Dave ☝

Kansas is the Coolest state.

[Dan Wetzel @DanWetzel]

Great reporting. Youth sports is a runaway train.

[Jacob Turner @TheJacobTurner]

A PARENT’S JOURNEY THROUGH YOUTH SPORTS:

Age 5: “He’s got a cannon.”
Age 6: “He’s the fastest kid out there. Coach said so.”
Age 7: “Rec ball isn’t challenging him anymore.”
Age 8: “We tried out for select. Obviously made it.”
Age 9: “$2,800 for the season. Plus uniforms. Plus tournaments. Plus hotels.”
Age 10: “Cooperstown is basically a family vacation, right?”
Age 11: “He needs a hitting guy. And a pitching guy. And probably a mental performance coach.”
Age 12: “I’m not a crazy sports parent. The OTHER parents are crazy.”
Age 13: “We changed schools. For academics. (And also baseball.)”
Age 14: “Showcases are a requirement at this age.”
Age 15: “Ya his ranking just ticked up. We’re cooking.”
Age 16: “He just needs to get seen by the right school.”
Age 17: “The D1 schools want him to walk on. He’ll earn a spot by sophomore year.”
Age 18: “Okay, D2 is actually really competitive.”
Age 19: “He’s redshirting. Strategic.”
Age 20: “He’s focusing on school now.”
Age 21: “You know what? He’s so much happier.”

Roughly 7% of high schoolers play in college.

About 1.5% of those get drafted.

Less than half of draftees ever play one day in the big leagues.

The odds of our kids going pro are somewhere between “struck by lightning” and “find a $100 in old shorts.”

I love youth sports (all my kids play a bunch of them) just keep a good perspective my friends. ✌️

[KC HS Baseball @KCHSBall]

Dear @KSHSAA and @MSHSAAOrg if you want to charge people to watch video of games then pay for the equipment and send out crews to broadcast it. Otherwise get bent and let Grandma in Florida watch the parent or student run streams for free.

[Dave ☝ @DoBetterTalk]

@BasicAppleGuy How is the Apple Park visitors center mug?

[Dave ☝ @DoBetterTalk]

@BasicAppleGuy We need this gradient!

[Dave ☝ @DoBetterTalk]

@smrtmouse

[MERICA MEMED @Mericamemed]

How a real man makes a PB&J sandwich

[MLB @MLB]

Four-time whistling champion and member of the Whistling Hall of Fame, Chris Ullman, whistled the national anthem in Baltimore tonight!

[Nalin @nalinrajput23]

Apple made its biggest mistake when it decided to discontinue the iPod.

[Simon Holland @simoncholland]

This toddler who can’t find the Easter eggs that are literally sitting right in front of him is going to crush it as a husband one day.

[Simon Holland @simoncholland]

If you hide 48 eggs and tell your kids there are 50 you can get a little nap in.

[Doug Stewart @dougstewart1]

Funny what happens when everyone can pay players and not just the blue bloods.

[Dave ☝ @DoBetterTalk]

@BasicAppleGuy Bring on that wallpaper!

[Dave ☝ @DoBetterTalk]

@smrtmouse

[Dave ☝ @DoBetterTalk]

@GMRench @brenthaag Did you get hacked?

[ludwig @LudwigAhgren]

the bushes were people ????

[🇺🇸 🦅Simple Man 🦅🇺🇸 @Soaringeagle45]

Sledding in your 50s is a great way to meet people…

Today, I met 2 paramedics, an EMT, and a spine specialist, and I’m pretty sure I saw Jesus for a moment

[McKenzie Nelson @McKenzieMNelson]

Gov. Laura Kelly said the Chiefs headquarters and practice facility will be in Olathe. #ChiefsKingdom

[Dave ☝ @DoBetterTalk]

@MKBHD Where’s the gesture area like on the palm pre?

[Ian Miller @ianmSC]

Texas A&M went 7-1 in the SEC and was a tiebreaker away from making the SEC Championship Game and scored 3 total points at home against a "lowly" ACC team, so I think we need to retire the "SEC teams would go undefeated in every other conference" narrative forever

[Vic Lombardi @VicLombardi]

The SEC remains a vastly overrated football conference. How many times do we have to see it and say it?