by Jack Perconte | May 18, 2020 | Jack's Corner, Opinion Pieces
Effects of Pressure on Youth Athletes One of my takeaways from the Chicago Bulls, I mean Michael Jordan’s Last Dance documentary, was the effects of pressure and constant attention on athletes. The need to “get away” from it all was apparent. Of course, every athlete...
by Jack Perconte | Dec 14, 2018 | Jack's Corner, Opinion Pieces
Baseball Pitches Today vs. Yesterday Ah, it’s fun to think of one’s Glory days, but facing these guys did not produce any of those. It’s time to take a walk down memory lane and think back about the best baseball pitches I encountered in my big league baseball career....
by Jack Perconte | Apr 11, 2018 | Jack's Corner, Opinion Pieces
Giancarlo Stanton – What The Heck Here I go again, making people say, “Who are you to be telling one of the greats what to do?” Oh well, the life of a blogger. Here goes, can someone send this on to Giancarlo Stanton? I have learned that there are two things one...
by Jack Perconte | Mar 16, 2018 | Jack's Corner, Opinion Pieces
Ron Washington and Me I am not one of those that always say, “The way we used to do things was the best.” I believe in getting on with the times. However, with some of the coaching methods now, like what Ron Washington teaches, I am not sure it is helping youth...
by Jack Perconte | Dec 5, 2017 | Jack's Corner, Opinion Pieces
I Was Lucky even without a baseball swing analyzer I feel very lucky to have grown up when the television was beginning to be in every household. If not, I am not sure how I would have learned to hit a baseball. To this day, I remember watching the 1961 World Series...
by Jack Perconte | Aug 17, 2017 | Jack's Corner, Opinion Pieces
Little League World Series is Special to Me Baseball has been a huge part of my life, from playing little league baseball to the major leagues, as well as having taught baseball for many years. Because of that, there is not much that I like more than watching...