Bo

Father, Husband, Head Baseball Coach for the Harrisonburg Turks in the Valley Baseball League

[Bo @CoachBo_10]

It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.

[Craig Noto @TheNoto24]

Over the past two weeks I have received conservatively 8-10 calls regarding needing pitching for summer leagues.

On top of that I have also spoken to various players who have said that their teams have no pitching…including one who said his team may be shutting down because they do not have enough guys to throw their games.

Summer ball used to be an opportunity for players to go out and play the game and better themselves, develop, mature grow into who they are…

Now with the massive amount of movement, changing of schools coupled with a lot of coaches holding back pitching from going out to play…there is going to have to be a massive shift in how most leagues operate as it has all changed now

I feel bad for the leagues/teams that have supported the college baseball world for years but there is going to have to be some kind of drastic changes for some of them to survive

@nextlevelbb @CoachBeede @DaveGallagher22 @NWLbaseball @PGCBLbaseball @nycbl @ACBLBaseball @ProspectLeague @FuturesLeague

[WHSVnews @WHSVnews]

The area's top high school seniors competed for one final time in their prep career at the Fourth Annual Coaches USA All-Star Game at Veterans Memorial Park on Tuesday night. | Watch the highlights: https://t.co/lCgcrnIpMR

[Valley Baseball League @VBLBaseball]

June 15 Big Stick: @HbgTurksVBL Phillip Garcia @GSSCBaseball was 3-for-4 with a double and three RBIs in a win over Strasburg.

[NCAA Baseball @NCAABaseball]

The Trojans made history ⚔️

Thank you, @TroyTrojansBSB!

#MCWS

[Stephen Schoch @bigdonkey47]

Hell of a run by the Trojans. From last four in all the way to Omaha

[Craig Noto @TheNoto24]

I remember vividly years back being at the @ABCA1945 in San Diego and one of the speakers was Scott Boras…maybe you have heard of him…pretty smart guy 💪

Anyway, he stood in front of thousands of college coaches and told us all that we WERE BLOWING IT…

He told us that the private sector was hijacking our game - the college game - and that WE WERE THE COMMODITY but were acting as if we were outsiders by allowing companies to organize and change the landscape/culture of what the college game has always stood for - growing young men

He warned us if we didn’t get on the same page and begin running, local, regional, national events that we should be prepared to be run out of our game by private equity…how’s that going?

As a GREAT visionary he saw this

That really resonated with me then and resonates now even more than ever…

A lot of this was brought on with the courts and was unavoidable - in a lot of ways this is great that players have more freedom to better themselves…💪 I do believe it’s a great thing for the top 10-20% of the game…not the 80% that believe they are in the top 20%

The 80/20 Rule…I’ll share some slides in a later post outlining it…NOBODY CAN TELL ME THAT 80% of the movement we have within the college game is warranted…

My question is, I wonder how much of the backbone of the coaching culture could have been preserved if we had more people worry about what’s “good for the game” as opposed to their personal benefit…coaches are at fault as well- This isn’t on the players only - it’s the system we have and we need to operate within that system - like it or not 🙏

Somewhere in all of this we have lost sight of the teaching like great men like Augie - now we use his famous speeches to obtain likes ❤️ not how we actually run our programs (not all)

We need to get back to “Growing the Game”

Not dismantling it

@nextlevelbb @CoachBeede @DaveGallagher22

[Daily News-Record Sports @DNR_Sports]

“It’s all about the culture.”

Clover Hill Bucks seeking third consecutive #RCBL championship | Story: https://t.co/8STISJE6Is

[Bo @CoachBo_10]

I got my guys!!!

[Valley Baseball League @VBLBaseball]

June 13: Big Stick #2 @HbgTurksVBL Elijah Guilliams @Flagler_BSB was 4-for-5 with five RBIs in the win at Covington.

[Valley Baseball League @VBLBaseball]

1B Brody Dalton @KentStBaseball @HbgTurksVBL was 2-for-2 with a 3-run homer and four RBIs in the win at Covington.

[Bo @CoachBo_10]

Great season from Turner Ashby and Spotswood, that new kent team looked athletic and barreled everything somehow.

Youth Baseball in the Valley is 💪🏼

[Jeff D. Lowe @JeffDLowe]

OH MY GOODNESS!!!!!!

BALOGUN IS OUT OF THIS WORLD

PLAY “FREE BIRD”. #USMNT

[Bo @CoachBo_10]

Goooooaaaaalllllll!!!!! 🇺🇸

[Bo @CoachBo_10]

@Nik__1233 @Steven_sams_5 @BaseballDown @TransferPortal @d1baseball @SteepleCats Where are you playing summerball?

[Jaxon Walker @JaxonWalker15]

🚀2 run shot @nheadley14 @108_Performance

[Bo @CoachBo_10]

Mario Ratrosi is so fun on the sports radio broadcast.

[Baseball’s Greatest Moments @BBGreatMoments]

The Iron Man

[Bo @CoachBo_10]

@BarstoolBigCat Idk but when @Zaccornelius_ finally does.. no alarm has a shot

[CFB Kings @CFBKings]

Florida’s entrance and The Swamp in College Football 27 🐊🔥

(via CBear8523)