We hear everyday about the shortage of teachers and burnout, what we also forget is the shortage of great leaders who support, empower, and create the environment that everyone can thrive and feel valued. That’s my goal as a leader #weareoneteam #teacher #coach

One of the most sentimental traditions in sports. Players of the eliminated team take home dirt from the field in Omaha at the MCWS. ❤️

I've played professional baseball. I've coached collegiate baseball. I've evaluated thousands of high school players over the last 12 years. Here are a few baseball truths I've learned: • Failure is inevitable. How you respond to it is a choice. • The game rewards resilience far more than talent gives it credit for. • Body language is visibly LOUD. • You never know who's watching. • Talent gets you noticed. Consistency gets you recruited. • Nobody cares how good you were last week. • The players who blame others rarely improve. • Confidence comes from preparation, not motivation. • The game owes you nothing. • Coaches trust competitors before they trust tools. • Your teammates know if you're real. • Baseball has a funny way of exposing excuses. • The best players are usually obsessed with improvement, not attention. • Nobody remembers your excuses. They remember your actions. Build your floor. Chase your ceiling. ⚾️

Adversity is a part of sports and life…..it’s how you respond to it! 👊 #GetBackUp

Powerful visit Normandy France which included Omaha Beach, Point du Hoc, Utah Beach, Utah Beach Museum, and the Normandy American Cemetery!

Ray’s Rock - Omaha Beach On the morning of June 6, 1944, 23 year old Staff Sergeant Arnold “Ray” Lambert came ashore with the first wave of the 1st Infantry Division on the eastern side of Omaha Beach. At this small patch of concrete he saved nearly 20 lives: The division came under intense fire from several German bunkers surrounding the entrance to the Colville Draw (one of two exits off Omaha Beach). Ray, a medic, immediately went to work. He was shot in the arm. Moments later he was hit by shrapnel in the leg, but Ray kept pulling men to safety. He pulled nearly 20 wounded soldiers to cover behind this 8ft wide obstacle, treating each soldier before going out in search of others. After several hours under fire, while pulling a wounded soldier from the ocean, he was struck by a landing craft. It dropped its ramp on top of him, breaking his back. He fell face down in the water, drowning. The craft backed up and nearby soldiers pulled an unconscious Ray to safety, eventually evacuating him off the beach. Remarkably, Ray had already earned two Silver Stars and three Purple Hearts in Sicily and North Africa, prior to landing in France. But here in Normandy his war would end. He awoke in a hospital back in England a day later. In the next bed over was his brother, who had also been wounded at Omaha. When asked about his work on D-Day, Ray simply said, “I did what I was called to do.” Ray Lambert passed in 2021 at 100 years old. He exemplified the best of American grit and why remembering this day is so important.

Landing on Omaha Beach, 6:30 AM June 6, 1944

Troy was one of the last four teams in. Now they’re hosting their first ever Super Regional and are one win away from Omaha. This sport rocks

Great work Milwaukee!!

Sunday marks the 105-year commemoration of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre. The events of that day in Tulsa, Oklahoma, still reverberate throughout a community seeking justice. abcnews.link/F8VkTRz

MIGUEL VARGAS HITS A WALK-OFF HOMER!

Conan O'Brien used his Harvard University commencement speech to argue that humility and the human connection matter far more than any diploma. "I always recognize the enormous role of luck in my life. Refusing to see how luck has played a role in anyone's success is simply ignorant. Many people are happy to mistake a lucky poker hand for their own brilliance, and fighting that human instinct has kept me sane. "I honestly believe that community, spontaneity, and a real commitment to humility has helped me build a rich life that means much more to me than any diploma. And believe me, I'm not saying the goal is to renounce accomplishments, but rather to metabolize them. If you carry your victories lightly, other qualities –- kindness, originality, courage, humor, and humanity –- have room to emerge. "Maybe the greatest lessons I've learned along these lines have been through my 24 travel shows. I have degraded myself in Cuba, Ghana, Korea, Armenia, half of Europe, Argentina, Thailand, Mexico, and Greenland, where I visited a real estate office and tried to buy the country. When I travel to another land, every quality I have discussed -- community, adaptation, and a sincerely humble approach -- are all necessary. When you don't speak the language, no one truly cares where you went to college, and you have no choice but to make friends. "It's on these travels that I learned a great lesson: let yourself be bad at things. I have been a bad dancer in every country I have visited. But the people laugh because it turns out everyone everywhere is related to at least one terrible dancer. For me, humility on these trips can easily lead to humiliation, which is also a useful tool. "Three weeks ago, I visited Amsterdam, dressed up as Van Gogh, and forced my way into the Van Gogh Museum, where I started loudly demanding a cut of the merchandising because I made no money during my lifetime. Guards forcibly ejected me. I was roundly mocked by patrons for my pathetic display. But I did see a lot of smiles. And not one person said, now that's a Harvard grad. "In Tokyo, I met with a teacher of Japanese etiquette who volunteered I wasn't her type. And when I asked her why, she just said, 'face.' In Ghana, after accepting a royal invitation, I was kicked out of the Ashanti Palace by the Queen Mother, because her favorite soap opera was starting. "I understand that I am preaching modesty and connection at a time when this is not in style. We are living through a period of extreme narcissism. Our current leadership in Washington believes that empathy is a weakness and that our nation stands supreme and alone. Add to that, everyone here today has a phone in their pocket that is algorithmically programmed to celebrate you and you alone by making you the protein-maxing hero of your own special journey. "Much has been written about how isolated and siloed we've become, but for me, the antidote is quite simple. By de-emphasizing what makes us special — in your case, a prized degree — we can really find one another, not as an exercise in virtue, but as a path towards greater laughter, love, and real growth."

"I want guys that build their life around baseball & not fit baseball into their life." -Jay Johnson Mindset

We have traded fundamentals for measurables. And it shows up in today's version of the game. Too many players are lacking: ⚾️ Baseball IQ ⚾️ Awareness ⚾️ Ability to play catch ⚾️ Baserunning ⚾️ Ability to throw strikes ⚾️ Bat-to-ball skills ⚾️ Feel ⚾️ Adjustability ⚾️ Perseverance ⚾️ Grit Just to name a few... Players today spend more time in cages looking at screens and less time in the sandlot competing, having to learn how to play the game without coaches. The players, coaches and organizations who still value fundamentals, stick out more today than ever before!

At 106 years old, Freeman Johnson is the oldest surviving Pearl Harbor veteran. More than eight decades after the attack on Pearl Harbor, he’s still sharing his firsthand memories of Dec. 7, 1941, honoring those who were lost and making sure younger generations understand the day that changed America forever.

To a wonderful school year✌️ . Twelve years of teaching, coaching, and leading! The years go by quicker the older I get and it is truly a calling. #weareoneteam

How is Ron Washington, time and time again, able to help his infielders make significant strides on defense? A few weeks ago, I worked with Wash to find out. And yeah, it was incredibly hard. Story: mercurynews.com/2026/05/22/r… Video: youtube.com/watch?v=Ri3oetV-…

Today's Hero of the Game honors 103-year old WWII Veteran, Tony Hernandez!

Had an hour long phone call this past week with a MLB cross checker about one of our alumni who is now in college…in that hour, there may have been about 5 minutes of him asking me about his talent. The other 55 or so minutes… 1. How does he handle failure? 2. Tell me about his parents? 3. Tell me about his parents personality types? 4. Did his teammates like him or tolerate him? 5. Were his parents overly involved or did they let him deal with tough moments on his own? 6. Does he handle tough coaching well? 7. Were there ever times he made excuses for performance? 8. When he got hurt, did he still show up for games or not?

Regular Season 40 win club 🔥