don schaffer

Retired (???) College Baseball Coach,
Libertarian
/Constitutional Conservative,
Common Sense Lover, Grandfather

[don schaffer @dschaff19]

@TroyPSilva @MLB Bob Gibson

[Next Level Baseball @nextlevelbb]

Major League Baseball is becoming unrecognizable at the direction of Rob Manfred.
The new proposed draft rules will be another step in the wrong direction.
It will once again reduce MiLB teams, players and staff.
It will also shrink scouting staffs tremendously.
Some of the best players of all time signed out of high school. They learned how to play professional baseball by playing professional baseball. They learned to hit with a wood bat by swinging a wood bat in professional baseball, not by swinging an aluminum bat in college. They learned to pitch by facing professional hitters and not college hitters.
The proposal says island kids can sign at 18 and American kids can sign at 20, forcing the American kid to attend college. This is the definition of discrimination. What happens to the American kids that don't want to attend college? What about American kids that can't get into a D1 school academically? What about American kids that can't afford a D1 school? A lot of you are thinking the kid can simply go to a junior college and you're right. Although, scouting staffs will be reduced drastically and the amount of draft picks from junior colleges are almost non existent nowadays.
The problem with college baseball compared to college basketball and football is evident if you simply open your eyes.
The racial and ethnic makeup of college basketball and football are exactly like the racial and ethnic makeup of the NBA and NFL. The racial and ethnic makeup of D1 baseball compared to MLB is disgusting.
The American player development system is losing to the Island system. Per capita the Island system is developing players extraordinarily more efficiently than the American system.
Ask yourself a simple question. Are players from Venezuela and Dominican Republic inundated with data, analytics, labs, new terminology, space station nerd alert player development gurus or are they inundated with basic fundamentals and the relentless pursuit of being a great competitor?
United States: Approximately 348–349 million people (live estimates around 348.6 million, with mid-2026 projections near 349 million).
Venezuela: Approximately 28.6 million people (mid-2026 projection around 28.6–28.63 million).
Dominican Republic: Approximately 11.6 million people (mid-2026 projection around 11.6 million).

American baseball development is now driven by ipads, data, analytics and sadly human beings that never actually played the game of baseball. Opinions of organizations like Driveline now trump opinions of people that played in the major leagues and even hall of famers. The new player development system treats former MLB players like trash and people that never played like geniuses that are reinventing the game.

The new draft proposal will continue the trend of America following further behind Island countries when it comes to developing baseball players.

[don schaffer @dschaff19]

@Chicago_History T-Shirt WAY underrated!

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@shegone03 @uTeeBaseball @notgaetti @BobFile @billdubs @iamrags @artofhitting @hittingguru7 @slider_sinker @SliderDom Is this in slow motion?

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@shegone03 I am guessing these clowns never heard of "door knocking knuckles"? Nothing like having your hands work against each other! Amirite?

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@shegone03 @Reds He gone!

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Source: MassLive
https://t.co/JDckGFVaL2

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@shegone03 Luckily, he just resigned.

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@aPROballplayer It'll never happen. Makes too much sense.

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@smyth_scott1957 @CTcanBeBetter @WMUR9 One could only hope. Dems will find a way to cheat though.

[don schaffer @dschaff19]

@nonsenseballer @shegone03 @JCraigFlowers @notgaetti @BobFile @twuench @billdubs @iamrags @artofhitting @hittingguru7 @slider_sinker @SliderDom As a former player, coach and umpire in Connecticut, I would love to know.

[DiscussingFilm @DiscussingFilm]

Bob Odenkirk has returned as Saul Goodman in a new video celebrating 250 years of America.

[don schaffer @dschaff19]

@Seth_3773 2 man crew, he is correct. Maybe a little more up the middle, but he is pretty much correct.

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@Lilli_Martineau Was that, by any chance, at the Foote Road Rec Center in Burlington, CT?

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@TheBabylonBee 7z

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@TheBabylonBee SvZ u 60's 6Xz

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@shegone03 Why? Just why?

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[Libs of TikTok @libsoftiktok]

Adams12 Five Star Schools (@Adams12) in Colorado adopted a Pride Month proclamation declaring that students have the "right" to express their made-up gender identity, and will prohibit "discrimination," and will push LGBTQ propaganda into school curricula.

They want to indoctrinate your children into becoming trans.

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@jeremykauffman The difference with Social Security is that people have been forced to pay into it for years. I would gladly take a check of what I have paid in the last 50+ years and see the end of the program.