One of my favorite, and in depth episodes so far in terms of peeling back the layers in sports psychology. My long time friend Bernie Holliday, (who helped me for a few of my professional baseball years), shows you why the mental game is so important in sports and daily life. We discuss his unlikely journey from coaching tennis, to training soldiers and cadets at West Point, and his transition from working with the Army to professional baseball. Lots of great concepts and examples of what he does to get athletes ready to perform at the highest level every night. Let me know what you think and what you took from this episode! 

Well the time has come and a lot of you have asked to hear it, so today you're getting it. My Story. My name is Brett Lorin (host of Too Tall Sports Podcast) and this will episode will feature the story of my sports career and upbringing as well as my professional baseball career and beyond. I interview a ton of different people in several sports industries but my listeners haven't heard how I came to be who I am today. I go through my younger years and also my decision to transfer during my college career to better my chances of making it in pro ball. Also, we discuss the seven years in the minor leagues and being very close to reaching my ultimate goal of being a Major League Baseball player. I follow that with my experience running a restaurant franchise. Alex Burket from Rise to the Challenge Podcast interviews me today.

Today I get a chance to sit down with a former 2nd round pick of the Houston Astros. He played his college ball at UC-Irvine and actually threw a no hitter while he was there. We discuss his rise in pro ball and how a tragic overnight bus accident partially derailed his promising career. We dive into the different stops and organizations he played for, as well as how analytics started to become more mainstream during his career. He is on his way to becoming a professional golfer.

Today's episode is with Big Leaguer Evan Marshall, a buddy and former teammate of mine in the minor leagues during our days in Double-A and Triple-A. He is currently a reliever for the Chicago White Sox and has spent time with Arizona, Seattle and Cleveland during his amazing young career. We discuss his choice to go to Kansas State from growing up in the Bay Area of Northern California and his professional career up to this point. He has some great stories about what life is really like in pro ball and how crazy it can be to get called up and down in the same day. He also shares insight in to some great moments with ceremonial first pitches and even interacting with Jason Segel, the star of Forgetting Sarah Marshall. We finish with his take on the negotiations from the Players Union and MLB and how everything worked out in the end for both sides to have a baseball season.

My boy Vance, aka "The Vanimal" stops by today to share the story of his baseball career. We played together in college and we discuss the great year we had back in 2008 and the process of how both of us got drafted after that season. He talks about life in the minors and how the different levels can really get to you when you're young and moving up quickly. He got to be the man for a little while in Philly and I ask him all about that experience.

My buddy and former teammate Phillippe Aumont stops by to talk about what it's like growing up in Quebec, playing baseball internationally, and playing in the big leagues with Philadelphia. We also discuss the opportunity he had to play in the World Baseball Classic twice, 2009 and 2013 for Team Canada. Finally, we discuss how being a player/coach in Independent Ball, gave him back his love for the game...

ery few little league players get to have a coach that has Major League experience mentoring them. I was lucky enough to learn a lot about pitching from our guest today, Mike Witt. He pitched in the Big Leagues for 12 years and some of you may know him as 1 of 23 pitchers to ever throw a Perfect Game. We discuss his upbringing in Southern California and playing for his home town Angels. He talks about his 2 All-Star appearances in '86 and '87, how the different eras of pitching compare, and also being traded to the Yankees for Dave Winfield.

Today's episode features the youngest of the FIVE Hairston's to make it to the big leagues, Scott Hairston. We dive into his upbringing and career in a family with so much baseball talent. He shares some great stories about playing in Arizona and San Diego, sharing the field with Barry Bonds on his big night, and hitting for the cycle with the New York Mets.

Lastly, Scott has become a consultant for a "clean crafted" wine company called Scout and Cellar

My former college pitching coach Jon Strauss, stops by the show to discuss his career as a player and how he quickly transitioned into a very successful coach at the collegiate level. He's spent time at Loyola Marymount, Long Beach State, Pepperdine and now Baylor to name a few. We talk about pitch calling in college vs. letting the young catchers run the show. We dive into recruiting nowadays vs the early 2000's. And we also discuss the "Pitching Lab", a new way to evaluate pitching and skillset on campus at Baylor. 

Jared and I discuss his minor league career and a funny story when something clicked for him to go from a fringe player, to a very accomplished reliever in the big leagues for the last 10 years. We talk about the science of pitching and what it's like to pitch in the new era of baseball.