Same story as me lol. Never hit a homer through high school or bp, but summer ball when I was 17 I hit one to left like you

Fascinating

@AntonelliBaseball

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks!!!!

I hit a league best 3 homers and .714 average 23 RBIs and made the all-star team I play year around with personal instructors on my travel teams own facility I play in at least once a week

man these videos are so awesome

Also live in mass

really interesting video!

@AntonelliBaseball

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks!!

Great job explaining that, it was really informative!

Every kid should watch this.

@AntonelliBaseball

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks!!!

I think this was a great topic to talk about. I feel to many kids and PARENTS are misled borderline delusional about kids making it to the bigs. Talent without a doubt is going to be required to make it to the top level of any someone wishes to pursue and in feel kids have become dependent on the mind frame of in good now so I’ll be good later, so I don’t need to put in the work. Wondering if maybe you could talk about some situations when kids or young players had all the talent in the world with little work ethic. Who now talk about how good they were back in the food oils days while on lunch break from their job they now hate.

@chancehuck251

5 жыл бұрын

Auto correct really did a number on that, but you get the idea.

@AntonelliBaseball

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much!!! Thanks for watching and commenting!

checked out your Minors stats... incredible BB:K ratio. you must have had an awesome approach and/or quick bat.

@AntonelliBaseball

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks!!

love your channel and hearing your answers. really good stuff.

Good stuff man. Appreciate you making these, really interesting.

Very insightful Matt. Appreciate your honesty.

Matt, as always your honesty and insight are very much appreciated. Thank you!

@AntonelliBaseball

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks Dana!!! Thanks for watching!

Great stories, very informative. Love the insight into the struggles of getting to the majors.

Did you ever have coaches or managers that you didn't like/didn't like you?

@letstalksports4800

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah the Syracuse Chiefs the old triple a team with the Washington Nationals didn’t like him.

if you could give one tip to a hitter, one tip to a fielder and one tip to a pitcher... what would those tips be?

Thanks man you motivated me for high school ball:)!!

The guy who ended up being the best on our team senior year and going d1 was very average in younger years. He couldn’t carry the bat bags for my travel teams ages 12-15. Never even made rec league all stars. But when all us “cool guys” were chasing girls and sneaking beers he was working. And it paid off

Matt, love watching your content. Interesting story...I played against you and Jeff Allison in the New England Regional tourney way back in the 90’s. It was in Lydonville, VT and the same year you guys won the Babe Ruth World Series. If my memory serves me we gave you one of your only losses that year but couldn’t pull it out in take all regional final. That Peabody team was loaded. Glad to see you had a great baseball career and really enjoy the videos.

Great vid as always.

I really like this guy. Super down to earth

My son & I love the videos man- great job!

@AntonelliBaseball

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much!!!

I was top 5 tallest in little league. Thats it! Lol. I was never close to being good. But, once Babe Ruth and Sr. Babe Ruth hit, I got a little bit better. Still, never was great. But, i was okay with that. I still had some personal highlights along w team highlights along the way. (I WON a championship, scored the winning run the game before that and had a bases loaded game-winning hit, after going 0-3 w 3ks in the 3 previous abs in a Sr. BR game; and a mention in the local paper lol)

Very inspirational for a lot young guys out there.

I just found you today and your videos are amazing! In this one, you pretty much described yourself as a typical middle infielder - but we know there's no such thing as "typical. " You come across as straightforward, modest, low-key, but focused. Appreciate that. I'm a 3-year (former) Little League 2nd baseman who never turned a 6-4-3 double-play. So, I wasn't good. But you were. Even though you said you didn't have a shortstop's arm, you played short. I know you had that God-given zip on your throws that I noticed I didn't have by the time I tried out in high school. I just wanted to share that because watching your videos invites us to comment because you are so honest and accessible and 99.99% of us wish we could have had your career, injury-plagued as it was. You made it, and now you're telling us what it was like, and helping steer young players in the right direction. Great work!

@NomNomGirl1

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you

Great video!

I miss little league. I played for duxbury mass and hit a homer in the state championship against marblehead. we lost though.

I did great in little league with the right coaches. My on base was something crazy like .700 + the year they let me play my natural position on 2nd AND VERY IMPORTANT didn't ban me from using a wood bat. Hit a lot of singles and walked a lot as well. But after that year I went up to the "better" team and they refused to let me use my wood bat and put me in right and I just stunk. Had they let me be me I'd had probably continued that great performance at the plate. Lol oh well. Then they put me in at 3rd base in a game after never practicing there and took a spike on a steal and that was the end of my athletic career for football and baseball compliments of a now mostly titanium ankle

great stories man

I got better over time and I just learned baseball...... I started hitting well when I told my coach I could get a hit batting leadoff and he's like "you sure" and I did and from then on I was knocking shit everywhere (contact hitter, with a HR here and there)...... Funny, because in little league before I got crazy I only had 1 hit........ I got a confidence in me at 9 or whatever it was and it was on... (this is only a guess) but I hit .800 that second little league season - then I learned and I was drafted in the "first round" of my "clinics" draft - after that season everyone wanted me...... Obviously high school is different from little league.......

I’m only 14 but I am like you were , I am one of the best in my league I am shortstop I never miss on a swing but I don’t got a lot of pop

@AntonelliBaseball

6 жыл бұрын

Nice!! Keep working at it and good luck! Thanks for watching and commenting!

what was your average in high school

@MattMlcc

4 жыл бұрын

.420

@soonermagic24

3 жыл бұрын

Like .700

Awesome video Matt, thank you for your honesty and humility. I can just about guarantee the guys who criticize you Major League career, didn’t go nearly as far.

@AntonelliBaseball

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks!!!

A lot of really great players never make it to MLB, I played softball with a guy who was a catcher in Yankees organization who got his knee torn up in low minors, when he was younger he was great in little leagues thru college. sometimes its just not meant to be

Question when did you start varsity baseball and when did you get your first scholarship

My son's a 9 yr old little league player, first year of kid pitch ball in the Dixie League in Alabama. We are really enjoying it, this is the most fun its been since we started in t ball. When is a good time to start conditioning for playing? Such as weight training, more extensive cardio? Jr high? High school? When did you start?

@AntonelliBaseball

5 жыл бұрын

Great!!! I started in high school. Kids are starting early now. I don't know the exact age, but I think you can start to implement some stuff in Jr. high. Thanks so much for watching and commenting!

Hearing your progress throughout your career honestly gives me a lot of hope to make it to the league.

What was a typical day of training for you during high school ball?

What kind of mindset do you have to have if you're in high school and want to play Major League Baseball

sup

I love all your videos. The best part of your videos is how thoughtful and self aware you are. For example, you aren't afraid to admit someone else was better than you, or that you have weaknesses. That's kind of rare in any kind of sports media.

@AntonelliBaseball

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks!!! I appreciate that!

@inflago

5 жыл бұрын

@@AntonelliBaseball The pleasure is all mine. Most sports stories are either amazing tales of greatness or tales of sadness or failure. It's incredibly interesting to see what your average ballplayer goes through.

I know this is an order video but I wanted to thank you for sharing your past experiences. My 8u son has been one of the top player in his Cal Ripken league and is looking to get into travel ball this next year. His buddys made the 8u team and he was placed on the 9u team. Looking at his progress since he started he has progressed quicker than most kids in his league and playing with better kids for usre pushes him to be better as well. Again, thanks for sharing your thoughts and experiences.

I like listening to you because you love the game. One of the coolest experiences I've had in life is playing three way catch with my dad and my son. It was electric!

@AntonelliBaseball

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks!!! That is very cool!!!

Baseball is a funny sport. In peewee ball I led the league with 4 homers over the fence. In little league and pony I was tied with another guy. In high school I only hit 4. Then in my late teens to early 20's I went crazy hitting a homer almost every 6th at bat. The competition was much better but I was seeing the ball so much better and my swag at the plate grew. I remember jacking a bad pitch into the scoreboard 400ft because I wanted to demoralize the pitcher and had that much confidence. But with age and a working life you do lose your edge. Granted this wasn't the pros but an extremely competitive league that MLB scouts were present at every game. I was in my very early $20's and they offered me a 20k signing bonus. I told them no thanks. I make too much money and do this for fun. Looking back I wonder if I could have made it to high minor ball?

@AntonelliBaseball

6 жыл бұрын

Interesting story thanks for sharing!!! Thanks for watching and commenting!

I was literally thinking about this 💭

A lot of the guys that were studs in little league etc fizzled out fast.

@AntonelliBaseball

6 жыл бұрын

Absolutely I saw the same thing

20 homeruns in little league how long was a season

My 12-yesr-old son has a fundamentally and mechanically sound swing. In fact, several baseball people I respect have said it's at a professional level, particular his bottom half. However, he struggles to hit in games because he will only swing at strikes. As you know, a strike in little league is not really a strike. As a result, he's striking out looking an awful lot. Aside from telling him to expand the strike zone, is there anything he can do to change his approach at the plate?

Fantastic job with this video Matt. I hope the young people who watch your videos will embrace and emulate your humility.

@AntonelliBaseball

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks!!!

“Only” 21 starts in MLB... That’s actually kinda awesome. How many guys can say they played in even one game?

@blitz7012

5 жыл бұрын

According to the most recent data given by the MLB 19,183 people could say that they have been apart of a Major League roster dating back to 1871. So its quite impressive to just make it onto a team.

What was your mental mindset against other pitchers when you are a hitter?

Same here on contact. 200+ at bats last year had no home runs only three k's though. Great trait to have. Force them to make the play. Love the vids bro

Dude I'm a contact hitter, but I hit this notorious bomb of a home run and they measured it as seriously 600 feet ..... The wind was blowing hard out that day...... The ball ended up breaking some old Italian womans window while she was making pasta for her husband - and she brought the baseball back.... lol........ The ball apparently landed in her pot of pasta and she returned it........ I still to this day have the baseball......... It was just one of those nights where the wind was right and I connected on the bat and "boom".......... I thought I was going to fly out actually - then I got to home and was like "WTF" ....... Coach is like "you just hit the longest home run in history" ........ I have the ball that's all I care about - they think it was 600+ feet......

Love ur vids

Howdy Matt - As a former "baseball dad" here, I just wanted to say that I've enjoyed watching a number of your videos and appreciate both your candor and humility. My youngest son had both the skills (catcher) and desire as he began to excel throughout his youth playing days in a very similar fashion as you outlined in this video. Played on a AABC "Connie Mack" WS team back in 2003. He too benefitted from having an great professional coach/mentor in the pre/off season very much like yourself. Regretfully, he quit baseball shortly after he got to college. Seems like D1 coaches aren't particularly enthralled when they hear that their prospective players are science majors. Today, he's an attorney living in Chicago and a season ticket holder with the Cubbies. But he still is ever loyal to his NY Yankees...

@AntonelliBaseball

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much and thanks for sharing!!! Thanks for watching and commenting!!

I love the new video

Mark buehrle got cut I think 2 or 3 years in high and didn't have really any scholarships and he played awhile in the MLB (probably heard of him) and saying about that draft in the majors in little league, I was drafted 8th overall in the draft and I was like the biggest bust ever haha. Don't feel sorry for me I'm mainly a basketball player and golfer. Great video like always

@Aarbear7

7 жыл бұрын

Superxslugger what's your real name I doubt you got drafted 8th overall

@ethanschultz7480

7 жыл бұрын

Aaron Young he was drafted 8th in little league

@Aarbear7

7 жыл бұрын

Ethan Mixes ohhh I see now

@jacobprestonmusicyeah

7 жыл бұрын

+Aaron Young lol yeah I was a 12 year old with heck of a tryout and our town took little league VERY SERIOUSLY like its MLB. We had 3 years in the majors of little league and if u got drafted to 1 team. You would stay on that team for all 3 years. It was the ages of 10-12 (4th-6th grade) and instead of trying out as a 10 year old I went to the "minors of little league" and only struck out 2 times that season and averaged about .700 BA (not kidding) I was know as a top player in the minors and then sucked those 2 years in the majors haha being the 8th pick out of 30 selected and yes there were kids NOT PICKED that tried out, they were automatically brought to the minors. Thanks for reading

@jacobprestonmusicyeah

7 жыл бұрын

11 year old*

What's your opinion on weighted ball training?

How hard did you get recruited out of high school? Did a lot of schools offer you scholarships?

Did you take the colors for AB from Wake Forest?

That's like me, not the best player in my league but one of the top. I was basically the same hitter but I have a little bit of pop. I'm hitting .656 at the 12u level

@stuartcarruthers6845

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks bro

@AntonelliBaseball

7 жыл бұрын

Good luck to you!!!

I practically grew up in Peabody, lol.

In bewteen sports like in football and basketball season when you were in HS did you play other sports?

21 games is still a lot more than almost everyone. There are thousands that would love to have played even 1, or even part of 1, game in the majors. 200 is better than what a lot of people would be able to do even without the injuries you had!

These videos are incredible. Explained so well and very self aware. Great explaining the path to MLB in thoughtful terms. Sucks that your wrist issues kept you from more MLB success. Baseball is a better sports for having you.

Oh yeah I’ve heard of David Eckstein.. dude was the biggest hussle player in Angels History. He was huge in Anaheim. That 2002 team was all heart

Matt did u play Peabody Legion or any Legion

I believe you are too modest!

OK Matt, so your career didn't merit HOF consideration but that's OK. You were good enough to play with the greatest players in the world. I think that's pretty darn impressive!

My coach says only catchers are supposed to short arm it but then I started pitching as well and now my coach gets mad cuz I short arm it

Mental game of baseball

You've built a reputation over the last 3 weeks that as a subscriber I hit the thumbs up before I even watch.

Dude you’re the man. You made it. That’s what’s matters most. Would have been nice had you been able to have stayed in The Majors for 11 years but @ least you got that cup of coffee. SALUTE Congratulations. Your hard work paid off

I think you were alot better than you realized as a kid but you were just a truly humble player who didn't see how good your game was but only saw the flaws which caused you to never stop busting your ass and is the reason you made it to the bigs! If more kids had your attitude alot more kids would make it.

Can you do a video on how it is to go out in public as a major league player?? Love your videos👌

When did you get your first scholarship offer and who did you have offers from

Can you do the video on what was it like being a video game soon? I'm very interested in that

i think when u were 10 years old being the first overall draft pick had something to do with your dad being the coach and your name starting with A hahaha love the vids dude

@AntonelliBaseball

6 жыл бұрын

Lol maybe! Thanks for watching and commenting!

Did you make varsity as a freshman?

Hey matt is there anyway you could go over some good workout routines, how to increase bat speed, faster hips etc.

any chance of a flash synopsis of The Caveman's Pregnancy Companion?

@AntonelliBaseball

5 жыл бұрын

Haha got it as a present. Will need to re-read lol

Like some of your players showing the drills and u giving instructions

I was on an undefeated State Champion Little League team in the late '60s, and was really a good second baseman but very small. There was really only one guy on our team who had true natural talent, our shortstop. Man he could play. But he never pursued baseball as a career. He could have made it. Very important point however, is that, at the age of 12, we were all playing pure physical ball. Almost no one in our league knew the mental aspects, the tricks and rules, and it may be more the learning of that aspect of the game which pulls up the hard working journeymen players to the next level. I certainly wish I knew the game better then, but alas.

@cedricgist7614

6 жыл бұрын

Michael J - congratulations on your success! I played 2b in that era also - and I never turned a double-play. We didn't win much either. But after 3 years, I was hooked on the game. I responded because you talked about not knowing the mental aspect at that age. I can relate because I tried out for my high school team 4 years, never making it, but I learned so much from our coach who also taught history and economics. He also talked about meeting Ted Williams at a coaching clinic and the "compared to who?" logic Williams used to get a read on a player he hadn't seen. Thanks for triggering those memories, and really, congratulations on the remarkable success you and your teammates experienced early on.

How did you take care of your arm when you were throwing so much and how did the mlb pitchers take care of their arms so they wouldnt get sore? What would their icing schedules be

How did you practice or did you practice during your little league career

and is it possible for a guy that didn't make varsity until his junior year to become good enough to get recruited?

The best player in the little league organization I grew up playing in made it all the way to AAA in the Braves organization. He was a stud player growing up.

do you think it is smart to go out of high school or do you think it is better to go through college?

Were you putting in any extra practice at the different age groups, 9-11 yrs, 12-15 yrs, and then older travel ball/high school prior to college? Also when do you think is a good age to start travel ball? I'd be lying if I didn't say I think the 7u-9u age groups are kind of a waste. I would love to hear your opinion.

Hey dude quick question when your at bat in the majors are you nervous at each at bat do u ignore the thousands of fans at the stadium and the people watching at home how did u keep your composure at the plate..... hope u answer will love too know

You should make a vid talking about what it was like getting hit by a 90 mph fastball. Did it hurt or did your adrenaline rush stop the pain

Can you do a video or tell me if you need to go to a big school to get drafted or signed

@jakethesnake6873

7 жыл бұрын

Jacob Adrian I agree! please do

"Coaches Kid at SS !" Domingo Ayala Just kidding Matt. Love the videos and the honesty.

Can you do a video about how you were recruited for college baseball?

@Michael-tk3vc

7 жыл бұрын

Marc Chodos I think he did one... or one similar 🤔

@BD52Ravens

6 жыл бұрын

Ah why don’t you try finding the video

I'm 62 and enjoy your content. I am a better fan because of it. Yeah, could never hit a breaking ball, lol. I also think your videos are very valuable for kids, their coaches and parents. Thanks.

When you're in the majors, do you have access to the field whenever you want?

@trevorgurbacki4810

7 жыл бұрын

good question

@theultimatefan9

6 жыл бұрын

I work for Angels baseball, I'm there every day. I have never seen a player taken a workout on a non game day. Most of them are either on the road, warming up or playing when they are in season. When they aren't in season, they go home. For example, Mike Trout is in NJ rn, And he won't be back until January.

@theultimatefan9

6 жыл бұрын

Plus they also have a ton of workout facilities. Trust me

Do you have a video on the other sports you played growing up?

Hey Matt what was fanfest like in the offseason for you did you go or not, 2) did you play in the futures game and what was it like to be minor league all stargame did they fligh you or did you take a bus or what

Did you ever deal with blisters on your hands from hitting or throwing too much? How did you treat/heal them?