Connor Shanaman

[Dylan Dyer @dylandyer27]

I am honored to announce my commitment to Charleston Southern University to continue my academic and baseball career! I am incredibly grateful to the Charleston Southern coaching staff and Coach Karl Kuhn for the opportunity.

Go Bucs! 🏴‍☠️ | @CSU_BucBaseball

[Jermaine Curtis @JermaineCurtis]

This player flew in from Alabama this weekend.

Something interesting happened.

Every time he made a bad swing...

he had something to say.

Every time he missed a ball...

he had an explanation.

Every time something went wrong...

he gave it attention.

But every time he smoked a line drive...

nothing.

No reaction.

No acknowledgment.

No credit.

After our session, we went to grab lunch.

And while we were talking, I asked him:

"Do you feel confident?"

He said:

"I don't know. I haven't played a game yet."

That answer stopped me.

Because he was waiting for a game to tell him how to feel about himself.

The truth is:

He wasn't his biggest fan.

He was his biggest critic.

And my coach at UCLA used to say:

"You cannot outperform your self-image."

If you spend all your time talking about what's wrong...

don't be surprised when you stop seeing what's right.

So I gave him one assignment:

The next time you do something well...

say it.

Out loud.

-Good swing.
-Good take.
-Good adjustment.
-Good barrel.

Most athletes are comfortable criticizing themselves.

Very few are comfortable encouraging themselves.

Try this tonight.

Every time you catch yourself saying something negative...

find one thing you did well and say it out loud.

You might discover the conversation holding you back isn't coming from a coach, a parent, or an opponent.

It's coming from you.

Thank you for reading,
Jermaine Curtis

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[11Point7 College Baseball @11point7]

This is such a good example of how competitive and hungry for greatness this UCLA team is.

Cholowsky just as fired up as Moss on a K with nobody on in the 2nd inning.

[Minor League Ejections @MiLBEjections]

Noah Fahey ejected @daytonatortugas manager Ricky Gutierrez (1/2) for continuing to argue a hit by pitch on St Lucie batter Simon Juan.

Gutierrez losing his mantle as “one of the most relaxed individuals you will ever meet”.

[Trey Hannam @TJHannam10]

This 'W' word can turn your whole season around.

0-for-3.

Bat down.
Helmet off.
Head drops.
Ready to go home.

Slow walk back.
Quiet dugout.
No eye contact.

The 0-for-3 didn't put you in a slump.

The 'W' word you keep using did.

Ready to flip the switch?

You keep saying 'why me.'

Start saying this instead..

"Watch me" or "Watch this."

Flip the switch.

Put on a show.

...or let the show keep happening to you.

"Watch me."
"Watch this."
"Watch me."
"Watch this."

What are you going to tell yourself?

Are you going to keep being "poor me?"

Or are you going to flip the switch and start saying..

"This poor pitcher. He has to face me."

Send this to a hitter who needs it.

(and make sure you're following)

[Trey Hannam @TJHannam10]

"Hitters who hit more, hit more."

I strongly disagree.

Some of the hardest workers I've coached under-perform (compared to the work they put in)

I was one of them.

It's the mental side.

- Anxious.
- Nervous.
- You care so much it works against you.

I remember shaking in the box because I wanted to be so good.

It wasn't fear of the competition.
I just cared too much

I didn't need more reps.
I needed to train winning.
I needed to focus on scoring runs.

I needed to stop thinking about ME and start thinking about scoring runs for MY TEAM.

When you shift your focus from yourself to YOUR TEAM, your energy transfers.

That's when the swing you worked your butt off, shows up.

[Coach Swit @CoachSwit]

Losing baseballs during a game might be the most underrated frustration in H.S. baseball.

Not cheap.
Adds up fast.

Foul ball… gone.
Warm-up ball… gone.

Start with a bucket—
finish half empty.

Can anyone relate?

[11Point7 College Baseball @11point7]

THERE IS NO WAY THIS PLAY JUST WORKED

Coaches across America will be playing this on loop.

[PNW College Baseball Report @PNW_CBR]

G1 DH Stats for @CCSpokaneBSB vs. BBCC

@DavidBarnessss: 4 IP, 0R, 7K
@trent_woodhouse: 2-5, RBI
Logan Spradling: 2-3
Harper Dissmore: 3-4, SB
Thomas Malcolm: 2-4, R

[PNW College Baseball Report @PNW_CBR]

Sunday DH recap for @EvCC_Baseball at Bellevue

G1: Everett 4, Bellevue 0
@SawyerWickstrom W, 4 IP, 2H, 0R, 5K
@d_hicksbaseball 4 IP, 2H, 0R, 5K
@TalanZenk 1-3, 2B, 2 RBI, SB
@LukasCheha24 3-5, 2 RBI, SB

G2: Everett 12, Bellevue 1
@HiroshiJohnson W, 5 IP, 4H, ER, 4K
@dylandyer27 2 perfect IP, 5K 🔥
Blake Skinner: 1-3, HR, 2 RBI, 2R, SB
@CaydenChristop1 2-4, 3 RBI, SB

[Baseball IQ @BaseballIQ_App]

🚨 Wes Johnson A+ Coaching

• Bottom of the 9th, 1 run game, leadoff walk… not happy.

• Goes out & challenges his pitcher to compete.

• IMMEDIATE change in body language - strikes out the next 2/3 batters.

⭐️ Great coaches are great motivators!

[Ty Dane Gonzalez @TyDaneGonzalez]

Can we take the journey?

[Connor Shanaman @Connor_Shanaman]

@Shplada @tootblans @mlberrors I was coaching 1st base and two kids in the dugout that weren’t even watching convinced everyone else the person who scored was the winning run. We won in extras though so its fine