Scott Henson

Baseball is in my soul...I can’t escape it...Specialize behind the dish, Former Assoc Scout Cincinnatti Reds, Former Head Coach, Current Assistant at "The Dunk"

[Scott Henson @CoachH16]

Gotta love Homecoming parades in Midwestern towns! #Millers#HOCO2024

[Barnaby Breaks History 🇺🇸 @CorpBarnaby]

🇺🇸 Most Badass Americans You Don’t Know D-Day Edition: John J. Pinder Jr.

Technician Fifth Grade John J. Pinder Jr. landed on Omaha beach on his birthday. He didn’t make it off.

Born June 6, 1912, in McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania, Joe Pinder was the oldest of three children. His father worked in the steel industry.

He graduated as valedictorian of Butler High School in 1931.

Pinder spent the next several years as a right-handed pitcher in the minor leagues.

He played six seasons in the farm systems of the Cleveland Indians, New York Yankees, Washington Senators, and Brooklyn Dodgers.

In 1941 he won 17 games and was still chasing a shot at the major leagues when the war came.

He entered the Army in January 1942 after Pearl Harbor.

Assigned as a radio operator with the 16th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division, he fought in North Africa and Sicily.

In Sicily he earned a Bronze Star for staying at an observation post under fire.

On June 6, 1944, Pinder landed with the first waves on Omaha Beach on his birthday.

Communications were shattered. His job was to get a working radio ashore.

He made it off the landing craft. They were 100 yards off the beach.

Then he was hit. A round tore into his face after only a few steps off the boat.

Pinder held the torn flesh of his face together with one hand, carried the radio with the other, and delivered the radio to his unit, while wading thru waste deep water.

That should have been enough. It wasn’t.

Weakened and bleeding, he turned around and went back into the surf and fire three more times to salvage communication equipment.

He even recovered another workable radio.

On the third trip machine gun fire hit him again, this time in the legs.

Still he kept going.

Weakening but exposed on the beach, he helped get the radios working so the men around him could call for support.

While doing so, he was hit for the third time and killed.

Medal of Honor. Posthumous.

It was presented to his father on January 26, 1945.

Pinder was initially buried in Normandy.

In 1947 his family brought him home to Grandview Cemetery in Burgettstown, Pennsylvania.

He was the only professional baseball player awarded the Medal of Honor in World War II.

John Pinder is an American Badass

Thank you, John! 🫡🇺🇸

[Cooper Trinkle @CTrinkle23]

‘28 OF/1B Slade Hodges (@Slade_Hodges035) worked an impressive at-bat against a premier arm last night that culminated in a 93 mph 1B 👇

Hit .366 for @MillerBaseball as a soph. Strong 6’1 frame. Plays hard always.

#NPI26 || @PrepBaseballIN

[Jerry Weinstein @JWonCATCHING]

Two takeaways from this play from the Auburn-Ole Miss regional.
1) Great aggressive turn at 1B on a BH into LCF.
2) Auburn catcher trailing the play aggressively in case there is backdoor action at 1B in response to the big turn.

[Scott Henson @CoachH16]

82 years ago tonight, tens of thousands of men prepared their bodies, minds and souls for what would be the greatest amphibious assault the world has ever seen. The sacrifices they would make and the challenges they would face for the next 48 hours would change the world.

[Noblesville Baseball @MillerBaseball]

#TheDunk is ready to go!

#Sectional8

[Noblesville Baseball @MillerBaseball]

#Millerball @IHSAA1 Sectional 8 Game vs @BaseballZville has been PPD to tomorrow at same time (Approx 8 pm).

#GrindOn

[Midwest vs. The Rest @midwestern_ope]

Maturing is realizing this is a bigger deal than the Super Bowl

[Scott Henson @CoachH16]

Race was great…now on to what we are all waiting for, IHSAA Baseball. Sectional 8! #Gauntlet #IndianaIsABaseballState

[Noblesville Baseball @MillerBaseball]

#Millerball @HoosierCConf Champions!

[Noblesville Baseball @MillerBaseball]

#Millerball claims outright @HoosierCConf Championship tonight with win over Zionsville 8-4!

W - Br. Riggs: 5 IP, 2 ER, 3 K
Clark: H, BB, 3 R
Reynolds: H, 2 R
Hodges: H, RBI
Stidham: H, 2 BB, RBI
Bl. Riggs: H, RBI

The Millers finish the regular season 19-9 (11-3)!

#GrindOn

[Noblesville Baseball @MillerBaseball]

For the 3rd time in the past 4 years #Millerball is crowned @HoosierCConf Champions!

W - Hendrich: 2.2 IP, 4K, 2H, 1 BB

Snider: 4.1 IP, 1 ER, 4 K, 4H, 0 BB

Clark: 2-2, 2 BB, SB, RBI
Reynolds: H, RBI
Stidham: 2-3, RBI
Brooks Riggs: 2B
Martz: 2B

#GrindOn

[Scott Henson @CoachH16]

3 out of the last 4 years!

[Scott Henson @CoachH16]

HCC Champs…Again…3 out of the last 4 years!

[Zak Blair @coachzblair10]

Players: You want the bat to feel like a toothpick, increase bat speed, & have more barrel control? Crush your forearms!

Find any way to blow them up every day. Rice bucket, dumbbells, reverse curls, farmers walks, forearm turns, plate holds, etc. You can hit forearms, core, & calves every day! Do it!

The strong will survive! 💪🏻🏋‍♂️😤

[Justin Keever @CoachKeever]

.@MaxPreps

[Noblesville Baseball @MillerBaseball]

#Milletball moved to 17-9 after 1-0 over Tri-West on Senior Day!

W - Muse 2.1 IP, 3 K, 0 R
Hostetler 4.2 IP, 12 K, 3 BB, 0 R

Bl. Riggs: 2 H, 3B, R
Martz: GW RBI 1B!

#GrindOn

[Scott Henson @CoachH16]

A lot of good ones for sure!

[LN Wildcats @lnwildcats]

We were proud to celebrate our seniors before the start of the LN-Pike game tonight. Thank you, seniors, for all your hard work and dedication to LNHS! @LNHSwildcats @ltgoodnews @weRtheWildcats

[Cincinnati Reds @Reds]

Happy Mother's Day ❤️

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[Ken Burns @KenBurns]

We are announcing today that The American Revolution will stream for free in its entirety on all PBS platforms from May 25th through July 12. Hope you have a chance to watch, ideally with friends and family, as you think about our 250th anniversary this July 4th. https://t.co/c8fc6Sldj5