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@GregSwindell @SarahSwindell1 Congrats y’all (especially you)! Fantastic!

Here is a good one for today. ITS MY ANNIVERSARY. I’m a lucky man. @SarahSwindell1

@EastviewHFC Fantastic Bill!

For the 1st time in a while…it’s “Gold Ball Season” here at East View.

@GregSwindell @gehrig38 @Zonk0006 @ApplePodcasts Fantastic Zeke & Zonk! Keep bringing the heat.

open.spotify.com/episode/1X9btr… Fun episode here with @gehrig38 @Zonk0006 @ApplePodcasts

@MelissaGarbade Let’s go Wyatt! Welcome to the Tiger Diamond!

First game in Tigers stadium and loved seeing one of his fav coaches on the Hall of Fame wall @tc152

@GregSwindell @BillyWagner1313 I have you both in my HOF! Two awesome lefties!

Best move the Astros ever made was releasing me. The kid they brought up is being inducted in Cooperstown this weekend. Congrats @BillyWagner1313 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

@MelissaGarbade @C_CHardball @Rockhardball Man sorry I missed today’s photo! It’s been a lot of fun watching Wyatt grow up over his years in our camp! I can’t wait to see what the future holds.

It’s the end of an era! Wyatt has been attending @C_CHardball camp since he was little & this year was his last! Can’t believe he will be playing on these @Rockhardball fields next summer! Thank you Coach Carter & @tc152 for the fun throughout these years! Always been Wy’s fav!

@MelissaGarbade @C_CHardball No kidding! What a run!

@tc152 @C_CHardball Wyatt’s favorite time of year! Can’t believe it’s his last 😭

@C_CHardball It’s that time of the year! How about that pocket presence? Fundamentals are FUN!

@NateMarko2 @ABCA1945 Awesome idea! Thanks for sharing.

On the way home from the @ABCA1945 convention and boy was it a good one. Here’s my biggest take aways from the presentations and conversations I’ve had this weekend. If you missed it as a coach, or are a player, take a read. You might just learn something ⬇️⬇️

@charliekirk11 So even while the country’s voters clearly are in favor of change, our congressmen will stand and proudly let us know we will continue to play politics the same way? Do what’s right, not what your party expects you to do. We don’t want paybacks. We want what’s right!

Sen. Tommy Tuberville just threw down the gauntlet, defending by name Matt Gaetz, Pete Hegseth, and RFK Jr. from the Senate floor — all while standing in front of a sign that reads: "Number of Democrats who voted AGAINST Biden's 21 Cabinet Nominees: 0" This is the way.🔥

@notgaetti Embarrassing.

I personally know multiple perpetually exhausted middle-aged dads that run significantly harder and faster than 27yo professional athlete Trent Grisham, seen here pinch running for 34yo professional athlete Giancarlo Stanton

@11point7 Bringing the juice like a young George Houser @WingsBaseball24 ! Who doesn’t want to be around that kind of enthusiasm?

Nobody. And I mean nobody…. has more fun after a win than Coach Fanning of Austin Peay

Lock in your timing on-deck.

@rgoins17 Well done Ryan! Tiger Nation is proud of your accomplishments!

My farewell to playing the game I love ⚾️

@CoachRob78 The play clock.

The big question here is what did they see that gave them the timing of the snap?

@CC20rake If you want to make an A, be prepared to do the work required for you to make an A. Doesn’t matter how old we are, or whether we know it or not or like it or not, we are responsible for our actions.

I asked a group of young baseball players last week what their goals are. The first answer was "to get a scholarship and play college baseball." I then asked "how many people want to play college baseball?" Every hand went up. I asked "who wants to play at the best school they possibly can?" Every hand stayed up. I then asked "who would like to get paid to play baseball if the opportunity comes?" All the hands stayed up again. I imagine most (if not all) players that are playing travel baseball would do the same thing. I'm guessing that's a pretty safe assumption. I then asked the coaches of the organization, what their goals were. Answers like "I want to help players become the best they can be" kept showing up. I imagine most programs feeling the same way, while trying to make a living doing it. Lots of people say "they want to be good." Coaches and players alike. I listen pretty intently when I talk to people (even though I talk a good bit myself). Once I hear someone give me answers like the one's above, I use that as my baseline for everything that I share with them. When everything is said and done though, I'm left perplexed lots of times, because people tell me they want to be good, but then their actions don't reflect it. Being "good," is about being willing to grow. It's about "knowing that you don't know," and always being hungry for more. It's about sacrifice and adaptation. It's about realizing that there's always more you could be doing, and that if you really want to find out how good you can be, you have to be living in a perpetual state of utter confidence and infinite yearning to learn. It's a hard truth that lots of people need to hear a lot of the time. The uncomfortable conversation that what you're doing "isn't good enough." People shouldn't shy away from that conversation. They should welcome it, because when everything is said and done, those are the moments that become defining. They are the one's that ultimately push you to be better, or give you the realization that you'll always be "status quo." I guess the point of all of this... be ok, with not being ok. That's the place that'll keep you pushing forward. It's the place that will keep you on that scary edge that won't allow you to settle for anything less than "more." It's the reason why the best players and coaches I have ever been around are always looking for an edge. Their willingness to listen, learn and apply information is always being tested. If you're ok, with not being ok, I'm willing to bet you turn out pretty darn good.

@ivangon33 Awesome! Go Ivan!

A collection of elite athletes executing “prep-steps” with KEY similarities between Infielders (being ready to MAXIMIZE movement in all directions to increase range) and tennis players receiving a 130+ MPH serves with the same purpose. Not all do it the same, but the intent is the same…to make plays. NOTE: Keys are why, how - variations based on factors, when - start and landing, where to take eyes to give best reads, how and when to creep in direction of probable contact without “tipping pitches.” etc. etc. etc. Many players have no idea about any of this and are not being taught by their coaches or parents. Every single infielder from machine pitch level to the big leagues can do this, if taught properly and practiced. It is a separator. DirtBroUSA.com #DoingDirtWork #WearRedClay @DirtBroUSA @TaberMongeroDBB @Coach_KWills @5starnational @JeffSchaefer2

Amazing how many players have poor pre pitch ready positions. Guide for fielders: When pitchers land foot strikes ground...fielders glove hand foot should strike the ground with feet square (very important) ready to go either direction. Rhythm and the ability to go north-south-east-west is the goal.