Warren Fowler

"Can I tell you who impresses me the most? Those who try to impress the least." - @MarkBatterson

"C'mon, kid! Let's go kid!" ❤️

Joseph of Arimathea pulled a corpse off a cross with his bare hands. Blood under his fingernails. The weight of a dead man sagging into his arms. He wrapped God in linen, pressed the fabric into wounds that were still wet. Nicodemus brought seventy-five pounds of burial spice. A king's funeral for a man the world just murdered. They carried Him into a hole in the rock and rolled the stone shut. And everything you've ever done went in with Him. Every night you can't sleep because of what you did. Every morning, you can't look in the mirror. The thing you did to her. The thing you did to them. The lie you've been carrying so long it feels like bone. The version of you that drinks alone and pretends tomorrow will be different. That man was buried with Christ. Stone sealed. Done. Not managed. Not in therapy. Not on a payment plan with God where you slowly earn your way back. Buried. In a tomb. Under rock. Gone. Three days of silence. Three days of a cold body in the dark. Then the stone moved. And when He walked out, the grave clothes were folded on the slab. He didn't stumble out tangled in death. He left it sitting there like a man who's done with the clothes he used to wear. Lazarus needed someone to unwrap him. Death still clung to him even after he was breathing. Jesus folded His own burial linen and walked out clean. That's the difference between religion and resurrection. Religion unwraps you slowly. Asks you to manage your sin. Attend the class. Read the book. Try harder next week. Resurrection says the man who walked into that tomb is dead. The man who walked out doesn't know him. You're not fixing the old you. The old you is in a sealed tomb in Jerusalem, and he's not coming back. The man reading this, the one who thinks he's too far gone, you're not too far. You're already buried. The funeral happened two thousand years ago. Now get up. The stone's already moved. The linen's already folded. Walk out.

I've had a lifetime of ups, downs, and sideways. Baseball. Failure. Faith. Rock bottom. Redemption. And the one lesson that ties all of it together? You don't become better by avoiding hard. You become better by embracing it... I'm a broken, flawed man and I've made mistakes I'm not proud of. I've let people down...not by choice, but I let them down. But how I reacted to those moments? That's where the growth lived. Here's what a lifetime of hard actually taught me. Lesson #1: Life is going to be hard. That's not a warning, that's a promise. People are going to be messy. You're going to make mistakes. The speed of life doesn't slow down for any of us. What you control: • Whether you embrace hard or run from it • Whether you get better or just get bitter • What your first thought is when your feet hit the floor in the morning There's so much more value in pushing through hard times and coming out the other side. Lesson #2: You can't outrun what you're supposed to grow through. I numbed failure instead of walking through it. I told myself it was working. It wasn't. Eventually, the hard you've been running from catches up. And when it does you either let it break you or let it build you. I've walked through all the challenges, all the ups, all the downs, all the sideways. And I think every single one of them put me in a position I was handpicked for. Hard doesn't disqualify you. It prepares you for what's next. Lesson #3: Be Steadfast. Be Persistent. Be Resilient. Those aren't traits you're born with. They're what's left after hard things do their work on you. They didn't come from the easy stretches They came from character that wasn't there before Empathy I couldn't have had without the hard Today is the only one we're promised. Don't waste it running from hard. Embrace it.

I asked Tim Corbin this afternoon about the possibility of a shorter MLB draft and the growing idea of “development offloading” to college baseball — a concept explored by @LanceBroz, @JoeDoyleMiLB, @JacobRudner, and several others. Here was his long-winded answer: "Well, we've had a lot of conversations about that. I'm biased, but I need to be biased because I've been doing the same thing for a long period of time, and I haven't at any point wanted to make a move in other direction. And that's because I believe in education, I believe in this environment. And I'm not talking about Vanderbilt. I could be talking about Virginia or Texas right now. I just feel like at 18 and 19, there's certain consistencies that exist inside of a college environment that enhances the growth of athletic performance, and I'm a big believer in it. We were on phone call this morning about what you're talking about right here, and I think sometimes the college game is all about winning more so than development. But the reality is, I would agree with that, because you have to develop in order to win, and if you don't develop, you don't win. So winning is the outcome, but the process is our development of the person. I'm all about that. I'm here for it. I mean, that's, that's everything that I've ever wanted. I love teaching, and I'd rather be seen in their eyes as a teacher than a coach. The title means nothing to me. The teaching piece of it means everything to me, because those are the actions that exist inside of the environment here. So yeah, for me, I really enjoy that. I want to get the 18 year old. We've lost players — De brun and Gamble this past year, they made that choice. Do I think they'd be better off if they were here? That's their decision. But for me, I already know I don't have to answer that question. I know what's best for a young man. I feel very strongly about that, and I would talk to anyone in any room about it."

@CamOnAll Those were the days!

I did sports radio full time for 6 years and I’ve never seen anything like professional basketball players being granted more NCAA eligibility.

𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔 𝐖𝐢𝐥𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐖𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐫𝐬 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰 🔍 Wilson returns nearly its entire roster and all innings from last season as the Warriors look poised to take a step forward in Class 4A in 2026. Full outlook, key returners, and more below. ⤵️ 🔗: loom.ly/TdJ_aXo || @ZipCityBoys

R-FR. Gage Wilson @BevillBaseball Wilson goes the opposite way for a loud 2B to LF. Aggressive approach today intent on doing damage. A lot to like here #ALJUCO || @PB_JUCO

PBT Mid-South Scout Series: @eastcoastbball

NIU head coach Thomas Hammock gave his thoughts on the transfer portal.

“My faith & my family is what’s most important to me… I don’t think I’m anything special because some weeks I’m better at shooting a lower score than other guys are.” 👏 - British Open Champion Scottie Scheffler

And we love you, Mrs. Aaron 💙

"The best infield coach in the world right here." 🌎 We handed the mic to @USABaseball12U Assistant Coach Roger Wright for an exclusive behind-the-scenes look at training camp practice 🇺🇸🫡

From the mound to the classroom, BP is always a weapon❗️ Congratulations to graduate captain Brycen Parrish on being named to the CSC Academic All-District team. #RoarLions🦁

He means and FEELS every single word ! THE definition of MENTOR ! ⚓️👇⚾️

Congratulations to @MoseleyAdam. We are all witnesses. You were placed here with a purpose. Keep it up! #GodBless #GoBucs🏴‍☠️

Deion Sanders said, "I want to see you practice. Because how you practice is who you are." Greatness isn't built on hype. It's built in the quiet moments - when nobody's watching. Preparation. Consistency. Effort. (@DeionSanders)

The 2025 season captains are ready for Opening Day🔥 #RoarLions🦁