I walk over to Mr. Ed, introduce myself, and get ready for interview
Ed then replies “Mr. (Insert my real last name), great game. Looked great to start season. Must’ve been nice doing it in your childhood town. Do you think I should go to Rocky n Carlos, and what should I get?”
120 feet is a GREAT distance to Long Toss....for about a 7 or 8 year old.
@TreadAthletics Long Toss/Velocity chart below 👇
Distance = Velocity (+ Health, Endurance, Feel, etc)
#Feedit
Just my take.
This past H.S. season, I saw more pitchers throwing 85-89 mph than ever. The fastball wasn’t the problem. The toughest at-bats came against 75 mph lefties who threw strikes, pitched backwards, and landed solid breaking balls and changeups. Pitchability wins games.
My first trip to Omaha was 1996. 30 years later @WillFurniss is taking us back. @CoachMikeBianco becomes the first to coach a father and son in the @CWSOmaha . Skip Bertman’s system still works!
@KendallRogers Go figure this take from the Perfect Scammer
I’m indifferent on the ejection… tough stage to do that.
But this was ridiculous from Phelps… warranted something.
I signed to UCLA my junior year of high school and was told I was going to start Day 1.
Opening Day at UCLA?
I was sitting the bench. 😭
I had 2 choices:
1. Complain, pout, and blame the coaches
OR
2. Find the holes on the team and become valuable.
So for 3 weeks, I sat the bench.
I showed up early.
Stayed late.
Cheered for my teammates.
Dragged the field every 3rd inning.
Meanwhile, I studied the team.
The middle infielders were doing well.
Third base wasn’t.
So I told the coaches:
“I can play third.”
Then I noticed something else:
Offensively, we were either hitting home runs or getting out.
I saw the gap.
If I could become a tough out, get on base, and bring energy to the team…
I could create value.
Then we played Miami.
The starting third baseman was hitting .115.
They gave me a shot.
I went 2 for 3 with a walk.
Played solid defense.
Brought energy.
I never sat the bench again.
Eventually, I became team captain…
and we were ranked #1 in the country.
One thing baseball taught me:
Opportunities don’t always go to the most talented player.
Sometimes they go to the player who becomes the most valuable.
Nothing is LESS impressive to me than a 12u team that never loses. PLAY UP! No one cares about your team of giant 6th graders physically dominating on a 200 foot field! Play where you can lose if you don’t play well, it’s the only way you’ll get better!
😂🍪 This dude just walked out of a job interview and immediately recorded this in his car.
He knew the “biggest weakness” question was coming… brain completely short-circuited… and instead of the safe “I care too much” answer, he hit them with:
“Oreos. I’ll eat ‘em until the milk’s gone. Could be two, could be twelve.”
The way he says it with that deadpan delivery and then just accepts his fate is SENDING me.
Man, I genuinely feel bad for the guy… but I’m also dying laughing. We’ve ALL had that one moment in an interview where your brain just yeets itself out the window. Kid’s still out here job hunting. Somebody hire this absolute legend before he stress-eats the entire Oreo aisle.
Who else has completely bombed a “what’s your weakness” question?
you guys know the fools im talking about.... if you pick up a "trend" and you genuinely like it, sick af.
but theres a big difference. only the real can understand it.
as i get older i realize the biggest epidemic is dudes with no real identity
if running gets cool they become runners. if tattoos get cool they cover themselves in tattoos. if being sober trends they become born again monks, mullet, coffee snob, golfer, carnivore, cowboy, whatever the algorithm tells them
whole personality built out of social contagion
thats why these dudes get smoked at everything. everyone can smell the fraud
no weight behind anything they do because none of it came from their soul. just trend hopping
be something real even if its ugly
When a travel ball parent brags about their kid's team's amazing record, and how they're crushing the opposition, my response is always that they need to start playing teams that can beat them, even if that means playing up an age group.
BREAKING: Class of 2027 QB RJ Day has Committed to Northwestern, he tells me for @Rivals
The 6’0 207 QB chose the Wildcats over Purdue and USF
He’s the son of Ohio State Head Coach Ryan Day
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