The young gangly kid makes his way from the darkness of the shadow into the spotlight of the cage. His boyish face and glasses topped by a baseball cap, and his slender frame draped by a Superman shirt in an ironic appearance...

I work with a lot of hitters who ask me the question, “Nate, how do I hit the curveball better?” I explain that good curveballs are tough to hit, period. The best piece of advice I then offer for how to combat a good curveball is to become a good fastball hitter...
