Max Fecske
@Coach_MF44
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Best of luck to the MAN, @HunterGreene17, making his Major League Debut today. Only the beginning. Grateful to have been able to watch you climb the mountain.
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Grateful to @tdaviscoach4 and AD Paul Bubb for the opportunity to be a part of @WIUBaseball and #NeckNation. It’s a great day to be a Leatherneck! Thank you to all who’ve been apart of the journey.
SCOOP: @WIUBaseball new head coach Terry Davis has hired Max Fecske as the Leathernecks new pitching coach, @d1baseball has learned. Fecske was with Pepperdine in 2022 before becoming the PC at Glendale (CA) CC last season. UPDATED:
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Consistency. #80GradeHumans.
A new standard of excellence in the classroom. Shout out to #OurGuys for their hard work, dedication & desire to win everything this fall. #RollThers
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Thank you to @Ross_108 for coming out and being the keynote speaker for our First Pitch Dinner. Dropped some knowledge spending some time with the @WIUBaseball Pitching staff as we prepare for Opening Day. #GoNecks #OneGoal #AGDTBAL
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Happy Mother’s Day to all of the uniform washing, picture taking, orange slicing, carpool driving baseball moms out there. Some of the greatest stewards of the game there are.
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Severe Clear here at Eddy D. Another beautiful opportunity to get better for the Waves.
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A few less palm trees behind the wall, but @PeppBaseball and @TrackManBB are back like we never left.
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Happy April 8th. “Heroes get remembered, but legends never die.” And a happy anniversary to @tomhouse for catching this missile! One of the greatest moments in American social history.
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Thank you, Orleans. There are not words to express my gratitude for the past two seasons.
Every corner of Eldredge Park is full for Game 3 of the Cape League championship between Orleans and Bourne. Follow our sports reporter @BradJoyal for updates from the winner-takes-all finale.
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To anyone I have played or coach with or against, Happy New Year. Never take another second on the field for granted, and best of luck to everyone with the 2021 season.
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“Tell me and I’ll forget. Show me and I’ll remember. Involve me and I will understand.” - George Kissell, Father of the Cardinal Way. Seek for your players to understand, not just regurgitate or go through motions.
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20 years ago today, Barry Bonds broke Mark McGwire’s single season mark of 70 home runs in a season… and the little guy in the red box got hooked for life. #whendidyoufallinlovewithbaseball
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Crazy this is over. The best dugout I’ve ever been a part of. 35 guys bought into the bigger picture and playing for the love of the man next to him. #99Joe #RightyMike #MiamiLutes #powerJ #WavesUp.
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Miss this lineup. 10 men pulling on the same end of the rope. 25 more having their back one pitch at a time. Beautiful experience to be a part of. #WavesUp.
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Absolutely ecstatic for my favorite professor @AaronWeinstein_ #CoachDub. Can’t wait to use this book to help mold baseball minds for years to come! Joining elite mental skills company on my bookshelf! Thank you for everything! #getyourcopy #availableonamazon
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The best teammate in the history of Team or Mates. #80gradehuman @CleGuardians got a good one!.
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Two more weekends with this group. Proud of the way all of these guys stayed the course through a crazy two years. This group of seniors has taught me more than they will ever know. Watching them navigate the past two seasons has been a blessing.
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Two weeks remaining until Malibu Baseball Camp’s Two-Day Winter Prospect Camp! Looking forward to seeing everybody out at Eddy D. on the 27th and 28th! Register Now at:
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Less than one month remaining to register for Malibu Baseball Camp’s Two-Day Winter Showcase on December 27 & 28! Register Now at:
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“Baseball is about talent, hard work, and strategy. But at the deepest level, it’s about love, integrity, and respect.” – Pat Gillick, Hall of Famer and @NDKNIGHTBASE Alumni, and 3X World Series Champion.
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How many hitters finished with 3,000 hits and 700 home runs? 1, Hank Aaron. Rest In Peace to the G.O.A.T. #RIPHankAaron.
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Came to the Cape one of the most elite catchers in the country, worked tirelessly for 46 games. Youth clinic, read to kids, received the machine, improved at the plate, and stopped at absolute nothing to make himself, his teammates, and the organization better. #80gradehuman.
💡PLAYER SPOTLIGHT: Our @ShotgunSprD1 takes an in-depth look at one of the most intriguing defenders behind the plate in @NCAABaseball -- @LBDirtbags's Connor Burns. READ:
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When your wife asks, “Who are we rooting for?” @FirebirdsCCBL Always a pleasure to watch these guys do cool stuff! #AckAck
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Thank you to Alan Jaeger @jaegersports for arming @WIUBaseball for the 2024 Season. #NeckUp #GoNecks #AGDTBAL
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Best Skipper on the Cape. Nothing but love for the “Left Handah.”.
“In 2008, based solely on the recommendation of a mutual friend, @CoachK21 offered me the opportunity to join his staff that summer in what I consider to be one of the most impactful breaks of my coaching career.”. —@CoachYourKids .
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Come on out to beautiful, Eddy D. Field Stadium for our Summer High School Camps on Sunday, June 27 and Saturday, July 31. Registration can be found online at:
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“Because of baseball I smelled the rose of life. I wanted to travel, and to have nice clothes. Baseball allowed me to do all those things, and most important…it allowed me to become a member of the brotherhood of friendship which will last forever.”- James “Cool Papa” Bell.
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With everything not feeling like it’s happening for a reason, let’s cut back to a random lightning delay in the fourth inning that allowed me to make it into my sister’s senior day photo. #Grateful
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Couldn’t be more proud to be an alumni of this program. What an absolute honor it was to play for and coach with a man of such high character, dignity, and class. Congrats on #500, Coach. @NDKNIGHTBASE.
Notre Dame baseball coach Tom Dill remembers Scott Muckey after 500th win .
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"I don't care if I was a ditch-digger at a dollar a day, I'd want to do my job better than the fellow next to me. I'd want to be the best at whatever I do." -Branch Rickey #sweepstreets #pushyourself #COMPETE.
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These two guys earned this opportunity. Look forward to seeing them continue to represent @PeppBaseball at the next level. #80GradeHumans.
Congrats to Billy Cook and Wyatt Young, our two Waves selected in the 2021 MLB Draft! #WavesUp #PEPPintheMLB. READ:.
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@michael_schlact The death of National League Baseball (pitchers hitting, line up management, bunt/hit and run defense) has actually created a less interesting and entertaining postseason product.
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Tim is the BEST. Always willing to share stories, legends, myths, and his overall passion for baseball. My coach, my teacher, but most importantly, my FRIEND. We love our “Little Timmy!”.
Sondheimer: 'Cheers' actor Tim Cunningham shares his love of baseball at Sherman Oaks Notre Dame
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Malibu Baseball Camps return with our Fall High School Camp on Saturday, October 16, 2021. Register now at:
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Only 10 days remain before the final Malibu Baseball Camp High School Showcase Camp before Spring. Register now at:
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“You may glory in a team triumphant, but you fall in love with a team in defeat. Losing after great striving is the story of man.” - Roger Kahn, The Boys of Summer.
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Kids are always chasing rainbows, but baseball is a world where you can catch them. - Johnny Vander Meer.
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Sometimes, your players will be more talented at something other than the game you are teaching them. I learned this from my father who coached @jasonsegel in High School Basketball. He quit hoops to become an actor his senior year.
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Terrific accomplishment for an #80gradehuman. @garret_g10 grew a ton this summer and was a catalyst for growth for many of his teammates. Never stopped communicating contagious confidence. Very proud of all the work he put in this summer. #HookEm.
@Garret_G10 (@TexasBaseball) won the Daniel J. Silva Sportsmanship Award. He was recommended by umpires, under the direction of the Senior Deputy Commissioner. Hit 4 2B, 2 HR, 12 RBI in 25 G for Orleans & caught a no-hitter. @OfficialCCBL | @FirebirdsCCBL | #CapeLeagueAwards
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“Since baseball time is measured only in outs, all you have to do is succeed utterly; keep hitting, keep the rally alive, and you have defeated time. You remain forever young.” RIP Roger Angell. One of the greatest to conceptualize baseball.
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“Being a baseball player means you need to be a sponge. If you’re not, you’re a rock, and you sink. We can’t be rocks.”- George Kissell, The Father of the Cardinal Way.
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Thank you to @PelicanBatWax for helping me keep my fungo in my hands this summer. Their clubhouse kits have everything you could possibly need for grip at the dish.
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I’ve missed more than 9,000 shots in my career. I’ve lost almost 300 games. Twenty-six times I’ve been trusted to take the game-winning shot and missed. I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed. -Michael Jordan.
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Thank you to @JackLoder_ for taking his time to come out and write this piece about the @FirebirdsCCBL catchers. Thank you to @coachk21 for the opportunity to work with his catchers. And thanks to @JWonCATCHING @joe_singley @goodrocatching for their knowledge on catching w/ the🌎.
“I will hear you before I see you, if you’re really good I’ll know based on the ball hitting the mitt.” .I wrote on the @FirebirdsCCBL catchers and the tireless work they do behind the scenes with catching coach @Coach_MF44
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Congrats to @KratzCaden on his first Professional Win on August 11th. The journey is the dream.
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Wil the Thrill, ultimate competitor. Love the edge this guy competes with. Great ballplayer, great person. #80gradehuman.
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“Baseball is like church. Many attend, but few understand.” -Leo Durocher.
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Had an absolute blast with Coach Denny Barrett @BatrsBaseball on the Swing Hard Podcast. Great to catch up and talk about family, baseball, and life as a graduate/volunteer assistant.
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Hard to imagine a world where he didn’t forego a second state championship his senior year to join the play. Sports are only a piece of your players’ lives. Never know what other pieces will help them put their whole puzzle together.
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@GNACsports @MSUBsports This is one of the greatest baseball redemption stories you have probably never heard of. Congrats @Cip_45 on an amazing college career.
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"You can't sit on a lead and run a few plays into the line and just kill the clock. You've got to throw the ball over the damn plate and give the other man his chance. That's why baseball is the greatest game of them all."- Earl Weaver.
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Not the first three home run game for that guy this year….
Three Homer, Nine RBI Game from Billy Cook Powers ‘Birds by ‘Cats . Full Recap 👉 #Birdland | #FlyTogether
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“It’s what you learn after you know it all that counts.” - Earl Weaver, manager Baltimore Orioles 1968-82, 85-86.Never stop learning. #growthmindset.
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Happy Girls and Women in Sports Day! Especially to my little sister, Paige Fecske. Watching your career was one of the greatest joys in my life. #Puma
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Brady hooping in Fire Red 3’s is exactly the type of heat I needed on my Wednesday afternoon. One of many people that makes the @OfficialCCBL experience the best! #kicksoftheday #heatonthefeet @jordansdaily.
So fun photographing @OfficialCCBL and @YD_RedSox legend, Brady MacNeil, playing in his first High School basketball game last night as point guard for the D-Y Dolphins. 🐬🏀👍 @codball @yarmouthpolice @coachk21 @Jshev21 @rightfieldfog #Baller #CapeCod
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“When I was young, I was so interested in baseball that my family was afraid I’d waste my life and be a pitcher. Later they were afraid I’d waste my life and be a poet. They were right.” -Robert Frost.
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“Good luck is what is left over after intelligence and effort have combined at their best. Negligence or indifference are usually reviewed from an unlucky seat.” -Branch Rickey.
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“A great hitter isn’t born, he’s made. He’s made out of practice, fault correction, and confidence.”.— Rogers Hornsby.
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“Winning takes precedence over all. There’s no gray area. No almosts.” – Kobe Bryant #MambaMentality.
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"You have to go broke three times to learn how to make a living." (-Casey Stengel) Baseball like life is not for the faint of heart, keep pushing and persevering. Failure will happen. Success will come.
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Over the next 11 years, Stengel would seldom write a line up without Yogi Berra in it saying, “I never play a game without my man. ” Berra, an MVP Catcher would get starts in left, right, and at third and first, because it helped the ballclub. #NoEgo #Compete.
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“You see, you spend a good piece of your life gripping a baseball, and in the end it turns out that it was the other way around all the time.”.-Jim Bouton.
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It was an honor to get to Coach this group for their Freshman and Sophomore years. From their first summer you knew they would be a special group. Proud of them for leaving ND Baseball better ballplayers and better men. Bright futures ahead for all of them.
This is a special group of young Men! Lots of bright futures! Thank you for your 4 years of hard work and dedication! This program is better because of all of you!
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"In order to excel, you must be completely dedicated to your chosen sport. You must also be prepared to work hard and be willing to accept constructive criticism. Without one-hundred percent dedication, you won't be able to do this." Happy Birthday to the great Willie Mays.
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Absolute blessing to be around this summer. Guy competes whenever he gets the ball whether he has his best or not. Also an incredible teammate and watches the game with great detail when he doesn’t have the ball. Bright future for @warrecker. #capepitcherofyear #firstteamallchart.
Bryce @Warrecker (@CalPolyStangs) won the CCBL Most Outstanding Pitcher Award. Reg. season stats: 4-1, 2.08 ERA, 0.87 WHIP, 35 K, 8 BB in 39 IP. Pitched 6 perfect innings in Orleans' combined no-hitter against Chatham in June. @OfficialCCBL | @FirebirdsCCBL | #CapeLeagueAwards
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"It isn't the mountains ahead to climb that wear you out; it's the pebble in your shoe." -@MuhammadAli, “The Greatest”, “The Champ”, “The Louisville Lip”, “The People’s Champion.”.
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“Nothing in the world is worth having or worth doing unless it means effort, pain, difficulty… I have never in my life envied a human being who led an easy life. I have envied a great many people who led difficult lives and led them well.”.-Teddy Roosevelt, 26th President of US.
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“One small breeze doesn’t make a wind storm.” - John McGraw, manager of New York Giants, 1902-1932.
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Never met someone who loved the work more.
Wyatt Young with a booming double for his first MLB Spring Training hit. Young hit .370 with a .904 OPS in the FCL after the #Mets took him in the 15th round out of @PeppBaseball last year.
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I've got to S/O EVERYONE around the country and to my SoCal team, donors, supporters, local and national news outlets, that got the word out❤️. This tweet reached over a million people real quick and is still growing. We were able to serve the families/players of Muir high.
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A monumental accomplishment. One of the greatest TEACHERS and Coaches you will meet. A leader and maker of great husbands, fathers, and people. Thank you, @coachk21. Onward. #CapeLeague400.
ICYMI: @coachk21 reached 400 wins as a manager last night. Here’s how it sounded on the Birds Broadcast Network with @IanNicholasTV on the call! Watch the rest of the game highlights using this link: #STAAxCCBL
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@Sergio_3_ , Thank you for teaching me how to be a Vaq. Nobody embodies @VaqueroBaseball more than you. Cannot be happier for the opportunity that awaits you. #peoplemaketheprocess #OAVAAV
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@xanbarksdale Angled alternating pick to plyo receiving at the bottom of the zone with a 450g @DrivelineBB plyo ball. Offset nature of the feed helps create more comfortable vertical rhythm at the bottom of the zone. Saw the drill on @redscatching incorporated it daily since.
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Amazing opportunity to learn how to work within an organizational culture with data. Thank you to our analytics, ops, and video crew in Orleans for helping us get the day to day information we need to do our jobs as coaches. Gus, Tash, Blandy, Matt, and Dawson make the birds fly.
‘Franchise mode in real life’: How the Cape Cod League trains the next generation of baseball front office personnel
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Honor and a privilege to show up to the yard with this group 51 times.
📝 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟑 @OfficialCCBL 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐁𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧: 𝐎𝐫𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐇𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬. @NDBaseball's Jack Penney, @LouisvilleBSB's Eddie King Jr. and @UCSDbsb's Matt Halbach were among the rising prospects for @FirebirdsCCBL this summer.
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Nobody knocks ‘em down like Blubaugh. #80GradeHuman #70GradeFungo.
Another 2022 Firebird has been drafted!. Congratulations to AJ Blubaugh on being selected by the Houston Astros.
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"He asked do you sincerely love the game and do you have a sincere desire to learn it because they go together. ”.@TonyLaRussa on George Kisell. Approach every day at the field with the love and desire of the kid you were when you started. #LoveWins #LoveLearns.
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Sometimes it’s not about creating angles but surviving the inning! Love this, Todd! Lol.
@johnainla @conner_fiene @Coach_MF44 I’m finding a lot of positives to the new one knee down technique.
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@PitchingNinja Watched the whole nine last winter. 17 K’s but with modern check swing rule it may have been closer to 20-21….
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“Why do you want to play college baseball?”….
Through the first 10 rounds of the #2021MLBDraft, 80% of the players taken have been from college. D1 - 260.D2 - 8.D3 - 0.NAIA - 1.JUCO - 10.High School - 63.
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“In your actions, don’t procrastinate. In your conversations, don’t confuse. In your thoughts, don’t wander. In your soul, don’t be passive or aggressive. In your life, don’t be all about business.” – Marcus Aurelius.
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"Look at misfortune the same way you look at success - Don't Panic! Do your best and forget the consequences." - Walter Alston, Manager of Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodger, World Champion 1955, 1959, 1963, 1965.
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It is tweets like this that are why @HowieRose is the absolute best.
Ironically, on a night when the Dodgers honored Gil Hodges, Buck Showalter did exactly what Gil did in game 3, 1969 NLCS. Hodges pulled Gary Gentry after a long foul ball by Rico Carty who was struck out by Nolan Ryan. Tonight, Holderman K’d Betts after long foul vs. Peterson.
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Challenge accepted. Once you are nominated you have 24 hrs to post a coaching photo, or you donate $20 to a local charity. You then nominate 4 coaches. Was nominated by @DDub135 I nominate @FeelGoodHitting @Riley_G2 @TonyAsaro_ @tashjian_dylan
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One special dude. #80GradeHuman #70GradeFungo.
“If I do happen to get drafted, I’ll go right back to being an underdog. I think you’re really never not an underdog, at least that’s my mindset and that’s kind of how I like it.”. Orleans Firebirds closer AJ Blubaugh embraces the chip on his shoulder. 📰:
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