Teacher, baseball coach, infield guy whose either hiking or hitting fungos. Smithville Warriors & private nationwide baseball/softball instructor

Kansas City, MO
Joined February 2013
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
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“Homers are thrown, not hit.” Love this mindset from Murph! Be ready to jump all over a mistake … But … You have to be ready to grind out At Bats run the bases, manufacture runs, and do what is necessary to win! Especially against elite pitching at the MLB level.
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The Rays’ formula for winning baseball: • MLB’s lowest strikeout rate (18.6%)
• AL-best batting average
• AL-best stolen base total Now they’re AL champions and heading to the World Series. They’re proof you don’t have to out-slug everyone to win. Put the ball in play, run the bases and make the other team defend.
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Masterclass by Pat Murphy “I want to be able to beat you 5 different ways!” This is the future of player development Positional Versatility Hitting Versatility Pitching Versatility Can you make a play 5 different ways? Can you hit a Baseball 5 different ways?
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Every coach needs to hear this from Pat Murphy. “Every kid I coach, they have parents who love their kid the way I love my kid.” We’re not just coaching athletes. We’re coaching someone’s son or daughter. Coach them the way you’d want your own child coached.
Pat Murphy says becoming a father completely changed the way he coached, and now every player he views and coaches as somebody else’s son “It’s got to be real, man. You can’t just say it. You’ve got to live it. When it’s about your kid, when you’re raising kids by yourself, you’re clueless, man. You don’t know what you’re doing. I don’t know what I’m doing. I didn’t have that kind of, my parents were way older than me, so I don’t know how to parent. I don’t know what I’m doing, but it’s really important to me.” “And I started thinking about it like, every kid I coach is somebody’s Kai Joseph. You know what I mean? Every kid I coach, they have parents who love their kid the way I love my kid.” “Wow, I’ve got to be a little mindful how I treat these guys. I’ve got to be a little mindful about, like, it’s my job.” “This profession isn’t about the wins and losses. This profession is about, how do I impact this person?
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Build yourself up. Build your beliefs up. Build others up. You don’t have to tear anyone down to do any of it. And if you lead others, remember: share the credit, own the mistakes, and never sacrifice someone else to save yourself. That’s what’s on my mind. Thank you.
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Tell em Cap !!!
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Replying to @GGC_Baseball
If you’re coaching FOR the dogpile, you’ll miss the mark + miss the opportunity to impact. Instead, coach for the PEOPLE in the dogpile! It’s about their performances, their experiences, what they will learn & take with them into their lives. Always bleed GREEN! 🐻⚾️💚
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THE VALUE OF BEING PRESENT
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Chicago is a Sox Town! #NoTimeLikeOctober
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Life's not a solo sport. It's a team game.
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for anyone who loves college baseball, you probably love the chicago white sox
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Glacier National Park Montana 😍
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The Mount Soxmore of movies with @CHGO_WhiteSox elements: "Eight Men Out," Field of Dreams," "Only the Lonely," "My Best Friend's Wedding."
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The Mile High Salute is so unbelievably back this season
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How learning actually happens:
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If you’re a dad, I don’t know how this doesn’t get you. Justin Verlander walks off the mound holding his daughter’s hand. Man. The game ends. Being Dad never does.
Justin Verlander says goodbye to his teammates And then holds his daughter’s hand as he leaves the mound 🥹
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The leaves are beginning to change colors in Vermont ahead of peak fall foliage, which is forecasted for early October.
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American WWI veterans at a reunion, 1978.
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Rays have unveiled a new primary road jersey that is a "modernized take on the original road gray Tampa Bay uniforms worn from 1998-2000" They will debut the uniform in the second game of their doubleheader on Tuesday against the Yankees
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