Nuero Mental performance Coach @Danielle138252 . I call her the Mental Developer. Tuesday October 20th at You Tube. Subscribe no charge to not miss any speaker .
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Justin Verlander reveals the game that convinced him to stop throwing as hard as he could
“The whole knock on me early in my career was that I threw too many pitches. I’d throw 120 pitches, but I was only going six innings.”
“I had a game in Boston where we really needed me to get deep in the game. Our bullpen was shot. I go out the first couple innings, and I look up and I’ve got sixty-something pitches.”
“To me, the most important thing for that game was to chew innings. I was like, ‘I can’t keep this pace.’ So I ended up slowing myself down. I was throwing fastballs at 89. I threw a changeup in that game at 91 and threw a fastball at 89 in the same game.”
“I just pulled the throttle way back. I was like, ‘Man, here, hit it. Put it in play.’ All of a sudden, I was like, ‘Man, I am really able to hit my spot.’”
“I basically took that mentality and flipped it going into the next season. Let me try starting games like this and then building up as I go. If I get in trouble, I’ve always got it in my back pocket.”
“I always viewed it from the hitter’s perspective as you’re facing three different pitchers in three different at-bats, and they’re progressively getting harder to hit.”
A Secret Service agent who protected Trump recently said something that SHOCKED everyone: “Trump has RUINED me — I could never protect another President the same way again.” And before you assume he meant that as criticism, WAIT until you understand what he really meant by “ruined,” because his explanation of Trump has left people across the Secret Service deeply emotional.
Here’s what the agent meant by “Trump ruined me”:
This Secret Service agent had protected several Presidents before Trump. He was professionally trained, followed every rule, and performed his duty with discipline, distance, and dedication. He protected each President the same way — until he was assigned to Trump. That’s when EVERYTHING changed.
The agent explained:
“Trump RUINED me for this job. Not because he’s difficult — but because he’s completely different. Trump knows my NAME. Other Presidents called me ‘agent.’ Trump calls me by my actual name.
He knows my WIFE’S name. He knows my CHILDREN’S names. He asks about my son’s baseball games. Trump notices when I’ve been standing for 8 hours and tells me, ‘Sit down, you need to rest.’
During long days, Trump makes sure EXTRA food is available: ‘Make sure my guys eat first.’
When my FATHER passed away, Trump came to his funeral. No cameras. No reporters. No publicity. He simply came to honor the man who raised the person protecting him.
After being treated like THIS — how could I ever return to being just ‘agent’ to another President?
After Trump remembered my CHILDREN’S names, how could I protect someone who wouldn’t even bother learning mine?
After Trump treated me like FAMILY, how could I go back to feeling like FURNITURE?
Trump RUINED me.
He raised the standard so HIGH for how a President can treat the people protecting him that I could never accept the old standard again.
That’s what I mean when I say he ‘ruined’ me.”
Here’s what this confession supposedly shows: Trump didn’t simply have Secret Service agents protecting him — he made them feel VALUED, RESPECTED, and treated like FAMILY. Once someone experiences that kind of personal respect, it becomes impossible to accept being treated like nothing more than equipment.
Pitchers: don’t worry about your fall ERA.
Throw strikes. Get ahead. Work on the pitch you need to develop.
Learn how to pitch out of trouble. Learn how to compete on the days you don’t have your best stuff.
Fall ball isn’t about putting up numbers. It’s about becoming a better pitcher by the time spring gets here.
This week's assignment: take your son to one college game this fall. Any division, in fact, make it a division he thinks is beneath him. Watch his face in the third inning. Then ask Harvell's question on the drive home: Honestly, could you play here? The answer, either way, is worth more than a showcase invoice.
My dream… D1. Draft pick. Big Leaguer.
My path… One JUCO opportunity that came after my senior season ended. D1, but quit. D2, but had to sit out a season to get eligible again. Undrafted. Independent ball for 2 years. Signed with Texas. Released in Spring Training and back to Independent ball. Re-signed with Texas. Then San Diego. Then Oakland. Then Colorado. Finally… a Big Leaguer at 31 years old.
God has a plan for you, and chances are it looks a lot different than the dream you drew up.
Keep going. Keep believing. KNOCK DOWN DOORS. 👊🏼
What Marc Rardin told a showcase full of players the week before our interview, in its entirety: you have got to lift. The weight room, other than the classroom, is the most important room. It is not the bullpen. It is not the cage. A three-time national champion, given one message to deliver, chose the classroom and the weight room. Neither one charges admission on a Sunday.
Josh Allen reveals he had zero scholarship offers coming out of high school so he sent 1,000 emails with his highlights attached to every coach in the country, only two responded
“The email said something like, Hey, I’m Josh Allen. I’m 6’5”, 220 pounds. I feel like I’d be a great fit for your program. Here’s my Hudl. These are my stats… I literally just went copy, paste, copy, paste and sent it to every single coach I could find an email for.”
“I played in a small town called Firebaugh, California. I had zero offers out of high school. I had no preferred walk-ons. A couple Division III schools were trying to give me academic scholarships so I could go play there, but I didn’t want to make my parents pay for me to go somewhere.”
“So I went the junior college route. I felt like I was good enough to play, which is obviously why I kept going. I wanted to go to junior college, earn a scholarship and kind of pay my family back for everything they had done for me.”
“I also played football, basketball and baseball. I was a three-sport guy, so I didn’t spend my summers going around to every quarterback camp. I got the chance to play different sports, feel different emotions, meet different types of people and learn how to deal with all of it.”
“I think that’s something a lot of kids need to continue doing, play more sports. Every sport teaches you something that you can ultimately use later in life.”
No more excuses.
Players
You cannot gain weight or strength because you are not trying hard enough.
Get addicted to the weight room.
and
6000 calories per day.
Yes 6000 calories.
The 2500-3000 you are eating isn't close to enough.
Let's go.
You owe it to yourself.
Lift like a linebacker.
Eat like a lineman.
This guy is spot on & HILARIOUS! He just wanted a burger from Wendy's but instead got a lecture!
Can anyone tell me where the pronouns they/them came from? There's a lot of stupid shit in this world but that one's near the top.🤦♀️
🚨 HOLY CRAP! JD Vance just MIC DROPPED a leftist heckler who interrupted him waving a Mexican flag...this place is DEAFENING
"We just had a protestor interrupt us with the Mexican flag."
"Well, my friend, if you love Mexico so much, GET YOUR ASS OVER THERE, I'LL BUY YOU THE PLANE TICKET!"
*TOTAL PANDEMONIUM*
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With college baseball fall practices starting back up, I’d highly suggest that high schoolers go check them out. I can promise you college baseball isn’t what your HS coach, travel coach, or “advisor” says it is. You wanna know where you stack up, go see it with your own eyes.