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@KirkSaarloosTCU

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Former Astro, A and Red… Head Coach @TCU Baseball

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@KirkSaarloosTCU
Kirk Saarloos
4 years
Twitter... Please pray for my dad, Larry. He was in horse riding accident today and fractured his neck. He has no feeling from the waist down. He is at UCLA medical center awaiting surgery. Please take time to say a 🙏
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Update..Surgery went well with no complications. Still no feeling from waist down. That’s ok bc the thing we all love about him is from his heart up!! We still have my Dad and that’s all We care about. Thanks for all the prayers and texts. God is good!!
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Update..... Dad is in surgery right now. Started at 3pm pst and will last until around 8pm. The amount of people that have reached out and are praying for him is humbling.
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5 years
Summer Baseball Pet Peeve #6 When warming up prior to game apple air pods aren’t necessary.
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4 years
Pretty amazing and so true!!
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4 years
Last night we lost a legend. He was my best friend, my mentor.He was an unbelievable example of what it looked like to be a husband/father/friend.. He is no longer in pain and is with the Lord. He’s looking down with a cigar in his mouth holding court in heaven. Love you dad!
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3 years
Bleed purple or bleed out. We are out looking for the next Horned Frogs!!
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3 years
Only one way to end today..⁦ @HeimBBQ ⁩ Thanks for your support!!
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2 years
Today is a bittersweet day for ⁦ @TCU_Baseball ⁩ and my family. There is no one that deserves to be a Head Coach more than Bill Mosiello. My right hand man, my friend and mentor. #ThinkOmaha
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2017🤝2023. Good to be back!!
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2 years
Thanks to everyone that was part of the 2022 TCU Baseball season. We didn’t finish the way we wanted, but I’m super proud of the young men we got to coach everyday. #Big12Champs #Family
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Work hard/Treat people right
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4 years
Update... Dad was showing off on our zoom call tonight!! He said “watch this” he then took his right hand and brought it up to his hair and slicked it back. The small things are the big things!! ————God is great————
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Kirk Saarloos
3 years
I thought it would be nice to let Jeter have his day yesterday. But today is a new day. Congrats Captain on the HOF.
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2 years
I know we lost two out of three to Texas, but I will always root for this longhorn. God’s glory is more important than anything else!!
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Proud HP Scot today: "Who am I to say that I know what is best for my life? God is in control & the Lord is leading me, & if today is my time, then it’s my time, & if I shot 82 today, somehow I was going to use it for His glory." - Scottie Scheffler
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3 years
There is no one I’d want to share the dugout with and help lead this program than Coach Mo!! I’m happy to say he and his wonderful family are 🐸’s.
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2 years
College baseball is the best!!
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I love college baseball
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1 year
Couldn’t be more proud of a group of players/coaches/support staff as this one. 2023 Season 🫡
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5 years
#5 Please don’t come to field in shorts and change into full uniform once in dugout.
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4 years
7 picks - 7 college players. All lightly regarded out of HS. GO TO COLLEGE!!!
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Kirk Saarloos
3 years
The man that has the most impact on our student athletes careers is @ZachDechant I’m pumped to say that he is going to continue to wear the Purple and White. #MovementOverMaxes
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Kirk Saarloos
5 years
Showcase pet peeve..... defensive eval at SS. Player fields ball, shuffles into a crow hop and fires it 92 mph across field and into 3rd row of stands. That’ll play.
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1 year
21 years today!!! My ride or die. Love ya.
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5 years
Summer baseball pet peeve #2 OF positioning... RF playing 10 feet from foul line, LF playing 10 feet from foul line. Got foul territory covered boys.
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2 years
He has risen!!!!
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4 years
Update....Great morning talk with dad.. I know he’s getting better b/c his sense of humor is coming back and he is more concerned about everybody else and how they are and not himself. His favorite thing so far is hearing his granddaughter Brielle sing to him.
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Kirk Saarloos
3 years
Excited to announce that @JohnnyD_12 is the new Recruiting Coordinator at TCU Baseball. Two things I’m sure of, marrying my wife and hiring John. Congrats JD!!
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Kirk Saarloos
2 years
As some of you know, one of our incoming freshman, Murphy Brooks is in the hospital and needs all the prayers he can get. Here an instagram page ( @murphysfight2022 ) his parents set up so you can follow and get updates.
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Kirk Saarloos
5 years
Summer baseball pet peeve #1 .... both SS and 2nd baseman holding runner at 2nd base simultaneously
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Kirk Saarloos
4 years
Today I mowed the vineyard. This guy followed me the whole day. Dad was just making sure I mowed the same way he would have.
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Kirk Saarloos
4 years
Two Thursday’s ago we lost Dad. Today we said goodbye. We all shared our thoughts and our tears. He left a huge void behind but also left a manual of how to treat people and work hard. Love you Dad, see ya soon. God is good!!!
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Kirk Saarloos
3 years
I don’t care what happens in the 4th quarter. I couldn’t be prouder to be a Horned Frog!!
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Kirk Saarloos
2 years
This is all about what awesome players/coaches/support staff and administration we have here at TCU. Everyone has a part of this…..🐸🔼
@TCU_Baseball
TCU Baseball
2 years
𝐇𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐌𝐚𝐝𝐞 - 𝐁𝐢𝐠 𝟏𝟐 𝐂𝐨𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐘𝐞𝐚𝐫 Kirk Saarloos becomes the first coach in Big 12 history to lead his team to the regular season title in his first year as the head coach! #FrogballUSA | #GoFrogs
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Kirk Saarloos
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@TCU_Baseball ⁩ is 1 of 2 schools that have been to ⁦the ⁦ @CWSOmaha ⁩ 6x since 2010. 👋🏻 ⁦ @GatorsBB
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Kirk Saarloos
3 years
Rob Childress and Justin Seely are amazing coaches and even better humans. A&M is better because of them.
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Kirk Saarloos
6 years
I will be committing to a @CentralMarket Prime Rib today at 12:30 CST. Please respect my decision.
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1 year
Don’t get lost in the weeds there are tons of flowers!!
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2 years
Happy 20th anniversary Babe!! Best decision I’ve ever made. @KristenSaarloos
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1 year
Please stop.
@GMFP__
It’s Always Sonny in Fort Worth 😈(5-7)⚜️(9-8)
1 year
If we lose 2-1 John DiLaura shouldn’t be our 3rd base coach anymore. TJ Bruce should take his spot
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If you don’t like the original Dumb and Dumber we aren’t friends. That’s all.
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3 years
If you haven’t been inside a Buc-ee’s are you a true Texan?
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3 years
John Dilaura ladies and gentlemen. No other recruiting coordinator in the country can say that he has bowled four perfect 300 games.
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@Bsinger51 @Russ232 Good for you Brady. Take care of those who have taken care of you!!
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Kirk Saarloos
1 year
Office production on Friday’s are horrible anyway. Come up and see the Frogs in Omaha.
@NCAABaseball
NCAA Baseball
1 year
🚨 The 2023 #MCWS Game Times 🚨
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Kirk Saarloos
10 months
Thanks for reminding me.. congrats Alek!!
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Alek Thomas could be a Senior at TCU playing both football & baseball but he’s hitting game tying pinch hit homers in the NLCS off Craig Kimbrel
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5 years
Baseball pet peeve #11 . New pitcher comes in game throws 8 warmup pitches, first batter about to step into box, catcher then figures out he needs to talk to pitcher. Catchers, go talk to new pitcher prior to his 8 warm ups not after!!
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4 years
Thanks ⁦ @TRBHopper ⁩ and ⁦ @TCU_Athletics ⁩ for the 108’ wide get well card for my dad!! Cool stuff.
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5 years
Summer Pet Peeve #9 When parents talk crap to opposing teams players or opposing teams parents. Ridiculous🤦‍♂️
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Kirk Saarloos
3 years
16 years ago TCU baseball got lucky when Meredith decided to be part of the program. She is more than deserving of her new title. Thanks Mer!!!
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Kirk Saarloos
5 years
Pet Peeve #12 . Outfielder with glasses on lid of hat loses baseball in sun.
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Kirk Saarloos
1 year
Thank you Frog fans. Amazing atmosphere all weekend. Always great to be a 🐸!!!
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1 year
Pretty special to have ⁦ @brianhoward44 ⁩ ⁦ @EvanSkoug ⁩ back to finish their degree and be undergrad assistant coaches ⁦ @TCU_Baseball ⁩….Excited is an understatement!!
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Kirk Saarloos
3 years
Would like to announce that TCU great Matt Purke and his awesome family we will be returning for another year. Matt was a huge resource to our pitchers last year and will be once again this year.
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3 years
Fun day today. We were able to contact 2023 grads. If you’re a 2023 and didn’t get a text or call don’t panic, keep working. Some of our best commits come a year after being able to contact them.
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Two ranked home wins after getting robbed up in Lawrence tells you all you need about this group!! Well done!! Character matters..
@TCUBasketball
TCU Men's Basketball
8 months
another ranked win for the frogs 😤 #GoFrogs
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9 months
Had a pretty cool trophy swing by ⁦ @TCU_Baseball ⁩ today. Thank you ⁦ @Rangers ⁩!!!!
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Kirk Saarloos
3 years
So pitchers can wear huge arm bands with the signs on them but can’t wear tiny wristbands…..
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2 years
We mentioned him in our post game talk on the field. Kid was locked in at 10pm in the 8th inning of a 14-6 game. Told them if he can be, so can we. Would love to have the young man come meet the team tomorrow at practice.
@frogstoday
Frogs Today
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There is a little kid who has TOTAL COMMAND of the entire stadium right now. He's got folks clapping on command as he chants "lets go TCU" over and over and over.
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2 years
The new baseball rules to help improve the pace of play are going to ruin the game. With any rule there are going to be teams trying to gain a competitive advantage bc of the new rule. We are putting our umpires in a horrible spot.
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2 years
One of the cooler things about recruiting is watching games at historical ballparks. Rickwood is the oldest ballpark in the country. First game was in 1910.
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Merry Christmas!!
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Always fun to walk into the office and have these two beauties staring at ya from last years season.
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4 years
Dad’s in a ton of pain right now. Please pray it would go away.
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2 years
Thanks @TCUFootball for an amazing ride this season!! Proud Horned Frog!!
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2 years
Tough road trip, but the fight in our team is undeniable. We will get things figured out.
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3 years
Looking forward to hosting our current players Families on @TCU_Baseball Family weekend.
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2 years
Total legend!!! This is what makes it fun.
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1 year
My wife just said to me, “you know who has been my biggest influence on how to be a coaches wife? -Tammy Taylor I’m dying….
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Kirk Saarloos
3 years
Guess who’s back…… @kmwink8 So fired up to get him back in the TCU purple. Kyle and his beautiful family will be a huge asset to our student athletes. Welcome home Wink!!
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Kirk Saarloos
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First off, I would like to thank my parents for introducing me to prime rib. Secondly, thanks to the butcher that helped out along the way. With that being said, I have decided to go with the 5.25 lbs prime bone-in rib roast to put me in my Christmas Day meat coma. #Blessed
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BIG dubs for @TCUBasketball and @TCU_Baseball tonight. 🐸🔼
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Kirk Saarloos
3 years
Just want to say thank you to @NCAACW for making Father’s Day weekend a quiet period. It sends the right message. Dad’s don’t have to feel bad for not being on the road recruiting and are able to be present at home with family.
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Congrats to everyone signing their NLI today. If you didn’t sign, don’t worry some of our best players signed in the spring of their senior year. Keep grinding!!
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Today is tough. 1st Father’s Day without Dad. He was a father figure to many more than just my brother and I. He just showed up every single day. Father’s Day will never be the same and it shouldn’t be. Time to be for others what my Dad was to them.
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Wonderful celebration of a life well lived. You will be missed Jina. Love you Tolle family.
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@TCU_Baseball
TCU Baseball
4 months
Celebrated the life of an amazing mom today. We know of her as a baseball mom, but we know Jina Tolle was so much more than that. Jina, thanks for giving us Payton. We’ll continue to cheer him on from the sidelines as you do from above. 💜
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4 years
Sometimes children say it best. This is what Emery wrote and shared at Dad’s funeral.
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3 years
The Frogs just got better. Welcome to the Fort!! 🐸🔼
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Summer pet peeve #8 .... Rental car company gives you two car keys on same indestructible key ring.
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5 years
#4 When tagging from 3rd on a fly ball to the outfield it’s better to see the play with your own eyes than getting in a sprinters stance looking at your 3b coach to drop his arm telling you to go. #huntboyhunt
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1 year
-Word to Win from Lane Saarloos- “Be the person that never has a bad day.”
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I think you should have to pass a class on how to function at airports.. you then get a certification to travel.
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4 years
I would like to say thank you from the whole Saarloos family for all the texts, messages and prayers. I can’t tell you how much that has meant to us all. 1 week feels like a year. But the love our family has been shown is truly amazing.
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1 year
While you were sleeping. 🐸⬆️🏆
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3 years
The only way to have a great organization is to have great people. Cooper Sholder is one of those people. Thankful to continue to have Cooper part of the fam.
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Baseball Pet Peeve #10 Bad pitch, pitcher kicks at dirt.... Good pitch, no mound maintenance needed.
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4 years
Sometimes you just have to realize what a blessing it is to live in Texas.
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2 years
Why do referees/umps never have to answer to the media?
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4 years
The night started with a drive by tribute for dad at the tasting room..
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2 years
Thanks for having me on @MLBNetwork 37-28 🐸 @TCUFootball
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Kirk Saarloos
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That team completely changed the future of TCU Baseball!!
@TCU_Baseball
TCU Baseball
4 years
The 2010 TCU Baseball team reached Omaha for the first time in school history and set off a decade of dominance and magic, changing the program forever. This is their story. Omaha, Meet The Frogs. Watch the full documentary now: #FrogballUSA | #GoFrogs
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Kirk Saarloos
2 years
Thank you for leaving the program better than you found it!!
@tommy_sacco_jr
Tommy Sacco
2 years
Forever a Frog 🐸
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My office for the foreseeable future
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Awesome time with our TCU baseball staff and families this weekend. There will be highs and lows this year but one thing there will always be is FAMILY.
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Prime Time is ready!! ⁦ @Adavis_21
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1 year
Here’s to 2023-2024 @TCU_Baseball
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3 years
Happy Birthday Dad. Missing you tons.
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2 years
Some more great news for 🐸 baseball this morning. Come to Fort Worth and play for championships.
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