Marc Gustafson
Marc Gustafson
Reach the Worldis a 501c3 organization based in New York City. RTW was founded by Heather Halstead and Marc Gustafson in 1997. According to its website, RTW wants "to revolutionize the delivery of curriculum, enabling all classrooms, in all communities, to use interactive resources that bring the world’s environments and cultures vividly to life for students."...
finally interested jason personally several sign three tried
I've, personally, been interested in Jason for several years and personally tried to sign him for three years. We finally got him.
good plays power
He's got big-time power and plays a good first-base.
baseball changed looks
He looks good. He's changed his body. He's a baseball player, first and foremost. He's not too big; he's not too muscular.
adding guys pitches sticking
The guys that are here have the same pitches. It's not as if they're adding new quirks or new pitches to their repertoire. They're sticking with what got them here.
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The injury, obviously, is not something you plan for and it's not something he'd plan for. It was a speed bump in his fast track. Toward the end, he was starting to clean up his mechanics a little bit, starting to get back to what we saw.
afraid leader mound settle talk
He's a leader. He's not afraid to go out to the mound and talk to the pitcher, settle him down if needed. He has all the makings of the quarterback on the field, a leader on the field. At that position, it's important.
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He has the mentality. He's been a closer his entire career, and nothing affects him a whole lot. But he's got good pitches. He's got the tools to make it happen and he's got the mentality that he fits in.
arm attacks change downhill early fastball gets guy mph plane recovered slider throws trouble zone
He's a guy that had arm trouble early in his career, but he's recovered from that nicely. He throws 89-92 mph with downhill sink, attacks the zone and gets groundballs. He has a slider and changeup that he throws for a change of pace, but it's that fastball with the downhill plane that makes him successful.
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He's got the makings, the talents, the tools of a big-league pitcher, and he's learning how to pitch. He's learning how to set hitters up. In the past, he might try to strike everybody out, because he's got such good stuff. We've got to teach him about pitching, and he's learning.
bat difference good shown swing tools
For me, personally, he's always shown that he has the tools to catch, swing the bat and do a lot of good things. But the difference is his confidence.
bunt slumps worry
You don't have to worry about slumps with him because he can always bunt to get on base.
pitch travel
We want him to pitch in surroundings where he's comfortable and we can travel to see him pitch.