For anyone feeling baseball withdrawal the Dominican Winter League is currently on @MLBTV

Popular Myth: Kids need to play on sports teams with their friends. Reality: Not usually the case for ultra-competitive kids. Being a great friend does not equal being great teammate. You can be an awesome friend, and a shitty teammate. You can have awesome teammates that you don’t hang out with outside of team activities. Just how it goes.

Interesting observation. The Brewers (almost without exception), seemed to stay within the team colors for all their added gear. There’s a reason it’s called a UNIFORM. In baseball, your cleats, batting gloves, sliding mitts, elbow guards, and sleeves should reflect your TEAM colors, not draw attention to yourself. The name on the front matters more than the name on the back. Look like a team. Play like a team. Win as a team. WE over ME.

Jay Z pulling the Roger Dorn for the Super Bowl Halftime Show @SuperBowl @NFL

D3 fuel HS players and parents: I’m sure he probably worked very hard to develop into the velo he’s at now- but this is what you’re up against. Walking into a program ANYWHERE is very difficult to do these days and play a lot early! 🔥

In a lot of cases they aren’t even “properly cared for” But maybe that’s just been my experience in watching several family members in these facilities.

Beating a dead horse I know, but nothing about giving kids a 5th year to play ball flies in the face of these core academic principles of D3. Majority of these same D3 kids we celebrate would be the ones playing!

“It’s your pen day anyway- if we need you we’ll just throw in the game.”

Nothing stops #MACtion

If you are a pitcher(Any level), a pitching coach or head coach or manager at any level, this is a MUST read. It was generated by Fred Corral who now works in development for 108 PERFORMANCE in Knoxville. LETTER FROM “THE GAME” A Message to the Pitcher Allow me to introduce myself. I’ve been around your clubhouse, your bullpen, your dugout—and most of all, your head—for a long time. I am The Game. I’ve seen better arms than yours. Harder throwers. Better stuff. More talent. More opportunity. And I’ve beaten plenty of them. Not because they weren’t good enough. Because eventually, I convinced them to stop doing what made them good. That’s how I work. I rarely beat you all at once. I beat you one decision at a time. I get you to stop preparing. I get you thinking about results instead of execution. I get you worried about velocity, mechanics, the umpire, the defense, your role, your ERA, who’s watching and what happens next. Anything that takes you away from this pitch works for me. Because I know something about pitching that sometimes you forget: You are at your best when you attack. So I try to make you defensive. You call it being careful. I call it winning. I LOVE FEAR I love when you fear contact. When you forget that most balls put in play become outs. When you start trying to avoid barrels instead of creating outs. When you nibble. When you guide. When you hope. When you try to make the perfect pitch. That’s when the hitter becomes the House. And I have you. The great ones understand: FAH: Fearlessly Attack Hitters. Not recklessly. Fearlessly. Know your weapons. Know the hitter. Know where damage lives. Know where chase lives. Then make your pitch with conviction. Be the House. Establish the terms. I LOVE 1–0 Want to know one of my favorite counts? 1–0. Because the only path to 0–2 runs through 0–1. So I whisper: Be careful. Feel your way into the at-bat. Don’t give him anything too good. Then you’re 1–0. Then 2–0. And suddenly you’re throwing what he wants instead of what you want. That’s why I hate pitchers who understand the value of 0–0. Win the first pitch. Win the Race to Two Strikes. Understand the 1–1 hinge. Earn leverage. Then use it. On or off in three. Put away in four. I LOVE INFORMATION, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU DON’T KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH IT This is one of my newer tricks. I give you numbers. Velocity. IVB. HB. VAA. Whiff rates. Chase rates. Heat maps. Count tendencies. Pitch usage. Matchups. More information than pitchers have ever possessed. And information is powerful. The man with the most information at the end wins—not the man with the most toys. But here’s how I turn your information against you: I get you to keep analyzing when it’s time to compete. I get you thinking about seven possibilities instead of committing to one. I get you chasing somebody else’s movement profile instead of understanding your own. I get you staring at the iPad instead of seeing the hitter. I turn preparation into hesitation. Paralysis by analysis. That’s when your greatest advantage becomes mine. Study everything. Learn everything. Know your arsenal. Know the hitter. Understand movement, damage, chase, counts and tendencies. Gather information until it creates clarity. Then when you step on the mound: simplify. The information has already done its job. Now trust it. See the target. Make a decision. Commit. Pitch. The smartest pitcher isn’t the one thinking about the most things when the ball leaves his hand. It’s the one who used the most information to arrive at the clearest decision. I LOVE WHEN YOU FORGET WHAT PITCHING IS Hitters are trying to create timing. Your job is to disrupt it. Pitching isn’t owning a collection of pitches. It’s making pitches work together. Front to back. Up and down. In and out. Hard and soft. Run and cut. Carry and drop. You aren’t simply moving the baseball.

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Saints head coach Jim Mora "Diddly Poo" October 20, 1996

This is one heck of a schedule for Coach Lucas and the Braves 😮😳💪🏻

Here is that revision of my spin move that I commented on when I was a Yankees so I could get rid of it quicker. As you can see I got rid of an extra step, it took me a few days to perfect it and I finally got to use it on this play on this play. I was already in throwing position before my back foot planted and the runner had no chance to advance!!

Today In 1978: New York #Yankees catcher Thurman Munson throws out Los Angeles #Dodgers runner Bill Russell with an off-balance submarine throw during Game 6 of the World Series! Great tag by Brian Doyle too! #MLB #Baseball #History #RepBX #Postseason #WorldSeries

Never forget when Adam Banks was on a fast break, cheered for himself from the bench, and then proceeded to score the goal.

Tim MClelland working the plate from one knee is definitely a throwback and something you’ll never see again And yes I’m aware he’s 6’6”

The one time Angel Hernandez did something cool

College freshman baseball player: fall ball is coming to an end, or over in most places. If you have any practice left, make sure you empty the tank. It is VERY difficult to pass someone on the depth chart on the gym floor in the winter.

Generations of baseball fans don’t remember that the Milwaukee Brewers use to be in the American League.