Shawn Waugh, MS, MPAS, PA-C

I’m starting to feel bad for home plate umpires. We are watching a career evaporate in front of our eyes from ABS.

Do you know why confrontation is almost dead in the military? Because the results speak for themselves. DEI policies were a major driver. EO, SHARP, and a maze of stifling "protections" gave certain groups unspoken immunity from correction. The result? It didn’t stop with minorities. It spread everywhere. Leaders didn’t want to seem hypocritical. So they just… stopped correcting anyone. Better to do nothing than risk your career am I right? 😡 Sure, results vary by unit. Some strongholds of real leadership still exist, but they are outliers. How do you know confrontation has been dying?: 1. There are fat Soldiers everywhere, and a Corps CSM got investigated simply for pointing it out. 2. Almost nobody confronted senior leaders over the COVID mandate, except a few who fell on their swords and were cast out. 3. Where was the confrontation when the Afghanistan withdrawal was planned and executed? 4. Look at the uniform standards on most bases today, disheveled, ignored, untouchable. Even the Army's new Commander’s Assessment Program made confrontation risky. Because subordinate evaluations are weighted so heavily, leaders fear truth telling will kill their careers. The truth is simple: We have plenty of standards. Many just stopped enforcing them. But here’s the good news: Leadership qualities trickle down. We become miniature versions of our senior leaders, for better or worse. And right now, you are witnessing confrontation return to the Pentagon itself. The SECDEF is loosening policies that once forced leaders to "walk on eggshells". The unspoken muzzle is being ripped off. The message is clear: It’s safe to come out now. It’s safe to enforce standards again. It’s safe to lead. Confrontation isn’t cruelty, t’s love wearing armor. If you love your Soldiers, you sharpen them, not spare them. If you love your country, you stand against what’s rotting it from within. If you love the profession of arms, you confront yourself first, without mercy, without excuse. Weak men avoid confrontation. Strong men live by it, because they know the cost of silence is death.

"We play an individual sport but I wasn't alone today." An emotional Gary Woodland reflects on his win only a few years removed from brain surgery.

One of the most incredible endings in NCAA tourney history. Duke is up two with the ball and ten seconds left on the inbounds. Pure madness.

Eugenio Suarez was punched out on two consecutive pitches by C.B. Bucknor…..ABS overturned both calls.