at Extra Innings in Watertown, Massachusetts.

Angels coaching staff will be using Extra Innings facilities to run their first workouts of the major league season on Monday, March 15, 2010.