(Narrator) RN 🇺🇦

USAF vet. Ila's man. he/him #Stars, #SmokeFleet Bastard Uncle of @stonekettle, @Kaepernick7 was right about everything #BlackLivesMatter

[(Narrator) RN 🇺🇦 @popsxV]

Because the US government is bought and paid for.

Hate to break it to everyone, but we aren’t the good guys. I’m not sure we ever have been. Look at our history of destabilizing governments in our own hemisphere. It’s a disgrace.

[Tom London @TomLondon6]

WHY is Israel allowed nuclear weapons and refuse for them to be inspected?

WHY is Israel allowed to illegally occupy, impose apartheid, ethnically cleanse & carry out GENOCIDE?

WHY is Israel allowed to attack its neighbours?

WHY are we told Israel is morally superior to Iran?

[Seth @fiercepatricks]

Friendly reminder that Pride isn't about turning your straight kids into gay kids. It's about not turning gay kids into dead kids.

[meg @urfriendmeg]

queen 💕

[(Narrator) RN 🇺🇦 @popsxV]

@JustinMacmahan As they should. I’m a Stars fan, and they are correct.

[Jermaine Curtis @JermaineCurtis]

When I was with the St. Louis Cardinals, we had a team meeting about hitting with two strikes.

Albert Pujols was leading it.

At the time, he was hitting something ridiculous with two strikes.

I want to say it was around .265.

Naturally, everyone wanted to know how.

So somebody asked:

"What's your two-strike approach?"

Albert's answer surprised me.

He said:

"I think fastball inside and hit it back through the middle."

That was it.

No complicated mechanics.

No secret formula.

Just:

Fastball inside.

Back through the middle.

I remember sitting there thinking:

"Why would you think fastball inside with two strikes?"

So somebody asked him.

And Albert said something I'll never forget.

He said:

"If I can hit a fastball inside back through the middle..."

"I can hit the fastball away."

"I can stay on the changeup."

"I can stay on the slider."

"I can stay on the curveball."

Then he paused.

And said:

"The ball gets deeper."

That's when it clicked for me.

He wasn't trying to pull the inside fastball.

He was using one thought to cover everything.

The more I thought about it...

The more it made sense.

So I started trying it.

And it changed the way I thought about hitting with two strikes.

Instead of worrying about every pitch...

I focused on one.

Fastball inside.

Back through the middle.

See it DEEP.

If you're struggling with two strikes, here's what I'd do tonight:

Round 1: Short Box

(Set the distance somewhere between front toss and batting practice.)

Have a coach throw only fastballs inside.

Your only thought:

"Fastball inside."

Drive the ball back through the middle.

10 swings.

Round 2: Mix Speeds

Now the coach mixes:

- Fastballs
- Changeups
- Breaking balls
- Sliders

But your thought never changes.

You're still looking:

"Fastball inside."

10 swings.

Round 3: Two-Strike BP

Every pitch starts 0-2.

Compete.

Battle.

Use the same approach.

"Fastball inside."

Back through the middle.

10 swings.

That's it.

30 focused swings.

One thought.

One approach.

One goal.

Drive the baseball back through the middle.

One thing I've learned:

Most hitters get worse with two strikes because they add thoughts.

Albert got better because he removed them.

With two strikes, simplicity is a weapon.

Thank you for reading,
Jermaine Curtis

P.S. - If you enjoyed this and thought it was helpful, please share it.

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[(Narrator) RN 🇺🇦 @popsxV]

@SilversteinAdam Worth every second

[(Narrator) RN 🇺🇦 @popsxV]

@focodereality Aline

[(Narrator) RN 🇺🇦 @popsxV]

More to come…

[(Narrator) RN 🇺🇦 @popsxV]

Given the news of the Stars moving to Plano in the next decade, here’s me and my oldest daughter at the New Jersey unveil 6/4/2103

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[Jess @JessicaBakerr]

Just a reminder: Carter Hart chose the same lawyer as my CONVICTED RAPIST, Jacob Hoggard.

By then, Hoggard had already been convicted of sexual assault. Spare me the "she was just doing her job" excuses. Hart knew her reputation. That's why he hired her. @GoldenKnights @NHL

[(Narrator) RN 🇺🇦 @popsxV]

@CleanSheetofIce Just means I’ll be priced out of my seats at the AAC. Hope they get to the finals nicer 2031…

[(Narrator) RN 🇺🇦 @popsxV]

@PorscheDeRossi @HarriedFord8647 @GenXGreg66 @Death_sunsatia @4DaPlantMan @SubiWanKenobi @LiberalAchaean @D353RT_J3D1 @PattiLuPoneTiac @little_nina_ @ReggieW26185238 @MiniCoopDriver1 @crabshack2016 @TeslaESavalas Did it. #Smokefleet

[(Narrator) RN 🇺🇦 @popsxV]

@zaqud1967 @Jimuhl4 @mjfree Ashli should have just complied.

Did I do that right?

[Morgan J. Freeman @mjfree]

I'm posting this video every day so we NEVER forget what the insurrectionist Donald Trump did on January 6.

Instead of accepting defeat and honoring the peaceful transfer of power, Trump unleashed a deadly mob on the U.S. Capitol in a last-ditch attempt to stay in power.

THIS is what an insurrection looks like.

Never forget.
👇👇👇

[PatriotTakes 🇺🇸 @patriottakes]

This Republican ad attacking Ken Paxton for using secret Uber alias “Dave P.” to hide his affair is still up on YouTube.

[Harried Ford @HarriedFord8647]

@NancyMace 💥💥BREAKING💥💥 Nancy Mace calls for the execution of Donnie Trump

[(Narrator) RN 🇺🇦 @popsxV]

Co-signed.

[Zaggy @zagnut]

A nice thing about playing 6am golf is everyone playing at that hour really loves golf and plays ready golf and keeps/sets a fast pace.

No one is playing golf at 6am because they have all day. You’re out there at 6am for a reason.

[(Narrator) RN 🇺🇦 @popsxV]

@greg_price11 Not guilty ≠ innocent.

[(Narrator) RN 🇺🇦 @popsxV]

Exactly as she was hired to do.

[Bill Madden @maddenifico]

By firing Scott Pelley, editor-in-chief of CBS News Bari Weiss has single-handedly destroyed the most brilliant investigative newsmagazine in network history, 60 Minutes. Weiss exemplifies everything MAGA is about: ego, incompetence, and blithering idiocy.

[(Narrator) RN 🇺🇦 @popsxV]

@StarsCountdown 😂

[(Narrator) RN 🇺🇦 @popsxV]

@cptdankkk Nailed it.