Luv my kids, Baseball, SWOSU Dawgs, Moore Dawgs, Moore High Lions Baseball and OSU Pokes!
Moore, OK
Joined July 2009
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Rich Maxey retweeted
Jeter to Murphy...
“The Brewers play baseball the right way” ….
- Pat Murphy replies … “Guys today don’t understand that!”
We have gotten so far away from center as to what winning baseball is and looks like… the younger generation’s focus is on launch angle, spin rates, velocity and you only win by out slugging the opponent! Basically…. Hit more HR than the other team…. Then pimp the HR.
Well eyes have been opened. They have to be. It’s now a matter of … if pride will keep the other orgs from following. If they do… our game will skyrocket like never before.
It was literally the most beautiful baseball I have seen at the MLB level … electric!
@MLBNetwork @MLB @MLBONFOX @nextlevelbb
Rich Maxey retweeted
Baseball has become the only sport where someone can go 0-for-4 with 3 strikeouts and someone will still post his exit velo.
At some point, we might want to start caring about actually being good at baseball again in games.
Rich Maxey retweeted
BREAKING UPDATE: @newson6 has learned @okstatehockey will play OU on January 30th in the outdoor game at Boone Pickens Stadium. Will be a huge event the entire day with tailgating and world touring performers as well. The ice will be down for 5 days, with 3 open skates for the public. More details to come. #OKState #Bedlam
BREAKING: @NewsOn6 has learned that @okstatehockey will host an outdoor event at Boone Pickens Stadium in January of 2027. There's been no word yet from OSU officials, but the event will feature multiple teams and will cover four days. Oklahoma State will play two games on two nights. The event will also feature a public skate on the ice at Boone Pickens Stadium. The Cowboys are coming off an appearance in the American Collegiate Hockey Association national title game.
More details are expected in the coming days.
Rich Maxey retweeted
Players stop feeling “picked on” when you are being coached to do the right things.
Coaches are not going to get on you if you’re:
• Hustling every rep
• Shirt tucked in
• Showing good body language
• Playing solid catch
• Taking care of the field
• Cleaning the locker room
• Keeping your uniform clean
If coach is still reminding you about these things after the first week, I’m not the problem—that’s on you
Rich Maxey retweeted
It’s official.
It’s so hard to sit and watch your kid play the game they love and listen to some of the nonsense that parents talk about.
It’s really not that bad.
You don’t need to complain about every little detail.
You don’t need to try and dissect everything the coach is thinking.
You don’t need to get upset over every close ball/strike call.
You don’t need to offer your hitting advice after every pitch.
You don’t need to question every decision.
You don’t need to make excuses for poor play.
Please just stop 🛑
It’s so annoying and embarrassing at the same time.
#BaseballTruth
Rich Maxey retweeted
When a 14–15U kid posts a “better pop time” than a Major League Baseball catcher…
it should raise eyebrows.
Hand-timed. Perfect setup. No chaos.
Now do it with 95 MPH in the dirt, a runner flying, and a hitter in the box.
Showcase numbers isn’t real baseball.
Rich Maxey retweeted
Youth sports isn’t ruined by kids, it’s adults chasing trophies, rankings, and highlight reels over growth.
We’ve traded development for exposure, joy for pressure, and teamwork for ego.
Fix the adults, and you fix the game.
It’s that simple.
Rich Maxey retweeted
It’s rare to see a great player:
Complain
Make excuses
Show up late
Blame others
Show attitude
They’re ready to compete and play at all times ✅
#juco #hsbaseball #baseballrecruiting #uncommitted
Rich Maxey retweeted
I spent 11 years as a pro athlete, and today I coach my 8-year-old.
A few things I believe about youth sports...
Most kids will never play college sports.
Even fewer will earn money from playing their sports.
Yet everyone can experience life lessons through sports.
Now, to do that, it requires you, me, and everyone involved to understand the stakes.
The stakes? Well, there are none.
Ya, the 8u tournament where the coach lost his mind on a call by a 14-year-old umpire.
The play your first basemen didn't make that he should have.
The game you lost because the coach put the players in the "wrong positions".
None of that matters, and understanding that...well, those are the stakes.
You see, kids are incredible at watching, repeating, and forming habits.
As a coach and parent, my goal is pretty simple.
*Teach them the game
*Make sure they enjoy it
*Show them how to live with the results
The most common pitfall I see in youth sports today is the excuse train.
The umpire made a bad call.
The coach feeds into it, the players follow along.
The one player missed the easy play.
The coach yells, the players feed into it.
The team had a run of bad luck.
The coach makes excuses, the players think that is ok.
My friends, youth sports is a tool to teach your boys and girls about life.
That's it... For the select few that will go on and play college or pro, good on them.
Chances are that isn't my kids or your kids.
So our job? To make sure they understand what is important and that we remember the stakes.
Rich Maxey retweeted
JUCO and Post Grad pitchers interested in playing at Westminster College (MO), DM me on here or FieldLevel. Elite academic school with a powerful alumni base.
#JUCO
#PostGrad
#uncommitted
Rich Maxey retweeted
Watch a kid when he does things that don't benefit him directly.
Examples
Pick balls in the cage.
Shag during batting practice.
Clean the dugout after games and practices.
Pick up and carry equipment.
Chase foul balls.
Reaction when a teammate does well.
Work on the field.
Etc.
It will tell you a lot about how he was raised.
Rich Maxey retweeted
📢🚨 Attention youth ⚾️ coaches and parents:
Please say this out loud:
IT’S NOT THAT BIG OF A DEAL!
- That strike call from that 16 year old kid that’s just trying to make some extra $ ?
NOT THAT BIG OF A DEAL!
- The other team that added a player that’s not on the roster for that mid week Little League game?
NOT THAT BIG OF A DEAL?
- The opposing coach does something you don’t like?
NOT THAT BIG OF A DEAL!
- That old umpire on his 5th game of the day that maybe missed a couple calls?
NOT THAT BIG OF A DEAL!
Really though, what are we doing?!
The madness has to stop 🛑
There are soooooo many irrelevant and unimportant things that happen that get sooooo overblown. So next time, before you feel led to make the issue bigger than it really needs to be, please say this:
IT’S NOT THAT BIG OF A DEAL!
#BaseballTruth
Rich Maxey retweeted
Big difference between challenging a player to get most out them as a coach to threatening players to take them out for screwing up during a game.
Rich Maxey retweeted
Hitting is hard! Props to great coaches that recognize & reward good AB’s, good approach, and great swings… even when the results aren’t always showing up on paper.
Rich Maxey retweeted
High school baseball is different.
More pressure.
More on the line.
You’re playing for your school.
Your teammates.
Your community.
No re-dos.
No picking a new team next weekend.
Every game matters.
Different game. Different stakes.
Rich Maxey retweeted
College coach told me this week:
“We’re looking for mid-80s arms that throw strikes and can land a secondary.”
Because our 90+ guys can’t find the zone… it’s a walk-a-thon.
At every level—you can’t defend a walk.
Thoughts?
Rich Maxey retweeted
There is no coach at any level in any country that cares about the exit velocity on the game winning hit.
Rich Maxey retweeted
People in high school baseball still don't get it. They celebrate a pitcher throwing 90 mph and giving up runs vs. a pitcher throwing 84 mph and giving up no runs. I'll take the no runs guy every time.
Rich Maxey retweeted
There was a generation of hitters who didn’t have private labs, slow-mo breakdowns, or daily swing breakdowns in their DMs.
They had a cage.
One coach.
And a whole lot of failure.
They didn’t outsource adjustments.
They learned to feel them.
They didn’t run to technology every 0-for-4.
They learned how to compete through it.
They had to figure it out themselves — in the dark, in the mess, in the middle of a season when nobody was coming to save them.
And because of that, they developed something you can’t measure:
Ownership.
Feel.
Resilience.
Technology is a tool.
But awareness is a skill.
We can't let convenience rob this generation of growth.
#GoodBatting
