"It's a little emotional when you're down there."
A former star at Moeller, David Hagen experienced one of the great moments of the college baseball season as West Virginia sang 'Country Roads' after clinching a spot in the College World Series.
@LetsGoBigMoe@BigMoeBaseball
What are you learning from watching college baseball?
✅Throw strikes
✅Throw hard & throw strikes
✅Hard non-strike throwers aren’t pitching….
✅2K approach matters
✅Get in the weight room
✅Be really good at your defensive position
✅Be able to bunt
You don’t make it to these programs wearing 2 oven mits, elbow guards, ankle guards, and go-pros on your helmet during summer ball
‼️Learn how to actually play the game
‼️Get in the freaking weight room
‼️Put the ball in play
‼️Throw strikes with your FB
‼️Throw a hard slide for K’s
Incredibly blessed and grateful for the opportunity to continue my academic and athletic career at Purdue University. I wouldn’t have made it to this point without everyone at Appalachian State and those closest to me who have supported me throughout this journey. Boiler Up!
Moeller RHP Matt Ponatoski believes he was unfairly miscast last summer. After throwing 50 TD and committing to Kentucky, Ponatoski believes MLB scouts have overlooked him.
He wants to play baseball.
Armed with a 97 mph fastball, he's a name to know.
https://t.co/jSQHH6dzke
From Kremchek Stadium to the biggest stage in college baseball… ⚾️🏆
Congratulations to Man of Moeller David Hagen as he heads to the College World Series in Omaha with the West Virginia Mountaineers!
David’s journey is a testament to hard work, perseverance, and the brotherhood that defines Moeller. Crusader Nation will be cheering him on as he takes the national stage and competes for a championship.
Best of luck in Omaha, David. We’re proud of you and can’t wait to watch you represent Moeller at the highest level!
#GoBigMoe #ManOfMoeller #CollegeWorldSeries #OmahaBound #HailWV
#WestVirginia RHP Chansen Cole didn't throw a single pitch in the upper third of the strike zone.
Instead, a 'pretty boring' kid took a boring approach with a boring 85-88 FB and produced electric results: https://t.co/H2iT8IKIOR
Sleep is the only recovery tool that actually matters. Everything else I do after a start exists for one reason: to get me into deep sleep faster.
Here's the full system, because it all stacks.
I split recovery into active and passive.
Active = what I do with my body.
Forearm flexion and extension, radial and ulnar deviations, pronation and supination with a mace ball, waiter carries for the scap, eccentrics for the bicep, tricep, and rotator cuff.
Every single exercise targets the exact structures that got hammered during the game. Nothing random.
Passive = what I do to my body.
BFR (blood flow restriction) for about 25 minutes on and off. 20 grams of protein immediately post-game, more protein throughout the night. Clean carbs, but not too many if it's a night game — because carbs late will wreck your sleep.
An hour of Normatec on the legs. Mark Pro on the arm during that same session. Breathing drills running the whole time.
The breathing work is not optional. After a start, your nervous system is locked in fight-or-flight. Your body is running hot. You have to force the switch from sympathetic to parasympathetic before you can actually recover.
Breathing drills do that faster than anything else I've found.
But here's the hard truth: none of this is the thing.
Sleep is the thing. By a mile. It's not close.
Every other item on this list is just clearing the runway so sleep can land and do its job.
Treat sleep like the tool it is and everything else becomes maintenance.
I have officially entered the NCAA transfer portal from Wright State University with 1-2 years of eligibility remaining.
Catcher
Career:
272 PA
.292 BA, .418 OBP, .514 SLG, .932 OPS
12 HR
1.8-2.0 pop time.
Phone: (513) 600-9959
I have officially entered the transfer portal from the University of Southern Indiana with 1-2 years eligibility remaining.
513.889.7741
Open to any opportunity