10/10 night! FINAL: #RedSox 10, Rangers 1 #DirtyWater

📬 To: Sycamore Nation 🌳 2⃣4⃣ drops a line to share a quick look at her summer plans! See what she's up to!👇 #MarchOn

RACHEL WILL RUN FOR THE NATTY SATURDAY NIGHT!!! 12.79 to punch her ticket to the championship round #MarchOn | #StayRooted

CONGRATULATIONS to @SHS_IrishSball’s Tessa Krull, Hayden Pfeifer, and Emma Mino for being selected to the 2026 Class 2A Softball All-State Team by the Illinois Coaches Association! #IrishPride ☘️

24 hours ⏳ Rachel's back on the big stage tomorrow night in Track Town! #MarchOn | #StayRooted

Woohoo!! 🥳 proud of our home state Sycamore! 💙🌳

Mehringer's record-setting season reaches NCAA Outdoor National Championships 📰 tinyurl.com/3kf9yunu #MarchOn | #StayRooted

My replies are flooded with Texas Tech fans saying “Tech did nothing wrong.” Yes they did. Publicly advocating for reinstatement in this situation is WRONG. Supporting nefarious tactics that threaten the future of college football is WRONG. Paying $6 million in NIL to a player that was caught gambling on his team is WRONG. Pretending he has “served his time” by attending a 30 day rehab when the precedent for betting on your team has ALWAYS been banishment is WRONG. It’s CRAZY that so many people are staking their careers and reputation on this kid. It’s going to be CINEMA when they finish the season outside of the playoff.

So proud of our Sycamore! 🌳💙💪🏼

Let’s gooooo!!!! 💙🌳

Does not get more fun than youth camp at @IndStSoftball . Waterslide Wednesday ahead!!!! #futureSycamores #softball #camp

If Brendan Sorsby plays a single snap this season, the college game is dead. He broke the rules on a loss of eligibility level and got a slap on the wrist. A random judge just killed the sport of college football #BoycottTech

Ready to play at the next level? 🚀 Join us June 16, July 8, or July 9 for our Top Prospect Camps (Grades 8–12) Sign up now! 🔗 tinyurl.com/ISUSBCAMPS #MarchOn

Excited to find some great additions to our Sycamore Softball Family! Our core is strong, and ready to add the last few missing pieces. #findingSycamores #joinourcrew #blessedandblue

Big things happening in Terredise 😎 LaVern Gibson Championship Cross Country Course Announces Transformational Enhancements to Elevate National Championship Experience 📰 tinyurl.com/2c2kjh6a #MarchOn | #StayRooted | #NCAAXC

Kicking off recruiting season watching our @IHSAA1 softball playoffs! Ring chasing weekend! #dreamchasing #softball #futuresycamores

Next stop ➡️ Nationals 🏆 #MarchOn | #StayRooted

When I was with the St. Louis Cardinals, we had a team meeting about hitting with two strikes. Albert Pujols was leading it. At the time, he was hitting something ridiculous with two strikes. I want to say it was around .265. Naturally, everyone wanted to know how. So somebody asked: "What's your two-strike approach?" Albert's answer surprised me. He said: "I think fastball inside and hit it back through the middle." That was it. No complicated mechanics. No secret formula. Just: Fastball inside. Back through the middle. I remember sitting there thinking: "Why would you think fastball inside with two strikes?" So somebody asked him. And Albert said something I'll never forget. He said: "If I can hit a fastball inside back through the middle..." "I can hit the fastball away." "I can stay on the changeup." "I can stay on the slider." "I can stay on the curveball." Then he paused. And said: "The ball gets deeper." That's when it clicked for me. He wasn't trying to pull the inside fastball. He was using one thought to cover everything. The more I thought about it... The more it made sense. So I started trying it. And it changed the way I thought about hitting with two strikes. Instead of worrying about every pitch... I focused on one. Fastball inside. Back through the middle. See it DEEP. If you're struggling with two strikes, here's what I'd do tonight: Round 1: Short Box (Set the distance somewhere between front toss and batting practice.) Have a coach throw only fastballs inside. Your only thought: "Fastball inside." Drive the ball back through the middle. 10 swings. Round 2: Mix Speeds Now the coach mixes: - Fastballs - Changeups - Breaking balls - Sliders But your thought never changes. You're still looking: "Fastball inside." 10 swings. Round 3: Two-Strike BP Every pitch starts 0-2. Compete. Battle. Use the same approach. "Fastball inside." Back through the middle. 10 swings. That's it. 30 focused swings. One thought. One approach. One goal. Drive the baseball back through the middle. One thing I've learned: Most hitters get worse with two strikes because they add thoughts. Albert got better because he removed them. With two strikes, simplicity is a weapon. Thank you for reading, Jermaine Curtis P.S. - If you enjoyed this and thought it was helpful, please share it. (When you share it, it tells me you want more content like this.)

There is a Japanese saying: If you miss the bus, perhaps you avoided an accident. If you were rejected, perhaps you were spared the wrong path. If someone left your life, perhaps they made room for someone who belongs in it. Sometimes what looks like bad luck at first turns out to be life’s way of redirecting you. Trust the detour.

📬 Incoming mail from @kenzie_cornwell ! 4️⃣4️⃣ is next, checking in with the fans to share what she’s up to this summer. 🌅 #MarchOn