Jeremiah Waldrop

[alpha man @alphaman_111]

God wants you to read it, but 99% will skip...

Proverbs 3:5-6 Stop overthinking, if it's God's will, it will happen and nothing will stop it. If it's not, he has a better plan. Have peace in that. Not once in the Bible does it say to worry about it, stress over it, or figure it out. But over and over, it clearly says, "Trust God." God is bigger than all your worries and fears. God's plans will always be greater and more beautiful than all your disappointments. When God is all you have, you have all you need. He's got you. If you trust God, save this and come back to it when you need the reminder. Put a devoted "Amen" to enemy flee.

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“We suffer more in imagination than in reality.”

— Seneca

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Marcus Aurelius wrote this over 1800 years ago:

“It never ceases to amaze me: we all love ourselves more than other people, but care more about their opinion than our own.”

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A peak life advice from Alex Hormozi:

“The single greatest skill you can develop is the ability to stay in a great mood in the absence of things to be in a great mood about.”

[𝐉𝐞𝐟𝐟 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐳𝐞𝐧 @utahscout1219]

One of the easiest mistakes in scouting is believing the best player is the one who looks the part.

Baseball has always rewarded appearances. The tall athlete, sculpted body, broad shoulders, easy batting practice power, and effortless velocity all matter, but they don’t always matter most.

During my twenty years as a Major League scout, I learned the game has a way of humbling anyone who falls in love with the uniform before he studies the player inside it.

Dustin Pedroia made evaluators uncomfortable because the physical look didn’t match the baseball player. He was listed around 5-foot-8 or 5-foot-9, often under 170 pounds, with very little physical projection. Traditional evaluators could knock the body, size, short violent swing, aggressive approach, and fit him into a “slap hitter” profile. On a 20-to-80 scale, some scouts could bury him with grades like 20 power and 30 speed, then walk away thinking they had him figured out.

They didn’t, because what many missed was the real player. Pedroia had elite instincts, exceptional hand-eye coordination, barrel control, baseball IQ, and a competitive fire that was hard to quantify on a report. At Arizona State, his contact ability was historic, with only 11 strikeouts compared to 43 walks. Boston trusted the swing path, makeup, and how long his barrel stayed alive through the zone. They drafted him 65th overall in 2004, and three years later he was the American League Rookie of the Year. One year after that, he was the American League MVP.

What some saw as an out-of-control hacksaw swing, Boston saw as rotational power. He created torque through his lower half and core, allowing a smaller frame to produce far more impact than the eye test suggested. He kept his bat head flat and active through the zone, giving him margin for error even when he cheated to a fastball. The body didn’t scream impact. The barrel did.

I remember being in Asheville, North Carolina, after I had started my pro coverage in that league in 2002. I was talking with some older gentleman scouts from the area, and they asked me about “Petey.” I had an okay breakdown on him from seeing him that spring, but nothing close to what he was about to show me.

His Augusta team walked into the ballpark while Asheville was taking batting practice. They were still in their civvies, and Pedroia was the leader out front. He didn’t look like a typical pro ballplayer. He was 21, undersized, with a receding hairline, and if you were scouting the parking lot, you could have missed him.

Then the game started. He led off, and on the second pitch, he drove a ball deep to left-center field. I got a look from the scouts beside me. Later in the game, he went deep again. Now we were all looking at each other, and it became comical, so we just started laughing.

I was a little light on Mr. Pedroia.

That is the lesson. The scout’s job isn’t to find the best body. It is to find the best baseball player, and those are not always the same person. The radar gun measures velocity, the stopwatch measures speed, and the showcase leaderboard measures snapshots, but the game measures something deeper.

Things that don’t always show up on a showcase leaderboard, but win baseball games:

 • Baseball instincts
 • Internal clock
 • Anticipation
 • Competitive toughness
 • Adjustability
 • Awareness
 • Feel for the game
 • Consistency under pressure
 • Barrel control

Sometimes the player who fails the eye test passes the scout test with flying colors, because the uniform never tells the whole story.

THE SCOUTING CLASSROOM: Stories Behind the Report 

THE PLAYER WHO FAILED THE EYE TEST… BUT PASSED THE SCOUT TEST

Subtitle: The uniform never tells the whole story.

#BehindTheRadarGun 🔎

[TreVeyon Henderson @TreVeyonH4]

I’ve heard the saying that “God gives his toughest battles to his toughest soldiers.” But when I see the disciples that Jesus chose and suffered for His name sake, I don’t see Him choosing the “toughest soldiers”, as I learn about men and women in the past and even today who have laid down their lives for Jesus, once again I don’t see God choosing His “toughest soldiers.” But I see a strong and mighty God choosing weak men and woman, and empowering them by His Holy Spirit to face some of the toughest battles and be used for His glory.

I once thought I was a “tough soldier” until I met Jesus, I then realized that I’m so weak without Him, and apart from Jesus I can’t do anything. I need Jesus daily. The only way that I can truly become who God wants me to be and truly do what God wants me to do, is not by my power not by my might, but only by The Spirit of The Living God. Thank you Jesus.

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Fave it till you make it.

[Bella Waldrop @ibellawaldrop]

Excited to represent @GeorgiaImpactFP with the same team and coaches!!

[Ohio Valley League @OVLBaseball]

The 2026 Championship Series schedule!

[Henderson Flash ⚡️ @HendersonFlash]

Calling all Flash Fans.. we need all you guys out tomorrow night to support the team as we battle to win Henderson an OVL Championship!

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Take the risk.

[Knights Sills @KnightsSills]

QUOTE FOR THE DAY:

[Bella Waldrop @ibellawaldrop]

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[Ohio Valley League @OVLBaseball]

2026 Cubb Stokes Award Winner - Gunnar Waldrop from the Henderson Flash! https://t.co/Euqs9l4qrB

[Henderson Flash ⚡️ @HendersonFlash]

Congrats to our guy Gunnar Waldrop for winning the Cubb Stokes MVP award for being the best hitter in the OVL. This award is extra special to us as its named after Clay's uncle!! Proud of you Gunnar!!

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A peak life advice from Alex Hormozi:

“The fastest way to become the person you want to be is to put yourself in a situation where you have no choice but to become them.”

[Tennessee Baseball Network @tnballplayers]

Future MVP of the Ohio Valley League