SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- When he speaks to youth groups or camps, Paul Goldschmidt tells them to have fun with whatever it is they are doing, but it's the second part of his advice that is the most powerful.
"And No. 2, if you work at it, that's how you get better and then you can do anything," the D-backs first baseman said. "That goes for school, music, baseball, your job, whatever it is. Only so much can come natural, but that's how you really improve, is putting in the hours trying to learn and get better.