Guest Co-Host --- Ricky Meinhold

<p>Jim is joined by guest co-host by University of Missouri Pitching Coach Ricky Meinhold. Ricky and Jim discuss Ricky’s career journey from scouting with the Cardinals, to serving as Pitching Coordinator for the Mets, and current day Pitching Coach for Mizzou. Plus, the guys talk about blending old school scouting and analytics together in the modern game.</p> <p><br></p> <p>TO WATCH THE SHOW, VISIT THE LAB – EPSTEIN HITTING PODCAST YOUTUBE PAGE</p> <p><br></p> <p>2:00 – Blending grassroots scouting and data</p> <p>5:00 – Connecting the dots</p> <p>10:00 – Utilizing different departments within baseball operations as a scout</p> <p>20:00 – Scouting/player evaluation process during a live game</p> <p>29:00 – Certain player attributes to look for when scouting</p> <p>38:00 – Finding the “right player”</p> <p>43:00 – Discussing MLB rule changes</p> <p>49:00 – Ricky going from the Cardinals to the Mets</p> <p>59:00 – Ricky’s current position at Mizzou</p> <p><br></p> <p>Subscribe and like the show- Apple | Google | Spotify | TuneIn | Iheart | Stitcher | Pandora | YouTube</p> <p>Subscribe to the show’s YouTube page: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/" target="_blank"><strong>https://www.youtube.com</strong></a></p> <p>Email the Show: jimbopodcast21@gmail.com</p> <p>Twitter/Instagram: @Jimtara, @epsteinhitting</p> <p><br></p> <p>Why the Epstein Hitting System?: The Epstein Hitting system was created by 10-year Major League player, Mike Epstein. In addition to leading the 1972 World Series champion A’s in home runs, Mike played for arguably the greatest hitter of all-time, Ted Williams…Using what he learned from his career and from Ted Williams, Mike built a system to identify and fix swing faults. Mike received the only letter of recommendation for hitting instruction Ted Williams ever gave out…After working closely with Mike to learn the craft of teaching hitting, Epstein Hitting is now led by Jake Epstein…Jake has perfected the use of video analysis to create a plan to maximize a player’s swing. In addition to slow-m