Rich Benjamin

Believer | Husband to Casey, Dad to Ty | Philippians 2:1-11 | MiLB Manager at St. Louis Cardinals Organization

[Casey Demko @casey_dem]

Grateful for the opportunity to join the @Cardinals.

Thankful for @ACU_Baseball, and the people who made it special!

[NAIA Ball @NAIABall]

🏆 LINCOLN BRACKET FINAL

🚨 CALEB ENGELSMAN WALK-OFF IN THE BOTTOM OF THE 16TH

Game of the year in Lincoln, Nebraska

#4 Indiana Wesleyan eliminates #2 CUNE 8-7

Ty Mathews 2-6 HR 3 RBI
Brock Buckley 7.1 IP 1 ER 7 K in relief
Kevin Corcoran 4 IP 0 H 0 ER 4 K in relief
CUNE Seth Claybourne 8.1 IP 2 H 0 ER 8 K in relief

Wildcats will take on #1 Webber International (FL) later today in the Opening Round Championship Game

🎥: @cunebulldogs

#NAIABall

[Rich Benjamin @RichBenjamin04]

Always a big game pitcher! Low heart rate. And add in another Wiley HR. Congrats Wildcats. #SELFLESS #BothAnd

[NAIA Ball @NAIABall]

🏆 LINCOLN BRACKET

#4 IWU defeats #5 Mount Mercy 3-0.

HAVE A DAY BROCK BUCKLEY!
The Junior opens up the Lincoln Bracket with an 88 pitch 11 strikeout complete game shutout!
Full line: 9IP, 1H (Bunt), 0BB, 11Ks, 1 HBP, CGSO
Nick Wiley: 1-2, 2 RBIs, HR

#3 IWU will face #1 Webber International tonight at 7PM central. #5 Mount Mercy will play the loser of #2 CUNE and #3 USAO. #NAIABall @indwesbaseball @IWUWildcats @BrockBuckley6

[Rich Benjamin @RichBenjamin04]

@ElgCCBaseball1 Congrats BA! Always a prepared program doing things the right way! Good luck in the post season!

[Indiana Wesleyan University Wildcats @IWUWildcats]

Congratulations to Brock Buckley for being named the Crossroads League Baseball Pitcher of the Week! 😼⚾️

📰 https://t.co/ESFFbNxvpP

@indwesbaseball // @NAIABall

#BothAnd

[NAIA Ball @NAIABall]

FINAL

Warner (FL) defeats #3 Georgia 5-2

Diego Guevara 2B 2RBI
Franco, Figueroa, Kuhn RBI
Jefferey Almanzar 5.1ip 1h 0r 5k

#NAIABall

[IWU Wildcat Baseball @indwesbaseball]

Wildcats open the season with a win!💪

Game two is currently underway!

Andrew Sinish: 3-4, 4 RBIs, 1 HR
Gibson Adema: 2.2 IP, 1 Hit, 4Ks

@IWUWildcats // @NAIABall

[Tucker Frawley @INFchatter]

Good stuff!

Is the inverse of this available i.e. the bottom 100 MLB hitters in wRC+ from the ‘24 season graded out in bat speed, bat to ball, and swing decisions? % of each bucket scoring below 45 in BSG, SFG, or SDG

[Rich Benjamin @RichBenjamin04]

@4coyboys @coy_jennycoy Congrats!!!

[Rich Benjamin @RichBenjamin04]

The key to growing understanding is not intelligence, it’s humility. If you realize you don’t understand the world, you don’t know everything. You can train yourself to see the world in what you don’t understand. Then, there are research questions everywhere-B. James #Analytics

[Rich Benjamin @RichBenjamin04]

@JeffStanek1 I heard of a community in the NE that did this. They had 4 fields , kids arrived at a certain time …kids divided by age, then kids picked teams and they played. Good turnouts. Would be a great off-season thing for facilities to do. A ‘give back’ to community and game.

[C. S. Lewis @CSLewisDaily]

“If God forgives us we must forgive ourselves otherwise its like setting up ourselves as a higher tribunal than him.” - C.S. Lewis

[Brandon Guyer - Major League Mindset @BrandonGuyer]

If an athletes entire self-worth is tied to who they are as a player, every time they struggle it will be a threat to their identity.

BUT, if they look at being an athlete just as what they do, not who you are, and can separate the two, they’ll find themselves happier, they’ll be more present, and they’ll be able to give their best self in all aspects of their life.

This shift in perspective leads to way less stress, anxiety, and fear of failure, and leads to BETTER RESULTS coming their way as a by-product.

Which is why I believe the hallmark of a “successful” player is someone who is able to separate who they are as a player and who they are as a person.