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[Top Baseball @785topbaseball]

@KCHSBall Dumb. Can’t find a single good reason for this. Put the hitters in the weight room if they can’t swing the bbcor

[Midwest Bruin Baseball @MidwestBruins1]

⚾️ MIDWEST BRUINS TRYOUTS ⚾️

Less than TWO WEEKS until tryouts!

If you’re a high school ballplayer looking for a college prep baseball program, we’d love the opportunity to meet you.

📅 Tryout Dates: July 22-23, 2026

🎓 Grad Years 2027-2030 Welcome

🏈⚽️🏀Multi-Sport Athletes Welcome!

Our program includes:
⚾️ Fall Season
💪 Winter Training
☀️ Summer Season
🎓 College Recruiting Guidance

Register today and learn more about Midwest Bruins at:

🌐 https://t.co/ENTsdkt6lH

We look forward to seeing you at tryouts!

#MidwestBruins #BaseballTryouts #CollegePrepBaseball #BaseballRecruiting

[Midwest Bruin Baseball @MidwestBruins1]

Proud of @TylerEdmiston5 and @cmenke2027 for representing Midwest Bruin Baseball on the @kccba2020 KC United 17U all star team at ABC Indianapolis this week! Appreciate the effort from the coaches and KCCBA admin. What a great opportunity for our student-athletes!

[1776 Live @250YearsAgoLive]

Continental Congress HAS SIGNED A DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE! 

The UNITED STATES are OFFICIALLY INDEPENDENT from BRITAIN.

LIBERTY BELLS ring out throughout Philadelphia; the streets ERUPT IN ECSTASY.

[Midwest Bruin Baseball @MidwestBruins1]

Midwest Bruins 18U heads to the Midwest Premier Super 18 this weekend. @PBTKansasCity @PrepBaseballKS

Our projected pitching rotation is below. 2027 Tyler Edmiston, 2027 Colby Olberding, 2027 Reid Buttrey, 2027 Burke Harsin, 2028 Grayson Sextro, and 2028 Logan Olson are currently uncommitted.

#MWBBaseball #Uncommitted

[Midwest Bruin Baseball @MidwestBruins1]

MWB 18U heads to the @JCCCBaseball Showcase this weekend. Here’s our projected pitching rotation.

2027 Edmiston, 2027 Buttrey, and 2027 Olberding are currently uncommitted.

#MWBBaseball #Uncommitted

[Jake Trueblood @jaketrueblood38]

Uncommited Juco Sophomore RHP
6/7 and 6/10 start canceled due to weather
Last Outing:
2 IP
3 K’s
1 ER

[ChadWolffClassic @CWC_Arkansas]

Midwest Bruins 16u black, Bryson Fehr, with a strikeout in his 2nd scoreless inning. @MidwestBruins1

[ChadWolffClassic @CWC_Arkansas]

Myles Krahe (Midwest Bruins 16u National)
Lines his second RBI single of the day to center
@MidwestBruins1

[ChadWolffClassic @CWC_Arkansas]

Beau Jessop #9 (Midwest Bruins 18u) Smokes a ball backside to drive in an RBI single.

@MidwestBruins1

[Top Baseball @785topbaseball]

More 785

[ChadWolffClassic @CWC_Arkansas]

Millard North Baseball JV 30Hop:4

Midwest Bruins 18u: 12

PoG: Cale Rosenberger
4 IP 5 K’s 1 ER

@MidwestBruins1

[MLB Camera Roll @MLBCameraRoll]

Paul Skenes does this entire routine every bullpen day 😳

[Top Baseball @785topbaseball]

@TylerEdmiston5

[Top Baseball @785topbaseball]

785 guy doing work

[ChadWolffClassic @CWC_Arkansas]

Midwest bruins 18U 5
Bullpen baseball 18U- Dow 2
Winner: Midwest bruins 18U
PoG
#20 Tyler Edmiston
7IP 5H 1ER 13K

@MidwestBruins1

[Midwest Bruin Baseball @MidwestBruins1]

MWB 18U PITCHING ROTATION for CWC Arkansas, June 11-14:

Midwest Bruins 18U (and Midwest Bruins 16U) heads to Arkansas for the Chad Wolff Classic, June 11-14.

2027 Tyler Edmiston, 2027 Burke Harsin, 2027 Colby Olberding, 2027 Reid Buttrey, 2027 Bryson Fehr are all uncommitted.

#MWBBaseball #Uncommitted

[Top Baseball @785topbaseball]

Lots of 785 guys at this event every year!

[ChadWolffClassic @CWC_Arkansas]

The CWC schedule is up on our website! It’s gonna be a big time weekend!

https://t.co/IQAULtl8xj

[Coach Beede @CoachBeede]

The best decision Tyler ever made came at 11:58 at night. First round of the draft, real money on the table, and Tyler turned it down for an education at Vanderbilt instead. People thought we were crazy. I knew better; nobody offered eighteen-year-old me that choice, and I felt the absence for years. The game ends for everyone in every sport. What you become does not. The athletics are the vehicle, never the destination!

[Jermaine Curtis @JermaineCurtis]

When I was with the St. Louis Cardinals, we had a team meeting about hitting with two strikes.

Albert Pujols was leading it.

At the time, he was hitting something ridiculous with two strikes.

I want to say it was around .265.

Naturally, everyone wanted to know how.

So somebody asked:

"What's your two-strike approach?"

Albert's answer surprised me.

He said:

"I think fastball inside and hit it back through the middle."

That was it.

No complicated mechanics.

No secret formula.

Just:

Fastball inside.

Back through the middle.

I remember sitting there thinking:

"Why would you think fastball inside with two strikes?"

So somebody asked him.

And Albert said something I'll never forget.

He said:

"If I can hit a fastball inside back through the middle..."

"I can hit the fastball away."

"I can stay on the changeup."

"I can stay on the slider."

"I can stay on the curveball."

Then he paused.

And said:

"The ball gets deeper."

That's when it clicked for me.

He wasn't trying to pull the inside fastball.

He was using one thought to cover everything.

The more I thought about it...

The more it made sense.

So I started trying it.

And it changed the way I thought about hitting with two strikes.

Instead of worrying about every pitch...

I focused on one.

Fastball inside.

Back through the middle.

See it DEEP.

If you're struggling with two strikes, here's what I'd do tonight:

Round 1: Short Box

(Set the distance somewhere between front toss and batting practice.)

Have a coach throw only fastballs inside.

Your only thought:

"Fastball inside."

Drive the ball back through the middle.

10 swings.

Round 2: Mix Speeds

Now the coach mixes:

- Fastballs
- Changeups
- Breaking balls
- Sliders

But your thought never changes.

You're still looking:

"Fastball inside."

10 swings.

Round 3: Two-Strike BP

Every pitch starts 0-2.

Compete.

Battle.

Use the same approach.

"Fastball inside."

Back through the middle.

10 swings.

That's it.

30 focused swings.

One thought.

One approach.

One goal.

Drive the baseball back through the middle.

One thing I've learned:

Most hitters get worse with two strikes because they add thoughts.

Albert got better because he removed them.

With two strikes, simplicity is a weapon.

Thank you for reading,
Jermaine Curtis

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[KC Collegiate Baseball League @KCCBL1]

🔥KCCBL Top Performers 6•1•26

🚌Nicholas Hotujac @RawlingsTigerKC @SaintMaryBSB
🚌Alex Krueger @Alex_Krueger_ @KWUBaseball
🚌Zachary Grossnickle @Zach_grossnick @goneoshoBSB
🚌Blake Sarnecki @blakesarnecki37 @cunebaseball
🚌Lucas Cross @Cross_Fire85 @MccWolves

[Kole Emplit @KoleEmplit]

SportsCenter top-10 play for Washburn Rural’s @AidanNewbery4 as the Junior Blue’s win the state championship!

A fantastic moment made even better with the great footage from @amyiacevedo
@WARUBaseball

#kspreps