Brian Sparks

Husband, Father, Husky, Trojan

[Coach Swit @CoachSwit]

Unpopular opinion: There is zero benefit to playing wood bat tournaments in the summer for 13u-17u players. It just speeds the game up. Unless you’re a legitimate pro prospect, BBCOR is the better choice. It’s hard enough to hit. Tournaments figure it out.

[Brian Sparks @brisparks]

@CoachSwit Spend time at any travel ball event and it becomes pretty obvious who the high school coaches are

[Next Level Baseball @nextlevelbb]

The overwhelming majority of travel ball organizations are void of expectations and accountability.
They let players come and go as they please.
They let players disrespect the game and their teammates.
They cater to players that use baseball as a convenience based hobby.
They constantly change rosters and use pick up players.
They think winning travel baseball games is more important than teaching players the value of reliability and dependability.
They are producing transfer portal prospects and not real prospects that will be productive human beings that understand the meaning of sacrifice and work ethic.

[Brian Sparks @brisparks]

@Chris_Grosse @yacineMTB It’s 5 and it’s not even close

[Alex - UConn 2027 National Champs @aburks41]

UConn. America's Team.

[Heath Mayo @HeathMayo]

.@ColinCowherd nails it. Fresh sanity.🔥https://t.co/7xYC0Pzxny

[Dan Orlovsky @danorlovsky7]

What an absolutely awful call at the end

Absolutely horrific to call that in that moment

Total joke

[No Escalators @NoEscalators]

"People better get us now. That's all, you better get us now. Because it, it's coming." -- @dhurley15

https://t.co/WzVYe8rdFS

[Brian Sparks @brisparks]

@JC643DP Air fryer on dehydrate setting works great too

[HS Baseball Fields Of America! @HSBaseballField]

Herndon High School (Herndon, Virginia) #GoHornets @HHornetBaseball @PBRVirginiaDC @herndonsports @HerndonHS @fcpsnews @HornetBoosters @VBCA2018 #HsBaseballFields

[Barstool Sports @barstoolsports]

Texas A&M sent out a kickoff team full of walk-on’s

the script had an unbelievable moment in store for these legends

[College Basketball Report @CBKReport]

The 10 best colleges for sports fans, according to USA Today🏟️

[Matt Bomeisl @RealMattyBo]

Baseball kinda starts to suck around age 13-14.

It goes from this ultimate father/son sport. Where dads can coach their sons. Local friends. Car pools and sleep overs.

And then it starts to get really serious. Dads get vilified and eliminated from the sport. Rankings and college commitments and showcases creep in. Accolades and who’s better.

And a new type of player starts to thrive: players that love the grind and fall in love with the process of being good. The kids that played for Big League Chew and wanted to know if the hotel had a pool start to get eliminated. The kids that want to put work in start to get better.

And then later in high school, a new type of player thrives and moves on to the next level: players with tools, strength and something to offer that can impact the game when everyone is also a decently hard worker and can play. Simply making contact, and being able to make the routine plays and throw it across isn’t good enough anymore.

Players need to have 1 standout tool usually to keep playing. (Arm, speed, hit, power, defend). Parents usually miss the key word “stand out”.

I love going to practice with my 8yo and know I will miss this some day. S/O to all the parents going through the HS years and missing the younger years.

If you have any advice to offer - hit me up.

[Brian Sparks @brisparks]

@Matt_Horner_QL @historyinmemes My favorite part is that they shared a bat

[Coach Beede @CoachBeede]

This weekend I spoke with parents about travel baseball ages 6-12. They explained to me that every weekend new players /families were showing up. Eric Cressey sums it up -->
"How insane is it that some teams in the travel baseball industry are “recruiting” 12-year-olds to play for their teams? Either they don’t understand development, or don’t care about it.
Here’s the model: recruit standout players to your program, win more games (even if it means overusing kids and sacrificing their health), and then use good players and win-loss record to recruit more players to your program. Along the way, carry bloated rosters so that full-pay families can subsidize the freebies you hand out to the best players as a recruiting tool." @EricCressey https://t.co/ZomlGZnfFb

[Brian Sparks @brisparks]

@TheMagnusPI Start with the school. Find schools that have programs and campus life your son is interested in. Figure out the baseball part after the school checks all other boxes, whatever those might be.

[Brian Sparks @brisparks]

This is gold. Thank you Nashville.

[Tennessee Titans @Titans]

We asked people on Broadway to help us with our 2023 schedule release. 🤣

📺: 2023 Schedule Release on @nflnetwork

[Dan Orlovsky @danorlovsky7]

Your school with the natty this year?
@UConnMBB
@dhurley15

[Brian Sparks @brisparks]

@CoachDavidKlein @MPLegends Do you think the All Star kids are going to stay home for the first month? It’s an extra month with their travel ball coaches, pitching coaches, and hitting lessons…