The author, James Sheridan, aka Grampa Jim, is a grandfather who closely followed the baseball career of his grandson for fourteen years.\u00a0 Grandpa began attending games and practices when his grandson Aaron was just four years of age, and he followed him through his senior year on the varsity team at his high school.\u00a0 Grandpa attended every game starting with Tee Ball Little League Level through his high school varsity play that ended in 2021.\u00a0 And he attended almost all practices for thirteen years and was instrumental in ensuring his grandson\u2019s coaching outside of the teams he played on.\u00a0 Aaron was an All-Star player throughout his Little League baseball career.\u00a0 He started on the JV team as a freshman and for three seasons he was a starter on the varsity high school team.\u00a0 Aaron played second base, right, center, and left fields and batted above the team average.<\/p>\n
Grandpa\u2019s views are based on what he witnessed during those thirteen years following his grandson\u2019s baseball experience and extensive research on the game of baseball.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row type=”full_width_background” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” equal_height=”yes” content_placement=”middle” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” bg_color=”#f2f2f2″ scene_position=”center” top_padding=”60″ bottom_padding=”60″ text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overflow=”visible” id=”sec1″ overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none” gradient_type=”default” shape_type=””][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”padding-4-percent” column_padding_phone=”padding-3-percent” column_padding_position=”all” constrain_group_4=”yes” constrain_group_6=”yes” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” column_padding_type=”default” gradient_type=”default”][vc_column_text]Grandpa has never been an organized baseball player, he is not a coach, he is not a recognized authority of any kind regarding baseball.\u00a0 He is a highly trained human factors engineer with years of experience in that field and has been issued two US Patents.\u00a0 In addition, he has an extensive background in research.\u00a0 He has directed, managed research projects, and published research for one of the world\u2019s most prestigious US research laboratories.<\/p>\n
Portions of the information contained in the book are based on his research regarding: baseball player training and development, the technology behind baseball, coaching baseball, baseball mechanics, best practices in playing baseball most of which is already in the public domain all supplemented with his own observations at baseball games.<\/p>\n
Grandpa has authored this book to give other parents, grandparents, and players a layman\u2019s realistic idea of what to expect if you are going to play organized baseball in the Little League and high school.\u00a0 For some parents this will be an eye opener for what to look for in your child\u2019s baseball experience as well as your own experiences.<\/p>\n
The book is also meant to provide coaches and fans, and all those associated with developing baseball players, with an insight into the more technical aspects of baseball. Not that coaches don\u2019t already have this knowledge, but Grandpa\u2019s observations suggest that many coaches either don\u2019t know or don\u2019t care to demonstrate that player development matters to them to the detriment of our young players.\u00a0No organized sport is perfect when it comes to player development, coaching quality, player evaluation, or position assignment and baseball is no exception.\u00a0 Parents would be well advised to read this book in its entirety if their child is going to enter any baseball program.<\/p>\n
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“Coach Hatcher\u00a0<\/strong>began his baseball career playing at Lincoln High School in San Diego, California. In 1981, at the age of 17, he was the top hitter in the nation for high school baseball players, with zero strikeouts. Coach Hatcher was drafted out of high school by the Major League Detroit Tigers. As a two-sport standout, he was recruited to play baseball and football at a number of universities. He opted to play baseball at California Polytechnic under Coach John Scolinos. After three seasons playing for the Cal Poly Broncos, he was drafted and signed by the Houston Astros.<\/p>\n Early in his career, he was diagnosed with a career-ending heart condition and was given a medical release. He immediately began his career as a player development coach and scout for Major League Baseball. He has worked with the Detroit Tigers, San Francisco Giants, Saint Louis Cardinals, and Cincinnati Reds and has been a member of the MLB Scouting Bureau since 2007. He has provided coaching assistance at universities, high schools, and the MLB Academy System, as well as individual player development at all levels of the game. In addition, he has coached in Mexico and the Dominican Republic. Coach Hatcher has been in baseball for 45 years as a player, coach, and scout.<\/p>\n Coach Hatcher\u2019s son followed in his father\u2019s footsteps in playing baseball. His son was drafted out of high school by the New York Yankees but opted to attend college. He played baseball and was drafted again by the Boston Red Sox and Chicago Cubs. In his senior year, he suffered a weightroom knee injury that ended his playing career, and he left baseball for the corporate world.”[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”center” phone_text_alignment=”center” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/2″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” column_padding_type=”default” gradient_type=”default”][image_with_animation image_url=”247″ image_size=”full” animation_type=”entrance” animation=”None” animation_movement_type=”transform_y” hover_animation=”none” alignment=”” border_radius=”none” box_shadow=”none” image_loading=”default” max_width=”100%” max_width_mobile=”default”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" [vc_row type=”full_width_background” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” equal_height=”yes” content_placement=”middle” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” bg_color=”#f2f2f2″ scene_position=”center” top_padding=”60″ text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overflow=”visible” id=”sec1″ overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none” gradient_type=”default” shape_type=””][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”padding-4-percent” column_padding_phone=”padding-3-percent” column_padding_position=”all” constrain_group_4=”yes” constrain_group_6=”yes”…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-53","page","type-page","status-publish"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/devuc.onlinetestingserver.com\/james\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/53","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/devuc.onlinetestingserver.com\/james\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/devuc.onlinetestingserver.com\/james\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/devuc.onlinetestingserver.com\/james\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/devuc.onlinetestingserver.com\/james\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/devuc.onlinetestingserver.com\/james\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/53\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":249,"href":"https:\/\/devuc.onlinetestingserver.com\/james\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/53\/revisions\/249"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/devuc.onlinetestingserver.com\/james\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}