Chris Waye Baseball Academy

06/02/2024

Baseball is a constant game of adjustments, and those adjustments are from pitch to pitch. The important thing for hitters to remember when it comes to making adjustments is that you always give up something to gain something in the batter’s box, and when hitters make adjustments, pitchers make them as well.

If you’re getting beat by the fastball and decide to move back in the batter’s box, making that adjustment is fine just keep in mind that you have to adjust to the added distance you’ve put between you and the pitcher by being deeper in the box now. Especially if the pitcher picks up on your adjustment and starts throwing you more off-speed or breaking pitches.

It goes back to the old saying that for every action, there’s a reaction.

05/24/2024

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05/16/2024

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04/30/2024

First I must thank my brother for life for being a constant in my life. His consistency is truly unmatched and I tell him a lot now that I know I give him grief about a lot of stuff but that’s what big brothers do. Make no mistake though I love him to life, and if it wasn’t for his diligence and consistency this post wouldn’t be possible.

When he let me know that he bought The Lab I really couldn’t have been more proud of him. We’ve been in each other’s lives since day one and you won’t find two guys who love baseball more than we do who genuinely want to give back to the next generation and build a legacy that will last for generations to come.

Baseball has always been an outlet for me so it was tough for me to stay away and watch from the sideline but once again my brother called and I answered. If I can’t support him there’s nobody else out here for me to support so here I am, and it really feels good to be back in the game knowing that I’m here to stay this time.

I’m really happy about it also because I get to finish something I started when the two guys in the photo with me and .espinoza9 were much younger and it would bother me at times that I never got to finish what we started and see things through to the end. That’s not something I have to worry about anymore and the best part now is when we get finished, I’ll be able to help my brother with the generation behind them that he’s developing.

There’s more to come so stay tuned and in the meantime anyone that’s trained with me, the door is open at The Lab so let’s get back to work. I’ve created a YouTube channel and the link is in the bio. Please go to the link and subscribe to the channel because I’m going to be adding a lot of great information there, and I will also be adding a post to dive into why I’ve created the channel as well.

Thank you to everyone that’s stayed with me through all the ups and downs. It wasn’t for nothing and I appreciate all of you. Time to go to work ⚾️⚾️⚾️

08/09/2023

05/10/2023

Infielders: Work with your glove out in front so you don’t stop your feet from moving. Often times the majority of throwing and other physical errors occur because of bad footwork in getting to the baseball or in making the throw after fielding it.

Keeping the glove out in front and away from your body will allow you to see the baseball all the way into your glove and more importantly, it will allow your feet to keep working to and through the baseball.

04/29/2023

Written by Stan Bumgardner

Marcenia Lyle “Toni” Stone (July 17, 1921 – November 2, 1996) was the first woman to play professional baseball for a previously all-men’s major-league team—in the former Negro League.

The 5’7” right hander was born in Bluefield, Mercer County, to Boykin and Willa Maynard Stone. Her father was a World War I vet and graduate of Tuskegee University, and her mother was a hairdresser.

Stone first played for the semi-pro Twin Cities Colored Giants in St. Paul (1947) and then later for the San Francisco Sea Lions (1949) and New Orleans Creoles (1949-53)—the latter two being part of the Negro League’s minor league system.

By the early 1950s, the Negro Major League had lost much of its top talent to Major League Baseball, which had begun integrating in 1947 when Jackie Robinson broke baseball’s color barrier.

The Indianapolis Clowns of the Negro American League signed Stone in 1953 to replace its former second baseman, Hank Aaron, who had joined the National League’s Milwaukee Braves. Aaron recalled that she was a “very good baseball player,” and Chicago Cubs great Ernie Banks described her playing style as “smooth.”

The Miami Times, while implying that Stone’s signing was a gimmick to sell tickets, still asserted, “She executes double plays with the finesse of a Jackie Robinson. She’s agile, has good baseball instinct, and her timely batting has amazed baseball experts from coast to coast.”

At one point during her 50 games with the Clowns in 1953, Stone was batting .364, fourth highest in the league. Stone also achieved a respectable career average of .243. Among her hits was a single off 47-year-old Satchel Paige, considered by some to be the greatest pitcher ever.

In 1953, the Jackson (Mississippi) Advocate wrote that “Toni Stone is capable of holding her own against the strongest male opponents and readily admits that none of her opposition takes it any easier on her because of her sex.”

After the 1953 season, the Clowns sold her contract to the Kansas City Monarchs, where she played one more year before retiring.

In 1993, she was inducted into the International Women’s Sports Hall of Fame. She died in 1996 at age 85.