Tara Fields

Christian✝️ Freedom lover🇺🇸Baseball Mom of 2 ⚾️Wife👫Bariatric loser🏋🏼‍♀️ #BillsMafia #LGM

[Tara Fields @TaraFields1979]

@PatrickMoranTB 59

[Tara Fields @TaraFields1979]

@NYALBaseball Will this be live streamed?

[Tara Fields @TaraFields1979]

So proud of both of these kids!

[District 7 (NY) American Legion Baseball @MCLegionBSBL]

Congrats to @MendonVikinBase ‘s @AidenFields19 & @JackRawlings_29 for being named the @CooperstownBat MVP and Offensive Player of the Tournament for their play this past weekend in the Jr. Legion @NYALBaseball Finals.

[Justin Gominsky @GoGoGominsky22]

Tomorrow is a day many sophomores have been waiting on for a long time.

Before you go to bed tonight, put your phone on silent. Get a good night’s sleep. Wake up excited and ready to enjoy the start of your recruiting journey.

A few things to remember:

• Fit over hype. Does the school fit your academic goals, baseball development, and the type of college experience you want?

• Opportunity. Every coach will tell you that you’ll have a chance to compete. That’s true, but do your homework.

Look at the last 5 years:
• How many true freshmen at your position actually started?
• Where do they typically recruit transfers from the portal?
• Are they consistently filling your position through the portal or developing high school players?

If they haven’t played a true freshman at your position in years, ask why.

• Relationships matter. Pay attention to the coaches who genuinely want to know you as a person, not just your exit velocity or fastball velocity.

• Don’t chase logos. The best school is the one where you’ll develop, compete, earn a degree, and enjoy your experience.

• Stay humble. Whether your phone rings 20 times or not at all, tomorrow does not define your future. Recruiting is a marathon, not a sprint.

Enjoy the process. Ask great questions. Be yourself.

Good luck to the Class of 2028 tomorrow. Your journey is just beginning.

[Tara Fields @TaraFields1979]

@TheeBrotherBill So so bad 👎

[Tara Fields @TaraFields1979]

@Seth_3773 Baseball fields where I live sit unused most of the summer because the towns or schools who own them won’t allow people to use them.

[Tara Fields @TaraFields1979]

@CoachBeede This all about the 💵

[Tara Fields @TaraFields1979]

@USABaseball @NFHS_Org @USABasePipeline This is a ridiculous money grab and complete 🗑️.
Get in the weight room boys!

[Tara Fields @TaraFields1979]

@JasonMiyaresVA American Honey- Lady Antebellum

[Tara Fields @TaraFields1979]

@ndioli74 🤣🤣🤣

[Spencer Pratt @spencerpratt]

It's OK to love America.

[Trent Mongero @CoachMongero]

This is a must listen… players and parents…. Are you ready to hear and handle the truth? Not everyone can bat 3rd and play SS…

[Tara Fields @TaraFields1979]

@TripleCrownBSBL These are some big boys!

[Tara Fields @TaraFields1979]

@JaredB_BSBL Let them swim!

[Tara Fields @TaraFields1979]

@TweetsbyCoachP 💯

[William Payne @TweetsbyCoachP]

Parents are NOT the enemy.

One of the most overlooked pressures in youth sports doesn’t fall on the athlete. Or the coach on the sideline. It falls on the parent standing next to them.

For many families, the recruiting process arrives long before anyone feels ready for it.

There’s no manual. No orientation. No one sits parents down and explains how rankings work, what coaches are actually looking for, or what a “verbal commitment” really means.

Parents are simply expected to figure it out…..often while holding down multiple jobs, raising other kids, and trying not to let their own hopes get tangled up with their child’s.

Like coaches and officials, parents are operating in real time, with limited information, making decisions that feel like they matter forever.

Should my kid play up an age group? Specialize in one sport or stay multi-sport? Pay for private training? Travel for exposure events? Reach out to coaches directly, or wait to be noticed?

Every answer seems to come with a contradiction. Every other parent on the sideline seems to know something you don’t.

Social media doesn’t help. It’s easy to see other families’ commitment posts and wonder if your child is falling behind, even when “behind” isn’t a real thing at twelve, fourteen, or even sixteen years old.

What gets lost in all of this is that most parents aren’t chasing a scholarship or a headline. They’re trying to support a kid who has a dream, without accidentally getting in the way of it.

That’s a harder balance than it sounds.

Push too hard, and the joy disappears. Step back too far, and a kid might miss opportunities they didn’t know existed. Ask too many questions, and you risk becoming “that parent.” Ask too few, and you risk missing something important.

Most parents are simply trying to do right by their child, with no real roadmap and no shortage of people ready to offer (often conflicting) advice.

None of this means parents shouldn’t be informed, involved, or thoughtful about the process. They should be.

But it does mean grace matters here too.

Because behind every recruiting question, every late-night Google search, and every awkward conversation with a coach, is usually just a parent trying to help their kid chase something meaningful…..while hoping they don’t get it wrong.

They’re not asking for a perfect playbook.

They’re asking for a little patience, a little honesty, and maybe a reminder that they don’t have to have it all figured out to be doing a good job.

[Tara Fields @TaraFields1979]

@TripleCrownBSBL Bottom line is NO ONE will look out for your son the way you will (should). Have the conversation with coaches and communicate. Never hesitate to say NO either.

[Tara Fields @TaraFields1979]

This 💙 Forever proud to be a Wildcat 🤍

[Noah Cierzan @ncierzan]

"I have become such a better man and human being because of him"

Ethan Hindle and Hudson Brown both spoke at length after Monday's loss about Nick Mingione's role in their lives.

@BBNTonight | @LEX18News

[Tara Fields @TaraFields1979]

@TweetsbyCoachP Wow, you nailed it. Well done.

[Tara Fields @TaraFields1979]

Holla 🗣️