Mark Mangum

Twelve Baseball Academy/Director of Youth Programs (14U and under) in College Station

[Texas Twelve @TwelveBaseball]

🎶 Choosin' Texas it's The Twelve 🎶

Summer look just dropped. What's your favorite uniform? 👀

#SomethingDifferent | #TwelveLife

@SoftballTwelve @TwelveRecruits @TwelveRecruitSB

[Texas Twelve @TwelveBaseball]

The first 20 Years of The Texas Twelve were truly #SomethingDifferent.

Looking forward to the next 20.

@SoftballTwelve @TwelveRecruits @TwelveRecruitSB

[Texas Twelve @TwelveBaseball]

🗣️ #SomethingDifferent

[Coach Hines 🇺🇸 @CoachKurtHines]

Coaches - Pray for your players!

• The great ones

• The “not yet” great ones

• The “average” ones

• The coachable ones

• The “hard to reach” ones

• The ones who never talk back

• The ones who DO talk back

And when you’re done PRAYING for them…

SERVE THEM!

[Clint Hurdle @ClintHurdle13]

Hurdle-ism 5: You Become Great by Being Good for a Long Time

Want to become great? Stop chasing greatness and start being consistently good.

My buddy Todd Helton would tell you: focus on being good today and let the rest take care of itself.

Greatness isn't an overnight achievement - it's about stacking good days, one at a time.

Whether you're a parent, employee, or friend, you become great by being good for a long time.

No shortcuts, just steady, consistent effort.

Be good today so you can become great tomorrow.

[Texas Twelve @TwelveBaseball]

From Twelve to The Show.

We don’t just develop players — we shape futures.
🏆 5 First-Round Picks Since 2021
🎯 49 MLB Drafted
💰 $47M+ in Contract Value

This is what Something Different looks like.

[Coach Swit @CoachSwit]

This summer, I have noticed the dugouts have been left in really bad shape after games. Seems like less and less people running travel teams are telling their players to leave it better than you found it! Sad

[Coach AJ 🎯 Mental Fitness @coachajkings]

One pattern I’ve noticed in all dysfunctional teams:

They want success without the sacrifice.

Dan Lanning said, "You know to accomplish a goal, it has to be valuable what you're willing to give up."

The 4 things they couldn't sacrifice:🧵
1. They couldn't sacrifice ego for trust - When the pressure mounted, players protected individual stats over team success.

Great teams do the opposite - they care more about winning than looking good. They invest in trust and the team. And trust is how teams become unstoppable.

2. They couldn't sacrifice comfort for discipline -While great teams show up early and stay late, these teams took shortcuts when it mattered most.

Every skipped rep, every avoided drill, every comfortable choice - they add up tup over time. Death by one-thousand cuts.

3. They couldn't sacrifice convenience for accountability - When effort slipped, no one spoke up. Standards became suggestions not standards to live by.

Great teams demand accountability because they know: Excellence doesn't maintain itself.

4. They couldn't sacrifice the short-term fixes for long-term greatness - When the grind got hard, they chose the easy path. When pressure built, they wanted quick fixes.

Championship teams embrace the long game when others take shortcuts. They know growth and success is a journey.

The pattern is clear:
Many teams often have the talent to win. But only teams willing to sacrifice have the character to finish.
Ego → Trust
Comfort → Discipline
Convenience → Accountability
Short-term → Long-term

[Logan Stout @LoganStout]

If you are a 2027 grad…relax. You are good. You will end up exactly where you are supposed to be playing college baseball. You aren’t missing out on anything and you aren’t behind. Life is good, you are blessed and ignore the rest 👊.

[Troy Silva @TroyPSilva]

Nothing more annoying in ⚾️ right now than a lack of respect for others…
…and stupid sliding mitts

#BaseballTruth

[Texas Twelve @TwelveBaseball]

From The Twelve to the big stage.

@JaceLaViolette2 shares with us why The Twelve is #somethingdifferent 🔥

[Sean Travers @sixfourclub]

Fastball will tell you all you need to know. If a high school pitcher can’t get hitters out with his fastball the next level will be hard. Same for a hitter. If you can’t square up a fastball in a fastball count your career is almost over.

[Tim Tebow @TimTebow]

Don’t let someone’s worst moment
make you forget they are made in God’s image too.

God didn’t stop loving you at your lowest. Don’t forget that when someone else falls short. They still reflect His image, so let’s reflect His love.

[Justin Seely @CoachSeely]

Reasons to attend @TwelveBaseball tryouts:

-104 commitments in 2025
-8 @MLB signings in 2025
-5 First Round @MLBDraft Picks in last 5 yrs
-6 High School Branches to service your geography
-105 years combined of College/Professional Coaching Experience
-19 years of Stability

[Mark Mangum @MarkTMangum]

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[Texas Twelve @TwelveBaseball]

🚨Update: Tonight's College Station area tryout has been relocated to the Twelve Training Facility.

8u-9u at 5:30 PM
10u-11u at 7:30 PM

Address: 5188 Straub Road

[Texas Twelve @TwelveBaseball]

🚨July Tryout Schedule 🚨

Check out our July tryout schedule online for the following branches:

- College Station
- Bay Area
- Katy
- San Antonio
- South Texas
- The Woodlands
- Houston West Loop

Get started 👉 https://t.co/w5AEUHHZUy

[Texas Twelve @TwelveBaseball]

8 Texas Twelve alumni showed out at the MLB Draft Combine this June — proving once again that our development pipeline leads to the top.

Congrats to:
@ABarrientes25
@BelyeuMax
@BriscoeTye
@JamesEllwanger6
Lucas Franco
@JaceLaViolette2
@ShaneSdao
@BlaineBullard3

#TexasTwelve #MLBDraftCombine #12ToTheNextLevel #BuiltDifferent #SomethingDifferent

[Baseball Dudes Inc. 🇺🇸⚾️ @BaseballDudes48]

Dear Adults (parents & coaches):

It just might be YOUR roller coaster, up and down, all over the map, over reactive, anxiety filled emotions that we see from your kids and athletes. Many of them are a product of their environment.

[Mark Mangum @MarkTMangum]

@CoachSwit Protect and respect your members even if not all of them understand in the moment.

Be the example. Integrity.

https://t.co/MgFR61XQnz

[Coach Swit @CoachSwit]

We played 6 games in 4 days this week at a PG in NY. I threw 12 pitchers only one kid threw in the 70’s for pitch count. We made it to the semis. Told the umpire in the 5th inning this is it we aren’t using anymore arms. We ended early and went home and I feel OK about it.

[Coach Swit @CoachSwit]

We played 6 games in 4 days this week at a PG in NY. I threw 12 pitchers only one kid threw in the 70’s for pitch count. We made it to the semis. Told the umpire in the 5th inning this is it we aren’t using anymore arms. We ended early and went home and I feel OK about it.