Kyle Boddy is all sizzle, no steak.
Here’s a thread that is likely to make him sweat like a presidente on a Dominican summer day🌞
"What I cannot create, I do not understand"-Richard Feynman
Here’s a thread that is likely to make him sweat like a presidente on a Dominican summer day🌞
"What I cannot create, I do not understand"-Richard Feynman
1. Chris O’ Leary solves Kyle Boddy’s Arm Pain
"It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends on his not understanding it."- Upton Sinclair
Once upon a time, (before Driveline ever existed) a chubby individual was experiencing arm pain.
"It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends on his not understanding it."- Upton Sinclair
Once upon a time, (before Driveline ever existed) a chubby individual was experiencing arm pain.
He searched online to find answers and came across the thoughts of Chris O’Leary. 
As you can see, Kyle followed O’Leary’s advice and his "arm has felt much better".
So why doesn’t Kyle advocate against hyperabduction with Driveline pitchers?
And if Kyle Boddy couldn’t help himself gain MLB quality velocity, how can he help you?
So why doesn’t Kyle advocate against hyperabduction with Driveline pitchers?
And if Kyle Boddy couldn’t help himself gain MLB quality velocity, how can he help you?
2. Kyle Boddy gives Casey Weathers bad advice and blows out his arm. Twice.
"Beware of the person who gives advice, telling you that a certain action on your part is “good for you” while it is also good for him, while the harm to you doesn’t directly affect him."-Nassim Taleb
"Beware of the person who gives advice, telling you that a certain action on your part is “good for you” while it is also good for him, while the harm to you doesn’t directly affect him."-Nassim Taleb
Casey Weathers was the no. 7 overall pick in the 2007 draft chosen by the Colorado Rockies. He participated in the 2008 Olympics and won a bronze medal. Two months after that he blew out his arm during an Arizona Fall League game.
After a couple of arm surgeries and being cut from a couple of organizations, he reaches out to Kyle with an email on March 27, 2014. Kyle puts him on a weighted ball program and *Viola!* magically restores his velocity.
This earns Casey a contract with the Tampa Bay Rays by the end of May. Kyle’s a genius, right?
But then Casey was cut from the Rays for poor results but apparently his arm felt fine. Over the next couple years, he pitched a total of about 80 innings in the minors.
But then Casey was cut from the Rays for poor results but apparently his arm felt fine. Over the next couple years, he pitched a total of about 80 innings in the minors.
In 2017, he played for an independent team and by 2020, Boddy hires him as a rehab coach.
Insanity is repeating the same thing and expecting different results.
Casey experienced success at the collegiate level and played for his country.
Insanity is repeating the same thing and expecting different results.
Casey experienced success at the collegiate level and played for his country.
He hurt himself once he reached his threshold. After a period of uncertainty, he reached out to Kyle to change his luck. Ultimately, he did not succeed. Same shit, different toilet. Kyle simply didn’t learn and had Casey fail over and over again.
The lesson here is —just because you consider someone a good friend — that doesn’t mean they have good ideas.
Especially when they have no skin in the game.
Casey did prove to be a useful idiot for Kyle.
Especially when they have no skin in the game.
Casey did prove to be a useful idiot for Kyle.
Casey running and gunning a ball at 107.8 mph became the viral social media moment within the online baseball community for Driveline influencing the youth to "LeT It EAT!!!!
Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.
Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.
If Kyle couldn’t help himself or a top college reliever, how can he help you?
How many kids were influenced to LET IT EAT and end up on the surgeon’s table?
How many kids were influenced to LET IT EAT and end up on the surgeon’s table?
If Driveline is so open about their data, why haven’t they released how many kids or amateurs have not improved or blown out their arms from their methods?
Grifters are going to Grift.🤑
Grifters are going to Grift.🤑
3. Mike Reinold and Eric Cressey take on the controversial topic of weighted baseballs.
ericcressey.com/csp-elite-base…
ericcressey.com/csp-elite-base…
"Many a small thing has been made large by the right kind of advertising."- Mark Twain
On this podcast, Eric and Mike tackle controversial throwing topics like the sleeper stretch, external rotation, new injuries as well as weighted baseballs.
On this podcast, Eric and Mike tackle controversial throwing topics like the sleeper stretch, external rotation, new injuries as well as weighted baseballs.
Mike had conducted a 6-week weighted ball study with kids between the ages of 14-17 years old.
Mike makes it clear that "These aren't subjects. These aren't rats we put in a cage. These are our kids.".
The study had an injury rate of 24% over 6 weeks. The cost-benefit analysis of sacrificing health for velocity isn't worth it.
The study had an injury rate of 24% over 6 weeks. The cost-benefit analysis of sacrificing health for velocity isn't worth it.
After listing off all the horrible injuries they had recently seen, Mike says "We're starting to see traumatic injuries in a repetitive atraumatic sport. It's ridiculous".
He goes on further to state "We've definitely proven now in these series of studies that weighted balls do help with velocity -- not probably as much as you think -- it's not magical.
BTW the only other study that looked at a 6-week program that had a bunch of different weights of balls in it was actually published by Driveline and they actually showed no change in velocity."
drivelinebaseball.com/2018/12/6-week…
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If weighted balls don't actually work, why advertise them to kids without providing informed consent to parents?
Youthful emotional attachment creates brand loyalty.
Youthful emotional attachment creates brand loyalty.
How many children have followed Driveline's craze of running and gunning a ball as hard as they can into a net or a fence and end up with a serious arm injury?
I also wonder if there is a group of parents with injured children willing to take Driveline to court?🧐
I also wonder if there is a group of parents with injured children willing to take Driveline to court?🧐
Tobacco companies have funded $cientific research studies to sway public opinion. They paid billions to states for the damage caused by their products.
Is Kyle Boddy compassionate enough to pay for arm surgeries resulting from his methods and lack of informed consent?
Is Kyle Boddy compassionate enough to pay for arm surgeries resulting from his methods and lack of informed consent?
4. Pedro Martinez, Amir Garrett and Al Leiter all agree that children throwing Driveline PlyoCare® Balls is a bad idea
On @MLBNetwork 's #SandlotToTheShow television program, Amir makes it known that "he's not a fan of it".
On @MLBNetwork 's #SandlotToTheShow television program, Amir makes it known that "he's not a fan of it".
Pedro politely notes that "muscles not properly developed. Ligaments not properly developed. Ligaments are fragile at that age".
But Al makes it clear it's a "Terrible...Awful idea... The medial epicondyle on a little kid, it's a soft bone, it will actually break the bone if you put too much strain on it cause the UCL isn't even developed yet".
(The relevant segment is from 18:30-20:30)
Pedro's career lasted 18 years. Do you think he needed plyoballs to be successful?
Al's career lasted 19 years. Do you think he needed plyoballs to be successful?
Amir is the new kid on the block but do you think he needed plyoballs to reach @MLB ?
Al's career lasted 19 years. Do you think he needed plyoballs to be successful?
Amir is the new kid on the block but do you think he needed plyoballs to reach @MLB ?
In the age of social media, almost everyone is staring at a screen.
Imagine how easy it is to manipulate a child's emotions to get them to believe that buying plyoballs will "improve velocity and command" only to find out they don't actually work.
Imagine how easy it is to manipulate a child's emotions to get them to believe that buying plyoballs will "improve velocity and command" only to find out they don't actually work.
Pedro, Amir and Al didn't need to be Driveline "certified" to be successful.
Most importantly, children don't need Driveline to improve or learn the game's fundamentals.
I believe @MLBNetwork has that covered and it's free.
I believe @MLBNetwork has that covered and it's free.
This is the beautiful country of America🇺🇸 and I strongly believe in Freedom of Speech and in the Free Market.
Baseball parents - -if you would like to spend your hard-earned money on a grift from a guy that wishes death on parents - - by all means, go ahead.
Baseball parents - -if you would like to spend your hard-earned money on a grift from a guy that wishes death on parents - - by all means, go ahead.
5. Kyle Boddy of Driveline Baseball Wishes Death on a Parent
"People who play gangster and play tough guy, don’t understand that you don’t really want to play that game because you are going to play a game with people who aren’t playing”-Andrew Tate
"People who play gangster and play tough guy, don’t understand that you don’t really want to play that game because you are going to play a game with people who aren’t playing”-Andrew Tate
99.9% of the pitching mechanics/ baseball development industry is full of fugazi instructors, charlatans and misguided physicians. The vast majority of their products/methods don’t even come close to solving the problem of arm injuries in baseball.
Kyle Boddy is the most influential voice in this industry and yet even he will tell you he doesn’t have the answer to create sustainable velocity. (Forget solving arm issues)
Coincidentally, Kyle points to the nebulous field of genetics because it’s really convenient to point the finger somewhere else because he doesn’t *actually* know anything.
The basic formula for Driveline’s “success” goes like this:
1. Kyle stands next to a relevant MLB player (insert @BauerOutage, Shohei Ohtani etc)
1. Kyle stands next to a relevant MLB player (insert @BauerOutage, Shohei Ohtani etc)
2. Using the gift of gab, he eloquently persuades that MLB player with pseudoscientific jargon that he can help them improve performance. (Note: They were already MLB players BEFORE he starts “working” with them)
3. By default, Kids+Journalists follow MLB players. Where the attention goes, the money flows.
Standing next to a masterpiece doesn’t mean you can paint like Picasso.
Standing next to a successful person doesn’t mean you are successful.
Driveline Baseball has been in business for about 10 years.
Standing next to a successful person doesn’t mean you are successful.
Driveline Baseball has been in business for about 10 years.
How many players have had tangible sustainable improvements in health and performance working with Driveline?
How many players have they actually built from scratch?
The answer to both questions is 0.
How many players have they actually built from scratch?
The answer to both questions is 0.
Kyle Boddy is wise enough to understand that the unbridled enthusiasm of the youth will put money in his pockets (while significantly increasing their risk of injury) so he uses his twitter fingers to pretend to care about the harm to children.
Let’s unpack this for a moment:
After a youth game, a coach affiliated with Driveline encounters a random dad who yells “TJ” (I’m assuming the dad meant Tommy John) at the coach’s team while they were doing recovery protocols.
After a youth game, a coach affiliated with Driveline encounters a random dad who yells “TJ” (I’m assuming the dad meant Tommy John) at the coach’s team while they were doing recovery protocols.
Note: We don’t know if this coach actually responded to the dad and if anything occurred. I assume this coach (and I use the term lightly) didn’t attempt a respectful conversation with the dad to make it a teachable moment for not only the dad but the kids.
I assume this coach kept his mouth shut and ran to twitter seeking external validation because the dad hurt his feelings.
He then writes like the true keyboard warrior that he is, the things he imagined he did because he didn't have the heart to do it in real life.
The funny thing is, Kyle Boddy feels the need to chime in.
First he tells us that he coached two years of little league and high school ball but gave it up to go exclusively into college and pro ball because he couldn’t deal with failed parents.
He also states that parents live vicariously through their children which ruins the game for keyboard warriors like Kyle Boddy and this “coach”.
Next, Kyle Boddy wishes that this father dies and has the gall to say the father displayed “shameful” behavior.
Coaching may require interactions with parents especially at the youth level.
If we follow Kyle’s logic, the parents that happen to be difficult are failures at the sport so he would rather avoid them because he happens to be so gifted at coaching that he’ll avoid the issue by only accepting college or pro positions.
A true coach should be able to handle criticism respectfully to attain a better level of understanding for all parties.
He then states that the parents ruin the game for him as if they came to see Kyle coach. 😂
He then states that the parents ruin the game for him as if they came to see Kyle coach. 😂
To finish off this delightful tweet, Kyle Boddy believes the appropriate punishment for an insensitive comment from a parent is death.
Specifically, “nameless” so I’m assuming without a tombstone?
Nothing says you care about kids the most like wishing death on their parent.
Nothing says you care about kids the most like wishing death on their parent.
Kyle Boddy’s ego (like his stomach) is so large that it obstructs his ability to view the possible destruction of his business by directly insulting its main revenue source.
More importantly, Kyle Boddy claims to represent the future of the game which is driven by the youth at every level.
To wish a nameless death publicly (at the time) as a pitching director for the @Reds shows the quality of his character.
To wish a nameless death publicly (at the time) as a pitching director for the @Reds shows the quality of his character.
In my eyes, this is a higher degree of shameful behavior.
Sticks and stones can break your bones but words can hurt your pockets.
The internet is written in ink. To avoid repercussions, Kyle Boddy deleted his post.
Sticks and stones can break your bones but words can hurt your pockets.
The internet is written in ink. To avoid repercussions, Kyle Boddy deleted his post.
Hey Kyle, I know you like to talk all that gangster shit but check this out.
Did you know Gangster Jimmy Coonan held seminars on dismemberment?
He discovered that severing an elbow was probably the most difficult task.
Did you know Gangster Jimmy Coonan held seminars on dismemberment?
He discovered that severing an elbow was probably the most difficult task.
Food for thought, you have probably chewed through more elbows for profit than Jimmy Coonan has.
The moral of the story is this: If you don’t have the heart to say it in real life, don’t type it online. Whatever you do and don’t do always carries repercussions.
Don’t ask for smoke if you are not ready to serve flames.
Don’t ask for smoke if you are not ready to serve flames.
Allow me to continue to objectively prove why Driveline is almost useless and why they won’t truly stand for their brand in the court of law.
6.Kyle Boddy of Driveline Baseball Sues Brent Pourciau of @TopVelocity for Defamation and Wins. Yet Kyle Won’t Sue Chris O’ Leary for Defamation.
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Legally speaking, I don’t operate in rumors.
I operate in verifiable information in the public domain. In other words, observations also known as facts. Don’t shoot the messenger.
I operate in verifiable information in the public domain. In other words, observations also known as facts. Don’t shoot the messenger.
“In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king”-Erasmus
In the land of baseball grift, is Kyle the king?
In the land of baseball grift, is Kyle the king?
Once upon a time, a competitor of Kyle’s named Brent Pourciau decided he wanted to wear the crown.
Brent learned the hard way that if you come at the king, you best not miss.
Brent learned the hard way that if you come at the king, you best not miss.
Brent amplified a rumor online that “Driveline Baseball facilitates usage of performance-enhancing steroids inside its facility”.
Through subpoenas and legal discovery, evidence surfaced that indicated the rumor was from an account supposedly “trolling” Brent.
Through subpoenas and legal discovery, evidence surfaced that indicated the rumor was from an account supposedly “trolling” Brent.
Brent posted this rumor in hopes of causing “reputational and financial damage”.
He failed and was forced to post an apology.
He failed and was forced to post an apology.
https://twitter.com/TopVelocity/status/1225505306366574593
Brent engaged in a sustained negative Internet campaign against Driveline Baseball.
What I write, is a sustained objective analysis with verifiable information already present in the public domain/record with questions.
What I write, is a sustained objective analysis with verifiable information already present in the public domain/record with questions.
Due to network effects on social media, Driveline Baseball enjoys the luck of having first-mover advantage of introducing a service to the market.
If you build a player from nothing to something, you can do it again.
If you build a player from nothing to something, you can do it again.
If you pretend you’ve built sustained performances, network effects can make you lose market share just as fast.
Especially if a privately held company possesses better technology than Driveline Baseball has.
Especially if a privately held company possesses better technology than Driveline Baseball has.
Driveline Baseball purports itself to be a baseball player development company and yet they lack a minimum viable product.
They have never *actually* built a player from scratch meaning no understanding of baseball to sustained performances avoiding major injury.
They have never *actually* built a player from scratch meaning no understanding of baseball to sustained performances avoiding major injury.
The keyword is sustain.
How can you teach what you do not know?
If you didn’t know how to read, how can you teach someone else how to read?
“What I cannot create, I do not understand” - Richard Feynman
How can you teach what you do not know?
If you didn’t know how to read, how can you teach someone else how to read?
“What I cannot create, I do not understand” - Richard Feynman
What is the point of using the gimmick of weighted balls - -combined with a very poor understanding of TrackMan, Rapsodo, edgertronic data etc - - to achieve high radar gun readings for one to three months but have to shut it down due to arm pain or major injury?
Ask Dean Jackson aka
@doublexcanflex
how his arm if feeling.
Ask Eric Sim aka
@kingofjuco
how his arm his feeling.
@doublexcanflex
how his arm if feeling.
Ask Eric Sim aka
@kingofjuco
how his arm his feeling.
Kyle used to be a part of the @Reds organization.
Three players that have recently bought into the Driveline hype are Teejay Antone, Michael Lorenzen aka
@Lorenzen55 and Hunter Greene aka @HunterGreene17.
Three players that have recently bought into the Driveline hype are Teejay Antone, Michael Lorenzen aka
@Lorenzen55 and Hunter Greene aka @HunterGreene17.
Teejay is recovering from Tommy John surgery.
Michael is on the 60-day IL with shoulder issues.
Hunter is on the 15-day IL with arm issues.
Michael is on the 60-day IL with shoulder issues.
Hunter is on the 15-day IL with arm issues.
To me, things aren’t adding up so why would I listen to Kyle Boddy?
Starting pitching is like racing a car every 5 days.
But the beauty of the human body is that it can heal as long as the rate of recovery remains above the rate of performance.
But the beauty of the human body is that it can heal as long as the rate of recovery remains above the rate of performance.
What Driveline does is soup up the car unnaturally through extreme workouts which make performance exceed the rate of recovery until it blows out.
IMHO Kyle Boddy is a confusing businessman, a loyal friend, and probably a good dad but his baseball ideas are fucking atrocious.
The reason Kyle uses all this pseudoscientific word salad mixed in with a horrible perversion of
@billjamesonline analytics is to eloquently persuade another organization to put food in his mouth under the illusion of value.
@billjamesonline analytics is to eloquently persuade another organization to put food in his mouth under the illusion of value.
What I find fascinating is the acrimony he now has for Chris O’ Leary.
Why would Kyle Boddy hate the man that helped heal his arm pain?
Chris O’ Leary is known on baseball twitter for his injury predictions of pitchers.
As human beings, we operate through pattern recognition.
For example, most children can recognize what a car looks like.
For example, most children can recognize what a car looks like.
They can also recognize if the car has a flat tire, a busted windshield or smoke emanating from underneath the hood.
A child doesn’t need to drive or be a mechanic to predict the car will probably not perform well much longer.
A child doesn’t need to drive or be a mechanic to predict the car will probably not perform well much longer.
Chris O’ Leary’s accuracy over the past few years has ascended past 90% correct.
Chris O’ Leary is right literally over 90% of the time.
Chris O’ Leary is right literally over 90% of the time.
As human beings, we are emotional creatures and sometimes find it difficult to separate between the person and the performance.
Like many people on social media, Chris O’ Leary enjoys exercising his ego. He demonstrates his ability to predict mechanics even when a loved one has recently passed away.
Reality can be many different things at the same time.
Is demonstrating your prediction ability when someone has recently died a fucking despicable thing to do? Yes.
Does that mean his prediction was wrong? No.
Does 1 + 1 = 2 even when you’re happy, sad or angry? Yes.
Does that mean his prediction was wrong? No.
Does 1 + 1 = 2 even when you’re happy, sad or angry? Yes.
Bad ideas can come from people you do like.
Good ideas can come from people you don’t like.
Good ideas can come from people you don’t like.
Since Driveline Baseball is so open about their data,
@KMcGovernPT politely requested their injury data.
@KMcGovernPT politely requested their injury data.
Over the years, Chris O’ Leary has directly and publicly accused Kyle Boddy and Driveline Baseball as being the root cause for the incredible amount of arm injuries across all levels of baseball.
https://twitter.com/lansky_baseball/status/1352851502835113984
Chris has done this on social media and on the radio with @JunksRadio.
https://twitter.com/1067theFan/status/1536775021418405888
Why doesn’t Kyle Boddy sue Chris O’ Leary for defamation?
Why won’t Kyle Boddy legally force Chris O’ Leary to place an apology on Twitter?
Why won’t Kyle Boddy legally force Chris O’ Leary to place an apology on Twitter?
7. Don’t Ask What Driveline Baseball Can Do For Trevor Bauer. Ask What Trevor Bauer Can Do For Driveline Baseball.
"A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on.”-Winston Churchill
"A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on.”-Winston Churchill
In college, Trevor Bauer won the Golden Spikes Award. He was later drafted third overall in the 2011 MLB Draft and made his MLB debut in 2012.
According to @BenLindbergh and @Travis_Sawchik , a Dominican pitching instructor named Silvio introduced Trevor and his father to the concept of weighted balls.
“At eight years old, Bauer had his first experience with a tool that later became a well-known part of his training regimen”.
Along with long toss, “explosive drill work”, and rubber bands, Trevor intuitively figured out how to create elite velocity but needed help with command.
Along with long toss, “explosive drill work”, and rubber bands, Trevor intuitively figured out how to create elite velocity but needed help with command.
Already a Big Leaguer (and having been a top prospect) he begins working with Boddy prior to the 2014 season to present day.
Did Kyle Boddy help Trevor Bauer with his command?
Did Kyle Boddy help Trevor Bauer with his command?
According to his Baseball Reference page, Trevor Bauer had ERAs over 4 for four straight seasons from 2014-2017.
In 2018, Trevor Bauer had a career year with an All-Star appearance and a 2.21 ERA in 28 games. An unfortunate injury ended that season.
In 2018, Trevor Bauer had a career year with an All-Star appearance and a 2.21 ERA in 28 games. An unfortunate injury ended that season.
The next year he regressed to an ERA over 4.
Note: Currently, Giants pitcher Alex Cobb who recently went to Driveline, has an ERA just below 4 at 3.99 hovering above his career average of 3.88.
Currently Angels player Shohei Ohtani went to Driveline and has an ERA 2.83 below his 3.18 ERA of 2021.
Does going to Driveline Baseball improve performance?
Does correlation imply causation?
Does correlation imply causation?
In the first 6 years working with Kyle Boddy, Trevor Bauer’s command remained relatively the same with ERAs well above 4 except for 1 year.
In 2020, Trevor Bauer had a bounce back year and got hot for a couple of months winning the N.L. Cy Young Award in an 11 game effort or 73 innings pitched.
As a starting pitcher, is 73 innings enough to conclude a good season?
As a starting pitcher, is 73 innings enough to conclude a good season?
Then @BauerOutage secured the bag with the @Dodgers for a 3 year $102 million dollar contract. Not bad for just 73 innings of work.
In 2021, Trevor Bauer had a 2.59 ERA in 107.2 innings pitched but due to off-the-field issues (in combination with chasing clout on social media attempting to dunk on Rob Manfred),
Trevor Bauer is currently sitting in time-out.
Did Kyle Boddy help improve Trevor Bauer’s ERA over the past two years or did Trevor Bauer intuitively figure it out like he did with his velocity because he actually has skin in the game?
Is Trevor Bauer’s value to Driveline Baseball the fact he was a relevant Major Leaguer who opened the doors to have other MLB players go to Driveline Baseball ?
What are the tangible sustainable improvements that have been made by Driveline Baseball to keep pitchers healthy with good results?
In terms of health, Trevor Bauer is an outlier who still hasn’t strung together consecutive seasons of 30+ games of high quality performances yet.
In terms of talent, Shohei Ohtani has shown (so far) to be a generational talent.
Note: Shohei Ohtani has already had Tommy John surgery once.
Note: Shohei Ohtani has already had Tommy John surgery once.
It’s easy to market that a Cy Young Award winner and an M.V.P. go to your gym, to make it seem like their success was somehow influenced by the environment—when in reality—they could both go to a different facility and be just as good.
Over the past decade, more tech and data has been infused in the game and yet pitchers are getting injured more than ever with starting pitchers leaving the game earlier.
From 1990 to 2011, 44 pitchers averaged at least 200 MLB innings each season. Since 2012, the average has dropped to 20 pitchers per season, including just 4 pitchers in 2021.
In regards to pitching, Kyle Boddy couldn’t help himself, Casey Weathers, Dean Jackson, Eric Sim, Hunter Greene, Teejay Antone or Michael Lorenzen yet I am supposed to believe he built Trevor Bauer and Shohei Ohtani?🤔
Note: It’s too early to tell if Dillon Tate’s recent improvement as a reliever is actually sustainable.
Starting pitchers rarely last past 6 innings anymore. On average, pitchers might slightly throw harder than pitchers from the past but they are far more fragile.
If Driveline Baseball actually worked, there would be far less injuries and more starting pitchers.
If Driveline Baseball actually worked, there would be far less injuries and more starting pitchers.
There is a difference between the local dadcoach and Kyle Boddy.
The local dad coach genuinely believes in what he is trying to sell you (even if it may not work) while Kyle Boddy *knows* what he is selling you doesn’t work because it fucked up his own arm.
The local dad coach genuinely believes in what he is trying to sell you (even if it may not work) while Kyle Boddy *knows* what he is selling you doesn’t work because it fucked up his own arm.
But to Kyle Boddy, all money is good money.
Kyle Boddy is the same guy that allowed Luke Heimlich to work out at Driveline Baseball.
Kyle Boddy is the same guy that allowed Luke Heimlich to work out at Driveline Baseball.
Who is Luke Heimlich? The pitcher @MLB clubs avoided because of this Sports Illustrated article. si.com/mlb/2018/05/16…
Kyle Boddy welcomed Luke Heimlich to Driveline Baseball *AFTER* Luke’s guilty plea of child molestation became public.
Here’s Kyle Boddy attempting to spin the Luke Heimlich story in a positive way.
Note: Kyle Boddy also deleted these tweets as well.
What else can be added to Kyle Boddy’s résumé?
What else can be added to Kyle Boddy’s résumé?
8. Tim Lincecum becomes Driveline Baseball’s Greatest Success
“Peer review is a cancer from outer space…Many people who are now professional scientists have an idea that peer review has always been in our literature and it absolutely motherfucking has not.”-Eric Weinstein
Let’s imagine for a moment that you’re in school. You’ve been having difficulty with a subject called Algebra for a whole year. The final exam is approaching. Without a good score, you will not be able to advance to the next grade and be doomed to repeat the level.
In preparation for this exam, you decide to hire a math tutor. As you begin studying with this math tutor, over time it becomes clear that he has mastered simple addition and nothing more. He eloquently insists he can help you master Algebra yet he doesn’t understand it himself.
How well do you think you’re going to perform on the exam?
Kyle Boddy markets the fact Shohei Ohtani has won the M.V.P. Award and Trevor Bauer has won the Cy Young Award in an attempt to persuade amateur baseball players to train with Driveline Baseball.
If Driveline Baseball actually worked, then why couldn’t they restore the playing ability of their most decorated alumni Tim Lincecum?
Tim Lincecum was a star in college who went on to become a phenom in @MLB .
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Tim Lincecum won 2 Cy Young Awards, 3 World Series Championships, and had 4 straight All-Star seasons followed with a sharp decline in performance with 5 mediocre seasons.
To regain his former ability, Tim Lincecum began training with Driveline Baseball.
tmz.com/2017/12/19/tim…
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Tim Lincecum performed for scouts throwing 90-93 mph and signed a contract with the @Rangers. His velocity quickly declined to the the 86-88 mph range (like @KingofJuco) and continued to have mediocre results. He was released by the Rangers.
Tim Lincecum’s Driveline velocity gains were ultimately unsustainable.
Kyle Boddy has failed with top prospects that were over 6ft and 200lbs.
Kyle Boddy has failed with the most accomplished Major Leaguer to go to Driveline Baseball who was under 6ft and 200lbs. (Tim Lincecum)
Kyle Boddy has failed with the most accomplished Major Leaguer to go to Driveline Baseball who was under 6ft and 200lbs. (Tim Lincecum)
No matter the height, weight or résumé, Kyle managed to fail with both so how can he help you?
The scientific experiment Driveline Baseball has conducted since its existence is whether you can *actually* improve velocity and performance with baseball pitchers. Insanity is repeating the same thing and expecting different results.
Kyle Boddy has failed with Casey Weathers, Tim Lincecum and Eric Sim over the past 10 years. (plus countless others)
“It's the mark of a charlatan to try and explain simple things in complex ways and it's the mark of a genius to explain complicated things in simple ways.”- Naval Ravikant
Does Kyle Boddy use scamalytics to persuade baseball organizations that he can provide value?
Driveline Baseball claims they conduct peer-reviewed research and publish all of their data but why won’t they disclose all of the pitchers who have seriously injured their arms or not improved using their methods?
drivelinebaseball.com/research/
drivelinebaseball.com/research/
When conducting an experiment, true science is based on independent replication of the results. True science is not about whether your friends, idols or your higher-ups agree with you.
My OG @EricRWeinstein makes it clear why peer-review doesn’t mean shit.
https://twitter.com/EricRWeinstein/status/1568363189540356097
Men lie. Women lie. Data doesn’t. Statistics can. And peer-review doesn’t matter without independent replication.
Kyle Boddy has failed with countless individuals. What institutions has Kyle Boddy failed with?
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