- In a packed stadium.
- One of the biggest stages in sports
- With a bulletproof vest on.
- From sixty feet six inches.
- At a time America needed a strike
Dubya delivered one of the best first pitches EVER.
#2001WS
#NeverForget911
“Youth is wasted on the young”
I was 23 years old, working for a hall of fame coach, a few days away from winning a national championship and my fungo had all my attention 🤦🏽♂️
Going through all my old note pads. This is from a staff meeting with Coach Lopez in 2012. We met as a staff every day.
I may have wrote down every word he said in every meeting and I’m glad I did. Tons of nuggets.
The more I’ve coached the more I’ve realized sometimes you need the players more than the players need you.
And sometimes the player needs the program more than the program needs the player.
#TransformationalCoaching
Grenier = junk yard dog. Coach asked him to squeeze earlier in the game, he gets in done. Games gonna honor that.
Big knock late in the game = The Game Honors Toughness
*JUCO Tweet*
@SoMtnBaseball
and
@CAC_BaseballDB9
had 19 players combined sign EARLY to D1 schools (pretty good list of schools too). There’s not a lot of razzle dazzle to that route and you’ll be humbled immediately, so it’s not for everyone but it usually pays off!
Lots of folks were misinformed last week on Maricopa CC’s shutting down athletics for 20-21. It was a recommendation - not a done deal.
Lots of good movement with the petition circulating. There will be public forum opportunities for people to be heard.
My 2 cents on Antonio Brown. Two types of teams will take a shot on AB
1. An organization who doesn’t value their culture/ has no culture
2. An organization who feels their culture is so strong their culture will change him
Culture is king.
Our season came to an end today in the semi finals. Finishing the year 24-7 & Premier Region Champs. So proud of this team.
Chuck, Willie, George, Meis, Ohman, Niez, JR, Johnny ⚾️, Trey, Rod, Borg - love you guys. You’ll be missed. Thanks for your leadership.
#LastFive
Congrats To Seth!
Dixon, Mejia, Mejias-Brean, Field, Refsnyder, Rickard
6 players front the ‘12 natty make it to the big leagues. If you know how to win, you know how to win.
🚨BREAKING:
@USC_Baseball
will hire Andy Stankiewicz as its next head coach, sources tell
@d1baseball
. Stankiewicz spent the last 11 seasons as the head coach at
@GCU_Baseball
and recently led the program to another NCAA tournament appearance.
#FightOn
#USC
@Parqman40
I'll never understand this. But when I went to my dad complaining about not playing he said "how about u just get better so they wont sit u"
Proud of these guys!
Carson Borges - Regis University
Jack Ohman - Yale University
Trey Markham - Rice University
Jack Meissner - UC Santa Barbara
Johnny Casale - Loyola Marymount
Willie C-Farmer - Loyola Marymount
George Smith - Regis University
Andy Lopez handouts from ‘09-‘10. All still apply.
• The game still honors toughness
• Still need to prepare then opportunity comes
• Still need to live in “Realville” - real ball players
• Still need to be dumb enough to do the impossible
Az HSs represented in the
@GCU_Baseball
lineup tonight for the Tucson Regional CShip:
Hamilton
Corona Del Sol
Mountain Ridge
Brophy
Perry
Vista Grande
Alhambra
Campo Verde
O’Connor
Recruiting local for key players 💯
Exciting to announce an addition to our program. Jason Schmidt will join Coach Grant and Coach Molander as the Freshman Pitching Coach! So lucky to have Jason on staff with us!
Our student managers Johnny Bianchi ‘25 & Sammy Melendez ‘25 are the backbone of our team.
Coach Lopez used to call our student managers at Arizona “The Mules”. Everyone shows up to see the ponies (players) but the mules carry all the work load behind the scenes.
In 2012 we got back from Omaha to a arena full of people in McKale. They had Rich Rod speak and the crowd gave him an standing-O. I think they even chanted RichRod. Point is “time works for you or time works against you” -Andy
I’m chanting 🗣Sumlin right now tho 😂
I tell my players, the really good ones, people are going to think you’re weird. Your avg peers wont understand why you care so much, go so hard, do more, expect more.
Most “overachievers” are called crazy at some point. Be ok with being weird to your peers.
@nextlevelbb
Heartbroken for our team and coaches. I watched them practice and compete safely all year. The timing of this is devastating.
Brophy swim is a dynasty that only a global pandemic could slow down.
Excited to announce an addition to our program. Former Corona Del Sol baseball standout and former BCP Head Football Coach Scooter Molander has joined the baseball program as Director of Performance Enhancement & Asst Freshman Coach. Will join Dave Grant this summer. Fired up!
Khris spent time with the Broncos last fall. His message: “always be a good teammate because that’s how you make life long friends, that’s why I can come workout here today”
Love this. Got to meet Coach Bakich two years ago. He came to Brophy to see
@BlakeNelson12
workout. He later signed Blake and now Blake is playing 3B for him. All his questions on Blake were whether he’d fit into their culture or not.
“We want to provide as many opportunities for kids across America as we can.”
Michigan baseball coach Erik Bakich looks to assemble a diverse roster when recruiting and awarding scholarships.
#CWS
|
@umichbaseball
I began to appreciate umpires when I started getting back there and doing it myself during scrimmages. Ive been on a baseball field my entire life, it’s not as easy as it looks.
To all umpires, thank you!
Congrats to
@SoMtnBaseball
on winning the ACCAC! Huge congrats to Todd Eastin. He’ll never say it, but he loves and appreciates all of his players and coaches.
#TGHT
2023-24
🏈 Region Champs/Semis
⛳️ State runner up
🏊♂️ 3rd @ State
🏀 Open Quarters
🤼 4 State Placers
🏃 T&F Region Champs/5th in D1
⚾️ Region Champs/Semis
🎾 Region/State Champs
🏐 Region/State Champs
🏉 State Champs
🥍 State Champs
🚴 3rd @ State
🚣 2 Natl Qualifiers
🏒 Quarters
Was the fitness center “manager”, academic support, field work, recruiting coordinator, hitting coach, teams speed & strength and did lessons. The players made all those jobs worth it
@SoMtnBaseball
Juco assistant coaches grind it out for very little money. Most do field work, laundry, help players before and after practice, recruit, do administrative duties. A lot have to work AM jobs or do private lessons to survive. THANK THESE COACHES EVERY CHANCE YOU GET.
#survivors
From 3 years ago today. Our first team at Brophy. I feel like these guys did more facility repairs than playing baseball! Never complained, want to improve EVERYTHING
- In a packed stadium.
- One of the biggest stages in sports
- With a bulletproof vest on.
- From sixty feet six inches.
- At a time America needed a strike
Dubya delivered one of the best first pitches EVER.
#2001WS
#NeverForget911
Use to play 9 innings in 9am game, take tickets in the parking lot of an ASU football game by 12. Had to work for EVERYTHING in JC, including that bag of trail mix everyone shared for lunch in between double headers.
JC ball is one of the greatest things for a young man. I was at a competitive JC and during my first fall we tore out the infield with shovels and takes, everyone sold 150 raffle tickets, $300 worth of apparel, and scrim almost everyday.
Omaha is amazing. Only bad thing about the place is you’ll put on 10 lbs in a week in a heart beat. Omaha doesn’t care about NCAA rules either, you eat for free if you’re winning
Congrats to our 8 early D1 signs, another committed today making that 9 D1 commits!
Hill - TCU
Schopke - New Mexico
Davis - Alabama St
Kaler - Hawaii
Colato - GCU
Covin - Air Force
Craig - Long Beach St
Kimple - Louisana-Lafayette
Sargent - BYU
#TGHT
#D1Cougs
🐾
Love this statement. So many people mad at the committee and Ray Tanner. Salazar says “we needed to play better baseball”. Salazar gets it, he freakin gets it. Don’t leave it in the hands of the committee. 💯
Arizona's Cesar Salazar on not making NCAA Tournament:
"It’s 100 percent on us. We needed to play better baseball. It is what it is. I thought we finished with a great season. Huge couple of last-weekend wins. But we left it to the committee, and things didn’t go our way."
⚾️ brought Manresa to right field for an on campus retreat.
Great job by our seniors leading the retreat and thank you to our senior parents for providing food!
Listen... you gotta get your bunts down when the game calls for it. Teams with selfish players don’t win. You can’t be selfish and get your bunts down.
The game honors selflessness.
Big congratulations to a former teammate, colleague and one of my closest friends
@CoachLopez_II
as he takes over as head coach of Howard JC. Those players are lucky to have him as their leader!
@jucoroute
@PBR_JUCO