Baseball Outside The Box

Coach Caliendo and Michael Carlucci of The Bottom Line Podcast are in Tokyo
Japan and in the Tokyo Dome sitting down with MLB Pitching coach for the
Brazil Baseball Academy. The Academy has had 17 players sign with MLB teams
and 15 have been pitchers. Brazil currently has about 5 players playing in
the Major Leagues.

Enrique Burgos:

* Former Major League Pitcher Kansas City Royals and San Francisco
Giants
* Currently MLB pitching instructor MLB Academy in Brazil
* Pitched in Taiwan
* World Baseball Softball Confederation Technical Commissioner

Topics discussed:

* About the MLB Baseball Academy in Brazil
* Why it has developed so many pitchers that signed with MLB teams?
* What do they focus on at the academy?
* What does he look for in pitchers?
* Does he develop only guys who are pitchers?
* Things pitchers really need to focus on to get to the next level.
* What other areas do they work on to help pitchers?
* How about the mental part of the game of pitching?
* And so much more.