Tom DeLappe

High school baseball coach, golfer and title insurance expert

[Stirrups Now! @uniformcritic]

Random 80s at bat (Jack Morris vs Pete Incaviglia in 1988).

[Tom DeLappe @tdelappe]

Keep your drive between the trees and out of sand traps

[Lou Stagner (Golf Stat Pro) @LouStagner]

STOP COUNTING FAIRWAYS.
Most players judge their driver by one number. Fairways hit. It's the wrong number.

Here's why.

FAIRWAYS HIT: GREAT vs BAD ROUNDS
When a 10 handicap plays great, they average 7.1 fairways per round. When that same 10 handicap plays terrible, they average 6.3 fairways per round.

0.8 fairways separates the best rounds from the worst rounds. Less than one fairway. Whatever's wrecking your score, this isn't it.

(Great = top 20% of their rounds,
terrible = bottom 20% of their rounds)

DISASTER SHOTS: GREAT vs BAD ROUNDS
During those great round 10 handicaps average 1.72 disaster shots. During the bad round they average 3.96 disaster shots.

(A disaster shot is a penalty off the tee, or you're hacking out sideways from the trees after your tee shot.)

You're not missing a lot more fairways on your bad days. You're losing golf balls.

Keep it in play. That's the whole game off the tee.

GOOD GOLF IS MOSTLY:
▶️A lot of mediocre shots
▶️A small handful of good shots
▶️A minimal number of disaster shots

[Tom DeLappe @tdelappe]

Who voted for her? she's an idiot

[Eric Daugherty @EricLDaugh]

🚨 NOW: The White House is RIPPING deranged Sen. Mazie Hirono (D) for demanding AG Todd Blanche answer, "have you ever made unwanted requests for s*xual favors?"

BLANCHE: "...no, senator..."

WTF? What a stupid thing to ask out of nowhere.

[ABCA @ABCA1945]

The ABCA believes highest calling of a baseball coach is not simply to teach the game, but to teach and model honesty, integrity, respect and personal responsibility.

Congratulations to Tom Succow, recipient of the 2027 ABCA Dave Keilitz Ethics in Coaching Award.

For more than four decades, Succow has exemplified the values at the heart of the ABCA Code of Ethics, leaving a lasting impact on generations of student-athletes, coaches and the game itself.

Read more about Succow's selection: https://t.co/sZYVbbKQ3e

Learn more about the principles that define the ABCA Code of Ethics: https://t.co/mNkrf6uKPO

[Matt Van Swol @mattvanswol]

I don't think the GOP fully grasp how badly they are fucking up right now.

I'm talking to people who normally have ZERO interest in politics who are legitimately pissed off.

They are not seeing the major reform they thought would happen and are REALLY MAD about it.

No true accountability.
No true mass deportations.
No meaningful decrease in the deficit.
Lots of very long vacations and no work.
No bills being passed that REDUCE the government involvement in their lives.

I'm very worried the GOP is sleepwalking toward a midterm reckoning they don’t see coming.

People are pissed off that they voted Trump into office and then the GOP continues to slow-walk every reform people want.

Where are all the DOGE cuts that were promised?
Where is the SAVE ACT?
Why haven't we defunded the Taliban yet?

Why are bills passing the House and then disappear in the Senate?

Why are the GOP still funding Left-wing NGOs that target and hate MAGA Republicans?

Why are members of the GOP pushing for mass amnesty instead of mass deportations?

People are waking up and they aren't happy about it.

People believed they were voting for the Trump agenda. and instead, many feel like they’re getting the same old Washington.

If Republicans in Congress don’t start producing tangible results, they’re going to discover that frustration has consequences...

...And by the time they realize how deep-seeded that frustration is, it may already be too late.

[Tom DeLappe @tdelappe]

They are not ineligible for the hall - they can’t get enough votes from those who do the voting

[Depressed Pittsburgh Fan @sadsteelersguy2]

I’ll say it - I think it’s completely disingenuous to blacklist Barry Bonds and Alex Rodriguez from the HOF but trot them out for every big event to do the media. Either blacklist them or don’t

[Depressed Pittsburgh Fan @sadsteelersguy2]

I’ll say it - I think it’s completely disingenuous to blacklist Barry Bonds and Alex Rodriguez from the HOF but trot them out for every big event to do the media. Either blacklist them or don’t

[Steve Hilton @SteveHiltonx]

Sacramento is STEALING our tax money and funneling it into their corrupt machine.

California already pays the highest taxes for the worst results. And things will only get WORSE under Xavier Becerra!

[Mike Bales 🫡🇺🇸 @MikeBales]

After 55, you don’t “wake up early” — you join the elite 3:30 AM secret society and spend the morning silently judging everyone still in bed like the smug old bastard you are. 😖

[Giant Jim 🤪🤠🚓 @jimgeeting]

As a cop who made it to retirement alive, I had one rule regarding lethal force:

Anything you can grasp, hold, throw, fling, drive, shoot, thrust, launch, cut, stab or fly has the ability to kill me.

If you try to hurt or kill me with them, I will STOP you with anything I can use, to overcome your attack.

If you die, tough shit.
You die.

I'm going home to my family.

Nuff said.

[Brandon Tatum @TheOfficerTatum]

FAFO: When ICE agents surround your vehicle and tell you to step out, attempting to drive over them is an absolute guarantee you're going to get smoked.

ICE agents deserve to make it home to their families every night.

[Tom DeLappe @tdelappe]

This was a great finish to the derby

[Jeff Passan @JeffPassan]

Jordan Walker homered on his final six swings to win the 2026 Home Run Derby, a tremendous come-from-behind win that saw him beat hometown favorite Kyle Schwarber in front of a raucous Citizens Bank Park crowd. The format worked. The drama was tremendous. A very good Derby.

[Pacific President Christopher Callahan @PacificPres]

Hundreds of former players, coaches, family and friends gathered at @UOPacific to celebrate the life and legacy of the late @PacificBaseball Head Coach Reed Peters. Moving remembrances from colleagues at @SJDCBaseball, @AF_Baseball, @FRC_Baseball and @PacificTigers. Thanks to Brendan O’Sullivan for representing his teammates from Skip’s gritty 2026 Pacific squad.

[Sassafrass84 @Sassafrass_84]

Who agrees that we need a wellness check or proof of life on Mitch McConnell?

Not a trust me bro. Actual proof of life.

We want transparency. You work for us.

[Tom DeLappe @tdelappe]

This is great advice when things don't go your way or your in a funk - in baseball, golf and life - you can't do anything about what just happened

[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.

Stories like this one are at the heart of my "Coach the Heart" Keynote and Workshops.

If you lead people, whether in business, sports, or anywhere in between, tap the link in my bio to bring this conversation to your team.

I think you'll be glad that you did.

@Rockies

[Marty Lurie @baseballmarty]

Tell me again why you want to trade Arraez rather than try to sign him? He impacts the line up just about every time it flips…he will hit Luke this until he’s 50..

[Steve Hilton For Governor @TeamSteveHilton]

Xavier Becerra is at the heart of this corruption scandal.

He set up an illegal scheme to use his own campaign funds to pad his chief of staff’s salary in DC, and it’s impossible to believe he didn’t know.

California can’t afford another insider from this broken machine as governor.

[Steve Hilton @SteveHiltonx]

Xavier Becerra let fraud explode as Biden’s HHS Secretary.

He rewrote the rules to make cheating easier and dismantled the fraud unit.

California already has the most fraud in the country—and it would only get WORSE under Becerra.

[Stirrups Now! @uniformcritic]

Today in 1980 JR Richard pitches in the All Star Game. He’s brilliant, but take a moment to appreciate baseball under the sun & these wonderful colors…

[Ted Cruz @tedcruz]

Communists always pay themselves first.