Kid does it all for us @YL_Baseball plays anywhere in the infield has been our 2 hitter since his soph year. 1st team all conference as soph and junior looking forward to a great senior year. Will make any school very happy!

As a former professional athlete who sacrificed more than most people will ever understand to reach the highest level of my craft, I find it absolutely COMICAL watching some of the most unathletic, undisciplined, uncoordinated people who have NEVER been elite at anything in their lives sit around and call professional athletes TRASH. 😂 Like seriously….. WTF am I missing? What exactly have YOU accomplished that gives you this sense of superiority over someone who reached a level that less than 1% of athletes will ever experience? Everybody is entitled to their opinion, and criticism comes with the territory. I get that. But it’s always fascinating how some of the loudest voices belong to people who haven’t accomplished a damn thing athletically since high school. There’s a BIG difference between having an opinion about the game and disrespecting someone who actually mastered their craft enough to play it professionally. Some of y’all need to learn that difference. 💯

I don’t have all the answers but I love baseball because of the ups and downs and constant grind. So here’s some thoughts for the “X hitting” war that is going on right now.

Postgame w/ @ylhsfootball coach @coachdomen_yl after a 27-26 loss to Mission Viejo, Mustangs almost posted a giant upset but still showed a lot unity @YLHSathletics @pylusd

So incredibly proud of our @ylhsfootball Mustangs tonight! What an incredible game. Chance to win at the end. Boys should be so proud!

Great tournament in the Arizona Senior Fall classic and this is a highlight of some of my swings @NationalClassic @ZTProspectsHS @YL_Baseball @tomrainey22

I want them to call me by first name..its weird for them but normal to us…but dammit they stick coach in front of my first name and it makes it worse haha.

This kid just hits. Solid defender can play anywhere in the infield. Going to make a college coach really happy when they get him!

Oh snap! The geeks claiming everyone is throwing harder aren’t going to like this! Video courtesy of @allthesmokeprod #shegone @notgaetti @BobFile @billdubs @iamrags @artofhitting @hittingguru7 @slider_sinker @SliderDom @low_and_outside @TheRealJHair @MoVaughn_42 @DMEASrecruiting @VandyonTigers @mikepiazza31 @KevinKennedyMLB @SalMarinello @RVGDag @AMBS_Kernan @TheKineticArm @WillClark22 @MLB

Hello friends!!! We are raising money for Yorba Linda HS Baseball and would appreciate any help you can give! No donation is too small. Jake is part of the program now as a freshman so if you can support him that would be great!!! Thank you!!! app.99pledges.com/fund/yorba…

Congrats mike! Biola getting a great kid!!!! @YL_Baseball

Being reminded by my feed today about “Lets Roll” If you dont know what it means. Look up 9/11 and lets roll. Brave people!!! RIP

Absolutely Amazing!

Go get em cole!!! @YL_Baseball

7 hitters in @mlb are batting over .300. 2 hitters have more than 100 rbi. Compare those stats to 2000. No starting pitcher has more than 1 CG. Only 1 SP will have over 200 ip. Game is almost unwatchable

My little guy with a couple highlights from his freshman game @ylhsfootball vs Long Beach Poly. First time playing football. Trust the process get better everyday. 6'3 245. Going to be 6'7 3+. @TheJakeJones12 and yes dads first time editing haha! hudl.com/v/2UCT1y

Former @MLB player John Vander Wal nailed it on his @facebook post! #shegone The game is in an awful state. I scouted professionally for two organizations over a ten-year period, and a lot of what we’re seeing today is being misunderstood or flat-out misrepresented. First, velocity. Pitchers are not throwing significantly harder across the board. The perceived jump in velocity is primarily the result of technology and measurement changes — specifically where the device picks the baseball up out of the hand. As radar and tracking systems moved closer and closer to release, the readings increased. The arm didn’t change — the measurement did. Now hitting. We’ve reached a point where “gurus” who never played the game at a high level are applying golf swing principles to baseball, largely because golf embraced analytics to identify the most efficient swing paths. The problem is that a baseball bat is not a golf club. In golf, you dump the club to get it on plane. In baseball, you cannot lose the barrel on the back side and still stay on plane consistently. Yet the tech community began preaching backside barrel dump as the answer. Front offices filled with non-baseball “propeller head” GMs bought into the presentations, and this philosophy was pushed aggressively through the minor leagues. I saw this coming as early as 2014. The result? Hitters now dump the barrel in an attempt to get on plane, but they: • Struggle to stay inside the baseball • Lose adjustability • Operate with slower effective bat speed On the pitching side, it’s no better. Pitchers are taught max effort on every pitch. Starters rarely exceed 90 pitches or five innings, work almost exclusively to either arm side or glove side, and live in deep counts. Relievers are almost universally max effort, arm-side only. The consequence is obvious: • Poor command • Inconsistent control • Little ability to sequence or adjust Despite all the technology, pitching command and overall feel are as bad as I’ve ever seen at the big-league level. More data didn’t make the game smarter. It just made it louder — and in many cases, worse. facebook.com/share/p/15V3ETT… @notgaetti @BobFile @twuench @billdubs @iamrags @SliderDominate @slider_sinker @CRAIG_LAPINER @hittingguru7 @BLocsports @TheRealJHair @WillClark22 @DMEASrecruiting @GDBJr5 @mikepiazza31 @JLucroy20

Another mustang win tonight against Long Beach Poly! YL takes the win 30-13

Lets go!!! @ylhsfootball moves to 2-0!

My nephew gettin after it in the islands. Wants to come to the mainland to play ball in college. Check his videos kid can hit and hit with power!