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@jjcoop36 @ChrisRay82 I used to be anti 1KD, but today guys are SO athletic (for the most part) at the pro level, that their ability to maintain elite pop times and transfer times (and tremendous foot work) really makes it a non-issue (IMO)

@ChrisRay82 Plenty of reason to do it. If there are 300-325 pitches in a game 5 of them or so will be called by ABS

This is a very geeky video for the catching nuts. If you want to see how catchers frame low pitches and throw from one-knee setups, this Astros C Walker Janek cut-up illustrates both well IMO. Sets the target, takes the mitt down, and then brings it up to catch the ball.

@Mike_kim714 @range_finance @Titleist LFG!!!!

250k followers! As thanks, I’m going to giveaway tickets to the MAJOR 😂 the Players Championship! plus some signed @range_finance hats and some of my personal @Titleist gear. Must be a follower. Comment, like, retweet to enter.

@JeffPassan @drivelinekyle is a genius!

This is a fantastic story by Alden. If you want to understand modern baseball and development, give it a read.

@Mike_kim714 Players for sure! And 100% will caddie in the pro-am (and will be open to help reading greens!) 😉 MK is hands down the best twitter follow!

Final holiday giveaway! Tickets to ANY Pgatour event. Players, WM Phx open, Pebble, you name it, I’ll get you 4 tickets to the event. You can even caddie for me in the pro am IF you want. Comment which event you might want to go to (not final), repost, like to enter.

@Mike_kim714 I’m all in! You are hands down the best golf follow on Twitter! Loved the fight you showed this season. Sending positive vibes for an awesome 2026! (And I’d take the bag in a second! lol!)

Giving away my Titleist staff bag that I used from the Open Champ to the BMW I believe. Must be a follower Comment, like, retweet for a chance to win!

@BNightengale Bob, usually on the same page as you, but not here. With the way @MLB is in bed w/@DKSportsbook and @FDSportsbook and others, the league itself is in bed w/gambling! And if you believe no player is betting on baseball through those sites, you’re fooling yourself. Follow the $$$$!

MLB Pete Rose decision is 'dark day for baseball' and Hall of Fame usatoday.com/story/sports/m…

@realmikepacker @PGATUOR Making a reference to Rory’s choke job 14 years ago is no class? In a practice round?!? It’s not like he cussed at him, talked about his mom or his girlfriend. I’ve heard worse than that in a high school gym! Lol!!! And that’s why Rory won’t win another major.

@hkaplin @PGATUOR so fans dont need any class

Rory allegedly posted this on the fan’s Snapchat story after stealing his phone:

@realmikepacker @PGATUOR Dude! It was a practice round! 🤣🤣🤣 Rory is SO SOFT! Maybe Rory should do better closing in majors…

@PGATUOR Fans need a little class. These guys are out there fighting for millions

@nrarmour, missing the target again You thinking Manfred still has credibility is funny. And you want to pass “for now” on the fact @MLB and other leagues are in bed with…GAMBLING! I promise you Bart would put him in now that he’s passed. But that’s “for another day” I guess…

@UPS you guys are an unreal #epicfail. Despite me calling in to try and arrange for ME to come pickup my package, I’m on hold now waiting to talk to a supervisor. Why? Because your rep threw me in a 45 minute hold que. Are you serious?!? Moving any business to @FedEx !

Random observation and data dump from player development today: Everyone seems to have a brand, a system, or a swing philosophy. Coaches often position themselves as the stars—each trying to fix players or leave their personal stamp on a player. This creates the perception among players that there’s always some magic pill, some guru or brand, that will solve all their problems. Or that they even *have* problems to begin with. But in my experience, having been around some truly elite baseball minds and coaching for awhile, I’ve learned that sometimes the best coaching is knowing when to leave a kid alone. Sometimes, your job as a coach is to protect a player from unnecessary changes and cues. Protect them from the random coach that says “I can fix you.” Sales 101. Fix me? Something must be broken. Shoot, what do you see, Doc?! As a coach I’ve learned from one of the greatest PD minds ever that you might even have to walk past a bad swing and let it go. (This is an entire discussion on its own.) Not every swing needs a correction, and not every perceived flaw requires immediate intervention. We’ve conditioned players to believe there’s always something wrong with their swing, that they constantly need fixing or answers. Yet, many of these players are having career years, great seasons, etc. It’s worth asking: are we helping, or are we just feeding insecurity? Shoot, are coaches *creating* and planting the seeds of insecurity? If coaches constantly frame themselves as daily problem-solvers, players will inevitably start seeing themselves as having daily problems to be solved.

@chambleebrandel Brandel, 99 times out of 100 I don’t agree with you. And although I don’t 100% agree here either, it’s not professional golf. Drop down to the college game and NIL. The emphasis on $$ starts way before anyone gets to the PGA. The $ IS the emphasis now. Sucks, but the truth.

Once again Rory hits the nail on the head. It’s a sad commentary on the professional game that a few players with misdirected and undo power treat every aspect of this game, including the privilege of playing for one’s country, as transactional. They are the reason the very lifeblood of this game, which is to say those that play it recreationally, are increasingly turning away from those that play it professionally. The increasing commoditization of this game is a tough pill to swallow. I recently read a commentary on greed that went something like this: Think of Michelangelo, who in seeking to merely honor the glory of man, carved the statue of David, and wanting to highlight the capacity that humans have for compassionate suffering, he carved the Pieta. Neither of these masterpieces were motivated by money, they were motivated by wanting to draw the human spirit upward. To play at the highest level, players have to rediscover the reason to pursue the highest level. And it is not for money. It is merely striving to take full advantage of one’s talents and resources to simply see how good they can become. And occasionally give back to the game by playing for one’s country. And, dare I say, for the privilege of it, and not the profit of it.

@bgsteeze @GoodmanHoops Supporting is one thing, dictating it vs Bronny earning the time is another story. This whole thing makes the Lakers look like a complete joke.

Wow. Just wow. Now we know who the coach of the Lakers really is, and it isn’t JJ Redick.

@sododhdhdhdh @PeypeySiva3 But it’s not HIS rivalry anymore. And…WE fired him!

This…this is the tweet.

@justadrifter31 @LanceMcAlister Bell was the worse! Fell in to success last year by accident. Injuries aside, this team had talent. His lack of manager skills cost us 7-10 games, easy!

@LanceMcAlister On the brightside for you, David's schedule is wide open for the time being.

@Apple your lack of customer service continues to be uninspiring. Have an unopened HomePod mini (bought 3 months ago) and can’t even return for store credit. Try to keep up with quality service like @BestBuy and other quality retailers.