EP85 What Is Diamondbabble? First-pitch tactics and Should Pitchers Throw Two Breaking Balls?

Diamondbabble: when baseball coaches describe things in overly complicated ways. Why is the game overflowing with it? In this episode, Dan reads examples of diamondbabble from Twitter and explains the road forward. And, what should a pitcher be thinking on the first pitch of an at-bat? Lastly, should pitchers throw two different breaking balls? Or should they stick to one?





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EP85 Dear Baseball Gods Transcript: Diamondbabble, First-pitch tactics; Pitchers Throwing Two Breaking Balls



You’re listening to the dear baseball gods podcast. I’m Dan Blewett. And on this show, you’ll learn advanced concepts in baseball. Explain simply I’m here to guide you on your baseball journey and help you paddle through. What’s now an ocean of misinformation, guru wisdom, an overly technical diamond babble.



All right. I’m Dan Blewett. And in today’s talk, we’re going to discuss diamond babble. So this is a, a, a phrase or, or not a phrase is a term that I’ve coined. because they’re becoming increasingly frustrated with the biomechanical junk terminology used to describe baseball actions. That’s really just popularized, by gurus and people who don’t really understand what they’re talking about.



And so they hide behind this fancy language. To describe things that you could, honestly, if you took the time and the care and you understood it well enough, you could describe anything in baseball to a 10 year old. This is really a sticking point for me. And a lot of my peers that I respect because.



When you are a coach, it’s your job not to make yourself look as smart as possible. What it’s your job to help other people learn and grow. And when you’re using terminology that talks above them, it just shows a disrespect, a lack of respect for their intelligence. And it also, I think, exposes what is really just a lack of depth of knowledge on your own part, because if you can’t simplify something, then you don’t understand it well enough.