RD Spiehs
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Sam’s Father & Jennifer’s Husband. Tarleton St. University Pitching Coach. 2024 WAC Tournament Champions.
Joined November 2017
Today at 11:35am, we were blessed with the arrival of Sam Randall Spiehs! Thank you to everyone who have sent positive thoughts/ prayers/ messages to this little guy. (8 lbs, 21 oz and 20 inches long) Sam and Jennifer are doing well!
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Big thank you for all who made this a possibility! Grateful for this opportunity. Looking forward to the next chapter on this amazing journey.
Welcome to Stephenville, coach!. @RD_Spiehs has been named the Texans pitching coach and is @fsmith27's first addition to the staff!. 📝
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After lots of love, support and prayers from family and friends; we are happy to announce Sam Randall Spiehs coming early May 2019! Rocko and Bernie are excited to add him to their pack!
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Big thank you to the entire @LittleRockBSB family. We were fortunate to be apart of that great community over the past three years. Jennifer, Sam and I are beyond excited for this next chapter. Looking forward to getting started and joining the @RedbirdBaseball staff!
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LOVE THESE GUYS! Competitive. Tough. Winners.
CHAMPIONS 🏆. The Texans have won the WAC Tournament in their inaugural appearance!. Tarleton State becomes the first baseball program to win a conference tournament during NCAA Division I reclassification!
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Very excited to arrive in Little Rock tomorrow and join the UALR family!.Go Trojans!
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Compete. Throw Strikes. Develop. Win a Championship. Proud of this group👇!!.
2023 ➡️ 2024 pitching staff improvements . 570 walks per inning ➡️ .429 walks per inning✅. 5.13 walks per 9 innings (ranked 201st in the nation) ➡️ 3.87 walks per 9 innings (ranked 40th in the nation)✅. Impressive. #thestandard
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Carl Iwasaki was an incredible man and mentor! “Iwa” opened the doors of opportunity to so many players and coaches, wanting to fulfill their dreams. My wife and I were fortunate to spend seven seasons with Carl and Shelley. I am forever grateful. “Once a Bear, always a Bear!”
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Happy Anniversary to my wonderful wife!! 14 years has gone pretty quick. Thank you for embarking on this incredible journey. Love you, Jennifer!
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So many to thank for being in a position to get this opportunity! Excited to see what the future holds with this group of hard working young men!.
A great addition to our staff as we're very excited to welcome R.D. Spiehs to the Trojan baseball program as our new pitching coach. #LittleRocksTeam . RELEASE:
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Happy Anniversary to my wonderful bride! Thank you for the past 15 years. I am grateful to have you on this wonderful journey. Love you!
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Happy 11th Anniversary to my best friend and bride! Appreciate you putting up with me for all these years. Love you, Jennifer!
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Walk-off Grand Slam! Electric!.
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HAPPY ANNIVERSARY JENNIFER!.12 years of marriage have flown by with my best friend! Thank for you being the best mother & spouse a family could ask for! LOVE YOU!
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Happy 5th Birthday to Sam! Our aspiring soccer player is still all gas and no brakes. We love you and are blessed to be your parents! Hope you get your mother’s foot speed.
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Happy Birthday Sam! 4 years old today. Time is flying by. Love you!
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10 YEARS!!! Happy Anniversary to my wife and best friend! @huskerbenzo makes everyday better! Sam and I are two lucky guys!
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Sam is 20 months old today! Last night he decided to work on his hand break and hesitation pitch. Love you, little man!
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Happy Birthday to my wife and best friend, Jennifer! Thanks for being you and for making this family better. Hope you’ve had an incredible day. Love you!
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WICKED SMAAHT !!.
Heyyyy oh, that’s a 3.60! 🗣️ great job by the fellas for getting it done in the classroom this semester, with 12 of our guys posting a 4.0 ⭐️. Story:
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👀📈🔥📈👀 @LittleRockBSB received a huge upgrade over the break! Big thank you to the entire crew @Yakkertech & @BaseballCloudUS for all your hard work! Our players & staff love the tech, data & development implementation.
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Good Coach! Great Human! 👇.
What. A. Year. On June 8, 2023 we welcomed @fsmith27 as our head coach. The impact he has made on the Tarleton State Baseball program in 365 days speaks for itself. What an incredible season for a first year head coach, the first of many incredible seasons to come. #thestandard
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Great to see everyone yesterday! These guys really competed down the back stretch. Extremely proud of this Championship group!.
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Happy Birthday Dad! I appreciate you setting the standard, and being a constant example of what a father & husband represent. Love you.
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SAM IS TWO YEARS OLD TODAY!!.We love you more than words can describe. Thanks for being the best thing that ever happened. Have a blast with mom today (Happy Mother’s Day early)!!
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If you are a baseball person please join the challenge of posting a baseball photo. Just one picture, no description. Please copy the text, post a picture and look at some great memories/pictures.
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HAPPY ANNIVERSARY JENNIFER!.13 years and counting. Sam is lucky to have you as his mother, and I am lucky to have you as my bride! Here’s to an incredible journey and cheers to many more! Love you!
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY JENNIFER @huskerbenzo! This ageless beauty is the best mom and incredible wife! Thanks for putting up with all of Sam and I’s shenanigans. We love you and cheers to many more!
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Sam is two and a half years old today! He will be taking care of his mother for a bit as Jennifer gets her left knee replaced this morning. Here’s to a speedy recovery sweetheart!
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Excited for this soirée! Good baseball men and great baseball memories!.
🎙️ 𝐒𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐍𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐯𝐨𝐬.(Presented by @NettingPros). Join @Mike_Rooney at 9 p.m. ET Sunday as he chats with former @HuskerBaseball teammates @CoachSeely, Will Bolt and @RD_Spiehs about the Huskers' success in the early 2000s. 📺
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Celebrated our 8th Anniversary with friends and family today in Omaha, Lincoln and GI. Very fortunate! #mybestfriend
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Congratulations to Grant and Cole! Not an easy list to crack. Proud of these two and the entire team’s achievements.
Huge congrats to these two for their All-WAC achievements! 🏅👏. Grant Garza was named All-WAC First Team and Cole Miears was named All-WAC Second Team💥
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Thanks for the warm welcome! More on slider grips and hair gel product in the near future.
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Sam is ready for spring baseball!.
Great time visiting Dad at work! Great way to end the weekend! Go Redbirds!
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Happy Birthday to my best friend, wife & Sam’s incredible mother! This forever journey is made a little better each day with you by my side! Love you, Jennifer!
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Been an incredibly fun 23 months with this little dude! Time goes quick. Tonight, Grandpa teaches Sam about 23 degree launch angle!
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Great opportunity to learn, showcase skills and see the copious amounts of facility upgrades going on Tarleton State University right now! See you next month.
Don’t forget to sign up for our first prospect camp of 2025‼️. ⚾️Register now: 📝Preview:
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Heart. Spirit. Grit. Worth 71 seconds to watch.
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Sam is 18 months old today! Some would say he plays with high energy; an extremely high motor. Love you buddy!
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Pleasure to work with these young men! They brought their lunch pail to work every day. Proud of @elidale02 & @D_Salata8 ! Excited to follow them at the next level.
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I count 9 minor leaguers, 5 big leaguers and 3 current D1 head coaches in this photo. Special group. Lots of competitors! Lots of camaraderie!.
#OTD in 1999, we set an @NCAABaseball record with 50 runs scored against Chicago State at Buck Beltzer Field.
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Double-barrel in the basement tonight before Santa arrives later this evening! Merry Christmas!
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Little man is growing up quick!.Time is flying by. Love you Sam!.
Well this happened! Sam had his first day of preschool today! He loved it and is excited for tomorrow. Can’t believe my baby started school! Luv u buddy!
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY to this beautiful young lady! Jennifer’s anti-aging serum will be on the market soon. Love you sweetheart!
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Happy Birthday to the Skipper! Incredible Leader of Men!.
Texan Nation, help us wish a HUGE Happy Birthday to Coach Smith 🎉🥳
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I am extremely lucky to have had the privilege to coach this incredible group of seniors! Watching them evolve as players, leaders and young men; has been an honor! Thanks again for the work, commitment and dedication towards the program! #thankyouseniors #goodtogreat.
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Smart group with some skills! 👇These ten academic arms collected 88% of the wins on the mound w/ 63% overall strikes. The seven scholar position players posted .290 BA & swiped 67 bags. Good work gentlemen!.
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Congratulations to Derek! Salata keeps it simple. He competes, he throws strikes! Well deserved.
🔥 𝗠𝗩𝗖 𝗣𝗜𝗧𝗖𝗛𝗘𝗥 𝗢𝗙 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗪𝗘𝗘𝗞 🔥. @D_Salata8 took a no-hitter into the 7th inning, allowing just one hit in 7 innings of work as the 'Birds knocked off #19 Purdue in their home opener!. #REDBIRDbaseball // #BackTheBirds
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Big day today! 2 for 1 special as we celebrate Mother’s Day & Sam’s Birthday!! Loves to my mother, incredible bride; and this energetic 3 year old! Thanks for making me a better person, husband and luckiest dad on the planet!
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Really proud of all the hard work put in by this Legend of Lakewood! Excited to follow his progress at the next level! #sinkandslide #grandecabeza
Tune in to watch Connor Leedholm make his professional debut for the @GatewayGrizzlie ! Ends his first inning with 2 strikeouts! #feartheclaw
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY to an incredible mother and my best friend!! Thank you for everything you are and everything you do for our family!.We love you very much!
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Congratulations to Jared! Proud of him and his preparation over the past seven months!.
𝗠𝗩𝗖 𝗣𝗜𝗧𝗖𝗛𝗘𝗥 𝗢𝗙 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗪𝗘𝗘𝗞 🔥🔥🔥. @Hartattack1055 was outstanding out of the Redbird pen this weekend!. #REDBIRDbaseball // #BackTheBirds
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Proud of this group! After a rocky start, these young men finished with the lowest in conference ERA; and helped the team to the most wins since 2010.
It was a historic year for the Trojan pitching staff as well. Check out some more records set by #LittleRocksTeam in 2019.
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Nice day at the office: three precision bullpens thrown, two elite 2020's visit campus and one amazing classroom session with the pitchers. Can't wait for the results of the deadlift competition tomorrow! #goodtogreat #averagetoelectric.
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Captura Increible!!!.
Holy cow this diving hustle play by Sergio Guerra is insane. I promise this video will be replayed more than once. Tarleton has got something good brewing this season.
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Dominating performance in the classroom by @BergdahlAustin @BaseballFreak_9 @ColeMaltese @bminni55 getting 4.0's this semester! Team GPA at 3.08. #wickedsmaaart #DrivelineTheMind.
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Congratulations Hayden! This is no small feat. Some pretty good arms in this league. Good work.
With the @SunBelt regular season complete, our guy Hayden Arnold posted the lowest earned run average among qualifying pitchers with a 1.54 ERA in conference games. #LittleRocksTeam
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It was a pleasure coming to the yard everyday knowing I was going to get this groups best effort and attitude! I’ll miss going to battle with these guys!!
The 2018 UNC Bears pitchers accomplished several individual and staff milestones. Their efforts helped propel the squad to a 4th straight WAC tournament, and saw two arms ink professional contracts! #feartheclaw #competitivestrikes #gritandguts
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Happy Mother’s Day to all the wonderful mom’s out there! A special shout out to this incredible woman👇! She is special. Sam you’re a lucky boy.
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frosh football tryouts will be here before we know it!.
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Impressive work ethic combined with a disciplined routine. Congratulations Derek.
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Happy Mother’s Day! Cheers to both of these incredible women! Thank you for making our family great!
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY to my beautiful bride and best friend, @huskerbenzo !! Best wife, sister, daughter and friend a person could have!!
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Congratulations to the Skipper!.
A big milestone was reached this weekend as well as @CoachCurryLR is now the program’s all-time leader in conference victories, surpassing Hall of Fame coach Gary Hogan. #LittleRocksTeam
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Proud of @Matt_Haley03 ! .This young man had a nice little fall. Got engaged. Graduates w/ 3.90 GPA (2 degrees). Works with the youth in the community. High character & level of servant-ship. FB back to 93. Great job.
Matt Haley is officially a college graduate 🎓 Huge congratulations to this guy! 🎉
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Happy Mother’s Day! Here’s to two of the best! Love you and thanks for all that you are!
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Extremely proud of Arnold & Barkley!.They compete, they throw strikes, they WIN!.
A pair of Trojan pitchers have garnered All-@SunBelt honors for their 2021 performances. Hayden Arnold has been tabbed the league's Pitcher of the Year while closer Aaron Barkley has picked up second team accolades. #LittleRocksTeam. 📰 :
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“The old man could replace fuses quicker than a jackrabbit on a date. He bought them by the gross.”. - Ralphie Merry Christmas & Happy Holidays!
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Beagle vs Burcham! Looking forward to this World Series bout!
𝐖𝐈𝐍𝐍𝐄𝐑 𝐓𝐀𝐊𝐄 𝐀𝐋𝐋 in tomorrow’s 1️⃣ game Pizza Bowl! 🍕⚾️. Thanks to BJ’s Restaurant and Bar for supplying the winners with free pizza!
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Best in the business. Clarissa, Matty Ice, Todd Father & Gavin are the real deal. Thanks for all you do!.
Thankful for our managers! Helped us run a smooth fall ⚾️
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👇👇@BaseballFreak_9 showing us big things, AGAIN! Incredible baseball mind and one of the best men I’ve had the pleasure of working with!.
Putting together some slides/visuals for the @drivelinebases booth at @ABCA1945 this year and had to share this one. The Kinematic Sequence: Transfer of momentum from segment to segment up the chain. Rotational velocity is mapped to each segment so that:. Green = peak velocity
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Looking forward to working with pitchers on their bowling ball sinkers & Bugs Bunny change ups! @NCBearsBaseball
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Congratulations!! Best of luck on the next chapter of your baseball career!
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I'm excited to get the radar gun charged up and out of hibernation for these P/C camps!!
Last chance to sign up for this weekends pitching and catching camps! Registration is almost full!
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Good work by @DonavinLeo!!.Without question, one of the most competitive pitchers I have ever coached!!.
Donavin Buck was an integral part of the Trojan pitching staff, check out the stellar numbers he recorded during his career as a member of #LittleRocksTeam
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This guy has been a workhorse for the Trojans, and mainstay on Friday nights for most of his career! Looking forward to seeing @ChandlerFidel continue his development at the next level!.
Our ace is heading to Cleveland!. Congratulations to Chandler Fidel, selected by the @Indians in the 23rd round, pick 700. #LittleRocksTeam
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Thank you @natejrazz & @noahbsanders et. al. Challenge accepted. Once you are nominated you have 24 hrs to post a coaching photo. I’ll donate the $20. You then nominate 4 coaches. I nominate @J_Gar12, @PirainoNick, @bfla_retro12 & @JacobRCaples
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Many thanks to all the individuals who helped choreograph this exhibition! Great turnout and support shown by the Little Rock community!.
Thanks for making history with us yesterday @RazorbackBSB. We look forward to meeting again on the diamond in 2019. In case you missed the first meeting between these two programs, here are the highlights from an eventful night at Gary Hogan Field. ⬇️⬇️
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Congratulations to Jake! Big Weekend for Big Mac!.
💪 𝗠𝗩𝗖 𝗣𝗟𝗔𝗬𝗘𝗥 𝗢𝗙 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗪𝗘𝗘𝗞 💪. @JakeMccaw had 3⃣ home runs, 8⃣ RBIs, 8⃣ runs scored, and 2⃣ stolen bases in our sweep at Western Carolina!. #REDBIRDbaseball // #BackTheBirds
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WELL DESERVED! @JDLepo has been instrumental in the development of numerous student-athletes during his time in Little Rock! We are fortunate to have him.
There will be a familiar face on the strength and conditioning staff next season. John Lepo has been promoted to Assistant Strength and Conditioning Coach, the program's first full-time assistant. #LittleRocksTeam . RELEASE:
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This live arm has an incredibly high ceiling and could be pitching for a very long time! Looking forward to seeing @MooreMcKinley develop at the next stage of his career!.
The first Trojan is off the board!. Congratulations to McKinley Moore who is headed to the Windy City, selected in the 14th round (pick 410) by the @whitesox. #LittleRocksTeam
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An epitome of efficiency! Congratulations Jayson!.
21 batters faced in 7 scoreless innings earns 𝗠𝗩𝗖 𝗣𝗶𝘁𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸 for Jayson Hibbard😏👏
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ACE.
Husker legend Shane Komine will be inducted into the Nebraska Athletics Hall of Fame this weekend. ▶︎ School-record 41 wins.▶︎ 5th in NCAA history in strikeouts.▶︎ 3X All-American.▶︎ Led the Huskers to back-to-back College World Series appearances (2001 & 2002)
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Congratulations @CoachRibas26! Great person and impeccable teacher of the craft. Best of luck.
The @tigers named Gabe Ribas as the organization's Director of Pitching, as announced by Executive Vice President of Baseball Operations and General Manager, Al Avila.
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👇Incredible Story!.
BATTLING BACK. Illinois State's (@RedbirdBaseball) Trey Krause battled cancer. Since his diagnosis in 2020, he's been battling to get back on the mound. Thank you Trey for sharing your story with me. Hear Trey's full story here ⏩.
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Not a small feat! Congratulations Ryan! Thanks for saving copious amounts of runs. Well deserved!.
Your 2022 NCAA Division I @ABCA1945. / Rawlings Gold Glove Award Winner: Outfield - Ryan Cermak.#RawlingsGoldGloveAward
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Here are our upcoming winter youth camps! We are now just 7 days away from the start of our pitching boot camp! . To sign up, follow the link below: .
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Proud of McKinley! Big arm with his best innings ahead of him! Excited to see him at the highest level.
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👇Solid words of wisdom from the Skipper!!.
❗️FELLAS, FELLAS, FELLAS❗️. 🚨On this week’s episode we sit down with Chris Curry, Head Coach at The University of Arkansas at Little Rock! . 👉🏻 Stay tuned for the episode release Thursday!. @LittleRockBSB .@CoachCurryLR .@rapsodo . #TheFarm #FellasFellasFellas #MeasureToMaster
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@CoachGilly6 @CoachSheets3 Oh, you throw 93 with an 83mph slider. Let me pull you from the depths of my heavily combed, greased filled locks; and welcome you to the rotation!.
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I had the pleasure of being a teammate of @sammarsonek the summer of 2007. One of the best individuals I know! Great article.
Sam Marsonek’s @MLB career lasted one game. Now he’s using his mistakes to help the next generation. His story:
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Congratulations to Ryan! Incredible week, truly impressive!.
🇺🇸 𝗡𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝘆𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸 ⭐️. Cermak honored by @CBNewspaper! Read more: #REDBIRDbaseball // #BackTheBirds
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@2_troywatson off to a strong start to begin his pro career! Keep up the good work.
#BlueJays prospects Troy Watson, Cre Finfrock and Matt Harris come up one out short of a rare @AppyLeague no-hitter for @BluefieldJays.
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