JT Scarpelli

American Legion Post 98AA Baseball

[Anna Lulis @annamlulis]

Toyota released a pro-life ad highlighting Lauren Woolstencroft—born without legs—who went on to defy the odds and become an 8X Paralympic gold medalist.

Most babies with disabilities are aborted.

This is one of the best commercials I’ve ever seen.

[D2 Baseball @divIIbaseball]

Owen Henne’s recruiting path:
0 D1 offers
2 D3 offers
1 D2 offer (@SHGriffBaseball)

Now: Drafted in the 6th Round by the St. Louis Cardinals.

You don't need everyone to see your potential. You just need one coach to take a chance. Never. Give. Up.

Early Access Interview: https://t.co/xYxjbkIlgS

#D2Baseball

[Coach Beede @CoachBeede]

My father worked twelve-hour shifts and never missed a game he could reach. He did not know launch angle or exit velocity. He knew how to show up. Forty-five years later, that is still the best player development plan I have ever seen.

[Coach Hill @CoachMarcusHill]

Hot take: nobody “develops” players. Players develop players. Coaches and programs give them the tools and the knowledge (like a facility, weightroom, coaching, practices, games) but nobody can develop a player. The player has to develop the player.

[Coach Hill @CoachMarcusHill]

Zero percent of parents criticizing high school baseball coaches would do the amount of shit a high school coach does for the same money. Zero percent.

[Kevin Graber M.Ed. @Coach_KGraber]

Head-first or feet-first — which is faster? The research says it's a wash. Two studies found no significant difference. But here's the kicker: 68% of players perceived head-first as faster. The stopwatch disagreed.

[Kellogg Community College Athletics @KelloggBruins]

⚾️ PRO DRAFT!

Congrats to former @BaseballKellogg Bruin Aaron Piasecki on his 8th round draft pick with the @astros! AP was a 2024 All-American for the #BruCru slashing .481/.582/.746 with 26 doubles and 65 RBI! Let's go, AP!

#GreatDayToBeABruin #ProBruins

[JT Scarpelli @olescarp]

@BaseballRhunt SOS
DU had the toughest schedule of any team in the region

[Brian Adams @coachbeardbbq]

Parents getting a high school coach fired because their kid didn't play is so crazy. Do parents not realize that coaches have families to support as well?

[Coach Jeff Barnes @JeffBarnes52]

As an AD, you learn quickly that the loudest voices are not always the right ones. Many are driven by personal agendas, not the mission of the program. Volume does not equal value. Stay anchored to the people and principles that actually move your program forward.

[Coach Hill @CoachMarcusHill]

I can’t for the life of me figure out why youth baseball (Little league age, travel ball, high school) is one of the only arenas where people with absolutely no experience have the strongest opinions. Stay with me here. Like adults that know for a fact they never played baseball ever stand at sporting events criticizing coaches or kids for making mistakes while also knowing virtually nothing about the subject matter. It’s the most ignorant, lacking any self awareness things in society. Do you also walk in the kitchen during dinner service and question the executive chef or ask the roofing professionals if they’re replacing your shingles correctly knowing you have no idea what you’re talking about it’s such an insane concept to me. Yelling at children knowing you trip over your own feet mowing your lawn. just be positive and encourage the kids, thank the coaches for doing the job you can’t even come close to doing. Stop embarrassing yourself and your kids.

[Gateway Grinders @gatewaygrinders]

Greatest catcher of all-time, Yadier Molina

[Greg Berge @GregBerge]

Uncoachable players have short careers.

They flinch at feedback.
They make excuses.
They need praise.

The best?
They hunt coaching.

Feedback is a gift. Cash it in.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​💰

[Coach AJ 🎯 Mental Fitness @coachajkings]

Mike Leach shares a must-listen postgame message on resilience, adversity, and failure.

"Nothing is really, really, really fun unless it's hard. Nothing is really fun unless it's hard."

"We've got to embrace that things are gonna be hard. We've got to embrace to be excited when things are hard."

Successful people don't fear obstacles - they embrace them.

"You gotta embrace to be excited about it being hard and playing extremely hard."

"Even if you get way up on somebody, you want to be as hard as you possibly can because you're pushing yourself. And all of a sudden you're making great plays, you're doing things that you've never done before."

Growth requires discomfort. You have to be willing to look bad before you get better.

Then he ended with one line:
"Embrace the fact that it's hard. Never hope that it's easy."

If you only chase what's easy, you'll never become great.

Embrace the hard because that is where growth, success, and character are built.
(🎥 Washington State)

[Baseball’s Greatest Moments @BBGreatMoments]

Rod Carew talk about hitting: “Learn to hit first, then think about power”

[JT Scarpelli @olescarp]

Post 98 Baseball has a raffle!
Get a custom ordered Wilson A2000 baseball or softball glove!
200 tickets available
$20/ticket
Ends 4/30

Get tix: https://t.co/lAPA88aJSZ

[Clay Travis @ClayTravis]

Tom Izzo is asked by @outkick’s @RealDanZak about media ripping him for being too tough on players and Charles Barkley’s defense of him, gives phenomenal answer on accountability. Watch this:

[CooperBaggs 💰🍞 @edgaralandough]

you only get:
1 summer with them as a baby
3 as a toddler
5 as a child
3 as a preteen
6 as a teen
so let them run barefoot,
turn on the sprinkler,
cut up the watermelon,
chase fireflies under fading golden skies
because the summers of sticky hands, sun tired kids, and slow evenings filled with the sounds of childhood
do not last forever 🤍

[Coach Swit @CoachSwit]

Watching an opposing coach hit fungos during pregame tells me a lot…

I’ll leave it at that.

Because if you know… you know

[Clint Hurdle @ClintHurdle13]

During one of the worst losing streaks of my career, our team president walked into my office.

Keli McGregor. One of the best men I've ever known.

He could have come to vent. To question my decisions. To ask hard questions.

Instead, he said: "Cut to the chase, Clint. What's next?"

I looked him in the eye and gave him two words: "Shower well."

The Colorado Rockies were struggling badly that year.

Pregame preparation was solid. Scout meetings, early work, attention to detail. All of it was there.

But at game time, the tires were flat.

I told Keli: the game did everything it could to us today. We just couldn't meet its demands.

Now it was time to reset.

"Shower well" means exactly this:
• Watch the frustration circle down the drain
• Shampoo, rinse, repeat and get the grime of today completely off your mind
• Walk out clean, go home, and actually rest

Leave it at the ballpark. The game is over. There's nothing left to solve tonight.

Keli nodded. Asked if he could share it with the whole organization.

I said sure. And then it hit me. This isn't just for baseball.

Bad day at the office. Grumpy boss. Missed deadline. Traffic on the way home.

You can carry all of that through your front door.

Or you can shower well.

I've never seen a single problem get better because someone dragged it home with them.

The reset is a discipline. Same as preparation. Same as showing up.

Either we win. Or we learn.

The only real loss? When you don't take a single thing out of a hard day.

So tonight, whatever kind of day it was, shower well.

Tomorrow is a new at-bat.

What does your reset look like? I'd love to hear it.