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Inside Pitch magazine retweeted
This is Crowder College RHP Jacob Misiorowski. Was a big draft name in 2020, but has taken his game to another level. Reportedly touched 102 today. Low release height. Power slider up to 87. Flirts with a CB. Big spin rates.
(📽️: @PG_Scouting)
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“Perseverance is experiencing the defeat and disappointment and not only moving on but using the setbacks to help us improve.”
The Decker family knows perseverance in ways that extend far beyond the baseball field.
From Joe Decker’s championship coaching career and Dominick Decker’s trips to Omaha to Stephanie Decker’s remarkable story of survival and the foundation created in its aftermath, their story offers a powerful lesson for coaches and athletes about responding to adversity.
🔗 Read the full article: abca.org/magazine/2026-4-Jul…
Inside Pitch magazine retweeted
CHICAGO IS CALLING! ⚾🏙️
Registration is officially open for the 2027 ABCA Convention, January 7-10 in Chicago!
Come for the baseball. Leave with new ideas for your program, solutions to the challenges you’re facing and relationships that last well beyond Convention weekend.
Learn from some of the best minds in the game. Connect with thousands of coaches who share your passion. Discover new products and technology. Catch up with old friends, make new ones and enjoy four days surrounded by the baseball community.
Can’t make the trip to Chicago? 🎥 The ABCA Clinics Live Stream brings nearly 60 sessions to you live throughout the weekend, plus the full clinic video collection on-demand afterward.
🔗 Register now at ABCAconvention.org
Inside Pitch magazine retweeted
💪 Aaron Judge may be known for his bat, but this play is a reminder that the game's elite players impact winning in every facet.
In this Frame-by-Frame breakdown, Chris Burke takes a closer look at one of the most exciting defensive plays of the 2026 World Baseball Classic and examines the outfield mechanics that helped Judge turn a base hit into an out.
Full breakdown: abca.org/magazine/2026-3-Mar…
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"Having a great staff of assistant coaches is everything. I don’t want ‘yes men.’ I want guys who bring strengths I don’t have and who will challenge ideas.”
Andy Rojo has helped transform St. John Bosco into a national powerhouse, leading the Braves to back-to-back Southern Section Division 1 championships.
In this Inside Pitch Magazine interview, Rojo talks building a coaching staff, creating a winning culture, developing players, learning from mentors and the lessons behind Bosco’s rise.
FULL Q&A: abca.org/magazine/2026-4-Jul…
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🏆 “Ask me in 20 years and we’ll see how successful these boys are. Then I’ll be able to tell you if I succeeded as a coach.”
That powerful lesson, passed from legendary Purdue coach Piggy Lambert to John Wooden, is the foundation of this thought-provoking article on coaching legacy.
This article challenges coaches to think beyond the scoreboard and focus on developing young men and women of character, resilience, courage, and purpose.
Read the full article and consider this question: Are you coaching for wins today, or for the wins that show up 20 years from now?
abca.org/magazine/2026-3-May…
Inside Pitch magazine retweeted
The ABCA mourns the loss of an icon of our game, Skip Bertman.
A visionary coach and leader whose impact on college baseball is immeasurable, Bertman was inducted into the ABCA Hall of Fame in 2003.
In April 2023, Coach Bertman reflected on his remarkable career, the growth of college baseball and a lifetime in the game in an @insidepitchmag cover interview: abca.org/magazine/magazine/2…
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"Never underestimate the influence you have on the players you coach."
Coaching is about far more than wins and losses. It's about the example you set, the confidence you instill, the resilience you build, and the impact you have on young people long after the final game.
In this article, legendary coach Keith Madison shares six core principles that can help every coach become a more effective leader, including leading by example, serving others, empowering players, developing resilience, and seeking wisdom from mentors.
Read the full article here: abca.org/magazine/2026-3-May…
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🚗 “The most important coaching may happen at the moments coaches never witness—during the drive home.”
In this excerpt from "The Car Ride Home" by ABCA member Adam Sarancik, the focus shifts from wins and losses to the lasting impact coaches and parents have on young athletes. It's a reminder that youth sports are ultimately about building people, not just players.
Read the full article: abca.org/magazine/2026-3-May…
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“Work hard at it, learn as you go along, instill the best things you can into your players, recruit hard, do the best you can with coaching and hope everything turns out!”
abca.org/magazine/magazine/2…
Today, we mourn the passing of one of the most influential figures in the history of the American Baseball Coaches Association and amateur baseball.
Dave Keilitz devoted more than six decades to serving the game as a player, coach, athletic director, ABCA Executive Director, mentor and friend. His vision transformed the ABCA, strengthened baseball at every level and impacted generations of coaches and student-athletes.
More importantly, Dave made everyone around him feel valued. His kindness, integrity and unwavering commitment to others will be remembered just as much as his extraordinary accomplishments.
We invite you to join us in celebrating Dave's remarkable life and legacy by reading our tribute. Please keep the Keilitz family in your thoughts and prayers.
abca.org/ABCA/News/2026/In_M…
Inside Pitch magazine retweeted
I dug up an old piece I wrote upon Dave Keilitz's retirement as @ABCA1945 executive director in 2014, to try to provide some context around his lasting legacy. Keilitz has passed away at age 85, and will be greatly missed by so very many:
d1baseball.com/stories/colle…
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"You can’t have an internal and external focus at the same time, so by having that narrow-external focus on the pebble, you turn off all thoughts, which means you turn off negative or mechanical thoughts."
What should pitchers actually be thinking about on the mound?
In his latest Inside Pitch column, Geoff Miller breaks down the mental side of pitching, from avoiding mechanical thoughts to using the "pebble breath" technique to reset after adversity and stay focused on competing.
Read the full article: abca.org/magazine/2026-3-Mar…
“Work hard at it, learn as you go along, instill the best things you can into your players, recruit hard, do the best you can with coaching and hope everything turns out!”
abca.org/magazine/magazine/2…
Today, we mourn the passing of one of the most influential figures in the history of the American Baseball Coaches Association and amateur baseball.
Dave Keilitz devoted more than six decades to serving the game as a player, coach, athletic director, ABCA Executive Director, mentor and friend. His vision transformed the ABCA, strengthened baseball at every level and impacted generations of coaches and student-athletes.
More importantly, Dave made everyone around him feel valued. His kindness, integrity and unwavering commitment to others will be remembered just as much as his extraordinary accomplishments.
We invite you to join us in celebrating Dave's remarkable life and legacy by reading our tribute. Please keep the Keilitz family in your thoughts and prayers.
abca.org/ABCA/News/2026/In_M…
Inside Pitch magazine retweeted
Technology is changing the way players train, coaches teach, and families understand development.
Join @rapsodo and former MLB player, analyst, broadcaster, and parent Xavier Scruggs for a FREE webinar on how technology and data can help athletes, coaches, and parents make more informed decisions while supporting long-term player development.
🗓️ Wednesday, July 29
🕗 8-9 p.m. ET
💻 FREE
Register today: abca.org/ABCA/Education/Webi…
Inside Pitch magazine retweeted
For more than 50 years, Tony Rossi didn’t just build a program, he built a coaching tree that still impacts the game today.
From relentless work ethic to organization, networking, and “gotta have levity,” the lessons passed down at Siena continue to shape coaches across all levels.
📖 Read the full story: vist.ly/53eeu
Inside Pitch magazine retweeted
“What do I need to be today to help our organization fulfill our mission?”
After more than 700 wins as a high school head coach, Chuck Box embraced a new role at the NCAA level and proved that great coaches serve the team’s needs.
From adapting to the pace of the college game to emphasizing relationships, mental training, and daily purpose, Box shares insights that apply at every level.
📖 Read the full Inside Pitch Q&A: abca.org/magazine/2026-2-Mar…
Inside Pitch magazine retweeted
We track everything in baseball—except one of the most important things.
“Momentum is built through the plays most people overlook.”
It’s not always the highlight plays.
It’s running hard. Taking the extra 90. Getting the leadoff out. Finishing innings.
The teams that understand momentum don’t wait for it—they create it.
Brandon Hyman talks The Momentum Game: abca.org/magazine/2026-2-Mar…
Inside Pitch magazine retweeted
In the biggest moments, talent isn’t enough...you need something to lean on.
“For ballplayers, one way to find lasting success is to cultivate an anchor.”
When everything speeds up, the best players slow it down with routine, breath, and control of the moment.
That’s not just baseball. That’s life.
David Pringle shares the importance of Controlling What You Can Control: vist.ly/56mzp
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“If you were making your Major League debut, would you (insert the blank) like you did today?”
Darren Fenster shares how that one question can change everything from standards, effort and focus.
Read the full "Change the Lens Through Which You See the Game" article: abca.org/magazine/2026-2-Mar…
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“Everything rises and falls with leadership.”
It starts with the coach—the standards you set, the example you live, the culture you create.
We don’t just coach the game…we coach the player.
Keith Madison shares the "Hits and Misses" in our sport: abca.org/magazine/2026-2-Mar…
