Roxanne 😺

why do we fall?

[Moneyball Memes 💰⚾️ @MoneyballMemes]

She gets on base

[Bartolo Colón @BColon40]

Let pitchers hit again.

[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.

[Sesame Street @sesamestreet]

A simple message with big meaning: "I am somebody." We are grateful to Rev. Jesse Jackson for helping teach generations of children to believe in themselves and in one another. Thank you for being part of our neighborhood. 💛💚

[Spectre @spectre0799]

If Kendrick Lamar made a Christmas album...

[Roxanne 😺 @surfergrrl42]

@ComplexMusic 👎🏼

[Mike Tyson @MikeTyson]

My happy place

[Uprooted @uprootedoakland]

Just under six months ago, in this very ballpark, Rickey Henderson threw out the first pitch of the final game of the 2024 season. Still surreal that he’s gone. #Athletics #24Ever

[Mr. T @MrT]

“I Pity the Fool” but I ain’t no Fool! I am smart enough to know that everything I have and all that I am is because of God! I am a man with many Blessings and much Gratitude, thanks be to God!

[Moneyball Memes 💰⚾️ @MoneyballMemes]

It’s baseball season

[Mr. T @MrT]

Happy New Year’s everybody and thanks be to GOD!! I don’t know about you, but I just can’t thank GOD enough, so please excuse me while I pray, jump and shout!!

[Roxanne 😺 @surfergrrl42]

@Super70sSports 1979 GMC Sierra 🇺🇲

[Roxanne 😺 @surfergrrl42]

@DavidTerry32145 @playbookdc No, he was not.

[MLB @MLB]

Rickey Henderson played the game of baseball with so much life, so much energy, so much joy.

[Mr. T @MrT]

… In the Season of Gift giving, why don’t we try Giving the Gift of Love? Not only is it the greatest Gift, but it’s the perfect gift to give and receive! #Christmas #GivingThanks #MerryChristmasEve

[The Rickey Henderson of Blogs @RickeyBlog]

April 3, 2017 🐐

The playing surface at the Oakland Coliseum is officially named Rickey Henderson Field on Opening Night

I think it should be a no-brainer for AASEG to organize a celebration of life here, whether it be with the A's or the fans

[Roxanne 😺 @surfergrrl42]

@bigleaguechew @JoseCanseco 💪🏽⚾️💪🏽

[Mustard @mustard]

Omg lol

[Roxanne 😺 @surfergrrl42]

@Vegas FUCK JOHN FISHER

[MLB @MLB]

The AL Manager of the Year Award winner is Stephen Vogt of the @CleGuardians!