BP thrower (Storm Chandler), the best in the business. 2 Days of Brewers Area Code Tryouts. 90 batters over the 2 days and Storm threw less then 12 total balls in 1,620 BP pitches. Absolute Economy of movement and time. Incredible!!!
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Young players, this is the vast majority of the college coaching mindset.
Young players, understand this:
College athletics isn't a hobby. For coaches, it's their livelihood. Their job is to be competitive and win, and they'll play the best prepared players. Period.
You're not owed playing time, a lineup spot, or opportunities.
I've seen talented players coast through high school on athleticism and praise, only to get exposed in college because they never learned how to struggle, adapt, and compete.
The players who last are the ones who: • Work • Fail • Adjust • Work more • Earn opportunities • Repeat
Success is built through adversity, not comfort.
Before chasing college athletics, ask yourself:
"Am I willing to do whatever it takes to help my team win?"
"Am I the type of player a coach would stake his career on?"
If the answer is YES,that’s great.
Get back to work, prepare and don’t stop.
Chase your dreams.
Get after it!
Good luck.
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1. Watermelon
2. Pomegranates
3. Beetroots
4. Ginger and garlic
5. Salmon
6. Oysters
7. Tigernuts
8. Walnut
9. Coconut water
10. Eggs
11. Honey
12. Cinnamon
13. Bitter kola
14. Red meat
15. Banana
16. Dark chocolate
17. Maca root
Your erection will become stronger, and your overall sexual health will improve within a few days.
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The Scouting Classroom #13
THE ROAD SCOUT LIFE
The scouting life sounds glamorous until you actually live it. Long drives. Cheap meals. Late nights. Hotel rooms. Rain delays. Schedule changes. Reports at midnight. Phone calls from the road. Living out of a suitcase while trying to be right on players as life keeps moving at home.
People see the radar gun. They see the draft room, the signed players, and eventually the big leagues. They see the fun part.
What they don’t see is the lifestyle.
Because scouting isn’t just a job. It isn’t really even a career. It becomes your life.
The day I was let go by Milwaukee in 2020 after 20 years in professional baseball, I looked back at the numbers: 2,561 hotel nights!
Think about that.
That’s seven full years of your life spent away from your wife and kids.
Thousands of mornings waking up in hotel rooms. Hundreds of airport gates. Rental cars. Fast food meals. Lonely drives. Cities eventually started running together.
You live with your suitcase half packed because another trip is always a day or two away. You’re never fully home. Not really.
And the road can be lonely.
Very lonely.
There are long stretches by yourself. Thoughts creep in. You think about family. You think about what you’re missing.
You think about birthdays.
Not every birthday happened on the actual birthday. Sometimes birthdays and family events happened days later because Dad was chasing a player somewhere in Arizona, Utah, Colorado, New Mexico, Southern Idaho, El Paso, Texas, Las Vegas, or trying to squeeze in one more look before draft meetings.
That was my territory — the largest square-mile area in baseball. Hundreds of miles between watering holes.
People don’t realize that behind every scouting report is sacrifice. Behind every signed player are thousands of miles, countless looks, endless notes, phone calls, and conviction. Over my career I signed 7 future Major Leaguers.
People see the names later.
They don’t see the process.
A scout also becomes an air traffic controller. You line up schedules, call and text cross-checkers, work around weather, coordinate higher-ups, and make sure the right eyes get on the right player at the right time.
But here’s the other side.
Scouting created memories.
When my kids were young and not yet in school, I brought my family on as many trips as possible. Weekend trips. Summer trips. Road trips all over America while covering baseball.
Partly because I wanted them to experience life.
Mostly because I didn’t want to be alone.
One day one of my daughters posted something on Instagram that stopped me in my tracks:
"The cool thing about having your dad be a MLB baseball scout, is you always have the best seat in the house. I must be in the front row!"
That one got me.
Because sometimes you wonder if they understood the miles, the missed time, and the sacrifices.
Turns out they saw more than I realized.
Scouting isn’t for the faint of heart. The game asks for pieces of your life most people never see. And if you stay in it long enough, your family serves right alongside you.
That’s the real scouting life.
#BehindTheRadarGun