Former Indy League RHP ⚾️ (Pioneer,USPBL,others) If you’re still living, you’re still learning.
Joined June 2012
- Tweets14.3K
- Following2K
- Followers940
- Likes147K
Alex Leija retweeted
Easy Way To Stay Closed.
One of the easiest ways to stay closed with the upper half is to internally rotate your glove side.
Now, I started incorporating this because when I was throwing my bullpens and I was in the low 90s, around 90 to 93 miles an hour, I compared that to bullpens where I was throwing a little bit harder.
I'm touching 94, 95, even 96 miles an hour.
The big difference that stuck out to me was how late I was able to keep my upper half closed, and it's a very small detail.
When the pitch was 92, I might've been here, but when it was 95, it was more here.
A very small difference that created large effects down the line.
And so what I started to incorporate was a little bit of internal rotation with the glove side to keep myself closed for that split second longer to throw hard.
Now, this is one of the things that Cullen incorporated into his delivery to go from the upper 80s into the mid 90s.
And so again, such a small change like this can yield big results in pitching velocity.
Alex Leija retweeted
Absolutely nuts first-person POV showing the arm strength of a big league catcher. Not even one of the *elite* big league catcher arms, but just a mainstream one. This is an absolute LASER BEAM down to second!
Alex Leija retweeted
This kind of behavior from an official towards a player is unacceptable. Players are consistently held accountable when the roles are reversed. We expect the NFL to hold officials to the same standard.
Alex Leija retweeted
Mexico walks it off against the Dominican Republic at the U-15 World Cup, while prospect Ángel García was touching 90 mph on the mound.
Alex Leija retweeted
First 3 starts of the fall
5IP- 10K- 1H- 0ER
FB- 88-89 T90
SL- 75-76
CH- 73-74
@BUncommitted
Alex Leija retweeted
The final numbers from Justin Verlander’s 21-year Hall of Fame career:
Record: 266-159
Games started: 557
ERA: 3.33
ERA+: 128
IP: 3,575.2
H: 3,057
BB: 1,007
K: 3,560 (8th all-time)
HR: 374
FIP: 3.44
Cy Young Award: 3
All-Star: 10
World Series champion: 2
American League MVP: 1
Alex Leija retweeted
You might be old school, but you’ll never be “Justin Verlander still throwing 95 mph in his 21st big league season while wearing @Reebok spikes” old school.
JV is one of the last of his kind, a nearly extinct breed of true ace starting pitchers.
Alex Leija retweeted
Repost for a chance to win a game-ready ball from JV’s 2011 no-hitter, a bobblehead & a team-issued jersey!
Alex Leija retweeted
"It's a great drill if you want to throw slow and not throw any strikes." 😅
The Hershiser Drill was 1 of 12 lower-body drills for pitchers, ranked from S-tier to F-tier in our most recent Around the Mound.
Alex Leija retweeted
WHO’S NEXT?
G PLAYER SERIES.
G FUTURE SERIES.
We’re adding 5–10 athletes.
Elite talent.
Big personality.
Strong promoter.
Great person.
Great family.
Think you belong?
SHOW US.
Send your video, stats, write-up, coach comments, parent comments and photos.
📧 [email protected]
#GBrand #GPlayerSeries #GFutureSeries #WhosNext
🤖 Made with AI
Alex Leija retweeted
Doug Eddings embarrassed himself and every other umpire last night. Making it all about yourself and “your field” while a kid has a his hat slightly sideways during his debut… shame.
Alex Leija retweeted
On the last day of the 1941 season, Ted Williams was hitting .39955.
Officially, that rounds up to .400.
His manager offered to sit him. He could have walked away as a .400 hitter without lifting a bat.
He played both games of a doubleheader instead.
Understand what was at stake. Hitting .400 is the most romantic number in baseball. It had been done a handful of times and it was already becoming rare.
Williams was 23 years old. If he sat, the record book would say .400 forever.
He refused.
His reasoning, as he told it for the rest of his life, was that he didn't want to be a .400 hitter with a technicality. He wanted to earn it standing in the box.
So on September 28, 1941, in Philadelphia, Ted Williams played a doubleheader against the Athletics with the single most famous batting average in American sports hanging on it.
He went 6 for 8.
He finished the season at .406.
Nobody has hit .400 in a Major League season since. Eighty five years and counting. It has become one of those records people quietly assume will never be broken again.
And here's the part that makes the whole thing even more absurd.
Ted Williams lost nearly five full seasons of his prime to military service in two different wars. He was a Marine fighter pilot in World War II and flew combat missions in Korea, where he crash landed a burning jet.
He still finished with 521 home runs and a career .344 average.
His final at bat, in his last game in 1960 at Fenway Park, he hit a home run. Then he ran the bases, went into the dugout, and never came out to tip his cap.
And when he was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1966, he used his speech to argue that Negro Leagues greats like Satchel Paige and Josh Gibson belonged in Cooperstown too. That was 1966. He didn't have to say that. He said it anyway, and it's cited as one of the reasons the doors eventually opened.
Two games he could have skipped.
Eight at bats he didn't have to take.
Six hits, and the last .400 season anyone has ever had.
For more stories like this, follow us on any platform @thesportsontap
Alex Leija retweeted
After careful consideration and reviewing the current eligibility guidelines,
I’m officially declaring myself a @WNBA prospect.
If simply declaring who you are is all that’s required, then I meet every single requirement necessary to compete in the WNBA.
My team and I have carefully examined the WNBA’s eligibility criteria and governing framework surrounding self-identification and inclusion. Based on the current guidelines, I can and am officially declaring my eligibility for the upcoming WNBA draft in April 2027.
I know my presence on the court will stir up strong opinions.
I am definitely not here to mock, make fun of, or disrespect any community or personal choices.
I’m simply asking that the current rules be applied equally to everyone — the rules that represent the very values many WNBA players and coaches have publicly advocated for.
My team and I are prepared to ensure these guidelines are applied equally, consistently, and without exception, and I look forward to the #WNBA honoring its stated principles.
See you at training camp.
enesfreedom.com