Greg Modica

Was retired, now semi-retired Professional baseball player. My thoughts on being a new father, baseball and whatever else pops into my head.

[Greg Modica @modicapitching]

Just a 40 year old stepping out on a pro field for the first time in 14 years. Damn it was fun to be out there again! @Mpascoe8 @PitchingNinja @mashmore98

[Greg Modica @modicapitching]

@Jimbo4881113333 @shegone03 @MLB @OleTimeHardball @notgaetti @BobFile @twuench @billdubs @iamrags @artofhitting @hittingguru7 @slider_sinker @SliderDom @low_and_outside A-Rod over all of them

[Greg Modica @modicapitching]

@AtlanticLg It is Game 3 and still no scoreboard or stats up

[Greg Modica @modicapitching]

@Roger774501171 Allen Watson….hit .417 with the Cardinals in 1995.

[Greg Modica @modicapitching]

@OleTimeHardball

[Jim Koenigsberger @Jimfrombaseball]

"Hell, if I didn't drink drink or smoke, I'd win twenty games every year. It's easy when you don't drink or smoke or horse around."
"The Chairman Of The Board"
Whitey Ford
To alleviate the pain in his left shoulder during the 1957 season, Ford spoke to his friend, Toots Shor, who recommended Dr. Milton Reder. Ford visited the good doctor, received a treatment and reported his shoulder felt much better the next day.
Ford didn’t know that Dr. Reder treated his patients, who included many celebrities, for pain with a solution of about 13 percent cocaine. Reder used cocaine he had purchased legally from pharmaceutical companies. General George Patton, Winston Churchill and Pablo Picasso. were all Dr. Reder`s patient`s. Dr. Reder would insert a cotton swab doused with a 10 to 15 percent liquid cocaine solution up their nose. The swabs are placed against a central nerve center, the sphenopalatine ganglion, in the rear of the nasal passages and connected to nerves throughout the body.
For 50 years, Dr. Milton Reder, a prominent New York Park Avenue physician, had used cocaine to treat pain. The practice was banned by New York State health officials in 1989, but Dr. Reder had ignored the ban, moving into the forefront of physicians who say the treatments should be allowed, until more research had been done. When the 89 year old Doctor was told he could face charges ranging from professional misconduct to felony drug possession, his response was, "Baloney"

[Greg Modica @modicapitching]

Age is a case of mind over matter. If you don’t mind, it don’t matter.
Satchel Paige

[Greg Modica @modicapitching]

There is more to the game than just throwing every pitch as hard as you can 🤷🏻‍♂️

[Baseball IQ @BaseballIQ_App]

🚨 Wainwright - Holding on Runners @ 2nd

1. Be aware of your "tells"
2. Stop the forward momentum
3. Cue your delivery on the runner's movement back

⭐️There's WAY more to pitching than throwing hard... knowing how to shut down the running game is vital.

[Greg Modica @modicapitching]

If you have a few minutes, make sure you watch @joonlee take some hacks

[Joon Lee @joonlee]

NEW VIDEO: I’ve spent years dishing hot takes everywhere from the cafeteria to ESPN.

But I never stepped into the shoes of a pro athlete … until now

So I faced social media’s favorite reliever Adam Ottavino, and it changed how I watch sports
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[Baseball IQ @BaseballIQ_App]

🚨 Skenes - Quantifying Success

• 1st pitch strikes
• 2/3 pitches for strikes
• A result in 3 pitches or less

⭐️ Early action is a starting pitcher’s best friend. Attack the zone & stay in control of the count.

[Greg Modica @modicapitching]

@BBGreatMoments Satchel Paige

[108 Performance @108_Performance]

Lance Berkman talks about the key to his development at 13 years old🔥🗣️Check out the full podcast on our YouTube!

https://t.co/ridVCSs1Ew

[Jonathan Lucroy @JLucroy20]

Yep. If catchers keep their target on location vs yanking it mid windup will go a long way with helping a pitchers visual. I’ve been on this horse for a while.

Think about shooting a gun at a target. If you see the target through your scope and all of a sudden it disappears when you go to pull the trigger you won’t be nearly as accurate.

Same thing.

[Adam Wainwright @UncleCharlie50]

I guarantee you a pitcher would get more low strike calls when his eyes were able to exactly identify what the bottom of the zone is with a target than having to completely rely on muscle memory that gets him in the general vicinity. No target = soft focus = deep counts = XBH = 5ip

[Adam Wainwright @UncleCharlie50]

A question that needs to be debated and AT LEAST considered. This is for all you catching gurus, @MLBNetwork guys, podcasters, coaches, and wouldn’t mind hearing from you pitchers on this subject. Best part of automated strike zone I see is a pitcher might regain a target!

[80s Sports N Stuff @80sSportsNStuff]

Today in 1989, Tecmo Bowl was released for Nintendo and our lives were better because of it…

[Gaijin Baseball/外国人野球 @GaijinBaseball]

6/12/1993

At a countryside Kansai Derby game in Nagaoka, Buffaloes ace Hideo Nomo is taking a shutout into the 8th inning

Then a 19 year old kid who came into the game batting around .100 spoiled it by hitting the first homer of his career

His name? Ichiro Suzuki

[Baseball’s Greatest Moments @BBGreatMoments]

Satchel Paige's windup is incredible to watch 😮

[Jim Koenigsberger @Jimfrombaseball]

Erin States's parents were season ticket holders with seats in the left field corner stands of the Oakland Coliseum. Erin was 5 in 1989 when he went to her first game, right after the Yankees traded Rickey back to the A's. She tried to get his attention but couldn't, so the next time she went, she made a sign that said "HI RICKEY" & drew a heart on it. Rickey saw it & waved to her. After the game, he brought her a ball. From then on, she took more specific signs to the games: NICE STEAL! GREAT HOME RUN!
Erin was devastated when Oakland traded Rickey to Toronto. She wrote a letter to several Bay Area papers, noting that Toronto was a long way away and her parents wouldn't let her move there.
"I asked my mom to take down all my Rickey posters & pictures in my room. They make my heart hurt too much to look at. My mom said that the hurt won't be so bad later & I'll be able to stop crying when I hear his name. If someone out there knows Rickey, would you please tell him that the girl with the signs in the left field corner of the Coliseum misses him very much and would you tell him I said goodbye. I didn't even get to say goodbye."
Someone sent the letter to Rickey, who cried when he read it and said, "The fans and press might be on me, but I knew I could always count on that little girl."
When the Jays played in Oakland August 30, Rickey came onto the field and found Erin immediately. He hugged & kissed her and promised that if Toronto got to the World Series, he would hit a home run or steal a base for her. Newspapers ran a picture of Rickey holding her while she cried.
Erin States Hoy holds the sign she made for Rickey Henderson when she was a child, next to his plaque at the Baseball Hall of Fame

[Greg Modica @modicapitching]

@itsJohnRocker 1000% yes

[Greg Modica @modicapitching]

@PFAbaseball @BSNSPORTS I’ve been using BSN for years and the rep I deal with is very good