waterway to kick off this show we get
started off with pat murphy hickel torose on a state university nineteen
ninety-eight collegiate baseball americacoated the year well over seven hundred
victories as a collegiate coats theyoungest goes to ever reach five hundred
victories welcome to the show pat it'sgreat to be herei will talk a little bit about defense
and i know you put a big emphasis ondefensewhat are some of the key components and
look for a good defensive playerwell most important thing uh... uh...is at the ball goes in his glove in a
controlled accuratelyhe stays under controlhe communicates with us teammates you
really don't have to have great forspeed you don't have to be a certain
size you don't have to have a certainarm strengthit's more about being under controlcommunicating your teammates mitchell
abominable consistently don't try toplay outside your limits and i'll throw
the ball actively in in into throwbackreally got out of your feet underneathsoul me you throw in those five six
concepts and i think you can be goodbecause playeris deep in sometimes underrated because
we see sections numbers in collegebaseball major league baseball in the
office of side of the ballbut i think itwe take pride in get nods and you take
pride in plan defense's it becomes likea like a football defense c_n_n_ mean
you're all kind of connectedand uh... when one that makes a bad play
all take responsibility for your youremind of and you have an expectationof him getting back on his feet making
the next play we have a little sayingthat on defense you should sayhits meuh... and i think thatthat uh... that helps and not try to
make it too complicated leg positionokayjust go get the ballstandard controlbecause you don't need proactivelyand they start taking pride in in plano
team until a couple fallisrael stingy on defense and start
taking pride those point seven alstonyou can only control which you can
controlbut yet be ready for every pitch so in
listening to use important for cult orparent to stress the importance of
defense because a lot so we put theemphasis on opt there's no doubt about
our game as a team game it's a completegameand when i hear somebody talking abouthow hard they throw or how many balls i
get out b pit kinda makes me cringe becausethe game is also about the other he
spent just as much time of the thingshandbag probably as many opportunities
and defense and some positions open upmorethan you do it backsnamely you have to be willing to commit
yourself to be a great defensive playercoaches noticed that managers knows thatwho's willing to take pride in defense
catchers for instanceyou know that for me it's catching firstoffense second are a lot of people in
the same baseball it's a if you hit willfind a place for you well that may be
true but if your liability and defensethey're going to find a place for you to
anna's condemn benchyou have to be allocation baseball
proactivelyeven if you don't have great rangeunionistyou are great hitter finding a place for
you the million ahahahahastill got to be able to make the routine
playanthro accuratelyi can tell our viewers one key point to
be calm in a good defensive playerwhat would that beit's is just as important and defense to
see the baseballand and so onas it is on officeto get that added jumpget that instinct as they say by reading
that bone hitting zone in practice anduh... you can't see the ball after its
hityou know kinda anticipatespent some time out there during batting
practice when other people are standingaroundyou know reacting maybe late the balls
spent some time trying to anticipatemake that play consist ofin devise what balls you're going to get
your position from shortstop what twoseven eight balls on the ticketin practice those seven or eight balls
over and overcoach ma i know they're a bunch of
viewers at their word drains a plan aissue one daywhat advice would you give themwell the most important thing is worry
about todayyou know our play the game with a
passion have fungood players are filed there's not too
many uh...could have been hall-of-famer sit at
home right now you know there's there'sthe people that are great will be found
don't worry about being recruiteddon't worry about who's given a minute
paper don't worry about who's going toshowcasesworry aboutthe investigation workers are being
taken good advice from people with playthe gameuh... he's going to take it all in and
see what works for youand keep moving forward but enjoy the
game have a passion for the game todayburn to respect the gamelearn how to play the game learn how to
watch the gameeverything work out for yourselfyou know that blair's that's come before
colluded baseball's top coachespatrick thank you for this advice but
they were coming back worked out bygetting a little bit later so i look
forward to it
What do the Sun Devil softball pitchers do while the rest of the team takes batting practice? Dallas Escodedo fills you in on the lasting mark the players leave in Oklahoma City.
Former Arizona State and Notre Dame baseball coach Pat Murphy was honored at a recent ceremony at Notre Dame. Thanks to a contribution by his family, the newly renovated Irish baseball clubhouse will now be known at the "Coach Pat Murphy Lockerroom". Murphy was also presented an honorary monogram by the school.
Cory Hahn cracks a grand slam off Matt Hobgood during a Southern Section Division 1 Quarterfinal game between the Mater Dei Monarchs and the Norco Cougars. Santa Ana Mater Dei defeated Norco 7-4 to move onto the semifinals at Long Beach's Blair Field. Hobgood, the 2009 Gatorade California High Player of the Year, entered the game with a perfect 11-0 record and 0.33 ERA. Hahn, a junior outfielder/pitcher, is a top college prospect. In his next at-bat, Hahn took Hobgood deep again for a solo home run, his second dinger of the game.
My brother (in the Hog Hat) and sister-in-law solemnly witnessing their alma mater being denied a trip to the 2010 College World Series by the Arizona Sun Devils!
It's our first week back from winter break and our first week back on the grind on our way to Omaha! Since we have sun 365 days a year we can't have full team practice for another week or so. On January 11, 2013 captain's practice evolved into the first annual Arizona State University Baseball Whiffle Ball World Series! Enjoy!
Long before he was the American League Rookie of the Year and Most Valuable Player, Dustin Pedroia was a diminutive shortstop for Arizona State University with a unique relationship with his college baseball coach.
Originally aired in 2004.
Courtesy: FOX Sports Arizona
Dustin Pedroia of the Boston Red Sox, talks about how he got recruited to play baseball in Arizona State University. ""Yeah, it was pretty hectic, I came out here on my first trip. I had four other trips planned out, and I liked it our here, I wanted to come out here and play in the Pac 10. So I cancelled all my other trips and comitted. The first few week of that process, was kind of a zoo, but it all figured itself out. I just answered the phone and was nice and polite. You have to figure out where you want to go to school, there could be a lot of places that recruit you. You just have to figure out where you want to be. Arizona state for me was the perfect fit, and I wanted to come in and play right away. I got that opportunity, so it was a great fit for me. I wanted to stay on the west coast and play in the PAC 10. Obviously Arizona state's baseball program is one of the best in the country every year, so I knew if I went there I would have a just of being drafted and playing proffesional baseball. That was pretty much a big part of my decision.""
