Only acceptable reasons to miss practice after age 14.
-Hurt
-Death in the family
-Mandatory School assignment (not homework)
-Extremely RARE Family event (Not a birthday or vacation)
Being on a team is a commitment, it’s time we treated it like that again.
Seth McClung
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- I’m extremely disappointed in the direction that our game is going. The leadership is succumbing to people with the attention span of ants. This is about pure greed. The game is making plenty of money. There’s no need to change it as much as they are.Rob Manfred says there is “buzz” around adding a "Golden At-Bat" rule to Major League Baseball, per @jaysonst. This rule would allow a team to choose one at-bat in every game to use their best hitter regardless of where they're at in the lineup.
- I’m in our clubhouse (locker room) and it’s dead silent. I have 5 players in here early. THIS is why next season I’m banning cell phones in the clubhouse. I honestly believe this is hurting our kids communication skills.
00:00 - This is Bad. D3 Students deserve better! A student athlete reached out to me yesterday. He didn’t know how to respond. This is bad. This is really bad. If I was a baseball coach (any type coach) at @AMCAT_Baseball I would be having a very firm conversation with James Duggan
- Aubrey Huff with out a doubt.
- Parents, your 8 year old doesn’t need video hitting Analysis or Track Man, Rapsodo. Know what they do need? Dad Go play catch with them, tell them to get their butt down to catch a ground ball, set their feet to throw, get them a Tee to hit off of, throw BP, & get ice cream after
- Dear @Brewers wow…. And Thank you. I love how you guys are doing it. Low strikeouts great pitching, good defense timely hitting.. dangerous club! Wish I was there, but 08 was a wild ride too… had we not caught Philadelphia in the first round, who knows! I know the
- Kid comes to me and says, “I’m a Shortstop.” Me: Great, go play left field. Kid looks at me confused I ask, do you want to play in college? Kid, Yes sir Me: Your 1st 2 years there will be upperclassman in front of you. If you want to play earlier, learn other positions.
- Private schools have no business competing with public schools for state championships Change my mind?
- Hot Take: Homework from school is BS. You get 8 Hours a day to teach. Figure it out, let kids have more time for socializing, sports other extra activities and I know this is controversial…. QUALITY TIME WITH THEIR FAMILY.
- Okay, this may break baseball twitter…… I get it, you don’t want to bunt, you want to hit. As a coach, I want you to hit too! However, you strikeout way too much with runners on, and you don’t know how to move runners over to score runs making productive outs. Getting
- College baseball is bunting…. Bunting is good… strikeouts are bad…
- If I’m coaching there are only 3 reasons why your child isn’t playing. So you never have to ask, “Why is my child not playing? “ 1. There is a problem in the classroom - in that case the teacher should tell you. 2. There is a problem at my practice - in that case I’ll tell
- Positions by priority in high school baseball programs that expect to win. 1. Starting Pitcher 2. Starting Pitcher 3. Catcher 4. Starting Pitcher 5. Pitcher 6. Shortstop 7. Pitcher 8. Third Base 9. Pitcher 10. Center Field 11. Pitcher 12. Catcher 2 13. First Base 14. Second








