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TJ, Kayson and Ryley's dad.

[Aakash Gupta @aakashgupta]

The Kelce brothers accidentally explained one of the longest-running training mistakes in professional sports in under 30 seconds.

A pitcher's delivery takes 1.5 seconds. The rest period before the next pitch is roughly 20 seconds. A starter who throws 100 pitches in a game produces somewhere between 2 and 3 minutes of total physical exertion across a 3-hour window. The work-to-rest ratio is approximately 1:20.

That ratio maps almost perfectly to the ATP-CP energy system, the anaerobic pathway that powers movements lasting under 10 seconds. Sprinting. Jumping. Swinging a bat. Throwing a 97 mph fastball. Every meaningful action in baseball lives in this system.

Distance running trains the opposite system. Aerobic metabolism. Slow-twitch muscle fibers. Type I fibers that are smaller, produce less force, and prioritize fatigue resistance over power output. Elite sprinters carry 60-80% fast-twitch fibers. Elite endurance athletes carry 60-95% slow-twitch. A 2008 study on collegiate baseball players found that combining endurance training with power training produced measurable drops in power output.

You are literally remodeling the engine in the wrong direction. Training the aerobic system when every sport-specific action runs on anaerobic fuel.

The tradition started decades ago because games last 3 hours and coaches confused game duration with physical demand. A game lasting 3 hours does not mean the athlete is exerting for 3 hours. A pitcher standing on the mound between pitches is recovering, not working. The correct training analog is a sprinter who runs 100 meters, walks back, and goes again.

Driveline Baseball, Eric Cressey, and every major sports science program has been publishing this data for over a decade. Strength coaches at the MLB level largely moved to sprint-based and med ball protocols years ago. But the foul-pole-to-foul-pole jog still persists at the high school and college level because the coaches who played in the 90s trained that way and never updated.

The Kelces just explained it to 3 million people faster than any journal ever could.

[josh constant @jconstant25]

My 8 year old left Santa a note last night, and he got a response....think @PSAcard will authenticate this auto?!?

[Jacques Doucet @JacquesDoucet]

"I love that our program is getting represented on that stage by the best defensive coordinator in football, wearing an #LSU baseball hat."

@LSUbaseball head coach Jay Johnson is a big fan of @LSUfootball defensive coordinator Blake Baker and his purple cap. @WAFB

[josh constant @jconstant25]

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[MLB @MLB]

Hall of Famer Ryne Sandberg was born OTD in 1959. 💙

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[josh constant @jconstant25]

@ArtEddy3 @JoeMontana @UpperDeckSports @DubMentality I am currently trying to #findthenolan How many boxes did you open?

[Wilmington Blue Rocks @WilmBlueRocks]

.@gavin_dugas04 opens the scoring with solo homer 💣

[Wilmington Blue Rocks @WilmBlueRocks]

.@gavin_dugas04 gives the 'Rocks an early 2️⃣-1️⃣ lead❗️

[Wilmington Blue Rocks @WilmBlueRocks]

🔥 GEAUX GAVIN 🔥

@gavin_dugas04 uses that Tiger strength to pull one out of the park 🐯

[Micah Beutell @Micah_CBC]

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[Kyle Peterson @KP_Omaha]

Take 10 minutes before the madness starts and watch this please. Ryan so understands the history of this event and it shines through here. And the voice of the great Jack Payne at the end is perfect. Welcome to the College World Series folks, see you Friday night👊🏼

[Lucas Morgan @LucasMorganAD]

It’s a baseball streak that may never get broken: LSU Shreveport just completed a championship season in which they went 59-0. Columnist @JasonGay finds out how the Pilots went perfect: https://t.co/GTMfmV9w5e via @WSJ

[LSUS Athletics @LSUSathletics]

HISTORY!!!

The Pilots have set the longest ever college baseball win streak at any level at 58-0!

One more to go…

#GeauxPilots | #TheRightWayToPlay | #NAIABBWorldSeries

[Wilmington Blue Rocks @WilmBlueRocks]

.@gavin_dugas04 with a long 2️⃣-run homer to left field🔥

[Wilmington Blue Rocks @WilmBlueRocks]

.@gavin_dugas04 with another homer 💣💣

2️⃣ on the night❗️

[Wilmington Blue Rocks @WilmBlueRocks]

.@gavin_dugas04 doubles down the left field line to bring home 2️⃣

[Wilmington Blue Rocks @WilmBlueRocks]

Announcing our 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓 Opening Day Roster🔥💥🔥

Come see our squad in 8️⃣ days at Frawley!

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Winner TBA Sunday 3/23 📢

[NBATigahBoy🐯 @NBATIGAHBOY]

This is such an underrated moment from the 2023 LSU baseball season

[Jay Johnson @LSUCoachJ]

Saturday Night in Death Valley