Casey Estridge

Real Estate - Cola SC Husband, dad (3), Papa Ace (1) 90 Newberry INDIAN

[Casey Estridge @CaseyEstridge]

@AngelMD1103 Wait until she runs across the southern squatted species

[Troy Silva @TroyPSilva]

Hitters:
3 truths GUARANTEED to happen in the box:
1️⃣ Pitchers will make good pitches in tough locations at times
2️⃣ Umpires will make occasional bad strike calls
3️⃣ Hitters will either make excuses or make adjustments!
✅ The great ones stay composed, focused & adjust!!
#BaseballTruth

[Casey Estridge @CaseyEstridge]

@JaredB_BSBL Good luck in the silver bracket.

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@Sanchez4Cy He had to press a button on a computer and it took 1 minute. Someone else took 5 minutes to put in a binder. No Big deal. Every pitch of every game has analytics attached to it and is available.

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@ragley I’ll drill down a little deeper.

Upstate: Greenville, Gaffney, Ninety-Six, Greer

Midlands: Columbia (Shandon), Pelion, Gilbert, Lexington

Lowcountry: Charleston (south of Broad), Walterboro, Mt Pleasant

Grand Strand: Pawley’s Island, Little River, Surfside, Conway

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@johnmwhittle It will be the biggest turnout of the year

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RIP

[MLB @MLB]

We are saddened by the passing of former Braves third baseman Bob Horner.

The first overall pick in the 1978 MLB Draft, Horner made the jump straight to the Majors without playing a single day in the Minors.

Just ten days after being drafted, Horner made his MLB debut and homered off future Hall of Famer Bert Blyleven. Horner went on to blast 23 home runs in just 89 games and won NL Rookie of the Year honors.

He went on to top the 30-homer mark three times in the next four years and was a National League All-Star in 1982, when he helped lead the Atlanta Braves to a division title.

Horner spent 9 of his 10 Major League seasons with the Braves. He made history on July 6, 1986 when he slugged a record-tying 4 home runs in one game. It was the only four-homer game of the 1980s.

Horner completed his college career at Arizona State with the most home runs in NCAA history, a mark since broken. He was named MVP of the 1977 College World Series and was the very first winner of the prestigious Golden Spikes Award in 1978.

He was 68 years old.

[Casey Estridge @CaseyEstridge]

@SandlapperSpike Very happy to see the club have a real leader!

[Chatterbox Sports @CBoxSports]

Terry Francona on the line drive that hit Chase Burns:

“I ask him, ‘hey man, please tell me you have a cup on?’ and he said no, I was like, ‘Chase, I don’t even watch a game without wearing a cup.’”

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16/
And understand this:

Someone, somewhere, is outworking you right now.

Rant over

[Casey Estridge @CaseyEstridge]

1/
Had a long conversation today with some old-school baseball guys, and it confirmed something I’ve been seeing for years.
Youth baseball has become a machine.
🧵

[Casey Estridge @CaseyEstridge]

15/
If your dream is to ACTUALLY play college baseball—not just occupy a roster spot:

✅ Play multiple sports
✅ Stop year-round baseball at young ages
✅ Pitchers: chase command before velocity
✅ Learn situational baseball
✅ Learn to be a great teammate

[Casey Estridge @CaseyEstridge]

14/
I want players who become:
great husbands
great fathers
great coworkers
great leaders
great professionals

Because they learned how to respond when life punched them in the mouth.

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13/
Baseball is a game of failure.

Life is too.

Life will test your toughness, discipline, attitude, and resilience.

The lessons matter way beyond the diamond.

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12/
Because baseball isn’t just about baseball.

It’s about building young men.

Men who:

* compete
* handle failure
* fight through adversity
* stay accountable
* put the team first

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11/
As long as I coach, I’ll take coachable kids who want to compete, sacrifice, and win over kids chasing TikTok highlights.

Every. Single. Time.

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10/One longtime college coach said it perfectly:

“Today’s baseball climate has created players you don’t want at the plate down a run late…

…but they’ll sure hit a gap shot when they’re already up five.”

That one hit home

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9/I see it constantly:

Talented players with:

low baseball IQ

no situational awareness

no two-strike approach

no understanding of team baseball

offended by coaching

more focused on clips than wins

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8/Too many kids build false confidence:⚾ Short fences⚾ Watered-down competition⚾ Constant hype

Then they hit middle school/high school baseball…

…and get swallowed by the real game.

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7/Kids bounce from team to team chasing:

exposure

rankings

social media clips

“elite” labels

The travel/showcase industry has become a business first.

And business is good.

[Casey Estridge @CaseyEstridge]

6/Let’s talk youth baseball.

In the 70s and 80s, if you didn’t make your 12-year-old little league team, your baseball path often ended.

Today?

If one travel team says no, another says yes…

…as long as the check clears.