@WinkleGrant One of the most focused, hardest working kids I have been around. Locked in on the physical and mental side of the game and life! Best wishes on your next step Grant.
Transfer LHP T91+, 88-91 (3 years of Eligibility remaining)
FB: 88-91
SL: 76-80
CH: 74-76
GPA: 3.6
Playing for the Tri-City Chili Peppers in the Coastal Plains League this summer. Seeking High Level Juco Opportunities
@tylerselfburner I splurged and took my wife and two sons to this Final Four in SA. To have the game out of reach that quick was something I will never forget. It was 10 years after the 08 championship that was also in SA. It felt like destiny but it was far from it.
@FBidunga So much fun and love in you man! Thank you for the memories you are giving us and how you compete at this level with that attitude. You have written your name in the rafters. We will share your stories with the next generations!! Let’s keep this wagon rolling!!
@melvincounciljr Just wish we would have found each other sooner. All we can do is squeeze as much fun as possible into the next 2 months. And with you - that means A LOT of fun!!! What a F@&*Cking game! Thanks for the new memories!!!
Sentiments of Venezuelans
I’m going to say this once, and I don’t care if it makes people uncomfortable.
If you have never lived in Venezuela
If you did not grow up there
If you did not watch your country collapse in real time
If you did not stand in food lines
If you did not watch your parents lose everything they built
If you did not have to leave your home with nothing
Then shut the fuck up.
You do not have an opinion.
Your opinion does not matter.
And you don’t get to lecture anyone about what’s happening there.
I’m Venezuelan.
I lived there most of my life until my early twenties.
I watched my country go from a functioning democracy to full blown socialism right in front of my eyes.
This is not politics to me.
This is trauma.
Before socialism, Venezuela was not perfect, but it worked.
There was trade.
There was money coming in.
There was investment from the US.
There were jobs.
There was food.
There was medicine.
My family had five businesses.
We had our home
We had investments.
We had a future.
Then the government started nationalizing everything.
Private companies were taken.
Foreign investors were pushed out.
Imports were blocked.
Price controls destroyed production.
Corruption exploded.
And everything died.
Not slowly.
Violently.
People didn’t suddenly become poor because of “capitalism” or “the US” or whatever bullshit slogan people like to repeat online.
They became poor because socialism destroyed incentives, destroyed production, destroyed trust, and destroyed hope.
People today in Venezuela are not debating ideology.
They are trying to survive.
They are trying to find food.
Trying to find medication.
Trying to keep their families alive.
So when I see people in the West posting from comfortable homes, full fridges, stable currencies, and safe streets talking about “imperialism” or “US bad” or “Trump this or that”
No.
It’s not complicated.
You’re just ignorant.
China is not rebuilding Venezuela.
Russia is not rebuilding Venezuela.
Cartels are not rebuilding Venezuela.
They are stealing.
They are extracting.
They are draining what’s left.
If the US comes in and reinvests
If refineries get rebuilt
If infrastructure gets restored
If imports open back up
If food, water, and medicine become accessible again
If people can work and earn with dignity
Then yes.
Let them take all the oil they want.
Because at least something gets built instead of destroyed.
This is something to celebrate.
Not because it’s perfect.
But because for the first time in a long time, there is hope.
Hope that families can eat.
Hope that people don’t have to flee their country.
Hope that Venezuela can function again.
If you’ve never lived through a country collapsing
If you’ve never watched socialism destroy everything around you
If you’ve never had to leave your home because staying meant starvation
Then again
Shut the fuck up.
This isn’t theory.
This isn’t politics.
This is lived experience.
By Stephen Subero
This episode of S&C Intern Chit Chat, we talk a lot of baseball physical preparation with HSU's own @NiloAndrew Link to full episode: https://t.co/O6d3izhrBP Thanks so much for your time and insight Coach Nilo! #strengthandconditioning #sportsperformance #sportsscience #baseball #baseballtraining #baseballworkout
I want to thank God, Family, Coaches and Teammates for their support and all the outstanding programs I encountered through the recruitment process. I’m excited to announce I have committed to @GalvestonEdu college to continue my baseball and academic career! @WhitecapBseball
First High Five Friday Of The Year ✋🙂
Thank you to Wylie East Elementary & Purcell Elementary for having the fellas out this morning. We look forward to many more of these to come!!
@MWilsonn15@Loudermilk_@aus10ss#RentIsDue#highfivefridays✋