2027 RHP Sean Fealey (Nutley)
FB: 82-84
CB: 69-72
CH: 72-76
Heavy sink on the FB. Big CB w/ over 2500rpm spin rate. Intriguing #uncommitted RHP👍
@WladykaBaseball | @PB_Uncommitted
Forty years in this game. Here is what I have learned about the families who navigate it best.
They are not the ones with the biggest budgets. They are not the ones with the most connections. They are the ones who decided early that this is a forty-year decision, and started behaving accordingly.
They turn down the showcase that does not fit the plan. They pass on the travel team that promises exposure for a price. They put their son in front of honest evaluators instead of marketing departments.
They are not chasing baseball. They are building a man who happens to play it.
The trophy is the relationship you have with your son when he is thirty.
We're back.
Six years quiet on here — and a lot has happened. Biggest news: we opened a second Pig in Oak Brook in March. Same house-cured obsession, new room, 11,000 sq ft of it.
Michigan Ave is still here. Still pouring.
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It took me 35 years to learn this: If you’re half-in, you’re actually all-out. Even 90% in gets you nowhere. There’s something magical in that last little bit. It's where you unlock new levels to the game. Simply because so few have the courage to do it.
Baseball is life in disguise. ⚾️
You fail more than you succeed.
You don’t always get what you deserve.
Some days you feel unstoppable…
Others, you can’t buy a hit.
But YOU keep showing up anyway.
That’s the lesson. 💯
Went to my son's career day yesterday
The teacher said each parent gets 3 minutes
I asked if there was a hard stop or if this was more of a "suggested timeline"
She said 3 minutes
The dad before me was a firefighter. The kids loved it. He brought a helmet. Let them try it on. Very theatrical.
My son whispered "don't worry, you're going to do great."
I wasn't worried. I brought a pitch deck. Objects aligned perfectly horizontally and vertically.
14 slides. One appendix. Two scenario analyses. A waterfall chart I stayed up until 11pm simplifying so a 5 year old could follow the value creation framework.
Slide one: "What is a CFO."
Slide two: "What is EBITDA."
Slide three: "Why EBITDA matters."
Slide four: "Why adjusted EBITDA matters more."
I lost the room at slide one.
One kid asked if I help people. I said I help companies become more efficient. He asked if that means I fire people. I said no, we right-size.
He started crying.
The teacher stepped in. Said maybe we could do a Q&A instead. Great pivot. Very collaborative.
A girl in the front row asked what I make. I said Excel spreadsheets and PowerPoint decks. She said "my mom makes cupcakes." Different verticals.
My son stood up and said "my dad makes companies worth more money so the people who own them can sell them for a lot of money."
Dead silence.
The teacher said "that's... one way to describe it."
My son said "it's the only way to describe it."
I have never been more proud of anything in my entire life.
I told him that in the car. He said "thanks, can we get Chick-fil-A."
My son asked if the expense was tax deductible.
One could argue I'm teaching my son more than the teacher.
We got Chick-fil-A.
Plz fix. Thx.
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“I trusted in Him not just in the good, but in the bad [this season]. I understand that suffering is good for us, as followers of Jesus. I’m taking that into my next route in [pastoral] ministry - Just leading people by example, as a servant, like Jesus was.”
- High Point Guard Chase Johnston after their loss vs Arkansas
Johnston was wearing a “Jesus Wins” shirt too 👏
“Delayed gratification was taught to us by the stoics. It is one of the greatest attributes.”
Another all-time line from Fernando Mendoza—this one on Stoicism 🤣👏