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#TBT to when I was thrown out at Arkansas for arguing balls and strikes...
Once I was tossed, the umpire told me to go “where he could not see me.”
So naturally, I went and stood on home plate.
Coach Ron Polk
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Coach Ron Polk
@CoachRonPolk
Joined June 2017
- A home plate umpire dropped his phone so I hung on to it until he blew a call. I went out to argue and handed him his phone. “Who’s phone is this?” the umpire asked... “I figured it was yours. It had a lot of missed calls.” #ThrownOutThursday (I mean, #ThrowBackThursday.)
- Today is the first Opening Day in 55 years where I won’t be in a dugout wearing the uniform... On the bright side, I can smoke all the cigars I want while watching baseball. (No more smoke break trips to the bullpen.) Good luck to everyone this season.
- Someone just tried explaining Throwback Thursday to me... so I thought I’d give it a shot. If I remember correctly, my buddy and I were trying to decide where to eat after the game. #TBT
Welcome home, Coach Polk! Legendary coach Ron Polk will return to Mississippi State as Special Assistant to the Athletic Director. #HailState🐶 hailstate.com/news/2020/5/13…- The @NCAA limits baseball roster sizes to 35 players. We’re the only sport that has such a hindering restriction. That is why I now wear #35… in protest of the NCAA.
- Whenever it was late in a game, we were losing by a lot (which wasn't often), and I was ready for a cigar, I would play my automatic ejection card... All I had to say was: "How'd we get a junior high umpire callin' an SEC game?" Worked every time. #ThrownOutThursday
- Someone told me I had gotten too "soft" on Twitter lately. Here was my response: "Oh yeah, well I heard you were a .400 hitter in college... .100 your Freshman year, .100 your Sophomore year, .100 your Junior year, .100 your Senior year."
- After watching some of the umpiring performances in the NCAA Regionals this past weekend, it's safe to say I would not have lasted very long.
- You may back-up the same routine throw 100+ times in a season. Maybe it only saves your team 1-2 runs a year... But every run counts. It takes no talent to backup throws... Just attitude and effort. You have a place to be on every single play... Get there.
- Football coach using The Baseball Playbook, too?! @Coach_Leach Grab your copy now at: TheBaseballPlaybook.com
00:00 - Umpire was having a rough game at LSU, so I'd frequently ask: "Where was that last pitch at?" Guy must've been an English major as he finally replied: "Don't you know you don't end a sentence with a preposition?" Me: "You're right. Where was that last pitch at, Knucklehead?"
- People keep asking how much time I will spend driving to my 34 speaking events over the next 38 days... Well, instead of hours on the road, I think of it in terms of cigars smoked. For instance: Birmingham to Nashville = 2 cigar drive Birmingham to Memphis = 3 cigar drive
- The drag bunt can add 10-15 points to your average over a season, and you don’t have to be a plus runner for it to be effective. Execution & deception are the keys... Not speed. Showing bunt from time to time will also bring the corners in, giving you more hitting real estate.
