Downingtown Baseball Club

Coaches: Stop being your players friend & start preparing them! If you truly love your guys, you should be giving them reality & holding them to the highest standard! Not letting the prisoners run the prison! Discipline & accountability are a MUST for everyone!

They cut @MikeTrout. The greatest baseball player of our generation. The story you have never heard and the lesson to learn: Back in 2008, I was a high school junior. I was an up-and-coming baseball player and my first big break was an invitation to the USA baseball team…

Effort is a decision.

WOW!! Nico Hoerner deserves SO much credit here for running 100% on an infield pop-up and scoring from 1st base. Head up baseball 👏👏👏

Youth Coaches! As a coach who’s rebuilding a high school program,(in the last ten seasons 27 % winning percentage) I tell our kids you can’t do anything beyond fundamentals until you get the fundamentals down and cemented in. We do rep after rep after rep. We haven’t gone…

Players/parents looking for recruiting tips etc…our entire 18u team is committed to play in college. We’ve had two division 1 pitching commits in the last few days with more to come and a first round draft pick sign for over three million dollars a few years ago. You don’t have…

Effort is a direct indication of your interest.

What I need You People to understand is that between the pickoff limits, giant bases, and one-knee catchers who can’t make a decision that isn’t written down on an index card, Rickey Henderson would literally steal 200 bases a year in today’s game.

At showcases, catcher's pop times are now akin to slam dunk contests: numerous attempts without consequence. One catcher, consistently accurate with times like 1.95, 1.98, 1.94, and 1.97, ranks 10th on a leaderboard. Meanwhile, another catcher, after four botched transfer…

I had as many conversations as I could with St Louis Cardinals Hall of Fame Pitcher Bob Gibson. One conversation opened my eyes to another dimension. Mr. Gibson was explaining to me the level of effort he had while competing. Simply put he told me after each game he would…

Congratulations to 2024’s Jon Oxendine and Owen Rhoads both on their commitment to continue their baseball and academic careers at Elizabethtown College. Very proud of you boys! @RhoadsOwen2024 @jon_oxendine7

I am excited to announce that I will be furthering my academic and athletic career at Elizabethtown College. I want to thank my family, coaches, and my teammates for the support they have all shown me throughout this process. #gojays

Players who get bored in practice don't really want to be good. Champions get better. Losers get bored.

Strong few innings from Sunday. 41 pitches through 4 innings. 1 run.

100% spot on!

5 Hard Truths for Athletes: 1. No one owes you anything. 2. Nothing worth having comes easy. 3. Hard work is the price of admission. 4. Hard times create strong people. 5. Improvement has no offseason. ~ via @TheCoachJournal

It costs $0 to show up early! It costs $0 to know your plays! It costs $0 to do your job! It costs $0 to set the tone! It costs $0 to be a student of the game! It costs $0 to leave it all on the field! It costs $0 to empower others!

• BAD players don’t take anything seriously • AVERAGE players only take games seriously • GOOD players take practice & games seriously • GREAT players take take sleep, academics, warmups, weight room, film, conditioning, practice + games seriously #HowToBeGreat

Congrats to all 415 AAU teams that won a National Championship this summer!

I am blessed to have the opportunity to play D1 baseball and announce my commitment to the D1 program in the D1 Conference and I'd like to thank everyone who helped me become a D1 athlete during this journey to D1. 😉