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Episode #10: Adam Eaton | What Baseball Parents Get Wrong About Success, Development & Failure
Adam Eaton was 5-foot-9, a 19th-round draft pick and, by his own admission, never a big-time prospect. He still found a way to play 10 years in the Major Leagues and win a World Series.
And his message to baseball parents is one I wish more people heard early: “It is not a talent contest.”
Adam joins me on Chasing Baseball Dreams to talk about what actually helped him beat the odds, what he learned working with college players at Michigan State, and what he now sees every day as the first base coach for the Los Angeles Angels.
We get into why parents put way too much importance on early…
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