House Call: Why the World's Best Pitchers and Quarterbacks Seek This Man's Advice

Pablo Torre Finds Out

Pablo Torre, Le Batard & Friends

Sports

4.8 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 10 April 2025

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

He got the Sandy Koufax seal of approval, then re-trained Nolan Ryan in his forties. He upgraded Drew Brees into one of the most accurate passers of all time, then went tête-à-tête with Tom Brady. He even tried turning Michael Jordan and Tim Tebow into baseball players. But for legendary pitching coach Dr. Tom House, the science of throwing is all in the mind, from performance anxiety to the human nerve bank. And now, at 77, he's looking into a future without Shohei Ohtani on the mound — and a 118-mile-an-hour fastball coming for your head. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to Pablo Torre finds out. I am Pablo Torre. Today's episode is brought to you by Draft Kings.
0:05.7	Draft Kings, the crown is yours. And today we're going to find out what this sound is.
0:12.1	We know the human arm can go 118 miles an hour. I've done it a bunch of times with pitchers.
0:20.9	Right after this ad.
0:23.7	We're listening to Draft King's Network.
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1:01.8	the superlative tom the superlative, Tom.
1:11.2	The superlative that you deserve is the foremost expert on throwing in the world.
1:17.0	I do though, before we get to throwing, want to start with a time you caught something.
1:22.8	Okay.
1:24.0	And as a way of introducing you, I presume you have a general guess as to which day of your life.
1:29.8	It would probably be April 8, 1974.
1:34.1	I think it was about 8.06 p.m.
1:37.6	And we'll see what Downing does.
1:39.4	Alice the belt delivers, and he's lobe all one.
1:43.6	And that just adds to the pressure.
1:46.0	The crowd boeing.
1:48.0	A fastball from Al Downing to Henry Aaron.
1:52.0	Five five in the deep left center field.
1:54.0	Buckner goes back to the Fann City score.
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