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Let’s gooooo Matty

@CollinRugg Is this dude serious???

NEW: ESPN’s Ryan Clark accuses Uber drivers of “musically profiling” him by changing the songs when he gets in the car. “I am tired of being musically profiled in Ubers.” “The [driver] doesn't even ask me. He just changes the radio. First song, All Eyes On Me by Tupac. That's not even one of the songs I listened to from that album.” How traumatizing.

@AmberDrill @GPhilly120 It’s a ball into the stands, no one ripped it out of her hands……

@GPhilly120 I see it a little differently. The father literally stole it from the woman. That he gave it to his son is kinda irrelevant. If it were me, I would ask let the kids keep it, but she's not wrong to expect it back. 🤷🏼‍♀️

Who is this Karen?

@KingofJUCO FACTS!!!

My thoughts on Framber Valdez intentionally crossing up his catcher César Salazar:

Same Umpire, different night.

@CoachKwall31 @ryan_switzer @JomboyMedia If you wanted to even be more shocked you should have seen his strike zone but not shocked that the Umpire who is probably the Assignor gave himself the biggest game of the year. BTW, he blew a call at first the night before that wasn’t even close.

@ryan_switzer @JomboyMedia Shocked that was called a catch.

Armchair umpires, your thoughts on this one? @JomboyMedia. Full game here. This happened at 1 hour 56 minute mark. youtu.be/mzXnLLuLPKg

Matty’s post game interview. #GDTBAG

Let’s go GULLS!!!

@wcbleague Congratulations Josh!!!

Congratulations to Josh Tucker for becoming the first pitcher in WCBL history to register 300 strikeouts in his career!

@FightinHydrant Congratulations FP!!!

30 years ago today, I made my Major League debut in Montreal. I got to Olympic Stadium so early they had to find someone to let me in the clubhouse because it was locked.(noon for a 7:30 game) I walked into my first Big League clubhouse and it was just me, all alone. No players, no coaches, no clubbies. I saw my Expos #7 jersey with Santangelo on the back hanging in my locker. It was a surreal moment. I was by myself, finally in a major league clubhouse, with a moment to reflect on how hard I had worked and how much I had sacrificed to get there. After about 15 minutes, my manager Felipe Alou walked in and came right to me in my locker and said congratulations. He then, as the story goes, went and wrote my name in the lineup saying “the kid is here early, he’s more ready than anyone in that clubhouse.” I hit 8th that night and started in left field. I went 2 for 3 with a triple from the right side for my first big league hit and a single from the left side. I learned after I retired that it was supposed to be a 3-day call-up as a reward for being in the minors for 6 years. I turned that 3 days into 7 years. Since that day I’ve been early to everything because you just never know. Happy anniversary to me. 30 years later the whole thing still seems like a dream, like it never happened. But it did! And I’m proud of that…

@SimpsonCleary @HerdBaseball Congrats Cleary!!!

Excited to announce my commitment to @HerdBaseball

@JoshSchleiky @OregonBaseball @CoachWazUO @JackMarder14 @MagdalenoBBall @picklesbaseball Congrats Josh

Super blessed to announce my commitment to @OregonBaseball staying home! Thanks to @CoachWazUO @JackMarder14 @MagdalenoBBall and @picklesbaseball. God is great!!

Wed July 8th, video documentation the throngs of pedestrians the Rec-a-Park claims is no more than a sprinkling

@Lilli_Martineau @ecu__softball @ShaneWinkler Go get it Lil!!!

Change of plans!!! Today I am excited to announce my commitment to @ecu__softball Thank you to everyone who has helped me get to where I am and to @ShaneWinkler for helping me love softball again and start a new journey with me, I can’t wait to see where we go from here! #NoQuarter

What’s everyone waiting for!!!

Get yourself a cap!!! instagram.com/stories/matty.…

@_joeycunha @TheFarmRedeemed FACTS!!!

Every year, people go on a rant about how “kids these days” are soft or ungrateful for entering the transfer portal. But let’s talk about what’s actually happening because most people have no idea how this really works. There are tons of players in the portal who didn’t “quit” on their program—they were told they didn’t have a spot anymore. Coaches told them they should look elsewhere. Coaches pulled scholarships. Coaches pushed them out behind the scenes without ever owning that publicly. But you don’t see those stories. You just see numbers in the portal and assume it’s all selfish kids running from adversity. You’re not talking to the players. You’re not seeing what really happens. At the same time, those same coaches are hitting refresh on the portal, shopping for new players. They’ll tell one kid they’re “not part of the plan,” and then celebrate when they land a high-profile transfer from another program. Then they’ll start that new player over the one who’s been loyal for three years. And when that player enters the portal next year? They’ll trash him too. Meanwhile, fans and media will scream, “Where’s the loyalty?” But they’ll turn a blind eye when the coach takes a better job and leaves overnight, no exit meeting, no plan, no heads-up. He was doing what’s best for him. But the players aren’t allowed the same grace? The reality is, college sports have become big business. There are schools signing billion-dollar TV deals, and we’re still talking about how a “free education” should be enough? Do you know how hard it is to play a sport and earn a legitimate degree at the same time? Most of the time, they can’t even get into the real programs. They’re steered toward the majors that don’t conflict with practice or travel. Internships, labs, clinicals? All off the table. So don’t act like you gave these athletes some massive life-changing opportunity. You handed them a pre-selected major and an impossible schedule, and in return, they gave you their body, their time, their brand, and everything else. And when they ask for a little leverage, a little control over their future and you get pissed? This whole thing is built on sacrifice and the backs of kids who give up time with their families, who travel year-round, who carry the pressure of entire programs, getting shit on by hundreds of their home fans on social media because they went 0-4 tonight while barely keeping their heads above water academically and emotionally. But when it doesn’t work out, we treat them like they’re selfish for looking for a better situation. If you had a job offer in another state that paid better, was closer to family, and gave you more opportunity—you’d take it. No one would question that. But when a player does it, suddenly it’s betrayal? And let’s not forget—players built these programs. Decades of sacrifice from 18-to-22-year-olds who got nothing while their coaches cashed in, athletic departments built $50M facilities, and schools marketed the hell out of it all. It’s branding. It’s business. It’s not just a game anymore. And if it’s business on one side, it’s business on the other. You don’t get to shame a kid for protecting his future just because it makes your team worse. You don’t get to talk about loyalty while you’re actively replacing your own guys with better ones. You don’t get to be mad at the system while benefitting from it. At the end of the day, players are people. They get to make decisions, too. Give them some damn respect, love, and grace—instead of ignoring the inconvenient facts. You want to talk real numbers? Let’s talk about what people like to avoid because it’s uncomfortable: Between 2002 and 2022, suicide became the second-leading cause of death among NCAA athletes—only behind accidents. Even worse? The rate of suicide among college athletes has doubled over the last two decades. Players today are carrying pressures no one before them ever had to shoulder. (1 of 2)

@realmattyfung so proud of you!!!

Congratulations Matty.

You put me on a track man screen at a golf course and I will have some of the craziest metrics you’ll ever see. Tour level stuff. But, I am not a great golfer. The key is getting the ball in the hole… scrambling and finding a way. This is exactly compares to so many I see now in baseball. At show cases or metrically they measure off the charts. Sometimes that correlates. But the question is… can you play the game? Can you actually hit or pitch or are you just chasing numbers. The numbers are fine and useful. But you still have to play the game. You still have to be a gamer. There is a difference, believe me.