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Fat Pitch - My Six Seasons with the Colorado Rockies  is a nostalgic and insightful look at the first six years of the Colorado Rockies. Throwing batting practice for them during those years I got to know players and coaches alike, from Galarraga, Helton and Walker to Baylor and Leyland. It was a remarkable and exciting journey behind the scenes of a Major League team  

Fat Pitch is in the Baseball Hall of Fame

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Independence, Mantle and Miss Able chronicles the unlikely connection and extraordinary history of baseball, Mickey Mantle and NASA in the remarkable southeastern Kansas town of Independence.  The first night game in Organized Baseball was played in Independence April 28, 1930 and Mickey Mantle played his first season in professional baseball in Independence for the Independence Yankees. The first successful NASA space shot in 1959 had two monkeys aboard and one of them, Miss Able, was born in the Independence zoo.

Independence, Mantle and Miss Able is in the Baseball Hall of Fame 

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Legacy of a Monarch is the biography of Byron Johnson an All-Star shortstop for the Kansas City Monarchs in the Negro Leagues during the 1930s & 1940s.  It is a history of not only a black baseball player, but of an African-Americans journey through American History, with a forward by President Bill Clinton and an introduction by Don Baylor, Legacy of a Monarch was honored and inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown in 2006.


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Seams:  From the small town of Washington, Missouri came Kyle "The Breeze" Cummings, who as a boy was a pitching marvel, only to have his career cut short by a gruesome accident on the mound.  His life would change that day, as would his impact on the game he so loved.  From a rural high school field to game seven of the Fall Classic - love, death, war and murder would shape his life and the timeless game of baseball 

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If You Come to a Bridge - You've Gone Too Far : The story of over 40 years of unbelievable tales of insurance investigations in and around the Rocky Mountain region.  From restaurants on snow capped peaks to houses of ill repute to gold mines in Wyoming we covered it all while dealing with attack dogs, bears and people who weren't always glad to see us.  Who ever wrote, "You can't make this stuff up," had this book in mind. 

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The story of a young boy who sees his father killed by bank robbers and his pursuit of these killers which turns him into what he's chasing with an ending he never expected.

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Fat Pitch provides a humorous and insightful behind the scenes look at batting practice with the Colorado Rockies 

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The Real Strike Zone 


The Real Strike Zone is a back to basics approach to pitching, sound safe mechanics, development of pitches and control and how to attack hitters.

Baseball appears to be a rather simple sport, throw the ball, hit the ball and catch the ball. The deeper you get into it, however, the sooner you realize it is a very complex game. Unfortunately, most people don’t know where to begin, who to talk to, or when they’re getting good or bad information.

That’s why I’m here. With over twenty-five years of experience in teaching, coaching, and many more years playing, I feel my experience with coaches, players and students of the game from the major league level on down will benefit not only the young ballplayer, but the veteran as well. I teach the basics as well as educate about the game itself. This involves not only the what’s, but the whys.

There are many theories on how to teach pitching and I’m well aware of how things are being taught today. You can be confident I’m familiar with and recognize the pros and cons of these techniques and will discuss them with you.

Baseball should be exciting, productive and most of all fun, no matter what the age. If you are not taught how to succeed, or the right way to play this very challenging game, productivity and enjoyment won’t take place.

With that in mind, it’s my goal to teach the proper way to play this great game of baseball, which will lead to successful seasons and ultimately successful careers. If you have the desire to reach your maximum potential The Real Strike Zone will help you get there.

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Jan Sumner

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