1 year ago I retired from college baseball. Things I have figured out in 365 days.I miss the relationship with the players. I miss the relationship with other coaches. I miss the daily competitiveness. I DONT miss recruiting. Life is too short to bet the under. Parlays never hit
He is an example of one of the drills from our Athletic Pitcher Series. They combine agility work with some ball handling skills. A great way to combine fielding work with the goal of becoming more athletic. We like to utilize these on low volume throw days.
For those of you who donated money and helped with our turf project this year I give a giant THANK YOU! Itโs February 3rd and we scrimmaged outside today. In no way would that have been possible with our old surface.
I am looking for candidates to fill our Director of Hitting Development position. Position manages our tech platforms and over sees our analytics team. Will work with hitting coaches to create development plans. Excellent opportunity for anyone looking to open doors to pro ball
If you stay out of the far right and the far left you will find some harmony amongst people. The fringes represent such a small portion of bad examples yet thatโs where we keep our attention. People in general are good and care about each other. Letโs focus on that.
This kid has been a special player in this program on so many levels. He has accomplished something no other player has done in this league. Very few have had the college career this kid has produced. Congrats
@Rudy_Rott
BACK-TO-BACK
Ohioโs
@Rudy_Rott
has been named MAC Player of the Year for the second consecutive season. Rott is the first two-time winner in conference history.
#BleedGreen
#MACtion
Southeast Ohio is an awesome place to be if you are a northern baseball player. A little different weather down here in the โSouthโ. Outside for pens day one!
#shortsandtshirts
Itโs nice being a โSouthernโ school with turf. Scrimmaging in January on the 2nd day of practice. Thanks to all of those who donated and made that possible!
First base is not a position where coaches should try to โhide a bat.โ In every sense, itโs a vital defensive spot.
Athleticism plays as much at 1st as it does anywhere else on the field, with a chance to save more outs (and runs) than the rest, combined.
Is the MLB HOF even legit without the best power hitter ever (Bonds). The best hitter ever (Rose) and arguably the best pitcher ever (Clemens). Itโs like a fast food HOF w/o McDonalds, Wendyโs and Burger King. All are probably bad for you but so what. Let them in!!
3 batter minimum huh? Ok. letโs do this. Letโs add no pinch hitters till the 9th. Outlaw defensive replacements, no steals if team is up by 3 runs, ban on all bunting, only allow one non FB per at bat. Anyone have any other random arbitrary idiotic ideas to โbetter than gameโ.
Earned through hard work and persistence. Great example of how to go about the process! Super proud of him. Has left Ohio as one of the best to ever play here!
If you are a D1 team this is when you wish social media didnโt exist. Lol. Congrats to
@BHarrisonBW
and his team on a big win. BW is a great program regardless of division.
BIG MOOD after
@BWUBaseball
takes down NCAA Division I University of Akron! The Yellow Jackets earned the big 17-2 seven-inning win over the Zips!! ๐๐ช
What an intense series this past weekend was. Very proud of our team and coaching staff for the job everyone did to get back to the post season. Several ups and downs but still headed to Avon.
The bullpen area is fully under construction. Gonna have 4 turf mounds, a flat ground area and plenty of space for J-bands/plyo balls/crossover bands. Will be a tremendous space to develop pitchers and catchers.
@jaegersports
@drivelinebases
@gocrossover
In the fall Chris and I had a spirited meeting in the locker room on who should be calling pitches. His passion about it was awesome. I got out of his way and in the spring of 07 we were 15th in ERA nationally and went to a regional. Dude controlled a pitching staff like no other
So excited to get this kid home after 3 nights in the ICU.
@Twinbeauties29
was a rock star mom navigating this past week. These situations can certainly give you perspective on what is important.
Now that the dust has settled I wanted to congratulate
@coachmoore_17
on his appointment as
@Ohio_Baseball
HC.
@juliecromerOHIO
made a great choice and continues to show why she is the best AD in the MAC. ALL alumni and former coaches need to get behind Craig and the program!
So proud of this dude. Has made a major impact on our program. Been a part of two championships and recruited several really good players here the past 5 years. He will crush it in pro ball!
I canโt thank the players and coaches at Ohio University enough for the positive impact youโve had on Sarah and I over the last 5 seasons. Iโm excited to announce Iโve accepted a position with the Detroit Tigers.
Itโs a sad day for the Bobcat baseball family as we have lost one of the best. Rest In Peace Shelly Black. Your support and love for the program will be missed.
@tmblack2
@MikeBlack85
@TroyBlackUK
Another option...open roster limits totally. Increase # of players paying full cost. School wins. Change limit of coaches to unlimited vol or not. Now you can match ratios to meet demand. Players win. Eliminate bad restrictions that limit Vol coaches from Making $. All win.
This is the Z Drill. Change of direction with ball handling. Relative to managing plays for interior defense. We have several variations of combining agility training with different PFP plays.
Excited to announce that we have added Nick Bredeson to our coaching staff! As a player he helped us win two MAC championships and I know he will have a similar impact as a member of our staff!
@breedlewhip
@Ohio_Baseball
Making these two teams forfeit over this is ridiculous. Whoever made this decision has never competed a day in their life. Coaches and umpires defused the situation. No punches thrown. Feel bad for these players and coaches.
Can confirm
@Heininsports
' report that Temple College will be the
@NJCAARegion5
representative in the JUCO World Series. Here's video of the incident that led to a double forfeiture between MCC & Cisco.
Enough discussion for the night on real issues and the need for Intellectual bandwidth. Iโm headed to Tik Tok to lose an hour of my life for no productive reason. ๐
Congrats to
@coachmoore_17
and the
@Ohio_Baseball
boys on win
#1
. First one Is always the toughest. Look forward to tracking the first series win next week!
@gadcock9
made CBU a National power in NAIA, NCAA DII and now as a D1 transitional school won the WAC regular season title twice in 2 years. This coach and his players deserve some serious recognition!
@CBUbaseball
is fortunate to have
@gadcock9
leading them.
With baseball programs getting cut there have been points made about the net gains baseball provides a university. Curious to hear why the math does not add up, thus resulting in teams getting cut. If having 35 players is a net gain there has to be other considerations. Thoughts?
To add to this stupidity, moving the mound back will = 10000000000 times more walks. Distance magnifies mistakes in regard to throwing accuracy. Just ask any infielder who is now playing the OF because he couldnโt throw to 1B
Accurate.
Earlier today,
@MLB
and the
@AtlanticLg
announced the experimental playing rules and equipment that will be in place during the 2019 Atlantic League
Championship Season.
I hope EVERY high school and college athlete listed to Stetson Bennettโs interview post game. He pretty much laid out the road map to success for any athlete who competes.
Proud to be a Mustang today! Having been a player for 4 years and a coach for three getting to state tournament was always a dream. These 2019 Mustangs get to live that dream. Awesome job by
@BobJonesEHS
and his club.
Awesome job in the classroom by our team this semester. Team GPA of 3.16 with 28 players above a 3.0. Big effort from
@byrnes_nick
as he pulled a 4.0 for the semester. Very proud of the commitment the players and
@MGilmoreOU
have to our academics. ๐ฝ +2
Heartbroken for the entire Creighton baseball family. Chris was one of the most passionate players I had ever been around. The world lost a great human today.
The Creighton community is absolutely devastated by the death of Chris Gradoville. Chris represented the very best of what it meant to be a Bluejay. He was an alumnus, former standout baseball player, and the volunteer director of baseball operations.
I donโt think people realize how hard this was for
@WoffordBaseball
to accomplish. They lost like 6 players to power 5 schools off of their roster after 2020 Covid season. Todd Interdonato is a highly underrated coach. The dude just wins. Congrats to Wofford Players and coaches
@FoulPoleSports
In the attempt to avoid sign stealing we employed a system where the pitcher is the only person who knows whatโs coming.
@dan_mccauley10
isnโt a fan but as you can see hitters are baffled by it.
#adaptordie
Genesee County Sheriff (Flint, Michigan) Chris Swanson put down his helmet and baton and asked protesters how he could help.
The protesters chanted "walk with us" so the Sheriff joined โ and walked alongside the protesters in solidarity.
Leadership.๐โค๏ธ
First use of our new hitterโs plyo wall. Training the turn with
@BRrebellion
rebelโs rack. Itโs been an awesome tool for our guys in such a short time.
Good thing is if we move the mound back two feet this pitch will no longer be called a strike as it will end up 4 feet off the plate. (At least I assume it wonโt be called a strike. ๐)
I am excited to announce our 2018 Ohio Baseball Alumni weekend will be October 12-14. Looking forward to seeing Bobcat baseball players from various eras come together to celebrate their past and the future of the program!
So no shift? Ok letโs add no infield in, no double play depth, no two strike adjust in OF to go with it. Fundamental baseball positioning is based on the probability of where the guy will hit it. Thatโs the point of shifting.
#stupidrule
Earlier today,
@MLB
and the
@AtlanticLg
announced the experimental playing rules and equipment that will be in place during the 2019 Atlantic League
Championship Season.
A big thanks to
@USABaseball
for having me as a part of the 17U National team task force this past week. Got to evaluate and work with a bunch of really good players. Thank you
@CoachBartman
for the invite!
It was a great alumni weekend for the program! I canโt say thanks enough to all of the people who came back this weekend and to those who contributed to our turf project.
This past Friday
@Ohio_Baseball
hosted a ceremony to showcase the completion of the Nicholson Family Turf project! Watch the condensed version below! ๐ฝ
Is stealing signs off the 3rd base coach or runners at 2B relaying signs to the hitter or an on deck hitter giving location based on the catchers set up considered cheating as well?
Had a great first meeting with our data analytics team today. Looking forward to doing some good work with them, our new technology and our analytics advisory board.
Saying pitch counts don't matter is NONSENSE. Managing workload is a pitching coaches
#1
role IMO. Can they vary from 1 pitcher to another? Yes. Can you train to prepare for more load? Yes. But to believe they are aren't worth tracking closley is very short sighted.
Attn: College Catchers - if you want to call the game get the password for Synergy; watch video; and put together a report. Sit down with PC and share thoughts. Investment goes a long way. Itโs not usually ego when it comes to pitch calling at this level. Itโs preparation.
A few hot takes from the
@ABCA1945
this year
1. The new tech available now is game changing
2. I am very excited to be a part of the ABCA committee for diversity
3. The new proposed recruiting calendar is a big mistake IMO
4.
@TimCorbin
is an amazing speaker
SCOOP:
@LionUpBaseball
has promoted volunteer assistant Gerry Salisbury to pitching coach, while Andrew Gipson was promoted to associate head coach and will be the recruiting coordinator, sources tell
@d1baseball
. Salisbury recently completed his first season with SELA.
#SLC