8/28/2009 “Do something you love and you will never work a day in your life.” That’s a quote that I have heard a lot and taken to heart over the past couple of years, and I guess you could say that’s how I got to where I am right now. Hello everybody, my name is Davis Potter, and yes, I am related to Jeff. If you have read Jeff’s book...

9-12-2009 Anybody who has ever played the game of baseball has experienced it. A 0-for-4 performance with four strikeouts. A 0-for-4 outing to go along with a couple of errors in the field, muffing an easy pop up or booting a Sunday hop grounder. A bad game is inevitable in the game of baseball, and chances are that you will have more than one game that you...

09-25-09  Is Baseball Fun Anymore? I saw a program the other night on baseball’s greatest legends. The segment on Willie Mays noted all his gold glove awards, all-star appearances, home runs and tremendous all around skills. What really struck me though was when they interviewed other players from his era and they recalled how Willie played the game like...

10-17-2009  Baseball can be compared to the building of a house. You have to have a strong foundation on which to build upon. If the foundation of your house is weak, the framework and the rest of the house will come crashing to the ground. Baseball is the exact same way.  If you can’t master the fundamentals, then the rest of your game will suffer. Players...

10-24-2009 You’ve heard it a million times in your life: If you want to be good at something, you have to practice. In other words, as the old saying goes, “practice makes perfect.” In baseball, that saying isn’t entirely true.  Have you ever seen someone with a 1.000 batting average in a season? No. How often does a position player go through a season...

11-06-2009 From a New Yorker’s perspective, it had been a long time coming for the New York Yankees. The Yankees hadn’t made an appearance in the World Series since the 2003 season, a postseason that ended in disappointment for the Bronx Bombers as the Florida Marlins defeated the Yankees in six games to capture the title. The Yankees hadn’t won a world...