Scott Hebert

Everyday, I send interesting links to people via e-mail, instant message, or Twitter. There’s no reason to confine these links just to people I know.

Below you’ll find the interesting tidbits for 2010-09-03 through 2010-09-27:

• NCAA Certified Bats
  Search here to find bats certified for use in NCAA play. It's expected that high schools will follow NCAA standards soon (if they haven't already).
• Comparing the Performance of Baseball Bats
  Really interesting article that describes how bat performance is measured.
• The Power of Saying "I Don't Know" – VerticalResponse
• Statement from Little League International Regarding Composite Bats in Junior League, Senior League, and Big League Baseball Divisions
  LLI has banned composite bats in its Junior, Senior, and Big Leagues.
• Allegory of the Cave
  Plato's Cave
• Flickr: NASA on The Commons' Photostream
  180 photos in 3 sets detailing the history of NASA.

Tags: astronomy, baseball, bats, business, career, nasa, philosophy, photography, reference, science, space, sports, ~scott

Baseball Fever forum member Rajun Cajun put this little gem in the Baseball 101 forums last night. What follows is essentially a break down of what a youth league batter can expect to see with a particular count in an at-bat.

1. 0/0 Fast ball 75% of the time- Trying to get ahead, establish dominance
2. 1/0 Fast ball 85% of the time – Still trying to get ahead, trusting his defense
3. 2/0 Fast ball 95% of the time – trying to battle back into the count
4. 3/0 Fast Ball 100% of the time – Trying to establish something to build on
5. 0/1 Fastball/Curveball , 65% FB, 35% Off Speed –aim is to disrupt hitters timing
6. 1/1 Fastball/Slider 50/50 this pitch decides who is winning the battle (runner on-FB, no runner: off speed)
7. 2/1 Fastball/slider 50/50 if you’ve seen the fastball, expect offspeed (runner on-FB, no runner: off speed)
8. 3/1 Fastball 93% FB hitters count thinking fastball all the way
9. 0/2 Fastball 50/50 pitcher is looking for a cheap out, fastball low/away, or curveball/CU
10. 1/2 Fastball/Slider/Curveball 60/40 percentages are too close to call, protect outside
11. 2/2 Fastball/Slider/Curveball 30/70, no reason to throw you a FB unless you are way behind, if you haven’t fouled off a FB yet, expect one, if you have, think off speed
12. 3/2 Fastball 95% – he doesn’t want to walk you, so expect his best FB for a strike, the 2/2 pitch was a setup pitch for his FB if he showed you off speed at 2/2

As a youth league coach, it’s important to remember that your players shouldn’t have this in their head while at-bat. That’s just too much thinking. Instead, you should be aware of what an opposing pitcher is going to try to do to your hitters and have them generally prepared for what may be coming.

Tags: baseball, hitting, pitching

Everyday, I send interesting links to people via e-mail, instant message, or Twitter. There’s no reason to confine these links just to people I know.

Below you’ll find the interesting tidbits for 2010-08-26 through 2010-09-03:

• Step-By-Step Kegerator Plans – Popular Mechanics
  Must read.
• 21 Unbelievable Photographs of Mars | Presidia Creative
• Let us help you find free booze. | Thrillist
  You can sign up to receive updates about open bars (and other events) in your area.
• Image of the space shuttle taking off.
• xkcd: Orbiter
  Occupied North Texas
• Houston … the space shuttle's homecoming
  There's a letter-writing campaign working to get one of the retired Orbiters permanently located at Johnson Space Center in Houston.
• Why working at home is both awesome and horrible – The Oatmeal

Tags: alcohol, astronomy, beer, career, comic, entertainment, food, humor, nasa, photography, science, shuttle, space, system:filetype:jpg, system:media:image, texas, ~scott

Everyday, I send interesting links to people via e-mail, instant message, or Twitter. There’s no reason to confine these links just to people I know.

Below you’ll find the interesting tidbits for 2010-08-12 through 2010-08-26:

• Tour of The Solar System (Part 1)
  I'm also addicted to the Wonders of the Solar System series on the Science Channel.
• 9 Restaurants That Will Kill You
  Glad to see the Big Texan made the list.
• John Miranda's Photography Site Grand Canyon Page
  This is definitely on the to-do list.
• 10 Things to Do Before You Start Your Start-Up
  "Is your great idea really good enough? Find out before you launch a company."
• Monster Completes Acquisition of HotJobs and Enters into Multi-year Traffic Agreement with Yahoo!
• The 48 Laws of Power
• Supernova’s Spin on Life

Tags: astronomy, biology, business, employment, entrepreneurship, food, health, hiking, management, outdoors, philosophy, photography, reference, science, slaptijack, space, startup, ~scott

JoJo’s first locker.

Tags: locker, school