After the extension of the recruiting dead period to July 31st, advice to prospective student-athletes... KEEP PLAYING GAMES! When it is safe and within state guidelines, enjoy the time to compete and develop your game... instead of playing to be recruited, have fun and
#compete
Just one opinion… but a roster cap of 34 is too low. 40 has been a perfect number to navigate roster issues we face. With the need for 18-20 arms on a staff, we would be down to 14-16 position players, eliminating the ability to intrasquad. Outside comp every weekend in fall?
Nothing can be written in a simple tweet to describe what
@edblank1
has meant to so many
#Johnnies
. A legend in every sense of the word. Immeasurably fortunate to have made the decision I did 17 years ago. I am a better man for it.
@StJohnsBaseball
#onceajohnniealwaysajohnnie
@Watch_Momentum
@Mike_Anthony13
Insightful about the worst parts of this scandal... not that I don’t feel bad for Kershaw/Judge/Sabathia that missed out on MVP or World Series, but in comparison to a minor leaguer that might never see the opportunity again? This is the part that makes it worse than steroids
Hard decisions were made today... whether you agree with them or not, they were made for the right reasons. There will be several more hard decisions the
@NCAA
will have to make in the coming months. I hope from the bottom of my heart they make the right ones then, as well.
Some are on the precipice of learning a lesson many already have... the “wants” of yesterday (MDW parties, beach trips, nights at the bar) need to be sacrificed for the “wants” of tomorrow (a CFB season). More often than not, you must sacrifice one “want” for another. We didn’t.
What a great day spent with
@StJohnsBaseball
. Young arms are starting to really compete and our incredible alums were out in full force watching our guys compete in annual IWS... Once a Johnnie, always a Johnnie!!
#stuntmen
Always a great weekend
@ABCA1945
Such an honor to see
@edblank1
inducted into the HoF. Lucky to have played for him
@StJohnsBaseball
and even luckier to coach under him. Legendary accomplishments but still hungry to get better and win championships
#coachie
#johnnies
I appreciate the value sports have in people’s lives. For many, their quality of life can rise and fall with the success (or failure) of their teams... that being said, if you booed Andrew Luck as he left the field, you’re a horseshit person we don’t need as part of our society.
In another adjustment to our new world of recruiting- I ask that travel coaches and recruiting services operating any types of streaming/archiving, please send us the links to those games and workouts at browng1
@stjohns
.edu. Can’t wait to see some baseball!
Biggest issue with taking Snell out? The human element of feeling the pressure of a situation you got into yourself vs. being inserted into one you didn’t.
#WorldSeries
Really great watching players (and coaches!) compete at the highest level of our sport with a smile on their face... enjoy the stage and relish the experience, but realize we are all just a bunch of kids holding onto something we only started doing to have fun
#ncaacws
A full college season of having the rule enforced, coupled with watching HS and summer games with no rule, I’m officially full blown Team Pitch Clock.
#paceofplay
Calls are already made to travel and HS coaches of verbally committed student-athletes to see if it’s a “soft verbal” or if they “would be interested in decommitting”. (Great example set by adults). Will there be a moral code we adhere to or are we entering the Wild Wild West?
The NCAA one-time transfer rule is good for College Baseball. Allowing kids to play right away is the right thing to do. Huge concerns... will there be any penalty for tampering/back-channeling before a player enters the Transfer Portal? Will the conduct of coaches be tracked?
“Kyle Hendricks just throws 88 and he’s good” such hilarious rhetoric. Outside the fact he locates his FB to an absurd level, his spin plays from the same slot and his CH is like . There’s tons of different pitchers, he’s an obscenely good version of his type
#elite
All due respect to the P5, just saw 2 arms from the
@NECsports
on
@PitchingNinja
. Good players (esp arms) come from everywhere. Holster your P5 bias and invest in the person you’re going to play for. Todays midmajor is a P5 coach next year if he is good enough/wants the challenge
We have a unique opportunity... prove to the most important people in our life that they are the most important... people we spend this unconventional time with should likely be those we focus the most time on every single day
#Heather
#Avery
#Jameson
#mymostimportant
Let the Super Bowl be a reminder to everyone... saying grilled chicken wings are better than fried chicken wings is the same as saying turkey bacon is better than bacon
#themoreyouknow
The toughest part of the post-holiday return to normalcy? My body demanding some type of dessert every day... I feel like Tyrone Biggums scratching my neck for a piece of cheesecake
#dietstartstomorrow
?
This has been said multiple times by stand up comics and such, but I’m gonna double down... can we all, as part of a functioning society, keep our shoes on when on an airplane? We are not in your livingroom
#thisneedstostop
@NextLVLProspect
@ASoggyBottom
@theuncommits
Age of commitment has nothing to do with grown men calling teenagers to “decommit”. I’ll quit before I try to steal kids from another program… and
@Metz180
is right- this stops when we publicly shame those that do. Easy to be a dirtbag in the dark, much tougher in the light.
So hcbrown1022 got together and made this... she loves naps, enjoys snuggling her best buddy Jameson, and she’s the best thing that has ever happened to us! Mommy was incredible, I’m so proud of her, she was amazing!…
With all of his charitable efforts, I believe Dak Prescott is a very good guy... but seeing his commercials and listening to his
@PardonMyTake
interview, he is about as much fun and excitement as vegetable lasagna
Run hard around the bases, do whatever bananas celebrations you want to in the dugout... I think the Grinch in me finally found a compromise
#WorldSeries
#HowieKendrick
And let’s go easy on the “Gerrit Cole should’ve been in there” takes... dude is a career starter and would’ve had to be ready in like 6 pitches.... and Harris has been great all series and all season
#MMQB
@TreadAthletics
As with most Twitter discourse, this statement- and almost all agreeing with or opposing it- lack an important characteristic in making an assessment on an argument’s validity… nuance. To say there are zero reasons for/against either viewpoint is grandstanding simplification.
Monday morning Scrooge from a Pitching Coach... let’s do a better job of praising insane plays like this that actually matter in winning a game, instead of deifying bat flips
#playgoodbaseball
Excited for the opportunity to speak at the
@ABCA1945
#Barnstormers
clinic on September 22nd! Tons of great coaches sharing some excellent information at our beautiful on campus facility,
#TheJack
at St. John’s University!