Caleb Thomas Shealy

Great season with @TBredBaseball finishing the year with a 14-16 record. My season hitting stats this season were: BA:.426 OBP: .526 Slug:.638 Hits:40 Hr:3 XBH:13 RBI:32 SB:16 All Region @RNels_3 @jacob_pusateri @Jacksonprice_4 @LoganHullette2 @Ateamrecruitin1 @Corlando621212

The weight room is about much more than lifting weights. It’s a toughness chamber. Get stronger. Get more explosive. Become more powerful. But don’t neglect flexibility and mobility along the way. Stretch with purpose and do it consistently. Range of motion is critical in baseball.

Key Hitting Reminders: 1. Be an athlete, not a robot. 2. Train your eyes to see game-like velocity and movement during pregame BP. Have a good balance of feel-good and challenge work off machines. Try not to be all one or the other. Balance both. 3. Compete with confidence. Play with zero fear of failure. 4. Have a short memory. Learn from it, flush it, reset. Don’t waste at-bats with a lack of focus or a selfish approach.

Hitters Fight your ass off with 2 strikes. Spread out, choke up, take the plate away and refuse to strikeout. It's you vs the man on the mound. Don't let him beat you. It's personal. It's a competition. Remember. The only time it's acceptable to strikeout looking is with a full count on an expanded strike call. Shrink the zone and don't expand in full counts. Expand the zone with 2 strikes until the count goes full. Then shrink the zone.

Teams that don’t strike out at a high clip win more games. Simple as that. This is amplified at the college level — and even more at the high school level and below. Once you get to two strikes, it becomes a team at-bat. Grind it out. Compete your tail off. Choke up, shorten up, widen out, move closer to the plate — whatever helps you execute your two-strike approach. Some call it their “B swing.” Make the pitcher work. We preach “look fastball away and adjust,” but there are plenty of effective two-strike approaches. You have to experiment and find what fits your swing and mindset best. A quality two-strike approach often leads to hard-hit balls. But even when it doesn’t, the defense still has to field it, throw it, and catch it. That’s pressure. A lot tougher to defend than a right turn back to the dugout. #DoingDirtWork

2029 LHP Banks Head finishes off the final 5 IP with 1 ER and 9 K to close out the Game 1 W for @ForkBaseball ‼️‼️ #SCHSLPlayoffs26 #PBSCisThere

Something to consider. You get one time in your life to be a HS baseball player.... give it your all, you will not regret it. Promise. What you will regret (one day) is not giving your best when you had the chance to. You can be a frat boy any day. You can surf any day, you can play golf or tennis or pickle ball any day. You only get one time to be the best HS baseball player you can be!

Grant Ramsey Info & Update from his family... Yesterday the Hillcrest HC had a heart attack at school, shortly thereafter he was airlifted to an area Greenville hospital where open-heart surgery was performed & extended deep into the night. His wife Megan shared this statement with us to pass along: "Grant has made it through surgery. He is in critical but stable condition. The family is hopeful for a full recovery." Coach Ramsey & his family need our continued prayers. Baseball fam, you know what to do!

Happy Saturday peeps Townsend University baseball team bam

Aaron Eberhardt only needed five-pitches to finish the game for the Warriors!🎯 The electric freshman posted a new velo PR of 88mph on his final pitch!🔥 @a_c_eberhardt @PrepBaseball_SC @diamondprospect @FortPrep @AndrewChodes_ @BCAofSC @SCHSL @ILHS_Sports @HalBagwell

Gonna be a DUDE

Great win team win tonight 15-3! felt great all night going 4 innings giving up 3 runs 3 walks 1 hbp 4k’s arm felt great sitting 80-85 hitting 87x2(pr) working hard everyday ready to get back at it ! @DolanCrolley @BanksFaulkner11 @PrepBaseball_SC @diamondprospect

5th year coaching varsity baseball at my current school. Won 80%+ of our games. Still every loss: “What happened? Why’d you lose?” Because we got beat. Props to the other team—they were better that day. It’s baseball. Wins aren’t guaranteed.

Until next April. #themasters

A “living legend”, as he was called tonight, stepped back between the lines in around a decade. @Glove_junkie

It's finally here. Good morning from Thursday at the Masters. #themasters

Congratulations Coach!

Congratulations Coach!

My middle son, Ryan, was a skinny 9th grader with a weak arm and virtually no bat 62 mph pulldown His best swings barely cleared the infield And he was deceptively slow He tried out the for the JV team at our high school as a second baseman His older brother had starred at the same school and was now playing in college To my knowledge, no one had ever been cut from the JV team Ryan was cut from the JV team That night we watched Rudy My idea I expected a pity party Instead, he looks at me and says: “Dad… we screwed up the position. You know how to train pitchers. Next year I’m not trying out for JV. I’m MAKING VARSITY… as a pitcher.” I did a double take Swallowed hard “Sure, Ry. But that means you work. Every. Single. Day.” I figured it would last a week It lasted a year He lived at The ARMory Every night Like a man possessed He gained 20 pounds (up to 145) Fastball to 75 Added a changeup And showed a crazy, unanticipated knack for living in the strike zone He tried out for Varsity as a pitcher He made the team And never played All season: clean pants, empty stat line Last game of the year, bases loaded, 2 outs He finally gets in… to pinch run at first One pitch Routine ground ball Force out at second Season over Next year, his velo is up to 82 The staff is loaded Three weeks left in the season… still hasn’t thrown a pitch Then comes the promise Soft opponent on the schedule Coach says, “Ryan’s starting.” I clear my calendar 4 pm, my phone rings “Hey bud, you ready? You nervous?” “I’m excited… but I’m not nervous.” Pause “Because I’m not pitching. Rex is pitching.” My heart sinks Rex? We don’t have a Rex I’m running through the roster in my head “Who the heck is Rex?” “Dad, you’re gonna love him. Rex is 6’8” and throws 96.” Ryan is 5’9” and tops at 82 Suddenly, Rex sounds like a better option I get to the field right as the anthem ends There’s no 6’8” dude Just my 5’9” son, grinning Ryan had invented an alter ego That night, Rex took the ball Same 82 mph fastball Completely different presence Rex walked like an ace Breathed like an ace Stared in like an ace Attacked the zone like an ace He refused to throw a ball Groundout. Pop up. Groundout. Weak fly. Over and over. By the 5th inning it was 12–0 He had given up 1 hit He punches out the last hitter Game over on a mercy rule The team dog piles him on the mound Ryan (a.k.a. Rex) had just thrown a one-hit shutout Same body Same arm Same 82 mph Different identity Everyone wants a new pitch, a new drill, a new program Sometimes the unlock is simpler: You don’t need a new body You need a new alter ego In baseball or in life Name the version of you who attacks the zone Then let him (or her) take the ball Find your Rex

Small Ball is underutilized across Baseball. Great listen.