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Just a friendly reminder to the young college baseball players out there:
If you’re good enough, yes, they will find you.
Baseball’s most dominant closer, @CleGuardians right-hander Cade Smith, played college ball for @HawaiiBaseball and @HawaiiAthletics. 🌈⚾️
#BowsInThePros
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This vet could’ve rushed the exam.
Instead, he sat on the floor, gave this terrified little dog space, and waited until trust replaced fear.
By the end, the same pup who wouldn’t come near him was sitting safely in his lap.
Sometimes the best medicine starts before the treatment ever does.
This is what compassion looks like.
Some animals spend their lives learning to be afraid of people.
Teaching children kindness toward animals is one small way we can help change that.
Gentle hands. Giving an animal space. Recognizing fear. Understanding that a scared dog, frightened cat, or injured stray may not know how to ask for help.
Those lessons can stay with a child for life.
Every rescue that flinches at a raised hand, hides in the back of a kennel, or needs weeks to trust again is a reminder that compassion has to start somewhere.
Schools teach children how to respect one another and care about their communities. Teaching responsible animal care belongs in that conversation too.
Empathy learned early could mean fewer animals needing to be rescued later.
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Looking back on it now, it was a pretty gangster move to be out there fishing alone on the pier at age 4 with the bologna sandwich he probably prepared and packed himself that morning.
Dennis retweeted
This dog's name was Gunner. My uncle brought him back from WW2. He was raised and slept under my uncle's anti- aircraft gun. The gun crew shared their rations to feed him. By the time he was 18 months old, my uncle said he would stand up and look at the sky. If he laid back down they knew all was ok. If he growled and put his hackles up they got at the ready. He knew the sound of the German aircraft and my uncle said he never got it wrong. He said Gunner was better than any early warning system. I'm probably the only one left in the family that knows that story now, so I thought I'd tell it before it's lost forever, like many stories must be from that time. Thanks for reading it.
Dennis retweeted
The goals and sending-off won over countless American fans, but Flo Balogun's comments today should win over even more ❤️🤍💙
📸: @tombogert
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🚨🗣️ José Mourinho on the VAR double standard between Lionel Messi and Folarin Balogun:
"When I speak about the system, people call me crazy. They say Mourinho is always complaining. But today, the whole world saw the script with their own eyes.
Folarin Balogun makes an accidental step, a completely natural movement of a striker fighting for the ball, and VAR calls the referee like a crime has been committed. A straight red card. He misses the biggest game of his life.
But when the poster boy of FIFA, Lionel Messi, puts his studs into the calf of an opponent, the VAR room suddenly loses their internet connection. The referee goes blind. It is a completely different rulebook. If Balogun's name was Folarin Messi, he would not have even received a warning. It is not about the severity of the foul anymore; it is entirely about the name printed on the back of the shirt. It is a disgrace."
Dennis retweeted
In 2007, Brian Dennis befriended a stray Iraqi desert dog named Nubs while serving near the Jordanian border. After a local man severely wounded the dog with a screwdriver, Dennis cared for him until he recovered, forming an extraordinary bond.
When Dennis’s unit was unexpectedly reassigned to a base about 70 miles away, they had no choice but to leave Nubs behind. Believing they would never see him again, the Marines departed.
Two days later, against all odds, Nubs appeared at the new outpost after reportedly following the Marines’ scent across roughly 70 miles of harsh Iraqi desert and active war zone. Moved by the dog’s determination, the Marines secretly kept him in their barracks despite military regulations. Friends and family later raised $2,000 to fly Nubs to the United States.
Nubs spent the rest of his life with Dennis in San Diego, and his remarkable story of loyalty and survival later inspired a bestselling children’s book.
Dennis retweeted
This is Cupcake. She is either living her best life or really going through it. Either way, probably best to give her a moment. 14/10
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🚨🇺🇸 Zlatan Ibrahimović on Malik Tillman’s Stunning Free Kick
“That is why football is beautiful. You lose a player, everyone expects you to suffer, but then one man walks over the ball with ice in his veins. Tillman didn’t just score a free kick—he killed Bosnia’s belief. The wall was there, the goalkeeper was ready, but perfection doesn’t ask for permission. It simply happens. That is world-class.”
“People think free kicks are about power. No. They are about personality. The ball listens only to players who have complete confidence in themselves. Tillman struck it like he already knew where it was going before his foot touched it. That’s not luck—that’s elite quality.”
“When you are down to ten men, every goal counts double because it crushes the opponent’s spirit. Bosnia thought they had life after the red card. Then Tillman reminded them that one moment of brilliance is enough to finish a World Cup tie. That’s the difference between surviving… and dominating.” 👑
#USABIH
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Andre Iguodala: "I'm like, 'Man, that s--- was so dope to me, too.' I was a fan. That s--- was amazing. When he blocked it, I was like, 'Damn, somebody got shot.'"
Kyrie Irving: “I saw Iggy going up and I saw Bron coming like a bat out of hell. I was like, ‘Oh s--t, he got that?’”
Magic Johnson: “That block was better than any dunk I’ve ever seen. It was pure hustle, heart, and championship-level defense.”
Jalen Rose: “The block was biblical. If there’s a Mount Rushmore of Finals moments, that one is carved in stone.”
LeBron James: “I saw him drive. I saw Steph on the left wing and Draymond trailing. I had to get it.”
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When I was at UCLA, my hitting coach had me do a weird drill.
At the time, I was struggling to pull the ball in the air.
❌ A lot of topspin.
❌ A lot of getting around the baseball.
❌ I wasn't staying through it.
❌ I would let the ball get really deep and then try to turn fast.
By the time I did, I was getting beat.
So my hitting coach made a simple adjustment.
He put the tee in a spot where the only way to hit it hard was to drive it right back up the middle.
That spot was lined up with my front foot after my stride landed.
I took 5 swings there.
Then he told me:
"Don't move your feet."
Instead, he moved the tee about 6 inches farther out front.
Now when I hit it, the ball started going into the pull-side gap.
But something else happened.
✅ I started covering more of the plate.
✅ I started staying through the baseball longer.
✅ I started driving the baseball instead of getting around it.
The next day we had a scrimmage.
I stepped in the box and smoked a ball off the left-center field wall.
I looked at him and thought:
"That felt different."
I've used that drill ever since.
- Any time I felt like I wasn't driving the baseball.
- Any time I felt like I was getting around it.
- Any time I felt like I was losing my ability to stay through it.
I'd go back to that drill.
Today, I call it the Break The Wall Drill.
So here's what I'd do tonight if I was struggling to drive the baseball into my pull-side gap:
Round 1
Put the tee in the middle of the plate about waist high.
Hit 5 line drives right back up the middle.
Don't move your feet.
Round 2
Move the tee 6 inches farther out front.
Keep your feet in the exact same spot.
Hit 5 balls into your pull-side gap.
Round 3
Repeat the sequence 3 times.
Middle.
Pull-side gap.
Middle.
Pull-side gap.
Focus on one thing:
Break the wall behind the baseball.
Don't just touch it.
Drive through it.
Because there's one thing I learned:
One swing thought can confuse a hitter.
The right drill can change a swing in one day.
Thank you for reading,
Jermaine Curtis
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This player was...
❌️ Rolling over pitches
and...
❌️ Hitting a lot of ground balls to his pull side
The problem?
He was opening up too early.
So instead of giving him 10 swing thoughts, we had him do a simple drill.
We moved the tee deep and placed it on the inner part of the plate.
Deep enough that if he wanted to hit it hard, he'd have to drive it back up the middle.
If he opened up early...
Ground ball.
Miss-hit.
Weak contact.
If he stayed closed longer...
Line drive (through the middle)
The baseball gave him instant feedback.
The cool part?
After a few rounds, he started staying through the baseball longer.
The rollovers started disappearing.
And he even started driving balls to;
✅️ Middle of the field
and...
✅️ Right center field more consistently.
Not because we told him to hit the ball to right field.
Because the drill taught him to stay connected and stay through the baseball.
So here's what we did, and it's something you can try tonight if you're opening up too early.
1. Put the tee on the inner third of the plate.
2. Move it deep in the hitting zone.
3. Hit 10 balls back up the middle.
4. Don't move on until you can consistently hit line drives.
5. Then try to drive 10 balls to right-center (for a right-handed hitter).
One thing I've learned from playing baseball and coaching...
The fastest way to fix a opening up too early isn't telling a hitter to stay closed.
It's putting him in a position where opening up early no longer works.
Thank you for reading,
Jermaine Curtis
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