Brent Bollinger

Head Baseball Coach at Denison High School/Father of two beautiful girls/UTA Baseball Alumni

[Matt Stepp @Matt_Stepp817]

Just got some great West TX hospitality at the PizzaInn in Snyder...told the Mgr I hadn't been in a PizzaInn in a long time & it was nostalgic walking in...he told me dinner was on him tonight...gotta love West Texas!!

[Aaron Cunningham 🇺🇸 @HPBAac]

If your plan this summer is to travel all over the country playing ball, that’s up to you. But you better be able to lift, eat, sleep and workout at an elite level if you’re doing that because you want to play college baseball.

The physicality and skill level needed to play at that level are what matters. If you’re living in a hotel this summer, make sure you have a plan.

I’ve seen a ton of careers wrecked by traveling too much and not having a plan for the part of your development that will matter most when you get to college.

[Michael Ruebeck @MichaelRuebeck]

✊🏼@TulsaDrillers @Dodgers

[Brent Bollinger @therealCoachBo]

@CoachChadRogers I think when you are younger "success" is achieving things what others think are of high value. Then when you get older you realize "success" is achieving things that only you truly know you are capable of, and did you truly work as hard as you know you could have to achieve it.

[Seth McClung @Seth_3773]

Conversation with the home plate umpire tonight:

Situation, I’m having my guy bunt with two strikes. I want him to get the bunt down he needs experience doing it.

Misses the bunt, hits off the catchers glove, hits umpire, goes to backstop. Batter advances to first runner to second.

Other coach challenges saying he foul tipped it.

Home plate said no he didn’t, but goes to ask the other umpire who is next to second base anyway.

Overturned, ump at second said he did tip it, he heard it. First off BS… no chance… just a call to get the out and move the game, I’m not arguing or asking him because it’s so crazy I’m just not going to deal with it. If you know you know.

My issue is with home plate. Now, at no point am I arguing or yelling, it’s all just a conversation. I don’t embarrass him or anything.

I tell him, you told me you had it, why even defer to the other umpire you’re right there. He goes “he asked me to ask him and I’m going to go with what he calls.” I go, you’re right there…just tell him I got the call.

I then say very nicely, “hey man, I don’t know how long you have been doing this, but not everybody is gonna be as nice as me. In a close game or bigger game somebody’s gonna jump down your throat because you’re supposed to make this call, especially when you tell me you have it.”

Again, very casual conversation…. But you have to make that call… you’re behind the plate you’re asking someone 100 feet away…

[David Reed @reedsports]

WATCH: Former Denison standout Christian Ruebeck made his Double-A debut this weekend in Frisco! @denisonisd @DenisonBSB @CRuebeck

https://t.co/aiFcMzLaJB

[Coach Lilly @CoachBrianLilly]

S/O to Coach Bollinger (@therealCoachBo) & the @DenisonBSB team for a GREAT 5-4 victory vs Sherman! 2029 3-sport ATH @paxton_neasbitt had a CLUTCH 2 RBI TRIPLE in the bottom of the 6th to pull ahead. 👏🏽 “he’s a freshman”👏🏽 #IG2BAYJ

[Brent Bollinger @therealCoachBo]

@HPBAac I can't stand when I hear this statement!

[Jordan Moore @iJordanMoore]

I’m ready to say that Willyer Abreu’s bat flip is the best all-time. Not sure if anyone beats this.

[Shelfy @RealShelfy]

We have a Hulk

[Ian Miller @ianmSC]

Team USA beating Canada to win gold in women's hockey and men's hockey to take their sport, then beating them again in our sport, all within a few weeks, is just as good as it gets

[Jason Della Rosa @JasonDellaRosa]

Top performers
Denison
Dylan Whaley 2-for-2, 2B, BB, 2 RBI, 2 R / H, BB, RBI, 2 R
Evan Doty 2-hitter, / 3 BB
Masen Patton 3-for-3, 2 3B, 3 RBI, 2 R
Christian Viers 2-for-2, 2B, RBI, 2 R
Paxton Neasbitt HR, BB, 2 R
Lucas Womack 2-hitter, 3 Ks, 0 BB

[Rob Friedman @PitchingNinja]

Paul Skenes, Four Seam Fastball and Sinker, Overlay.

Both of these pitches are 98 mph. Even if you're timing up the velo, you're hosed.

One of many reasons hitting against Paul Skenes is a nightmare. 😳

[christian viers @christian_viers]

Homerun vs Mcalester
#uncommitted
RHP/C/UTL
@BrentB79 @DenisonBSB

[David Adler @_dadler]

3D tracking -- Manny Machado makes back-to-back identical Manny Machado™️ plays for the Dominican Republic

146-foot throw on the first one (top)
147-foot throw on the second one (bottom)

[Brent Bollinger @therealCoachBo]

95% of people have no clue how impressive that is.

[World Baseball Classic @WBCBaseball]

No, this is not a replay 😮

Manny Machado did this TWICE IN A ROW!

[Aaron Cunningham 🇺🇸 @HPBAac]

Baseball is a game to be played with passion and joy. Watch the WBC. If you don’t play the game with that type of emotion, you need to find a new gear or maybe you just really don’t love it like you need to.

Baseball is supposed to be fun!

[Jordan Moore @iJordanMoore]

I love this by the catcher. Stop all the “buddy buddy” shit. This is a competition. Go be friends off the field. Between the lines they’re competitors.

Love when Will Smith did this for USA in 2023 when they played Mexico.

[Jonathan Lucroy @JLucroy20]

I played for this man for 3 years. He came to my wedding and traveled to watch me play in the big leagues many times. He gave me a D1 scholarship when no one else wanted a 5-11 175lb catcher from Florida. He meant more to me than any other coach I’ve ever played for, and that is saying a lot.

If it wasn’t for him, I wouldn’t have had the mental toughness, mentality, or grit this game demands of you in order to play at this baseballs highest level.

I have a quote I like to tell my players.

“If you don’t like it, play better.”

The game of baseball is strictly merit based. You have to earn it. Even at the youth level.

Ages 12 and below, I’m good with everyone playing and learning the game. Above that age, then you have to earn your spot. There is a point where the player has to choice to work for it, or not. Puberty is the time that it generally happens in my opinion.

As a side note, if your kid isn’t the best player when he’s 12, don’t panic. Development takes time, and once puberty hits, the physical change happens quick.

RIP Coach Robe.

[Aaron Cunningham 🇺🇸 @HPBAac]

The greatest coach in college baseball history...and it's sad that, in today's game, many players run from coaching like this when they should run towards it.