Zucktime12

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Pokémon, Trading, Baseball (Yankees)

[Zucktime12 @Zucktime12]

@tradericch Unfortunately I’m amazing at catching this setup 😂

[Zucktime12 @Zucktime12]

Infuriating and exactly what these criminals in office are enabling…

[Z @insatiablevine]

Today I’ll work a 9-hour day to pay for illegals to have free housing and healthcare. Most of my paycheck will go to taxes , my inflated mortgage and my insanely high health insurance costs—my taxes will fund fraud, global communism, and illegal border hoppers. I’ll put away a measly amount so my children can hope to one day afford college, while the illegals who just showed up here will go for free. My American children will be paying loans well into their 30s while they compete with debt-free foreign invaders for a low-paying job outside their degree.

This is the new American dream brought to us by criminal politicians and corrupt judges. 🇺🇸 🆘

[Chef Andrew Gruel @ChefGruel]

Yes, it does. If you break ground beef up immediately, it releases moisture and steams before it can brown. Leave it in one layer like a steak, let a deep crust form, flip it, then break it up. More Maillard reaction means richer, beefier flavor and better texture. Game changing technique.

[Nate @Nate_Dog_Live]

@pokebeach

[JD Vance @JDVance]

Trump won we don’t have to do this anymore

[Rob Schneider 🇺🇸 @RobSchneider]

I will pay the fines for any @MLB Christian player who wears a Bible verse on their uniform.
@MLB is ANTI-CHRISTIAN

[Darrell Aden @darrelltalksfi]

When you realize that making biweekly mortgage payments on a $400,000 mortgage saves you $47,000 in interest and cuts 5 years off your loan without changing how much you pay each month.

[Harpsibored @harpsibored]

I'm telling my kids this was the World Cup

[Science girl @sciencegirl]

How to make a Pikachu book mark

[۟ @PeachyStormie]

This whole snowboarding section was so fun, Link suddenly became a professional snowboarder

[dandorf @dandorf22]

¿Es esta la mejor saga de la F****** historia?

[Zucktime12 @Zucktime12]

@Konstantine_val @1776General_ Exactly what I keep thinking of…

[Kyle 'Blessious' Blessing @KyleBlessing]

adult me going back in time to young me later this year

[sports live tweeter yadira @jonmoxIeys]

ben acted the hell out of these lines 😭

[Zucktime12 @Zucktime12]

@BreannaMorello I think I’m a Rangers fan now

[Breanna Morello @BreannaMorello]

🚨PRIDE MONTH🚨

The Texas Rangers are the ONLY MLB team not acknowledging “Pride Month.”

The Rangers are again not hosting an LGBT night event.

Instead, on June 18, they will be hosting a Faith and Family Night.

According to their website, the event will feature “personal testimonies from Rangers players Wyatt Langford, Josh Jung, Cody Bradford, Jacob Latz, Jalen Beeks, and others, sharing how faith impacts their lives both on and off the field.”

[Bannon’s WarRoom @Bannons_WarRoom]

E.J. ANTONI: Companies lay off their entire American workforce, then claim they can't find workers and demand more visa programs.

This is the American labor market. It's supposed to work for Americans.

@RealEJAntoni

[Mrs B @attackdogX]

Realtors & people in the housing industry in North Texas are upset that luxury home inventory is piling up because Indians are fleeing their homes with the new Trump visa rules, with tech layoffs, & A.I. replacing their jobs.

Foreclosures are stacking high.

GOOD, LET IT ALL CRASH & BURN & GTFOH.

That’s good for Texans who can MAYBE afford a house now with prices falling in that area.

H 1Bs should never have been able to buy luxury homes on a temporary MFing visa in the first place.

We are so DONE with all of this.

If it hurts some, it will benefit them in the long run.

LET IT CRASH

[Jermaine Curtis @JermaineCurtis]

When I was with the St. Louis Cardinals, we had a team meeting about hitting with two strikes.

Albert Pujols was leading it.

At the time, he was hitting something ridiculous with two strikes.

I want to say it was around .265.

Naturally, everyone wanted to know how.

So somebody asked:

"What's your two-strike approach?"

Albert's answer surprised me.

He said:

"I think fastball inside and hit it back through the middle."

That was it.

No complicated mechanics.

No secret formula.

Just:

Fastball inside.

Back through the middle.

I remember sitting there thinking:

"Why would you think fastball inside with two strikes?"

So somebody asked him.

And Albert said something I'll never forget.

He said:

"If I can hit a fastball inside back through the middle..."

"I can hit the fastball away."

"I can stay on the changeup."

"I can stay on the slider."

"I can stay on the curveball."

Then he paused.

And said:

"The ball gets deeper."

That's when it clicked for me.

He wasn't trying to pull the inside fastball.

He was using one thought to cover everything.

The more I thought about it...

The more it made sense.

So I started trying it.

And it changed the way I thought about hitting with two strikes.

Instead of worrying about every pitch...

I focused on one.

Fastball inside.

Back through the middle.

See it DEEP.

If you're struggling with two strikes, here's what I'd do tonight:

Round 1: Short Box

(Set the distance somewhere between front toss and batting practice.)

Have a coach throw only fastballs inside.

Your only thought:

"Fastball inside."

Drive the ball back through the middle.

10 swings.

Round 2: Mix Speeds

Now the coach mixes:

- Fastballs
- Changeups
- Breaking balls
- Sliders

But your thought never changes.

You're still looking:

"Fastball inside."

10 swings.

Round 3: Two-Strike BP

Every pitch starts 0-2.

Compete.

Battle.

Use the same approach.

"Fastball inside."

Back through the middle.

10 swings.

That's it.

30 focused swings.

One thought.

One approach.

One goal.

Drive the baseball back through the middle.

One thing I've learned:

Most hitters get worse with two strikes because they add thoughts.

Albert got better because he removed them.

With two strikes, simplicity is a weapon.

Thank you for reading,
Jermaine Curtis

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