Wick

Hey now! A true to the blue 54 percenter sharing my sodo mojo with the Twitterverse.

[Aes🇺🇸 @AesPolitics1]

Kamala Harris just released the best political ad that I’ve ever seen in my life.

[Jo @JoJoFromJerz]

The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.

- George Orwell, 1984

[Wick @wickxpress]

@alexSSN It's time...

[Wick @wickxpress]

@tridenttrue Ichiro for the win
https://t.co/eKc8H7f6va

[NAACP @NAACP]

For the record: You cannot have an abortion in the 9th month. You cannot have an abortion after birth. If we didn’t keep banning books, maybe we wouldn’t have to clear that up. #Debate2024

[The Lincoln Project @ProjectLincoln]

Thoughts and prayers for Trump's political career. It was painful, but we are all in a better place now that the suffering is over.

[Tim Walz @Tim_Walz]

Kamala Harris and I are both gun owners.

We’re not going to take away your Second Amendment rights — we’re going to prevent your kids from getting shot at school.

[Liz Cheney @Liz_Cheney]

Let’s be clear: This is illegal and unconstitutional. The American people had voted. The courts had ruled. The Electoral College had met and voted. The Governor in every state had certified the results and sent a legal slate of electors to the Congress to be counted. The Vice President has no constitutional authority to tell states to submit alternative slates of electors because his candidate lost. That is tyranny. Our institutions held on Jan 6 because Mike Pence refused to violate his oath to the Constitution. Trump picked JD Vance because Vance will do whatever Trump wants, including violating the Constitution. They are both far too dangerous to serve. It’s our duty to stop them.

[Don Winslow @donwinslow]

Watch #RepublicansWantWomenToSuffer

[Jo @JoJoFromJerz]

Decency.
Empathy.
Kindness.
Compassion.
Humanity.
Joy.
Kamala Harris reminds us of who we want to be. Of what we want to feel.
She knows that there is far more that connects us than there is that divides.
She’s bringing us together.
And that is our path forward.

#KamalaUnitesUs

[Morgan J. Freeman @mjfree]

Decency.
Empathy.
Kindness.
Compassion.
Humanity.
Joy.
Kamala Harris reminds us of who we want to be. Of what we want to feel.
She knows that there is far more that connects us than there is that divides.
She’s bringing us together.
And that is our path forward.

#KamalaUnitesUs

[Wick @wickxpress]

@MarinerMuse In Jerry's defense, 54% would be good enough for 1st in the AL West 😅😂🤣😭

[Wick @wickxpress]

@Softykjr Do it. That's been my set up for a few years and it's soooo good to be rid of comcast

[Wick @wickxpress]

@AshleyLolaRyan @Xfinity Have you ever called @Xfinity and found them to be helpful? They are awful and have been for a long time. @CenturyLink + @fuboTV is a winning combination. We cut the cord a few years ago and have never regretted it.

[Baseball Dudes Inc. 🇺🇸⚾️ @BaseballDudes48]

Expectations

Woah…Slow down…

They’re 8…They’re 9…They’re 10…They’re 11…They’re 12…They’re 13…

They are kids. They trip for no reason when they are walking. Their knees hurt because they are growing. They are starting to go through puberty. Their social life is becoming more and more important to them. They’re kids!

We as adults seem to forget this. They have a bad day, it doesn’t matter how much they train or who their coach is, it’s going to happen. It’s just that, a bad day. We have to keep this in perspective. If you played growing up, don’t forget how hard it was. If you didn’t, it may be hard to truly understand, maybe go out on the field and try to do everything they are doing.

These kids love the game. They just want to play with their buddies and have a good time. They train to be the best they can be and we take that very serious, but let’s not forget that this is a game. In the end, they should never have a bitter taste in their mouth because of a coach whose priorities were in the wrong place and treated their players like garbage. They should not hate Baseball because of how their parents talked AT them when they had an off day. It’s not easy to hit. It’s not easy to locate every pitch you throw. It’s not easy to field a ground ball on a bumpy youth field. IT’S NOT EASY!

I have been in the dugout for many games (who knows how many youth games and approx. 3,400 professional games) and unless your last name is Jeter, and you are on a winning team nearly every year, you WILL most likely see just as many losses as you will wins, over the course of your baseball life. It’s just a game. I love to compete, but I’m here to tell you, that losing a baseball game is not the end of the world. They won’t win every game just as they won’t lose every game. In fact, the truth is, EVERY player can grow more from those loses (when they learn how to process them correctly) than they will from success as failure is a much better teacher.

Coaches and Parents, understand this, at the end of the day the wins don’t mean anything AND the losses don’t mean anything. It’s the experience they are gaining. It’s them getting to do what they are passionate about. It’s them developing great life skills along the way.

Find a coach. Find coaches. Find a program. Find an organization that understands this. One that focuses more on the person than they do the win. Find those with a passion for the kids and teaching. Find those with experience and knowledge. Find those that genuinely understand what “the process” means and have the patience for it. Find those who have, and have proved to have, a mindset on development, no matter what time of year it is.

THIS IS YOUTH BASEBALL, not the big leagues. Keep your Expectations realistic.

[Wick @wickxpress]

@tridenttrue 8th time this season he's given up 2 or fewer runs and not gotten the win. Such a waste.

[Adam Parkhomenko @AdamParkhomenko]

holy shit the DNC just played this and millions of Americans are watching

[Wick @wickxpress]

@tridenttrue Gilbert throws 8 scoreless innings. Mariners lose 1-0.

[Wick @wickxpress]

@03SauceBoss @nut_history Nah, it was time for Ichiro to go try to win a championship in his last few years. The M's sucked and felt obligated to bat him leadoff even as his skills declined. It was getting uncomfortable for everyone.