BTW: there was a time many moons ago when being called up to dress varsity for state tourney was much more of a prestigious honor than starting practice for your summer team
Forever thankful for the opportunity
@CoachMcGee11
gave me 6 years ago. Spent 20% of my life with this program 😳 grateful for all the players, colleagues, alumni, families, & others I met while at Witt. I wouldn’t trade the memories for anything. Will forever be saying Tiger Up!
Where else can you work on over the head pop ups off a machine when it’s 10 degrees out? We’re lucky to have The Steemer
@wittbaseball
1st week of practice ✅
20 days til 1st pitch ✅
Hard to believe my time with MVP has come to an end after this weekend. So many memories. Thankful to
@MVPROSPECTS
for the opportunity to lead the organization the last 6 years. Truly believe we’ve done some great things. It’s in great hands with the guys at the helm. Thanks to
My alarm went off but I’ve already been up for hours…how can you sleep when it’s opening day?!?!? It’s like Christmas baby! Ready to begin the 2022 season with our squad!
#TigerUp
#WittOutFear
@wittbaseball
Can’t say enough about this place as a university. Been an awesome first 5 years with the program, thanks to
@wittbaseball
for another opportunity! Excited to be a part of the daily operations of the prestigious
@WittAthletics
department!
#TigerUp
Congratulations
@CoachHimmy
Let’s do this brother!
People 👀 out for this guy. One of the best up and coming collegiate coaches and recruiters around. Everyone loves “Himmy” 💪🏼
#TigerUp
People love that MJ was an asshole to his teammates to make them better and win....but will be the first to call and complain to an AD if a coach cusses at or is mean to their kid when he/she is trying to push them for the same thing 🤷♂️
Favorite things I’ve seen/heard this summer: (in popular order)
Holding runner on 1B w/ runner on 2B
Holding runner on 3B
Giving signs to the batter every pitch with no one on base (even with 2 strikes)
Kid quitting team n the 3rd inning
Coach wanting pitcher ejected for 3rd HBP
My grandma just called me to tell me some “good news in a dark time” - her plant by her back porch HAS some green leaves on it ☺️ God bless her sweet soul! She’s 80
👀 Check this play out ‼️
Senior 3B
@Dylan_Jackson44
from
@wittbaseball
Dylan is an absolute wizard defensively 🧙♂️🧙♂️🧙♂️
This was to win game in the 9th vs Kenyon College with the tying run at the plate and lock up 2 seed for conference tourney.
🧤 💎
🎥:
@WittAthletics
College baseball has started… this is my 1st time not coaching in spring or summer in 14 years…odd feeling thinking about not being in a dugout to go to war with a group of dudes. I’m sure I’ll be missing it. Good luck to everyone in the community as they are getting started!
My 1st ever Middle Infield camp is complete! Special thanks to these STUDS for choosing to spend part of their winter break day with me. Also thanks to
@TheKL27
for helping me run it. Thank you to
@Doug_Adams2
@P413Sports
for allowing me to host it at their facility! Had a blast!
We had 2 shutouts today, Horoszko & Luther shoved…but I gotta give some love to my infielders!
No errors on the day as a defense
In game 2 alone…
17 GROUND OUT ASSISTS
17!!!!
…in one game. 17 😤😱😤
Flashing that leather 🧤
@wittbaseball
Season
#5
at Witt in the books ✅
Another positive step in the right direction in an adverse year.
21-11 record, highest winning % since 1998.
Defensively the guys were given a goal and they put the work in. Shattered the school fielding % record as we finished at .971
🐅 ⚾️
Have a few things to be proud of:
- Most regular season wins since 2013
- Best conference record since 2011
- Defensively finished 3rd All-Time in program history (Fielding %)
- Most 💣’s since 2003
- Lowest team ERA since 2013
- Passion & heart thru the roof ⬆️
#TigerUp
2B feeds to SS. FR Chase Whisner, SR Michael Flynn, FR Dylan Jackson.
1. Notice how their feet never stop moving, they field the ball in rhythm
2. Right foot lands as they field the ball
3. Right foot lands open let’s lower half work thru easier
4. Follow their feed
#Efficiency
Idk why winning gets frowned upon in summer ball…development is priority for sure but I like winners too. If your development is as good as you sell it, some winning should follow along with it. 2 many guys use development as a scapegoat for lack of Ws. Should be a blend of both
How do you expect to get on the field immediately when you first step on campus if you’re not physically ready? HS guys who have college athletic ambitions, find the weight room! Don’t let your freshman year be the 1st time lifting becomes a routine 💪
Pretty depressing that at 19 degrees out it feels tolerably warm out and tomorrow when it’s 40 I might walk outside with my shirt off...then Sunday when it’s 52 I might play golf. Wow
Multiple tornados ripped through just a couple thousand feet from my house. We are good! Looks like a war zone elsewhere though. Prayers to everyone around here. Long road ahead
Part of having a good culture is building relationships with your players. Never understood some coaches who just treat their guys as a number. I dealt with it a couple times as a player. I can truthfully say that I’ve genuinely cared about my players HS summer & college
#mydudes
Can’t express enough how dangerous you could be if you’re a guy with above average speed and you learn the art of bunting for a hit. Watched a 4 hole hitter yesterday hit a no doubt 💣 then next AB dropped one down for a hit...BAM...a 2 hit game.
👀 22-6
@wittbaseball
:
- now beat the at the time
#4
team in nation TWICE
- lost to the
#14
team in nation
- won 15 straight & 23 of last 24 🥵
-
#1
in nation in OBP
-
#2
in nation in AVG
-
#12
in SLG%
Not in 1st regional ranking 🤷♂️
Has yet to receive a vote on
@d3baseball
🤔
Had the 1 Baggers today! Part of session we worked on the under thrown ball... ⬇️ playing a competitive game of knockout. Miss a pick, you’re out ✌️ ...focused on handling the long hop, adjusting to the in-between, & pushing thru the short hop. Big fellas can rake & scoop🍦😎 👍
First weekend out opposing team pitcher throws 99 pitches on Thursday. Comes back and throws 26 pitches today 😂😂 all for that 15u Gold Bracket championship Baby!!!!
all the current/former players, families, & coaches who made it an absolute joy to be a part of the program. I’ve met so many good people along the way and enjoyed seeing kids grow and move onto the next level/real world with life. Best of luck to everyone in their journey! ✌️
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Saturday November 6th
12-4pm - $75
*Inside the Steemer!
⚾️ 2022s - last chance to be seen
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My man
@CoachCam05
just needed a shot. Great hire. There’s a reason kids and families love him at
@MVPROSPECTS
Growing baseball mind and a loyal coach/friend I’ve had the pleasure of sharing a dugout with.
Excited for your opportunity brother!
The Tippecanoe Ath. Dept. is thrilled to announce Cameron Dickens as the new varsity head baseball coach. We are very excited for the future of Tipp Baseball under this new leadership. Welcome to the fold Coach Dickens.
#TippPride
@Tipp_baseball
REDS FANS: I see so many people upset that we got rid of Billy Hamilton...I know he’s fast and Gold glove caliber in CF. I enjoyed that part of his game, but...he is legitimately the WORST hitter in the MLB. Time to move on ✌️
Very successful camp today. Loads of talent 👀 Thank u to the near 80 campers that participated today, you all had great focus!
… & let me tell u how proud I am of this program, our players & staff
Tremendous people to be around, with a commitment to a program first mentality!
Another Cincy travel team coach trying to poach 1 of my summer players 🤦🏼♂️ it’s sad that that area is so notorious for a plethora of good baseball players yet you’ve got to try and take players from Dayton. Last time I’ll be recommending our guys play in fall league down there 🙌
A common thing that a lot of people don’t realize and I can humbly admit:
High school coaches are NOT inferior knowledge wise to college coaches.
Most instances it’s the path they each chose. I know plenty of HS coaches that could coach at the college level.
To me if a guy is half-assing basic drills (tee work, short hops, etc) because it's "easy" and "not fun"...he's the type of player that's going to play down to "easy" competition and have a lack of focus. Give me Mr. Try Hard, the 110 percenters!
Worked double play turn times for MIFs today from 2nd base. Leading the way was (FR) Chase Whisner with an avg. turn time of 1.25 secs. Also had the best time with a 1.18.
#QuickHands
Team average today was 1.36, a whole tenth of a second lower than last year
@wittbaseball
If I had a $1 for every time a dad tells me their 15 & ⬇️ son has ⬇️ a 2.0 POP time I would be able to buy 12ish McDoubles...not a lot but I would eat em. The MLB avg is 2.01...? 🤪
Wish I had those thumbs on a stopwatch for my 60s 10 yrs ago
If he really does please call thx
Having the ability to make more than just a routine play is such a weapon! Not just having the range but the ability to complete the play.
@dham_10
with the big momentum swinger web gem
#glovegang
Newton Baseball is excited to announce that we will be adding a turf infield this spring! This was funded by a private donor and we are very thankful to the BOE and our administration for allowing this to happen!
#goindians
@PrepBaseballOH
@NewtonAthletics
@Troydailynews
Kobe Bryant man....I’m tore up. Impacted our generation in so many ways. You’d be lying if you said you never said “KOBE” before shooting something. One of my favorite things to do as a kid was roll up pieces of paper into a ball, shoot em into a trash can and say “KOBE!” 😭 RIP
Something that can say a lot in regards to team posts on twitter....
Are you a guy who only likes/retweets posts about wins if your name is on it or in the highlights?
An indirect way to show you are a TEAM guy
🤔😎😎
Courtesy running for the catcher is such a flaw in summer ball. Guys never learn to run the bases. Have someone ready to catch up your pitcher if he gets stranded
Being yelled at by opposing mom for stalling when my player is bleeding everywhere
Summer coach telling softball coach of HS they playing at to get out of his own cage so his players can hit 1 hr & 45 before game
Coaches hitting ground balls in front of dugouts
Ankle tattoos
My 15u guys’ season comes to an end at the hands of Midland this morning. Unfortunate.....we were playing some good ⚾️...much improved front start to finish was a fun group! Thank you parents & players! 🙏
Today starts my 5th year with MVP as our winter workouts begin. Been quite the ride so far surrounded by some great people. Looking forward to another
#LetsRoll
A good way to start the day is working on your barrel consistency. Isolate the upper half. No stride. Middle/backside. Big Sief led the team in 💣‘s last year. Also hit .324.
Build a routine. Don’t just step in and go to Cage Bomb City
Quite possibly the largest living bird (possibly prehistoric) took a huge dump on my car. I also have been stung by an insect 4 different times in as many weeks. Not sure how I pissed off Mother Nature but I’m going to make it right. Might start by recycling
#GoingGreen
Tourney ball in full effect 😂 already heard of numerous pitch count violations. Games getting forfeited because failure to follow pitch counts yet coaches mad at tourney directors 🤔?
So you don’t follow the rules and you’re pushing against what doctors have set in place 🤯? 😅
Notes from a coaching class I look freshman year of college
Heading into my 10th year of coaching, never knew how important this was back then.
Loyalty =
#1
responsibility of Asst.
Buying into culture, game plans, drills, etc just like players do, even if you don’t always agree.
Mess with the bull…get the horns.
But seriously, cancel culture stuff goes too far. This guy brought me and my profession into something I wasn’t even a part of. Completely random. This is sweet nectar. Hope he learns his lesson and becomes a better person from it. Karma wins!
An ump said “guys just remember this is 15u so my strike zone is gonna be big” (and it was)
Why?
Speed game up?
There’s a time limit, chief.
Then their future coaches wonder why they chase pitches out of the zone.
Teach.
That’s just bad, need to be better with helping our youth
This is 100% a thought. Kids who bounce around from team to team is a red flag for a lot of guys.
Most impressive visit we had last year was a kid who told us he’d been on the SAME travel team since 8u. Too many people chasing the greener grass.
Loyalty is attractive
A college coach just said this to me about a player and it made me 😂:
“The kid is good, but he’s been on so many damn teams the last year and a half that regardless of where he starts for college he’ll be in the transfer portal after his freshman year so he’s off my list”.
It’s really fun to see how much our guys have grown on 18u
@MVPROSPECTS
team is super physical up and down 💪 watched my guy Steve Jones humming it 88-91 w/ a quality 4 pitch mix all over the zone. Bitty Hendricks PR at 76 big feat for guy who has been working tail off
#ProudDad
I just texted my dad and shamed him for not raising me as a Yankees fan. Then was reminded that the Reds won the World Series the season before I was born and that I am in fact a curse
#baseball
D1 baseball going today. I’ve said it before…if you’re a parent or player aspiring to play college baseball, invest in ESPN+…plenty of college games on per night. I’m always amazed at how many kids want to play college baseball or step on a campus but have never seen a game.
OUTFIELDERS: we know how much you love going out and chasing down fly balls nonstop. But the reality of your position is that you'll field far more ground balls than you ever will in the air. Every base hit IS a ground ball. Practice accordingly.
#STdrills
If you’re offering kids from other summer programs to play for you and jump ship in the middle of the season…you’re a piece of shit. 🤡 🤷♂️
Outside looking in 😎 shut off