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To sell products many companies get a famous baseball player to endorse or appear on their videos. Now, this isn’t necessarily a bad thing, but it can be misleading. Most professional baseball players were born to play baseball. Their skills and abilities are, and always were, better than almost everyone they played against growing up.

Now, this does not mean they don’t work hard or deserve any success they have. It simply means they may not be able to explain. As former MLB All-Star Wally Joyner said, “I have no idea how I hit. I just know that I can hit.”

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I had the good fortune to hear Branch Rickey speak and he was in his 80’s. I listened along with a lot of other coaches and scouts. I listened to Branch Rickey talk about, “What it Takes To Become a Major League Baseball Player.”

He said, “A guy has got to be able to do four things:
1) Throw.
2) Run.
3) Field.
4) Hit.
He has to be able to do two of these things extremely well to play in the big league.”

He went on and said, “If he can do all four and hit with power, he is going to be a super star.”

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