Brian Poe

Thomasville Bulldogs Baseball Coach ⚾️ ⚾️ ⚾️

[Baseball In Pics @baseballinpix]

Lou Gehrig and Rookie Joe DiMaggio during 1936 Spring Training. They remained teammates until 1939, winning the World Series every season.

[Baseball Quotes @BaseballQuotes1]

SAINT MARY'S WALKS OFF UCLA ON THEIR HOME FIELD!!

THE #1 OVERALL SEED HAS BEEN ELIMINATED

[Baseball Quotes @BaseballQuotes1]

Pitch clock violation to end your season is brutal

[Brian Poe @baconpineapple]

Good stuff!

[Josh Chambers @JoshChambers]

All aspiring leaders can learn from Oakland @Athletics Manager Mark Kotsay on the power of zooming out, navigating criticism, and understanding the filter between perception and reality:

📆 A day doesn't define you. Neither does a game, a season, a week, a month, or even a year. What defines your trajectory is how you respond to those moments.
Don't put too much weight on individual days. Focus on decades. Work with the intention of becoming the coach, athlete, leader, or person you want to be 10 years from now, not 10 minutes from now. And trust the process enough to stay steady through both the peaks and the valleys. Success and failure are not destinations. They're simply data points along the journey.

📰 Critics are a fixed cost of ambition. The more people you impact, the more opinions you'll attract. That's not a sign you're doing something wrong. It's often evidence you're doing something meaningful. Since judgment is inevitable, you might as well pursue work that matters to you.

🔬 Most criticism comes from people who only see the performance, not the preparation. They see the 1% that happens on game day. They don't see the 99% of work, sacrifice, discipline, and repetition that made it possible. That's why you can't let perception outweigh reality. Stay rooted in the truth of your process. Refine it. Master it. Build systems strong enough to withstand inevitable setbacks and stretches of adversity.

The noise will always be there. Your job is not to silence it. Your job is to become so focused on the work that it fades into irrelevance.

Zoom out. Focus in. 🔭

Play a game so big and pursue growth so relentlessly that the opinions from the cheap seats no longer matter. The best response to criticism has never been an argument. It's becoming so successful you forgot they said anything to begin with.

[Butch Chaffin 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸⚾️⚾️🧢 @ButchBaseball29]

Baseball is really hard. It’s even harder when you aren’t accountable for your self and training. Make preparation your identity to the point everyone’s first comment about you is how you prepare to play.

[Butch Chaffin 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸⚾️⚾️🧢 @ButchBaseball29]

Swing at strikes, take balls. Don’t chase the zone. Congrats… you are now one of the best hitting coaches on the planet. Shut up, throw the BP, watch, and shut up some more. Good hitters have a shot of organizing things if you give them a chance.

[MLB Pipeline @MLBPipeline]

Last day to enter!

[Jeff Passan @JeffPassan]

Bobby Witt Jr. is so damn good at everything on a baseball field.

[Pittsburgh Pirates @Pirates]

Couldn’t make it to visit us at PiratesFest today?

REPOST THIS for a chance to win a SIGNED Paul Skenes jersey!

[Brian Poe @baconpineapple]

@ButchBaseball29 it was great see you in ABCA Trade show!

[Brian Poe @baconpineapple]

@coachbick42 @Diamond9erRPT @rwoodardCLT @ABCA1945 @CharlotteBSB It was great see you!

[ABCA @ABCA1945]

"No matter what, show up"
LIVE FROM #ABCA2026 🎥

[Pittsburgh Pirates @Pirates]

REPOST THIS for a chance to win a SIGNED Ryan O’Hearn Jersey.

[Brian Poe @baconpineapple]

On way to Columbus! @ABCA1945

[Pittsburgh Pirates @Pirates]

Today, we remember the life and legacy of Roberto Clemente.
A great person, baseball player, and humanitarian, his legacy lives on through compassion, courage, and service to others.

[Montreal Expos @Montreal_Expos]

Bringing back the Expos

[Brian Poe @baconpineapple]

@CoachMongero Agreed!!

[Atlanta Braves @Braves]

Welcome to Atlanta, Yaz!

[HS Baseball Fields Of America! @HSBaseballField]

🚨Holiday Giveaway Alert🚨

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