Josh Constable

[Jacob Turner @TheJacobTurner]

A PARENT’S JOURNEY THROUGH YOUTH SPORTS:

Age 5: “He’s got a cannon.”
Age 6: “He’s the fastest kid out there. Coach said so.”
Age 7: “Rec ball isn’t challenging him anymore.”
Age 8: “We tried out for select. Obviously made it.”
Age 9: “$2,800 for the season. Plus uniforms. Plus tournaments. Plus hotels.”
Age 10: “Cooperstown is basically a family vacation, right?”
Age 11: “He needs a hitting guy. And a pitching guy. And probably a mental performance coach.”
Age 12: “I’m not a crazy sports parent. The OTHER parents are crazy.”
Age 13: “We changed schools. For academics. (And also baseball.)”
Age 14: “Showcases are a requirement at this age.”
Age 15: “Ya his ranking just ticked up. We’re cooking.”
Age 16: “He just needs to get seen by the right school.”
Age 17: “The D1 schools want him to walk on. He’ll earn a spot by sophomore year.”
Age 18: “Okay, D2 is actually really competitive.”
Age 19: “He’s redshirting. Strategic.”
Age 20: “He’s focusing on school now.”
Age 21: “You know what? He’s so much happier.”

Roughly 7% of high schoolers play in college.

About 1.5% of those get drafted.

Less than half of draftees ever play one day in the big leagues.

The odds of our kids going pro are somewhere between “struck by lightning” and “find a $100 in old shorts.”

I love youth sports (all my kids play a bunch of them) just keep a good perspective my friends. ✌️

[Josh Constable @JoshConstable2]

@cgodwin23 @PR927FM Tremendous display of perseverance & resilience from the Pirates & staff. Oak!

[11Point7 College Baseball @11point7]

DEATH TAXES AND EAST CAROLINA PLAYING IN A REGIONAL 🔥🔥🔥

Never doubt Cliff Godwin.

[ECU Baseball @ECUBaseball]

Got it done. Again 🏆

[ECU Baseball @ECUBaseball]

BACK-TO-BACK CHAMPS HAS A NICE 💍 TO IT

[Quinnipiac Baseball @TheQBaseball]

1️⃣ 6️⃣ Bobcats were named to the MAAC All-Academic Team 📚

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[Quinnipiac Baseball @TheQBaseball]

Here's our lineup for the first of two 😼

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[Quinnipiac Baseball @TheQBaseball]

GRAND SLAM TIME FOR COLE 🚀

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[Josh Constable @JoshConstable2]

Turn up the volume for those in the back! 👏 #Truth #Reality

[Pirate Radio ☠️ @PR927FM]

WATCH: “This mentality in our society where everybody thinks that you're promised something, and that life's easy is really false.

Because as you guys know, when you deal with life, there's gonna be some things that happen to you that you didn't create, and you still have to wake up the next morning, you gotta go to work, and you gotta provide for your family.

And this college athletics situation that we're in, that doesn't teach them that. And it's unfortunate. It’s not that I don't want them to make money, but man, you gotta earn it when you're out there.” ECU Baseball Coach Cliff Godwin after the Pirates avoided a sweep with a 3-0 shutout victory over Rice,

[Spencer Decker @spendeck18]

@Q30Sports And the results hold. Siena beats Iona 8-1 and Sacred Heart beats Canisius 10-5.

Will give you an update on the standings after all of the games.

Nevertheless, Quinnipiac moves back up to sixth and will control its own destiny starting on Friday.

@Q30Sports | #MAACBaseball

[Quinnipiac Baseball @TheQBaseball]

'Cats are in front 😼

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[Quinnipiac Baseball @TheQBaseball]

Locking in for another big MAAC series 😼

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[Quinnipiac Baseball @TheQBaseball]

Series secured. Mood: 😼

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[Quinnipiac Baseball @TheQBaseball]

HOME TURF ON LOCK 🔒

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[Quinnipiac Baseball @TheQBaseball]

It was ALWAYS THE CATS 😼

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[Quinnipiac Baseball @TheQBaseball]

MARINO MASHES 💪

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[Quinnipiac Baseball @TheQBaseball]

Flipped the game just like that 😼

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[Quinnipiac Baseball @TheQBaseball]

FIRE US UP 🔥 🔥

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[Quinnipiac Baseball @TheQBaseball]

🔼 2 | Got heeeem 🙅‍♂️

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[Quinnipiac Baseball @TheQBaseball]

Here's how we'll line up for the series finale 😼

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