Samuel Tinkham

Pitching Coach/Recruiting Coordinator @ College of the Holy Cross

[Sahil Bloom @SahilBloom]

Life advice nobody told you: Violent consistency is the only path to achieve what you want.

It's not going to be pretty. It's not going to draw oohs and aahs from the crowd. Because it looks messy in the days. It's getting out of bed when you don't want to. It's sitting down at your desk when you're tired. It's pounding your head into a wall one more time. It's ugly. It's unimpressive. But it works.

Quantity is a necessary precursor to quality. You cannot create once and hope for it to be perfect. You have to create a lot. Every single day.

I recently came across a story in Art & Fear that I love:

A ceramics teacher split a class into two groups. One would be graded on the quantity of their output, the other would be graded on the quality of their output. On the final day, the first group would have their total output of pots weighed, while the second group would have one pot judged.

When grading day arrived, something fascinating happened:

"The works of highest quality were all produced by the group being graded for quantity. It seems that while the 'quantity' group was busily churning out piles of work—and learning from their mistakes—the 'quality' group had sat theorizing about perfection, and in the end had little more to show for their efforts than grandiose theories and a pile of dead clay."

Quality is a byproduct of quantity. Violent consistency. That's the real recipe.

[Holy Cross Baseball @HCrossBaseball]

Take a look and listen to the sights and sounds of the Patriot League Championship Series 👀🔊⚾️

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[Holy Cross Baseball @HCrossBaseball]

Going recruiting @jwywoda

Jaden Wywoda picked up his NCAA leading fifth complete game in the championship series win at Bucknell!

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#⃣2⃣0⃣0⃣

Congratulations to @jwywoda on becoming the third pitcher in program history to reach 200 career strikeouts!

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[Mariners Minors @MiLBMariners]

Danny Macchiarola had the strikeout pitch working today. Final line: 3.2IP, 3H, 1R, 0BB, 7K, 61-41.

[Holy Cross Baseball @HCrossBaseball]

The 'Saders were ROLLING last week ✝️

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[Samuel Tinkham @SamTinkham]

Join me and make a gift today for the Power of Purple 💜 #PowerOfPurple https://t.co/tl5fldTygk

[Shotgun Spratling @ShotgunSprD1]

#PatriotLeagueChampionship WALK-OFF FINAL: @HCrossBaseball 8, @ArmyWP_Baseball 7, .

WP - Jake Lenahan (4-2); LP - Trey Ates (5-5).

Gianni Royer: GWRBI 2B in B9.
Lenahan: 4.1 IP, 5 H, 2 ER, BB, 2 K.
John LaFleur: 1-3, R, RBI, 2 BB.
Addison Ainsworth: 3-6, R, 2B, HR, 3 RBI.

[Holy Cross Baseball @HCrossBaseball]

For the fourth time in program history, the Crusaders have reached 3⃣0⃣ wins in a season!

#GoCrossGo | @midmajors_d1

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A complete game on 114 pitches. What an outing by @dannymacchiaro2 🔥

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It runs through Worcester.

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🚨 Updated game schedule 🚨

FREE ADMISSION for the @PatriotLeague Championship Series!

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[Holy Cross Baseball @HCrossBaseball]

The @PatriotLeague Championship Series is set.

Admission is FREE! See you this weekend 👀

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[Ed Kahovec @EdKahovec]

Fitton was electric tonight! Thank you to all of our supporters, awesome atmosphere!

See you tomorrow.

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[Holy Cross Baseball @HCrossBaseball]

📍Worcester, Mass.

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CJ Egrie, Jaden Wywoda, and Ed Kahovec claim major awards, 8 student-athletes represented on All-Patriot League teams.

📰 https://t.co/Z9aqFAiKf4

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[Holy Cross Baseball @HCrossBaseball]

For the second straight year, head coach @EdKahovec is the Gene Depew Coach of the Year 👏👏👏

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He has all the tools 💪🏃💨

@cjegrie20 is the 2025 @PatriotLeague Player of the Year!

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Yeahhhh Wodes 👀⚾️

@jwywoda is the 2025 @PatriotLeague Pitcher of the Year!

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The rotation for the final regular season weekend.

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