John Frost

@jjverdi Well said

Imagine destroying a franchise that began 33 years ago because you have an unhealthy obsession with one man and it causes you to completely forget what the job is.

@ClintHurdle13 Brilliant!

My manager asked me to learn to catch. My first reaction: Why? Davey Johnson looked at me and said, "I think it'll add value to you. And I think it'll let you see the game from a lens you've never seen before." I trusted Davey. So I said yes. Here's what I didn't understand until I got behind the plate: Before becoming a catcher I was always looking in. I was watching from a distance. Behind the plate, the whole game opens up. Everyone is out in front of you. You can read every hitter's swing. You're building a relationship with every pitcher. You see the defensive alignment. You understand strategy from a completely different angle. It changed everything about how I understood baseball. And it changed what I thought I could do next. I finally stopped trying to squeeze more out of a playing career that had run its course. I started thinking about coaching. About managing. A few years later I was a minor league manager. I don't think I get anywhere close to that without Davey Johnson asking me to learn a position I had no business playing and without me trusting him enough to say yes. Two questions worth sitting with today: Is there someone in your life who's earned your trust enough that you'd say yes to almost anything they suggested? And is there a lens on your work you've never looked through? @Mets

@MattPauleyOnAir Well said.

Not trying to come off like your freshman home room teacher who had motivational posters on the wall and not trying to make too much of a single moment but… There’s a life lesson to what happened last night. A bunch of kids decided they were going to have fun and uniquely be themselves. It turns into hundreds of people following along, filling up four sections an an MLB stadium, getting national attention, going viral on social media, MLB players and a manager taking note and talking about it and coverage of it all over in local TV, Radio and Print. It all starts organically with some kids deciding to have fun doing something a little different. There can be power in that.

@StefanCaray @Athletics @NBCSAthletics @ChrisCaray @DALLASBRADEN209 Stefan, historic event! Not only for the Caray family but also for the game of baseball! Grateful that we fans get to eavesdrop!

Got to check off a career bucket list item this week. Thank you to the @Athletics and @NBCSAthletics for believing in us. @ChrisCaray, you are incredible and were such a great maestro of the fun we had on air. @DALLASBRADEN209 could not have been more great. Blessed.

@Cat5SMASHICANE I was there! The bottom of the first also began with an inside-the-park home run, another of the rarest plays!

Here's something that comes around about once every lifetime. Zero out and all of a sudden the inning is over. A triple play is something so rare. 82 years before this was the last one. 🔥⚾️

This is brilliant!

@StefanCaray @ChrisCaray That’s great!

1,495 days ago we called our first professional game together. Now, we get to check off a lifelong dream in the majors. There’s no partner on the planet like you, @ChrisCaray. It’s time to turn the clock back and do something that’s never been done before. Let’s have some fun!

@ClintHurdle13 Brilliant observation!

When I visit our Minor League clubs, I don't just jump right into coaching. The first thing I do is listen and watch. I start "collecting coins." "Collecting coins" is finding out about who the players really are. I want to learn about them. Were there two parents in the house growing up? Just mom? Just dad? Any mentors? Did they love school or struggle with it? What do they like to do when they're not on the field? Movies? Books? How do they learn best? Anyone can read a scouting report and tell you about their arm strength or speed. But real trust starts building when you take the time to learn about who someone really is. Here's what I've learned: nobody lets you coach them until they trust you. And they won't trust you until they know you care about them as a person, not just what they can do on the field. @Rockies Make a difference today. Love, Clint

@ClintHurdle13 What a wonderful tribute!

This is my first Mother's Day without my mom. She was behind everything anyone has ever credited me for. Mom was the steady one. She didn't push me toward baseball. She pushed me toward thinking. "Son, you need to be able to read. You need to be able to write. You need to be able to think." When the whole country was telling a 17-year-old kid he was the next big thing, she sat me down and said: "Follow your dream. But have a Plan B." She knew baseball could be taken from me in an instant. She wanted to make sure something couldn't. We lost her last year. And what I keep coming back to is this: The discipline, the work ethic, the ability to keep my feet under me when life unravels didn't come from a clubhouse. It came from her. It came from a woman who never threw a baseball but taught me how to hit the one pitch that really matters. The one life keeps throwing. Mom, I miss you. Thank you for the Plan B I never had to use, and the character I use every single day. Happy Mother's Day to every mom who's still here. And every mom we now carry forward.

@Boys_Vox Two legends!

In NY. The lengths we’ll go to to have lunch together 😉

@CodifyBaseball Wow!

John Sterling called every Mariano Rivera pitch and every Derek Jeter plate appearance.

Brothers Jose and Irad Ortiz share a moment after they finish 1-2 in the Kentucky Derby.❤️

@CoachLisle The person with the loudest voice has the least control.

@TracesofTexas @brianmctaggart So THAT’S where I parked my car!

A view of the Astrodome in 1967. It's amazing how much open space is all around it, isn't it? At that time it was the only large-scale, fully enclosed stadiums for major sports in the world. The Superdome in New Orleans would not open until 1975.

🚨 50% of states have adopted “transformative” legislation that keeps children off cell phones at school. ✅ Kids are talking to each other in the cafeteria ✅ Test scores are up ✅ Disciplinary problems are down

You just love to see it 🥹

"Some day I'm going to have to stand before God, and if He asks me why I didn't let that Jackie Robinson fellow play ball, I don't think saying 'because of the color of his skin' would be a good enough answer." Branch Rickey.

The list that Augusta National handed to television announcers in 1979.

@sigg20 @Jimfrombaseball The brilliance of Jackie Gleason and Art Carney!

“Old Days”Ralph Kramden prepares for his “Big Payday” in a Classic Episode of the “Honeymooners”#Comedy #Entertainment #nostalgia #1950s