What’s better than a rare Super Delta formation featuring the Thunderbirds and the @USNavy Blue Angels over Washington, D.C.?
Watching it from four different views for #UFCWhiteHouse as part of #Freedom250. 🇺🇸
A few random thought after an 8-0 @HailStateBB start:
- Coach Oak is special. It’s baseball, so no telling how games or individual seasons may go, but he’s who you want leading your program.
- Ace Reese is one of the most complete hitters in MSU history. Power. Average. Gets out of mini-slumps in a hurry. And dude has turned into a strong defensive third baseman too.
- Give me a bunch of Bryce Chances on my team. Pro at-bats. Gets the job done at the plate and in the field. Winner.
- Love all these transfers to State. Early on, having a ton of fun watching Tico (Tomas Valincius) and Chone James. Tico is just a Dawg. Gonna compete every pitch. Chone is the ultimate baseball guy. Put him on the field somewhere and he’s gonna help you win. Jimmy Nunnallee is some kind of an Adam Frazier/Jake Mangum/Cody Brown hybrid that is ultimately gonna get a ton of hits and help us win a bunch of ballgames. Vytas is a hitter man. No idea what that walk-up is saying but I’m bobbing my head with every beat. Andrew Raymond is hitting .455 with 2 doubles. Getting it done when he’s out there. I know I’m leaving out some transfer standouts (Pitzer/Sweeney/etc) but safe to say we brought the right guys in.
- Shoutout to the freshmen man. Jacob Parker is a star in the making. Maddox Miller is special with an MLB bloodline. Jack Bauer… Can’t wait to see that stud back out there. He’s gonna have a lot more innings like that first one than that last one.
- Charlie Foster is gonna be just fine. Lot of talent on this team, so we’ll see how things ebb and flow. But Charlie is gonna pitch some huge innings for this club.
- So many other guys to talk about. Duke Stone has been fantastic. Ryan McPherson has been good and I think is gonna be great. Aidan Teel is about to bust loose. I could go on and on.
- That brings me back to point number one. Coach Oak is special. And it’s needed. Because he has said he loves making tough decisions. Good thing, because he has a lot of them to make. The depth and talent on this team wasn’t overstated.
- Last thing, State isn’t the only team with talent, particularly in the SEC. We won’t go 56-0. (Even though it remains true you can’t win em all without winning the first 8.) But this team has the pieces to win a lot. And more importantly, I believe they have the mindset and coaching staff to navigate the inevitable speed bumps. We’ll see how well this tweet ages, but I think we got several exciting months ahead. Hail State.