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Legion Baseball : North Chelmsford Post 313 Coach

[Trevor Bauer (トレバー・バウアー) @BauerOutage]

Shane Bieber never looked like an ace. 91-93 mph, no electric stuff. But he won a Cy Young. Here's why that makes sense.

Most people think you need to throw hard or have nasty stuff to make it to the big leagues. That's not the only path.

The real question is: what elite tool do you have?

For Bieber, it was command. He never walks anybody. That's not a small thing — that's an elite weapon. Pair that with good pitch shapes and you have a real pitcher, even without the velocity.

The honest projection on him coming up was probably a 3 or 4 ERA guy. A solid mid-rotation starter. Nobody was calling him a future ace.

But then something happened. He added velocity. He added more pitch shapes. He developed. And when you stack elite command on top of improved stuff, you get a Cy Young winner.

The lesson here isn't "just throw hard" or "just have good command." It's that you need at least ONE elite tool to have a path. And the fastest path to the big leagues should run through whatever that tool is.

If your one elite tool is velocity, stop trying to develop four average pitches. Throw 100 and get there.

If your one elite tool is command, build around that. The shapes matter more when you can actually locate them.

Bieber is proof that you don't need to look the part. You need to have a real tool and know how to use it.

[TB @TB7]

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[Section 10 Podcast @Section10Pod]

“Just leave me here. I want to stay here.”

Willson Contreras talks about how much he’s loved playing in Boston so far 🤝

[Jermaine Curtis @JermaineCurtis]

I just worked with this college player this morning.

We had a short window before it started raining again in Nashville.

The key today wasn't his swing.

It was what he said before every swing.

I had him say out loud:

"I have the best swing in the world."

Every time he hit the baseball hard, we reinforced it.

Every time he didn't, instead of beating himself up, he immediately said:

"That's not me."

Then we moved on to the next swing.

No negative self-talk.
No dwelling on mistakes.

Just confidence... and the next pitch.

The result?

He hit more line drives than I had ever seen from him.

He drove balls all over the field and even hit one 390 feet with a wood bat to the warning track.

Try this at your next hitting session:

• Before every swing, say:

"I have the best swing in the world."

• When you hit it hard, reinforce it.

• When you don't, immediately say:

"That's not me."

• Then move on to the next swing.

Your brain believes what it hears repeatedly.

Make sure it's hearing something worth believing.

Thank you for reading.
- Jermaine Curtis

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[Trey Hannam @TJHannam10]

Good hitters don't chase 'more reps'. They chase an environment that challenges them.

Find a cage with hitters ahead of you.

Watch how locked in they are.
Watch how they train with a purpose.

And try keep up.

You get better because you HAVE to. It's the standard.

The best room isn't where you're the best. It's where you're behind, and are forced to KEEP UP

It'll be uncomfortable at first, that's where growth happens.

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Nobody tells you the hard part about a better room.

It's not only the reps. It's your ego, too.

You won't be the standout for a while.

Not the best in the drills, not the best in the the metrics.

Most guys can't sit in that, so they go back to the room where they're the best.
It feels good.

Feeling like the best and getting better aren't the same thing.

So if you're not the best in the cage environment right now, good. Stay there.

Keep up long enough and you turn into the hitter everyone's chasing.

[TB @TB7]

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[Jared Carrabis @Jared_Carrabis]

Chad Tracy has been awesome. Beyond just wanting the Red Sox to win, I’m glad that they’ve at least given him this run. He came into a shit situation and had to deal with a lot of bullshit that he didn’t ask for. He deserves the praise for what’s happening right now.

[Savage @Savageboston]

Julian Edelman on Erling Haaland:

🎥: @YahooSports

“That dudes full European Gronk. He’s European Gen Z Gronk.”

😭

[Barstool Sports @barstoolsports]

Erling Haaland heard about a Brazilian kid getting bullied for rocking long hair like him

Haaland reached out and sent a message to the kid:

[Coach Yac 🗣 @Coach_Yac]

Will Clark on why he won’t coach:

“People ask me why I don’t get into coaching or get into managing and all that, I am not going to pat you on the back and tell you you’re doing a good job when you’re hitting .220 and you strikeout 100 times. You actually suck. I’m gonna tell you that you suck. I’m going to tell you to make a fucking adjustment and if you don’t make an adjustment, you’re going to the minor leagues and somebody else is going to go take your spot. Sorry, that’s the way the fucking game goes. This is a big boy game. Not a little boy game. And you have to have fucking thick skin. If you don’t have thick skin, get out the way because I’m gonna fucking steamroll you.”

[Jared Carrabis @Jared_Carrabis]

Textbook quality start for Ranger with 8 K’s to make it 12 straight for the Sox starters, 3-run tank for WC40🇻🇪, solo shot for Home Run Durby, save for Whitlock, this is not a typo — the Boston Red Sox have won 5 straight games! #GoldBottles

[TB @TB7]

#PaytheTolle

[Jared Carrabis @Jared_Carrabis]

I fucking love Payton Tolle so much.

[Greg Berge @GregBerge]

Excellence isn't a goal. It's a habit. 🐍

Kobe lived it.

The great ones build habits that make excellence inevitable. Work. Repeat. Become.

What habit does your team build every day? 👇

📽️ Kobe/Alabama FB

[Baseball Dudes Inc. 🇺🇸⚾️ @BaseballDudes48]

Base-Running 101

• Thinking two out of the box.
• Primary lead routine.
• Secondary lead (right foot coming down as ball crosses the hitting zone).
• “Dirt Ball Read” read the angle of the pitch out of pitchers hand, anticipate ball in dirt.
• Sliding with confidence and when use different styles.
• Aggressive turn and how to get back to the base.
• What to look for from pitcher on pick off moves (righty and lefty pitchers).
• When to “pick up the coach” and when to read the play and make the decision on their own.

What else??

[Baseball Dudes Inc. 🇺🇸⚾️ @BaseballDudes48]

Players:

Until the day comes when you are perfect, never make an error, never strike out, never walk a batter, never make a mental error and are on point with your preparation, you shouldn’t even be talking about your teammates mistakes, the umpires “bad calls” or how you think your coaches are bad.

Your mental weakness is showing you aren’t ready and to be brutally honest, you’re showing that you’re not as good as you think you are.

I was you. I was the reason for my inconsistent performance. I was holding myself back with excuses and blaming. But the moment I realized what I was doing to myself and my team, it all changed.

Fix your attitude. Fix your mindset. Become accountable and get mentally tougher.

Adults (parents and coaches), stop participating in these conversations, stop instigating them and STOP allowing them.

[Jamy Bechler @CoachBechler]

Be the kind of teammate you'd want to play with.

[Greg Berge @GregBerge]

Consistent winning is a process.

You have to go through the tough times to understand what it takes.

You learn each step of the way and if you stick with it long enough, and are fortunate, you can reap the benefits of those losses on the other end.

[Greg Berge @GregBerge]

Culture rarely collapses.
It erodes.

One skipped rep.
One eye roll.
One excuse let slide.

Nobody notices the day it breaks.

They just wake up one morning and the standard is gone.

Drip by drip.