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Tom DiPonio

@coachtomd

Father of 3 boys and coach of many, many more

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calendar_today04-04-2014 10:25:58

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we've got one here in Detroit- Dillon Dingler struggled his 1st go around at each stop in the minors- and his 1st stop with the Tigers- he's now an All Star caliber catcher- baseball is hard/ life can be hard- one needs to be harder!

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great presser- I tell our guys all the time to 'play against the game- not the opponent'- which is really hard- baseball IS different

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yes/yes/yes!!- and I hear too much in terms of 'instruction' with every swing- putting too many thoughts in young hitter's heads- teach rhythm/balance/timing and let 'em be athletes

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2 Kellogg JC products- the head coach and the kid that started last night's game- if anyone takes away 1 thing- is that MS isn't afraid and they have a tough bunch- that type stuff goes a LONG way- that's how Kellogg's program is built

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this is SO good- I feel I'm a fairly good one now- wasn't when I started although I thought I was- courage part wasn't my problem- time/patience were- good stuff Coach!- keep throwing out these pearls!

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so they play against 17/18 yr olds in the spring and jump back to 14u in the summer- seen this a lot at all the ages- dumb

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great swing by an incoming frosh at DC/ complimented by a great swing by Jack Jansen, an incoming frosh at CC who banged one off the 305 sign in right- all 8th grade team playing 14u using BBCOR's to prepare them for HS ball- excited for this group

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3 players from 1 HS in Cali went in the 1st round of the MLB draft- the state of Michigan has 3 players drafted thru 10 rounds/ parents- it's the 'silly season' where everyone is chasing who knows what- choose coach/schedule/families

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couldn’t agree more- what’s the worse thing that can happen- they give up a hit/ and it’s rare when all your stuff is there- figure out what you have today and make it work

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this is spot on- we’re pretty close to this model/ I do have to gives signs on the bases occasionally because my guys will be in HS next spring and they’ll spend the next 4 years having everything called for them