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Parents will pay for lessons and take their kids to practice and think that's whats going to make them a ballplayer... Little do they know becoming a ballplayer happens at home. It's how your player lives. It's who they are. Playing catch everyday, hitting squishy balls in the house, diving catches on the couch, wall ball, imaginary play, watching the game, talking the game, educating them in the game. Make sure they always have a ball in their hand! Do you play baseball or are you a baseball player? If you want your kid to be a baseball player you have to put in effort daily in some way, shape or form. Create consistency and watch your player thrive and grow more and more in love with the game each day.

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Overprotected kids become unprepared adults. Dawn Staley nailed it.🔥 You can’t shelter your child from every hard moment and then expect them to handle adversity when it counts. Hard is the lesson. Watch. Share. Bookmark.

During one of the worst losing streaks of my career, our team president walked into my office. Keli McGregor. One of the best men I've ever known. He could have come to vent. To question my decisions. To ask hard questions. Instead, he said: "Cut to the chase, Clint. What's next?" I looked him in the eye and gave him two words: "Shower well." The Colorado Rockies were struggling badly that year. Pregame preparation was solid. Scout meetings, early work, attention to detail. All of it was there. But at game time, the tires were flat. I told Keli: the game did everything it could to us today. We just couldn't meet its demands. Now it was time to reset. "Shower well" means exactly this: • Watch the frustration circle down the drain • Shampoo, rinse, repeat and get the grime of today completely off your mind • Walk out clean, go home, and actually rest Leave it at the ballpark. The game is over. There's nothing left to solve tonight. Keli nodded. Asked if he could share it with the whole organization. I said sure. And then it hit me. This isn't just for baseball. Bad day at the office. Grumpy boss. Missed deadline. Traffic on the way home. You can carry all of that through your front door. Or you can shower well. I've never seen a single problem get better because someone dragged it home with them. The reset is a discipline. Same as preparation. Same as showing up. Either we win. Or we learn. The only real loss? When you don't take a single thing out of a hard day. So tonight, whatever kind of day it was, shower well. Tomorrow is a new at-bat. What does your reset look like? I'd love to hear it.

You only get one playing career. That’s it. There’s no redo. No second version where you “take it more serious.” No going back wishing you would’ve pushed harder. At some point, every player has to decide what they really want. Because the truth is… it’s going to cost you something. It’s going to cost you late nights with friends. It’s going to cost you comfort. It’s going to cost you being “normal.” And yeah, that means having some tough conversations. Telling your boys you can’t hang out because you’ve got work to do. Choosing the cage over the couch. Choosing discipline over distractions. That’s not easy. But neither is regret. So decide now who you’re going to be. All in… or looking back wishing you were.

Lets be real and tell it like it is. Real competitors are becoming harder and harder to find. Vanity players that love showcases and convenient training are around every corner. Nice kids get their scholarships taken. Nice kids get released from pro ball. A kid can be the best kid on the team. He can sit on the front row in class and make straight A's. He can be the student body president and a kid everyone wants to marry their daughter. But. He's on scholarship and maybe NIL money to be an impact baseball player. He's on scholarship and possibly NIL money to help the coaches, program and his teammates win baseball games. If he can't make an impact athletically, he will be shown the door. It's supposed to be cruel, rude and nasty to allow the cream to rise to the top. It's a competition and it's not for everyone. Coaches want players with great makeup, but if you can't play, it doesn't matter to them. Coaches want junk yard dogs that want to dominate the competition. Coaches want dudes that can do it vs the equal and or better. Coaches want dudes with moxie, feel, different gears and heightened awareness in game defining situations. Coaches want players that take practice and games personal. Coaches want players that are more concerned with competing than their mechanics, gear and sunglasses. Coaches want players that want to be the difference between winning and losing. The players that want the ball or bat in their hand with the game on the line. Want to be a better player? Be a better competitor and you'll be a better player. Be a better competitor in everything that you do. Take everything personally, because it is. Represent the name on the back of your jersey like the toughest, most competitive player on every team you're on.

Hitters Be Smart. 0-0, 1-0, 2-0, 3-0 swings need to be exactly what you're looking for, exactly where you're looking for it, and you need to be locked in enough to put your best swing on it. 0-0, 1-0, 2-0, 3-0 outs on shitty swings are game changers. They feed pitchers. Elite pitchers want you swinging, and they want you swinging a lot. They can't stand disciplined hitters that force pitch counts. Great hitters walk a lot. Because they refuse to help pitchers get them out.

My Highschool baseball coach begged us to watch 20-30 minutes of college/professional baseball a night. I never understood it. Reflecting on it now, I am deeply grateful I did as he asked. It helped me think the game & develop baseball IQ ahead of my age. As I help coaching Highschool baseball now : The baseball IQ is seemingly getting worse for high schoolers as time goes on & the world becomes exceedingly more short form & instant gratification centric. If you’re a parent and/or young baseball player I hope you understand how much understanding the intricacies of the game will play in your favor over the long haul.

2k rule #1: Never put the result of your at bat in the hands of an umpire. That means that we fight off close pitches. Yes that pitch was a ball, but it was too close to take. You never know, he could have fouled that off, and got a hanger next pitch and hit it out. I’ve seen it happen many, many times. Before 2k don’t swing at that pitch. With 2k, you fight off anything that’s close, because pitchers make mistakes ALL the time. Even big leaguers.

“I do not want to hear another hitter say put the ball in the air.” - Frank Thomas

TOM KIM THROWS THE HAMMER THEN MAKES THE ACE!!!! JUPITER TAKE THE LEAD WITH THE SEASON ON THE LINE. MAYHEM!!!

Over the years, I’ve seen plenty of players choose themselves over the team. Every one believed they were “the guy.” Funny thing? The locker room always knows who’s built for the team — and who’s built for the spotlight. You can fool social media. You can’t fool the dugout.

Congratulations to Indiana. Great team. Now, here’s your reminder that 2019 LSU would have beaten you like a drum.

I am announcing I will be hitting the transfer portal with a No Contact Tag. I am transferring to @LSUfootball. #GeauxTigers

Sorry couldn’t make it to Atlanta, but so excited that I stayed to finish this all up!! @CoachBlakeBaker is going nowhere !!!! 🐯 What a really long amazing Friday for @LSUfootball #ItsDifferent

The head coach of your Fighting Tigers. @Lane_Kiffin is Callin' Baton Rouge!

Breaking: Lane Kiffin has accepted the head coaching position at LSU, he announced.

If you're wondering who #46 is because it's not listed on the #LSU roster, it's John Shahrdar. He's a native of Shreveport and spent the 2024 season at Northwestern State. Shahrdar also spent two seasons at BRCC.

DAWG !

Thanks for making us proud, Champ. ❤️#ForBeef