Dave Meikrantz

Delaware Hayes Head Baseball Coach.

[Dave Meikrantz @Coach_Meikrantz]

@Hayes_bsbl

[John Combs @J_Combs20]

Had the opportunity to represent the @OHSBCAwebmaster at the Johnny Bench Awards today and meet the greatest catcher of all time @JohnnyBench_5. Congrats to all those nominated and the winners including @Coach_Meikrantz’s catcher Lucas Flack!

[Dave Meikrantz @Coach_Meikrantz]

@CoachDeBord 🎤🎤

[Dave Meikrantz @Coach_Meikrantz]

1. Go out on top.
2. Leave the cupboard STOCKED for the future.
3. Return to his hometown.
4. Pour his time into his own family.

Hard to draw it up any better than that!

I hate that Central Ohio is losing a coach who does it RIGHT, but incredibly happy for him and his family!

[Columbus Dispatch Preps @DispatchPreps]

Mike Sandman resigns as coach of OHSAA champion New Albany baseball https://t.co/yY3Mxprn21

[Delaware Hayes Baseball @Hayes_bsbl]

After an incredible career it’s awesome to see all his accomplishments and hard work be recognized by Johnny Bench and his committee.

He will be honored pregame on the field July 7th at Great American Ballpark!

Congratulations Lucas!!!

[Delaware Hayes Baseball @Hayes_bsbl]

Couldn’t possibly be prouder of the season Landon has had!

8-0 and a .55 ERA.
.407 with 5 💣

Congratulations to Parker VanEnglenhoven of OLHS as well, as they share the award as Co - Players of the Year!

[Dave Meikrantz @Coach_Meikrantz]

Congratulations Coach Manahan!

[Watterson Baseball @WattersonBB]

Coach Manahan’s #20 officially retired before the Teays Valley game. Congrats Coach!

[Dave Meikrantz @Coach_Meikrantz]

@WattersonBB @BWHS_Athletics Congrats!!

[Dave Meikrantz @Coach_Meikrantz]

@brianhartline Amen!!

[Central District Baseball Coaches Association @OHCDBCA]

Thanks to @OhioStateBASE for hosting our mini clinic this morning for our association

[Dave Meikrantz @Coach_Meikrantz]

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Let’s go Milly!

[Cole Ledger @LedgerPBR]

So. RHP Colin Milligan
- @FCCCougars_BASE

Ht: 5’10” Wt: 180 lbs

Dynamic mover w/ controlled intent. FB changes eye levels w/ the ability to add/subtract. Breaker varies shape, S/M has been OTZ. CH at the knees.

FB: 90-92, T93
BB: 81-82
CH: 83

@PB_JUCO || @PrepBaseballMD

[Trent Mongero @CoachMongero]

Good players have a BIG PROBLEM … That often keeps them from becoming great!!! …. They don’t like to look bad when they are training/practicing…. The result? They don’t challenge themselves. They stay in a comfort zone.

Growth comes from challenge and eventual mastery. Start stacking bricks. Conquer a skill and then build on it.. Start simple and predictable and move towards complex and unpredictable. This is where authentic confidence is found!

Yes, simple and predictable (easy) can be a part of your routine, especially as a warm up. But there needs to be an element of hard, or very hard in your offensive and defensive process.

Why? The game is very hard and one day you want to be able to make the hard look easy… so begin to DO HARD BETTER!

@DirtBroUSA
@nextlevelbb
@CoachTaberM
@ThePBPro
@CoachBradPorter

[Dave Meikrantz @Coach_Meikrantz]

I got a chance 7 years ago to work an OSU baseball camp. College coaches, big name HS head coaches and myself. A young no name asst coach. Coach A made me feel at home and his energy, enthusiasm and passion have always been things I look up to ever since! Great career coach!!!

[Frank DiRenna @DispatchFrank]

Just left Grove High School as @GCBaseball2024 wrapped up another youth summer camp. Big news from event this morning was coach Ryan Alexander (@CoachA8) announcing he was stepping down after 18 seasons. Big loss for program.

[Trent Mongero @CoachMongero]

Winning baseball. Check the box ✅.
Dude has 23 home runs and 73 RBI and he puts down a safety squeeze in the CWS to score a key run! How many tools are in your box? How many ways can you hurt your opponent? …. Or are you one dimensional? … Or selfish… “I don’t bunt, I hit bombs!” Lol. Championship teams and championship players can do it all. Beautiful! Team first mentality! Refreshing. #cws2025
@nextlevelbb

[Dave Meikrantz @Coach_Meikrantz]

@CoachSwit Here in OH. The vast majority of HS coaches do a good job policing it. But in summer baseball it is LAWLESS. Actually heard a summer coach today tell his team to chirp more. Summer baseball undermines everything we teach the previous nine months. Incredibly frustrating.

[Tom Marker @coachmarker]

One of the BEST humans around. Not many care about kids like Sandman. So happy for you brother. Keep being you.

Earn it on the field!

[Chris Fugitt @coachfug_28]

After over 50 years with baseball in my life, 35 as a coach, 25 as head coach @DarbyBaseball, I have made the difficult decision to step down as head coach. Was fortunate to be able to lead a program from a brand new school back in 1997.

[Delaware Hayes Baseball @Hayes_bsbl]

Congrats to @Colin_mt2 on earning his first collegiate start! Keep grinding, keep chucking!! #humnowcmilly #shoveday

[Prep Baseball Ohio @PrepBaseballOH]

𝐂𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐎𝐡𝐢𝐨 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐒𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐀𝐥𝐥-𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝟏: 𝐓𝐨𝐩 𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐬

2026 OF/RHP @tnt2026

Besides having great baseball name, took a really good round of BP and showed some pop thru the middle of the field. Swing has some tightness to it but its a simple operation that gets on the barrel consistently. Ran a 7.24 and topped his EV out at 96.3.

#BeSeen | #OHPSAS

[Dave Meikrantz @Coach_Meikrantz]

@carter_hicks16 @BJE2025withrow @DublinCoffBSBL @UNORacers Congrats!!!

[Dave Meikrantz @Coach_Meikrantz]

@FCPSAthletics @knightsfootball @FCPSMaryland That is absolutely not “elevating our fan experience”