Michael Christian

[PersonalityHub @personalityhub]

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We analyze 64 distinct personality types to reveal the complex layers of who you really are.

[Dr. Ismael Gallo DPT, MBA @flowsdoc]

My JUCO coach used to say: “See ball. Hit ball.”

Simple.

Most hitters think they have a TIMING problem

Often, they have a Movement problem

When Movement flow is off, vision becomes unstable

When vision becomes unstable, timing suffers

Better Movement = Vision = Timing!

🧵

[Rob Friedman @PitchingNinja]

Justin Verlander’s Pitch Grips. 👀

A Trip Through JV's Career, One Grip at a Time.

[The Hitting Vault @TheHittingVault]

Separation at launch position = yep
Hips first = yep
Then torso = yep
THEN hands & barrel

[Coach Dan Casey @CoachDanCasey]

Watch this before you decide to play Armchair Quarterback this season 😂

[Alvin @Alvin1492840]

Marriott is quietly hoping you never learn how their loyalty program actually works.

I did.

There's $1,800/year in free upgrades, free nights, and hidden rate codes sitting inside the same Bonvoy account most guests use for nothing except checking in.

One woman sent a single email before her stay. Marriott upgraded her to a $3,000 suite. For free.

Most guests book on Expedia, check in, check out, and never touch the 9 features Marriott buries behind the login screen.

Here's the full playbook 🧵

[Jason Cohen 🇺🇸 @JasonJournoDC]

💥NEW: Stephen A. Smith: "EVERY time we turn around, there's something going on in Chicago! Every time! And the vast majority of victims happen to be black."

"When we gon' speak about that? Same energy, y'all. Don't lose the intensity. Keep the same intensity."

"We gon' fight and fight and fight over a young kid [Karmelo Anthony] that admitted he killed somebody — and we hear CRICKETS when 39 people get shot and 6 get killed in Chicago on JUNETEENTH!?"

[Arkansas Men’s Basketball 🐗 @RazorbackMBB]

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[Josh Chambers @JoshChambers]

Erik Spoelstra on the Five Core Tenants of Miami "Heat Culture":

1️⃣ Toughest
2️⃣ Nastiest
3️⃣ Best Conditioned
4️⃣ Most Professional
5️⃣ Least Liked

💪 Toughest = You do not need ideal circumstances to compete. You can absorb contact, handle adversity, and keep responding when the game stops being comfortable.

😷 Nastiest = You set the standard with your edge. You do not play entitled, passive, or polite. You compete with force, urgency, and a refusal to be easy to play against.

🍃 Best Conditioned = fatigue cannot become your excuse. When everybody else is negotiating with tired, your habits, preparation, and discipline allow you to keep executing.

👔 Most Professional = your standard does not change with your mood. You show up on time, do your job, accept coaching, tell the truth, and carry yourself like the work matters.

👎 Least Liked = when teams see you on the schedule they feel a wave of frustration, a smidge of anxiety, and that feeling you get before jump into a cold pool that feels like fear mixed with regret.

@Giannis_An34 will be indoctrinated into the @MiamiHEAT identity from day 1.

Heat Culture became (in)famous because words showed up in behaviors.

Everybody wants the reputation of toughness.

Coach Spo and the Heat built it through repetition. ☄️

[Lila Rose @LilaGraceRose]

This is so sweet. 

Knicks player Jalen Brunson’s little baby girl calls out for him during his presser:

“HI DADA! ... DADA!”

Jalen is being credited with leading the Knicks to a historic NBA championship win.

No trophy, title, or career achievement will ever matter more than being loved by your children.

[Jermaine Curtis @JermaineCurtis]

One of the biggest mistakes I see with young hitters is stepping away from the baseball.

The result?

-Weak ground balls.
-Rollovers.
-And a lot of frustration.

This player was doing exactly that.

Every swing, his front foot would step away from the pitcher.

As soon as that happened, everything else followed.

-His hips pulled off.
-His barrel pulled off.
-And the baseball followed.

So here's what we did.

First, we evened out his stance.

A lot of young hitters start with their front foot closer to the plate than their back foot.

When they do that, their first move is often stepping away from the baseball.

By simply evening out his feet, we gave him a better starting position.

Then we added what I call "the gutters."

Just like bowling.

When someone is learning to bowl, they put the rails up so the ball can't fall into the gutter.

We did the same thing.

We placed a bat about 8-12 inches behind his back leg.

Now he had instant feedback.

If he stepped out, he'd run into the gutter.

If he stayed through the baseball, he'd stay inside the lane.

Within a few swings, everything started changing.

Instead of pulling off...

His knees started moving toward the pitcher.

Instead of rollovers...

He started driving line drives back through the middle.

Instead of weak contact...

The ball started jumping into the right-center gap.

Because there’s one thing I've learned coaching baseball:

Sometimes the fastest way to help a young hitter isn't giving them more information.

It's creating an environment that helps them make the right move naturally.

Thank you for reading,
Jermaine Curtis

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[Knights Templar International @KnightsTempOrg]

On this day, Christian forces defeated the Ottoman army outside the gates of Vienna in 1683, thus saving Europe from the clutches of Islam. "We came, we saw, God conquered" -John III Sobieski

[Baseball’s Greatest Moments @BBGreatMoments]

I could seriously listen to Pete Rose talk hitting all day

[Sholdon Daniels @SholdonDaniels]

The more I read about the Karmelo Anthony case, the more it appears to have been a premeditated murder.

I feel so bad for the Metcalf family.

[Lawrence Jones III @LawrenceBJones3]

Before the Karmelo Anthony murder trial, there was a completely fabricated narrative that wasn’t presented in court. In reality, what seemed like a complex situation was actually quite simple. The force used was excessive, and there was no group attacking Karmelo. This was the correct decision.

[Tomi Lahren @TomiLahren]

If you wanted Karmelo Anthony to get off his murder charge simply because he’s black… You are the racist.

He did it. He admitted as much.

Lock him up.

[Jason Whitlock @jasonwhitlock]

Fox News (and perhaps mainstream media) doing a better job showing the truth about Karmelo Anthony trial. About 100 people outside the courtside, most of them content creators and law enforcement. X paints picture there is widespread anger. There isn't. A small handful of idiots "chimping out." Black people don't care about Karmelo Anthony. This isn't the OJ case. It never was. Black people largely avoided jury duty. Black people testified against Karmelo in court. Many black people have real fatigue of Karmelo and the other idiots.

[Matt Walsh @MattWalshBlog]

Karmelo Anthony is yet another young black male who threw his life away — and more importantly took away an innocent person’s life — for no reason. It’s time for the black community to stop rallying around and defending these sociopath thugs and instead work on raising children who won’t make these kinds of insane, self-destructive choices in the first place.

[Wescott America @WescottAmerica]

Austin Metcalf was right about Karmelo Anthony. And If it means protecting our families, I’m a proud C.O.O.N. “Creating Our Own Narratives.”

The day I stopped blaming everybody else was the day my life started changing. 🇺🇸 #explore #fyp

[Sholdon Daniels @SholdonDaniels]

I practice law in Collin County, Texas.

Karmelo Anthony will be convicted and sentenced to life in prison.

As he should.

He murdered that boy because he was raised to hate white people and to view himself as a victim in every situation.

It’s a culture thing.