Jacob Tarkany

Butler Golf
Ohio State Alum
Team Ping

[Jacob Tarkany @JRTARK]

Probably a good 30 seconds after Ship’s shot on 17, the apartment was still losing it @OhioStateMGOLF

[Andrew Lind @AndrewMLind]

Give a round of applause to Ohio State's design team for finding a way to bring back the classic stripes while modernizing them with the metallic sheen. The Block "O" and festoon pattern also add subtle detail to a timeless design that the Buckeyes should never depart from again.

[Teradja Mitchell @teeraaw__]

The subtle block O on the collar and helmet make the uni 10x better 🅾️🔥😮‍💨

[Ohio State Football @OhioStateFB]

THE Best Uniform in College Football 😌

[Stephen Means @Stephen_Means]

The Holy Trinity

[Ohio State Football @OhioStateFB]

It’s back on our shoulders.
And we carry it forward 📌

[Ohio State Football @OhioStateFB]

THE best black uniform in college football😁

[Ohio State Football @OhioStateFB]

𝘁𝘂𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗹 𝘃𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻

[Official Ohio State DG @DylanEveryday]

The last time this jersey was worn at 411 Woody Hayes Drive, Columbus, OH 43210

[Big Ten Network @BigTenNetwork]

"I'm just trying to put good swings on it... concentrate on my movements, and get my body warmed up" 🗣️

Tag along with @OhioStateWGOLF’s Nellie Ong as she takes us through her pre-round warmup 🏌️‍♀️

[Ohio State W Golf @OhioStateWGOLF]

Ticket punched 🎟️

Huge congratulations to Nellie Ong on qualifying for the U.S. Women’s Open 🇺🇸🤩

[Dov Kleiman @NFL_DovKleiman]

The Cleveland Browns have revealed their new $2.6 Billion stadium and it looks PHENOMINAL.

The new Huntington Bank Field will have 67,500-seats and is set to open for the 2029 season.

🔥🔥🔥

[Jacob Tarkany @JRTARK]

@casualclubguy B

[The Dawgs - A Cleveland Browns Podcast @thedawgspodcast]

WE’RE SO BACK!

How on Earth did AB land Spencer Fano + 2 picks, KC Concepcion, Denzel Boston AND Emmanuel McNeil-Warren?

A+ draft, just sign off on the grade now.

[Nick Pedone @NickPedone12]

The Cleveland Browns have drafted four players in the top 60 that were all mocked in the first round.

[Bradley Roby @BradRoby_1]

4 in the Top 11 ! Now yall see what Coach Day was talking bout ! #THE

[Taylor Lewan @TaylorLewan77]

I’m clearly not a fan of Ohio State but this is one of the best college football players I’ve ever watched.

It hurt to write this tweet.

[Always the Jake @JacobsFieldRBW]

The Guardians just went 6-4 against the Mariners, Dodgers, and Cubs to start the season.

Those teams entered the season with the 2nd, 1st, and 8th-highest World Series odds, respectively.

[Jacob Tarkany @JRTARK]

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[Randy Sullivan MPT, CSCS @RandySullivanPT]

My middle son, Ryan, was a skinny 9th grader with a weak arm and virtually no bat

62 mph pulldown

His best swings barely cleared the infield

And he was deceptively slow

He tried out the for the JV team at our high school as a second baseman

His older brother had starred at the same school and was now playing in college

To my knowledge, no one had ever been cut from the JV team

Ryan was cut from the JV team

That night we watched Rudy

My idea

I expected a pity party

Instead, he looks at me and says:

“Dad… we screwed up the position. You know how to train pitchers. Next year I’m not trying out for JV. I’m MAKING VARSITY… as a pitcher.”

I did a double take

Swallowed hard

“Sure, Ry. But that means you work. Every. Single. Day.”

I figured it would last a week

It lasted a year

He lived at The ARMory

Every night

Like a man possessed

He gained 20 pounds (up to 145)

Fastball to 75

Added a changeup

And showed a crazy, unanticipated knack for living in the strike zone

He tried out for Varsity as a pitcher

He made the team

And never played

All season: clean pants, empty stat line

Last game of the year, bases loaded, 2 outs

He finally gets in… to pinch run at first

One pitch

Routine ground ball

Force out at second

Season over

Next year, his velo is up to 82

The staff is loaded

Three weeks left in the season… still hasn’t thrown a pitch

Then comes the promise

Soft opponent on the schedule

Coach says, “Ryan’s starting.”

I clear my calendar

4 pm, my phone rings

“Hey bud, you ready? You nervous?”

“I’m excited… but I’m not nervous.”

Pause

“Because I’m not pitching. Rex is pitching.”

My heart sinks

Rex?

We don’t have a Rex

I’m running through the roster in my head

“Who the heck is Rex?”

“Dad, you’re gonna love him.
Rex is 6’8” and throws 96.”

Ryan is 5’9” and tops at 82

Suddenly, Rex sounds like a better option

I get to the field right as the anthem ends

There’s no 6’8” dude

Just my 5’9” son, grinning

Ryan had invented an alter ego

That night, Rex took the ball

Same 82 mph fastball

Completely different presence

Rex walked like an ace

Breathed like an ace

Stared in like an ace

Attacked the zone like an ace

He refused to throw a ball

Groundout. Pop up. Groundout. Weak fly.
Over and over.

By the 5th inning it was 12–0

He had given up 1 hit

He punches out the last hitter

Game over on a mercy rule

The team dog piles him on the mound

Ryan (a.k.a. Rex) had just thrown a one-hit shutout

Same body

Same arm

Same 82 mph

Different identity

Everyone wants a new pitch, a new drill, a new program

Sometimes the unlock is simpler:

You don’t need a new body

You need a new alter ego

In baseball or in life

Name the version of you who attacks the zone

Then let him (or her) take the ball

Find your Rex

[Eleven Warriors @11W]

Joe Kim, a longtime NFL pass rush consultant and renowned taekwondo instructor who Nick Saban called “the pass-rush guru,” has reportedly joined Ohio State‘s defensive staff. https://t.co/mu5FY3VimY