Congrats to Coach Greg Blakey. After 35 years and 838 wins he retired from coaching the Mt. Zion Softball 🥎 program. Great job on all the years of success and enjoy your retirement.
"Once your commitment is greater than your feelings, that's when you get results. That's when it happens for you."
Show up when it’s boring, inconvenient, or uncomfortable, and those quiet deposits become the unstoppable momentum everyone later calls “overnight success.
The Carleton Softball win streak is at 8 games (t-2nd in team history) after 13-5 (5 inn.) and 12-0 (5 inn.) victories over Augsburg. Gloria Hronek had 5 hits on the day, and Sydney Trentman tossed a 2-hitter in G2.
Recap: https://t.co/jbQAt1pRKN
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They say a father is the one person who quietly roots for you to outgrow him—to go further, do better, and live bigger than he ever could. There’s something really powerful in that. 🥹💕
Carleton Softball swept another doubleheader, this time winning 7-1 and 9-0 (5 inn.) at Hamline. Rachel Block went the distance in game 1, and Sydney Trentman tossed a 5-hit shutout in game 2.
Recap: https://t.co/7IwYPH4PTl
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This week's ICA rankings. These polls will start to get more refined as more games are now being played. It is amazing to see teams with 23-25 games played to 6-8 games played. Again this is not a perfect science. It is way for to recognize teams and to spark conversations.
My JUCO coach used to say “When you’re struggling at the plate, keep your hands up and work down. 99.9% of the time you’re missing under”
Masterclass by Miguel Cabrera
Something to think about for all of us. Our kids work hard in school. Work hard at relationships. Work hard in sports. They need the car/bus ride home to decompress—shower well.
During one of the worst losing streaks of my career, our team president walked into my office.
Keli McGregor. One of the best men I've ever known.
He could have come to vent. To question my decisions. To ask hard questions.
Instead, he said: "Cut to the chase, Clint. What's next?"
I looked him in the eye and gave him two words: "Shower well."
The Colorado Rockies were struggling badly that year.
Pregame preparation was solid. Scout meetings, early work, attention to detail. All of it was there.
But at game time, the tires were flat.
I told Keli: the game did everything it could to us today. We just couldn't meet its demands.
Now it was time to reset.
"Shower well" means exactly this:
• Watch the frustration circle down the drain
• Shampoo, rinse, repeat and get the grime of today completely off your mind
• Walk out clean, go home, and actually rest
Leave it at the ballpark. The game is over. There's nothing left to solve tonight.
Keli nodded. Asked if he could share it with the whole organization.
I said sure. And then it hit me. This isn't just for baseball.
Bad day at the office. Grumpy boss. Missed deadline. Traffic on the way home.
You can carry all of that through your front door.
Or you can shower well.
I've never seen a single problem get better because someone dragged it home with them.
The reset is a discipline. Same as preparation. Same as showing up.
Either we win. Or we learn.
The only real loss? When you don't take a single thing out of a hard day.
So tonight, whatever kind of day it was, shower well.
Tomorrow is a new at-bat.
What does your reset look like? I'd love to hear it.
After a 2-0, 0.00 ERA week with 19 K's in 17.0 innings, Carleton Softball's Sydney Trentman was named MIAC Pitcher of the Week!
Release: https://t.co/brBgSaEme9
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