Tom House
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It was exactly right. I thought too much and I cared too much. And that combination is a performance anxiety problem. So I became a defensive pitcher for about six months to a year after leaving Boston. And until I got involved with the research on performance anxieties, did I figure out a way that even a guy with my limited abilities could actually manufacture and do better.
It was exactly right. I thought too much and I cared too much. And that combination is a performance anxiety problem. So I became a defensive pitcher for about six months to a year after leaving Boston. And until I got involved with the research on performance anxieties, did I figure out a way that even a guy with my limited abilities could actually manufacture and do better.
It was exactly right. I thought too much and I cared too much. And that combination is a performance anxiety problem. So I became a defensive pitcher for about six months to a year after leaving Boston. And until I got involved with the research on performance anxieties, did I figure out a way that even a guy with my limited abilities could actually manufacture and do better.
with these particular protocols. And that became the beginning of my research into the PhD program.
with these particular protocols. And that became the beginning of my research into the PhD program.
with these particular protocols. And that became the beginning of my research into the PhD program.
Neither my mom or my dad could understand how anybody could make a living playing sports. In fact, on her deathbed, my mom looked me in the face and she said, Now, Thomas, when are you going to find a real job? Seriously, they enjoyed coming to the games, but her number one priority for my brother and myself, no A, no play.
Neither my mom or my dad could understand how anybody could make a living playing sports. In fact, on her deathbed, my mom looked me in the face and she said, Now, Thomas, when are you going to find a real job? Seriously, they enjoyed coming to the games, but her number one priority for my brother and myself, no A, no play.
Neither my mom or my dad could understand how anybody could make a living playing sports. In fact, on her deathbed, my mom looked me in the face and she said, Now, Thomas, when are you going to find a real job? Seriously, they enjoyed coming to the games, but her number one priority for my brother and myself, no A, no play.
If you want to play sports, you have to have straight A's, and you can play sports as long as you go to school. That's why I went to school until I was 44.
If you want to play sports, you have to have straight A's, and you can play sports as long as you go to school. That's why I went to school until I was 44.
If you want to play sports, you have to have straight A's, and you can play sports as long as you go to school. That's why I went to school until I was 44.
Really weird. They were on a limited budget with a franchise that was barely hanging on.
Really weird. They were on a limited budget with a franchise that was barely hanging on.
Really weird. They were on a limited budget with a franchise that was barely hanging on.
Tom Greve as the GM was one of those GMs that said, we know what doesn't work for us, let's try something new. So I mortgaged my house to get an aerial system and we brought it into Rangers Stadium and we captured data. every hitter, every pitcher that went through there. We're talking about cube and high-speed motion analysis. And we had two years of data.
Tom Greve as the GM was one of those GMs that said, we know what doesn't work for us, let's try something new. So I mortgaged my house to get an aerial system and we brought it into Rangers Stadium and we captured data. every hitter, every pitcher that went through there. We're talking about cube and high-speed motion analysis. And we had two years of data.
Tom Greve as the GM was one of those GMs that said, we know what doesn't work for us, let's try something new. So I mortgaged my house to get an aerial system and we brought it into Rangers Stadium and we captured data. every hitter, every pitcher that went through there. We're talking about cube and high-speed motion analysis. And we had two years of data.
We've got measurements coming out of our yin-yang. What is it that we have? I said, you know, everybody's trying to film a million pitchers and see what they do. Let's narrow our sample down to 30 of the best. It's a stepwise regression analysis.
We've got measurements coming out of our yin-yang. What is it that we have? I said, you know, everybody's trying to film a million pitchers and see what they do. Let's narrow our sample down to 30 of the best. It's a stepwise regression analysis.