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@dodgers_burner Question on this one for an ump. Watching that in slow motion, the swing doesn’t hit the glove till the ball is well into the glove. Zero chance that swing would have hit the ball. Should that still be CI?

Five years ago, future hall of famer & all around good guy, Clayton Kershaw exposed irrelevant, attention-seeking, draft bust-loser, Jurickson Profar for being a cheater. At the time, no one could predict how far Profar would go to cheat the game we love.

@AngieMentink Great response to targeted hit piece!

Currently asking AI how to handle going viral for using AI. 😅 In all seriousness, I'm late to the AI party. Earlier this season I experimented with AI to see if it had any questions to add to my list for my postgame coverage. We've come a long way from pen and paper when I started in 1997 Always learning.

Every player I ever coached was asking me the same 3 questions. They never said them out loud. It didn't matter what the lineup looked like. It didn't matter what the scoreboard said. They just needed to know 3 things. And every leader, every coach, every parent is being asked the same ones. Here they are. Question #1: Can I trust you? Trust isn't given. It's earned. You earn it through transparency and honesty not when things are going well, but when things are hard. How I built it: • Do what you say you're going to do • Tell them what they need to hear, not what they want to hear • Show up the same way whether you're winning or losing You lose trust fast. You build it slow. Question #2: Can you make me better? This one is on you as a leader. They're not just asking about their swing or their stats. They're asking: do you see me clearly enough to help me grow? Question #3: Do you care about me? This is the most important one. And you can't fake it. You can't lead anybody if they don't believe you care about them beyond what they produce on the field. Three questions. No stat tracks them. But they determine everything.

@ManyHatsMilles @varsitywanews Wow, didn’t see that coming.

Multiple sources confirm to @varsitywanews that first-year Puyallup baseball coach Sean Taunt is no longer with program. Lasted 10 games. Decide from my game story after the loss Wednesday to Sumner if it sounded like he was ready to step aside: varsitywanews.com/p/is-one-of-th…

@ButchBaseball29 Butch, keep putting kids first, teaching and looking for ways to learn and grow along the way. Always checking your ego at the door. You do this the right way!

Thank you Mr. Schenck

@_mcameron44 @BBGreatMoments I’ve always felt that it’s impossible to compared different players from different eras due to so many variables that change over time. All you can do is be the best in your era. Dominate the field you are on. Control what you can control. The rest is for sportswriters.

@BBGreatMoments Anything before players of color and other ethnicities is questionable for the talent on the field 🤷🏿‍♂️

The Most Untouchable Record in Baseball History.

@devenmorgan Out of curiosity, have you guys talked with the team at UW that is researching this same topic? Seems like it would be an informative discussion as they are very much in the other camp. I would rather see us all work together to find the right solutions.

⚠️(Superdome alert)⚠️ Here's a thing that I think. This study didn't focus on any kind of acute tissue adaptation. I don't have that data. HOWEVER if you look at this study more broadly, the 6oz ball loaded the joints more than 5oz - 1.5 Nm at the elbow, +2.6 Nm at the shoulder. So per unit of velocity output, the 6oz ball is a higher - load stimulus. Kids throw the ball slower, which lowers the absolute stress, but the tissue is doing more work relative to the movement speed being produced. That's uhhh...basically how resistance training works right? You move slower under heavier load, the absolute output is lower, but the demand on the tissue per unit of output is higher. This would suggest that the 6oz ball is functioning as an overload implement for the arm in the same way a heavier bat functions for the swing.

@devenmorgan This is so good! Love the varied approach. Keep it simple stupid is important but it's also critical to be able to dive in and look from a different angle when needed. Well done dad/coach!

My son and I went to the gym late last night to work out some stuff after 3 HS games worth of not hitting the way that he wanted. The session had both a data component and a feel / cue component. As a 17 year old who now has high 60's / low to mid 70's bat speed he has struggled in the last week - specifically against low velocity pitching - to let the ball travel deep enough to get good flush contact. Point being that we had a specific thing to work on. So on the technology side we're using Blast to bat speed, attack angle and VBA, and we're using HitTrax to monitor contact depth in addition to the outcome stuff - exit velocity, launch angle, distance and direction. We also were using two different pitching machines - one offset to the left side, the other offset to the right side. In terms of cues what we ended up with was: - As deep as possible while still being on time - High pitch posture, flat bat path and adjust off if needed But along the way we tried all sorts of stuff - everything from trying to hit a ball to the hot dog cart in oppo foul territory off the left hand off-set machine to trying to find middle of the field ball flight from the right hand offset machine to just going pure let it eat anywhere ball flight off of either machine to score a runner on 2B. In my mind, the best instruction environment for hitting is just a conversation that revolves around: - What were we trying to do vs what did we actually do - What signal can we get about why we did what we did - What adjustments do we need to make to bring our results closer to the intended outcome on the next swing But if the instructor and the player don't even speak the same language...man that conversation is going to be pretty limited in its effectiveness. Because he's 17 we're now able to have these kinds of conversations - with all of these various layers. But the critically important part of the whole thing is that this is an actual two way conversation. Meaning that he's telling me how he feels, we're looking at the data to correlate the feeling to the outcome, we decide on how or if we need to adjust intention for the next swing and we just wash, rinse and repeat that same cycle over and over and over. I wouldn't - and I didn't - coach him this way when he was 12. We used the same tech stack, but the data we paid attention to was a lot more limited. Because that was the level of depth he was able to have a productive conversation about at that time. I'm also exceptionally fortunate that at 17 years old he's still playing and I still get to have these conversations with him.

@BuxShahnawaz @TheMoneyApe Help me with the math here? Two of those companies listed at 25% are not US companies.

@TheMoneyApe Really, 60-65% Qatar Energy own by Qatar, Rest is USA based company.

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@CJK5H_SMU Love the fact that a teenager started that company on the premise of making a quality batting glove. Awesome how much folks will pay for that quality. Celebrate it!

$105 for purple batting gloves in artesian packaging? Holy #shrink

@ScoutingNE I get the message here but I’m sorry I cry BS on the metrics by Junior year and 1% if not. There is no shot that is factual data.

🏈📢🏉📢🏈"REAL TALK" - Here are some estimated benchmarks for D1 football players. If your son doesn’t meet these benchmarks by let’s say SOPHOMORE year or the BEGINNING of his JUNIOR year, the analytics suggest he has LESS THAN A ONE PERCENT chance to play D1 football. Understand, the culture has shifted tremendously. College coaches are under more pressure to WIN NOW with the portal approach! So the pressure to MAKE SURE Little Johnny has what it takes has been dialed up!!!!! This is why I’ve suggested to many when im asked about this, to consider forgoing winter/spring 7v7 tournaments that I see so many going to and instead get with a trainer/track coach now. This isn’t just about scholarships anymore. It’s about CASHING CHECKS! For example, at one prominent university as a “non-starting freshman,” little Johnny has an opportunity to earn $20K. If he’s a “starting freshman”, he can earn $100k at said university. A far cry from when many former D1 scholarship athletes had just $80 left for the month from their scholarship check. This is why, as parents, you must MANAGE EXPECTATIONS for yourself & your son. Make no mistake about it, he must be EXCEPTIONAL to play D1. To keep it in perspective, Division 1- FBS is a step down from the NFL (98.7 % of NFL Draftees come from Division I, FBS + FCS). With that said, ACADEMICS is the truest opportunity. Take your Mom & Dad hat & glasses off, and understand this is not what you perceive it to be. The goal should be a FREE EDUCATION! Period!

@SteamboatStevie @CoachLisle I got a chance to watch Julio in person. Great kid, he just turned 13, looks and acts like it. Also watched him turn around 95 twice. Doubt you find many 13 year olds that can do that let alone stand in the box vs 95. Very talented kid.

@CoachLisle Matt no offense, but do you know how many 12 YO swings I’ve seen that look as good or better? Lots. Come on

The Cincinnati Reds have reached a pre-agreement with 12-year-old Dominican prospect Julio Ramos for a $2.8 million bonus. His swing is … incredible.

@pointingdogguy @TheDataCage Mob players go through 30-40 per 162 game season. College player will get about 120 games and inter squads in. 10 might be light.

@OldManML @TheDataCage Man, 10 a season? Per player? lol

The compression test that college baseball teams use in pregame to 'test' the legality of bats is, basically, useless. I wonder how many of these coaches and players realize BBCOR certification isn't a compression test... Anyhow, instead of a compression test...there should be an x-ray test. Because I KNOW by how a LOT of those bats sound, teams/players/coaches are extracting the limiting ring in the bat barrels.

@pointingdogguy @TheDataCage Wood bats have gotten much more expensive the past few years. 3-4 are not getting you through 50+ games plus fall and practices. Guessing 10 each minimum. So 200 @ $100 ads up

@TheDataCage But they can buy gloves, cleats etc? Besides that, I’m not wealthy by any means but could afford to buy my kid 3-4 wood bats a year. And my kid being a college student can afford couple himself. The ones that don’t want this are the ones that make or sell BBCOR bats.

@jacksonfrandsen Unfortunately playing in the gray on interpretations Isn’t the best path to creating buy in.

Several of those points are commonly asserted but need precision. “Prior fraud conviction”: The 1826 Bainbridge hearing record is fragmentary. It appears to have been an examination related to “glass-looking,” not a clear documented conviction for fraud. Historians debate whether he was convicted at all. Using others’ resources: Martin Harris voluntarily mortgaged his farm to finance printing. That shows patronage—common in early publishing—not automatically proof Joseph knew the project was false. Living off others’ money: Many early religious leaders relied on supporters. That may raise questions of sustainability, but it doesn’t establish conscious fabrication. “Conveniently found a legal path”: Securing copyright and forming a church were legal steps. Acting legally doesn’t prove fraud; nor does acting controversially. If the allegation is fraud, the core issue remains: is there evidence he privately acknowledged fabrication and proceeded anyway? Financial dependence, folk practices, or legal maneuvering don’t by themselves demonstrate mens rea.

If Joseph Smith was a conman, what exactly was the scheme? He didn’t sell indulgences. He didn’t accumulate political empire. He didn’t die wealthy. He produced a 500+ page volume centered on Jesus Christ, called people to repentance, baptism, covenant obedience, chastity, consecration—and sealed his testimony with his blood. That’s a strange con. Either he was deceived, or he was a prophet. But reducing a life of sacrifice, persecution, and martyrdom to “grifter” language skips the actual evidence. If the “con” was inviting people into covenant relationship with Jesus Christ, then the term has lost its meaning.

@jacksonfrandsen We could talk about the prior fraud conviction for using a sear stone to find gold. The fact he was doing that with others resources when he found the tablets. That he was using others money to survive not his own prior and during. That he conveniently found a path that was legal

Chronology matters. - Copyright (1830): Standard legal protection for a printed book—before there was a church structure, before tithing, before plural marriage. Authors secure copyright whether sincere or not. - Tithing (1838): Introduced eight years after publication—not at founding. - Plural marriage: Publicly acknowledged much later and introduced privately years after the Book of Mormon translation. Those elements did not exist as a unified incentive package at inception. If you’re arguing premeditated fraud architecture, you need contemporaneous motive structures—not doctrines that developed years later under changing circumstances.

@the_elite_dad @BLocsports Great question!!! Anyone have an answer?

@BLocsports Is the injury rate at driveline higher or lower than their peers who are not training at Driveline?

Parents that take their high school kid to Driveline should be charged with abuse. It’s one thing if an adult professional wants to play Russian roulette with his arm health, this is a 16 year old kid. Probably the last time we will ever hear his name.

@SarAEsQMd @ElonMuskAOC @grok So you are proposing giving 80 million people $1,000? What does this change?

Elon said he doesn’t work for money but improve the quality and peace of humanity. Why doesn’t he give 80 million people who live in extreme poverty and he is still left with $650 B and he still remains the richest person on earth - which is important to him. Can anyone explain why he should not do it ? Or is it greed?

Hey @grok so what if I gave everyone on Earth $1,000,000?

@KeriTombazian @DanClarkSports Every day life in the DR. Scooters, motorcycles, dirt bikes, all on the streets. Probably more dangerous to drive an expensive vehicle putting a target on your back.

@DanClarkSports I am surprised that there isn't some kind of language baked into their contracts restricting these kinds of activities.

This may be an unpopular opinion, but when you're a pro athlete, who is paid well for being so, you need to make sacrifices and wise choices. Elly De La Cruz riding his dirt bike, just days from spring training, is 𝘀𝘁𝘂𝗽𝗶𝗱. He may learn the hard way, like Fernando Tatis Jr.