David McIntosh

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@emmitonair Chris Paul

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@Kristinartz Hot dogs

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I've played professional baseball.

I've coached collegiate baseball.

I've evaluated thousands of high school players over the last 12 years.

Here are a few baseball truths I've learned:

• Failure is inevitable. How you respond to it is a choice.
• The game rewards resilience far more than talent gives it credit for.
• Body language is visibly LOUD.
• You never know who's watching.
• Talent gets you noticed. Consistency gets you recruited.
• Nobody cares how good you were last week.
• The players who blame others rarely improve.
• Confidence comes from preparation, not motivation.
• The game owes you nothing.
• Coaches trust competitors before they trust tools.
• Your teammates know if you're real.
• Baseball has a funny way of exposing excuses.
• The best players are usually obsessed with improvement, not attention.
• Nobody remembers your excuses. They remember your actions.

Build your floor. Chase your ceiling. ⚾️

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@BBGreatMoments RFK

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@BlueRibbonCtry Take this job and shove it.

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@KhanSaba1278 Piedmont

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@explorebeauty12 Micrometer

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@td_nash Tug McGraw

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@TheSports_Shift Phil Niekro

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@KhanSaba1278 Arnold

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@BBGreatMoments Micky Mantle

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@Oliviaiie Lassie

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@Hania16836 Yes, I owned 2 of them.

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@Sarah_Hardy_c Pete Rose. Roger Clemens

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@nut_history Dale Murphy

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