David Bates

Husband, twin dad,⚽️ Tottenham 🏀Lakers ⚾️ Braves 🏫 Mississippi State ~Tweets are my own~

[Freddy🇩🇪 @FreddyLA7]

Driving along Mississippi’s Gulf Coast. Our fifth state of the trip.☀️

Unfortunately, we didn’t have time to stop, but the beaches looked incredible. Guess we’ll have to come back someday.

[Jacob Turner @TheJacobTurner]

A PARENT’S JOURNEY THROUGH YOUTH SPORTS:

Age 5: “He’s got a cannon.”
Age 6: “He’s the fastest kid out there. Coach said so.”
Age 7: “Rec ball isn’t challenging him anymore.”
Age 8: “We tried out for select. Obviously made it.”
Age 9: “$2,800 for the season. Plus uniforms. Plus tournaments. Plus hotels.”
Age 10: “Cooperstown is basically a family vacation, right?”
Age 11: “He needs a hitting guy. And a pitching guy. And probably a mental performance coach.”
Age 12: “I’m not a crazy sports parent. The OTHER parents are crazy.”
Age 13: “We changed schools. For academics. (And also baseball.)”
Age 14: “Showcases are a requirement at this age.”
Age 15: “Ya his ranking just ticked up. We’re cooking.”
Age 16: “He just needs to get seen by the right school.”
Age 17: “The D1 schools want him to walk on. He’ll earn a spot by sophomore year.”
Age 18: “Okay, D2 is actually really competitive.”
Age 19: “He’s redshirting. Strategic.”
Age 20: “He’s focusing on school now.”
Age 21: “You know what? He’s so much happier.”

Roughly 7% of high schoolers play in college.

About 1.5% of those get drafted.

Less than half of draftees ever play one day in the big leagues.

The odds of our kids going pro are somewhere between “struck by lightning” and “find a $100 in old shorts.”

I love youth sports (all my kids play a bunch of them) just keep a good perspective my friends. ✌️

[Barstool Sports @barstoolsports]

The classic “if you’re gonna lose, fake an injury” tactic

[David Bates @_DavidBates_]

I’m not sure who is more obsessed at this point, Lane with OM, or OM fans with Lane.

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@RealPostFolder @BiGG_Wormmmm True story, she was having an affair while her husband was away and got pregnant.

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@BiGG_Wormmmm @RealPostFolder

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@BiGG_Wormmmm @RealPostFolder

[The Modest Teacher @ModestTeacher]

Here’s the secret to building relationships:

Actually like kids

That’s it.

No fancy handshakes, no dancing and singing like a fool every morning. That stuff is for show and kids know it.

Just like kids. It’s easy. And if you don’t, find something else to do.

[David Bates @_DavidBates_]

@CoachSwit It will be here soon.

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@BBGreatMoments Josh Beckett

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College core memory

[Baseball’s Greatest Moments @BBGreatMoments]

Mitch Moreland comes in to close out the Starkville Super Regional as Mississippi State beats Clemson to reach the College World Series in 2007.

[David Bates @_DavidBates_]

@SBakerMD Mississippi!!!

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@iky_fwjett https://t.co/x0mW8Y4CSw

[Mississippi State Baseball @HailStateBB]

DAWGS TAKE GAME ONE

[Clay Travis @ClayTravis]

Razorbacks win SEC tourney. Criticize John Calipari all you want, but Arkansas in year two with him is better than Kentucky is in year two without him. All he does is win everywhere he coaches.

[Sahil Bloom @SahilBloom]

A mentor once told me this: Confidence is less about knowing you’ll win and more about knowing you’ll bounce back even if you don’t. Real confidence is built on resilience. Adaptability. Tolerance for uncertainty. Fear loses when you embrace that failure is never final.

[COCO @TWOTIMESABITCH]

i’ve been working at Walmart for 15 years. people sometimes look at me like i didn’t “make it” in life. but this job paid the rent, kept food on the table, and, most importantly, let me send my son to college. he’s studying engineering now. every time a customer rolls their eyes at me, i remind myself: I turned $14 an hour into my kid’s future. that feels like success to me.

[60 Minutes @60Minutes]

Ultraprocessed foods “target the brain reward circuits that keep us coming back for more. They trigger overeating. They deprive us of any sense of fullness,” says former FDA Commissioner David Kessler. https://t.co/OCXb9dMFKK

[David Bates @_DavidBates_]

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