Assistant Coach U of Iowa - Former Midwest Scout LA Dodgers. 2024 & 2025 World Series Champ.
Iowa City, IA
Joined May 2013
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David Pearson retweeted
Pat Murphy says he still wasn’t a good coach even after winning at Notre Dame and going to the College World Series at Arizona State because he was still making it about him instead of the players
“You know, when you get to a spot in life when you’re a little bit older, you start to make it not about you. When I dropped my ego, which took a while, I wasn’t a good coach at Notre Dame. Even though we were winning games, I still wasn’t good. I didn’t know baseball, for one, and it was about me a little bit at the end.”
“I started the right way. I loved Notre Dame, and I didn’t want to embarrass the university. I was working for $7,000 a year. I just wanted to be good and not embarrass them. We had a lot of success, but then it became about me.”
“And then I got to ASU, and it became about me again. We won a lot and went to the World Series a lot, but I just wasn’t good. It took getting knocked on my ass a little bit. I had that NCAA thing, which was total bull, but it woke me up. My kids made a difference in my life, and you start to realize it ain’t about you. Honestly, it’s not about me.”
“And whenever I started focusing on that, we came into last year and everything wrong happens. We trade Corbin. Woody’s out for the year. Devin’s out. We cut the budget $30 million. We’re going to suck. And again, I just kept saying, ‘It’s not about me. Make it about that young energy.’ And we had these young guys go out and make me look good. Hungry players, you remember when you guys were hungry in your career? Hungry players make the manager look good.”
“And that’s exactly what happened. Now I got the credit for it. I’m still under construction. I’m not great. There are so many areas I suck in. But then you’re trying to find staff members to help you, trying to realize what you suck at.”
“But the most important thing is love the player. When you really find the good in that dude, that’s it. The guy that’s hardest to love needs love the most. I’m at a point in life where it’s about them. And if you keep it about them…”
David Pearson retweeted
BA’s details on Dodgers RHP Sam Horn are intriguing. MLB trait comps:
• 95–97 FB w/ cut (Glasnow)
• Low release (Wheeler)
• Great extension (Pivetta)
• 82–85 sweeper 14–16” sweep (King)
• Deeper 10–12” breaker (Cease)
• 87–89 kick CH w/ ~12” armside run & sink (McLean).
Dodgers RHP Sam Horn continued his strong professional debut in the Arizona Fall League, striking out two in his inning of work yesterday. Find out why the former Missouri starting quarterback has caught the eye of evaluators. baseballamerica.com/stories/…
David Pearson retweeted
Imagine trying to teach someone to swim by pulling them out of the water and giving them a PowerPoint presentation.
This sounds ridiculous, but we do this all the time with mental training.
We “talk” mindset, but then we’re frustrated when players aren’t executing under pressure.
If you’re not developing mindset in the actual performance environment, then you shouldn’t be surprised if the skills don’t transfer when it matters most.
Mental performance can’t just be a classroom subject. It needs to translate to behaviors, not just knowledge of the mental game.
You don’t build swimmers on land. Mindset has to be trained in the water.
David Pearson retweeted
"Let’s go play baseball."
Amid a QB competition for Missouri last year, Sam Horn broke his leg. Now healthy and all in with the #Dodgers, he's showing off his stuff (and his health) in the Arizona Fall League: atmlb.com/4BpBYEF
ALT An image of Sam Horn in a gray Dodgers uniform and black cap.
David Pearson retweeted
"There are standards here. There is a way that we play."
When the coach holds players accountable, it’s a rule.
When players hold each other accountable, it’s the standard.
David Pearson retweeted
"That's the goal as hitting coaches, to get guys to believe in themselves because you're not always going to feel great."
@Brewers hitting coach Daniel Vogelbach details what makes this Milwaukee lineup so difficult to navigate ahead of Game 2! #WorldSeries
David Pearson retweeted
If you don’t love the brand of baseball being played in the World Series, then you just don’t love baseball. #WorldSeries
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BIZARRE THINKING
I’m not sure with Simpson’s running speed & his ability to control the speed & direction of his bunts, that with runners on 1B & 2B that you don’t have a better chance of gambling with some type of rotation bunt defense to get the force at 3B.
David Pearson retweeted
NLCS MVP Jake Bauers shares how letting go of results helped him find a different level of freedom as a competitor.
"I think what changed for me this year was I stopped caring about results. I started caring about competing. I started caring about being in the moment and getting out of my own way."
Sometimes, the biggest obstacle to performing at your best isn't a lack of preparation or ability.
It's the pressure you place on yourself to produce a particular outcome.
You become so concerned with what you want to happen that you lose touch with what the moment actually requires.
Any performer can unlock a new level when they learn how to be fully invested in the competition without becoming imprisoned by the outcome.
🎥: Fox Sports
David Pearson retweeted
Mindset of a Hitter: At a certain point, you got to make that switch mentally in your mind: I'm not going to lose a f**king pitch today.
I don't care who's on the mound.
I don't care what happened yesterday.
We can talk till we're blue in the face about mechanics, swing path, mindset, vertical barrel, setup, and all these different things.
You have to mentally make a CHOICE
I'm not losing a pitch.
I'm going to war with the mechanics I got.
I'm good enough because I write it down, because I believe it.
I got enough to win right now, and that's all I need.
At a certain point, I just go up in there and I compete.
A competitive, gritty mindset that refuses to lose a pitch, even when you know you don't feel your best mechanically and something's off: you just refuse to be late all day and just see what happens.
If you continue to go up there and, "Oh, I don't know, I'm feeling for it, man," feelings will get you killed.
Feelings will get you killed. You got to make a choice: I'm not losing a pitch today, and if I do lose one, f**k it, I'm not losing the next one.
Over and over and over and over again.
This is a mindset that you make before you get to the field.
Every single day, you have to make a choice to kill the mediocre, passive version of you.
I know there's a combination of "I'm enough, I got what it takes," yes, self-compassion, gratitude, absolutely.
I am so thankful for this day.
Now let's go kill whatever I got in front of me.
That's what it takes.
David Pearson retweeted
History made in Dyersville 🤩
The first-ever Division I baseball matchup at the Field of Dreams did not disappoint 🙌
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If you build it, they will come ⚾️
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