Bubba

|| memento mori. || ‘til the wheels fall off || Lover of Benjamin Todd Roethlisberger Sr.

[Bubba @BrandonAshurst1]

Pain, struggle, and triumph. Three words I’ve turned to during this crazy journey. To everyone who’s helped me along the way, y’all were why I never gave up even when I wanted to. Even though we’re close to 100 lbs lost, there’s still plenty of work to be done yet. keep goin’

[Bubba @BrandonAshurst1]

@TheDegenWeekly Hard fastball and slider mostly, occasional changeup and curveball. Internal brace surgery limits him to 80ish pitches unfortunately

[Pittsburgh Pirates @Pirates]

In honor of a very successful Opening Weekend at PNC Park, we're giving away this team-autographed poster.

RT for your chance to win! 🏴‍☠️

[Clint Hurdle @ClintHurdle13]

During one of the worst losing streaks of my career, our team president walked into my office.

Keli McGregor. One of the best men I've ever known.

He could have come to vent. To question my decisions. To ask hard questions.

Instead, he said: "Cut to the chase, Clint. What's next?"

I looked him in the eye and gave him two words: "Shower well."

The Colorado Rockies were struggling badly that year.

Pregame preparation was solid. Scout meetings, early work, attention to detail. All of it was there.

But at game time, the tires were flat.

I told Keli: the game did everything it could to us today. We just couldn't meet its demands.

Now it was time to reset.

"Shower well" means exactly this:
• Watch the frustration circle down the drain
• Shampoo, rinse, repeat and get the grime of today completely off your mind
• Walk out clean, go home, and actually rest

Leave it at the ballpark. The game is over. There's nothing left to solve tonight.

Keli nodded. Asked if he could share it with the whole organization.

I said sure. And then it hit me. This isn't just for baseball.

Bad day at the office. Grumpy boss. Missed deadline. Traffic on the way home.

You can carry all of that through your front door.

Or you can shower well.

I've never seen a single problem get better because someone dragged it home with them.

The reset is a discipline. Same as preparation. Same as showing up.

Either we win. Or we learn.

The only real loss? When you don't take a single thing out of a hard day.

So tonight, whatever kind of day it was, shower well.

Tomorrow is a new at-bat.

What does your reset look like? I'd love to hear it.

[Bubba @BrandonAshurst1]

@YourFriendKyle_ …

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[Bubba @BrandonAshurst1]

@TheDegenWeekly Good thing you can make up for it with a little bit of Turbo Man in your life

[Bubba @BrandonAshurst1]

@TheDegenWeekly Do you remember what preceded this? Give me Rodgers in that

[Bubba @BrandonAshurst1]

@KevinAdams26 489 Passing yards
52 points

[Kevin Adams @KevinAdams26]

I’ve decided on a way to make it fair to everybody.

Tomorrow Jags V Chiefs MNF.

Whoever is the closest to the total combined passing yards of BOTH starting QBs, including total number of points scored, wins $1000.

RP and Comment your guess below! Good luck!

[Bubba @BrandonAshurst1]

@ItsLukeMeans A hundred nuggets is 5 trips to McDonald’s

[Bubba @BrandonAshurst1]

This isn’t even close, one time after a junior high basketball game I ate 100 like Man vs. Food with my teammates cheering on at a McDonald’s.

Set the line at 4,999.5

[br_betting @br_betting]

Tenders don't count. What's the play? 🤔

[Bubba @BrandonAshurst1]

@bridge2buctober Remember when they brought Davis up to play right field because they didn’t think he was capable of catching? This data is funny to see now and shows how much they truly know because I know they didn’t develop him besides having Austin Hedges hang around with him for a little

[Bubba @BrandonAshurst1]

@TheDegenWeekly Does he happen to be in this picture?

[Bubba @BrandonAshurst1]

@SteeloCity I’d love to hear your opinion on #DonnyBall caring more about a meaningless all-star game than the game at hand….i feel like Frank the Tank crashing out right now

[Bubba @BrandonAshurst1]

@Pirates imagine if Big Ben was 18/20
For 250 yards at halftime what Steelers fans would say….or Sid didn’t play the third period…and you wonder why everyone jokes about us? Don Kelly needs sent to Nuremberg for doing this twice

[Bubba @BrandonAshurst1]

@Pirates I truly feel bad for the poor intern that has to run their account, how do you justify this? We care more about a meaningless all star game than the game at hand? I’m glad Skenes gets to pitch, but enjoy him in a different uni I. The next two year because of incompetence

[Bubba @BrandonAshurst1]

@Pirates I’m so glad we had a great swan song of a home stand and now we’re back to our old selves, how does a major league team operate without the capability of scoring more than 3 runs in any game? What a joke….

[Bubba @BrandonAshurst1]

@Pirates It’d be cool if he could pitch more than 75 pitches the last two starts, this is the equivalent of taking Big Ben out after halftime because he’s playing in the Pro Bowl, TALK ABOUT A JOKE

[Bubba @BrandonAshurst1]

@ItsBucnPrinny @Pirates I’m so sure Bob Nutting has control over when he comes out, whole organization from the top down is a JOKE

[Bubba @BrandonAshurst1]

I’m glad Don Kelly cares more about more about the all star game than the game at hand…taking your horse out at 75 pitches….@Pirates you wonder why this organization can’t win when things like this continue to happen…

[Bubba @BrandonAshurst1]

“Sun goin’ shine, wind’s goin’ blow, and Big Dave’s going 4 for 4”

Rest easy Cobra 🐍❤️

[Pittsburgh Pirates @Pirates]

We are heartbroken to learn of the passing of Hall of Famer Dave Parker.

A legendary Pirate, Parker spent 11 years in a Pirates uniform, winning 2 batting titles, an MVP award and a World Series Championship in 1979.

The Cobra was part of the inaugural Pirates Hall of Fame class in 2022, and will be enshrined in the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown next month.