Mark Mangum
@MarkTMangum
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Twelve Baseball Academy/Director of Youth Programs (14U and under) in College Station
Joined February 2013
🗣️ #SomethingDifferent
I’ve been navigating the circus of the youth sports world for over 15 years now. My #1 piece of advice to parents: The goal for your financial investment shouldn’t be a future scholarship. Find the best life experience/character build you can, and pay for that. #BTeam | @TexAgs
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Coaches - Pray for your players! • The great ones • The “not yet” great ones • The “average” ones • The coachable ones • The “hard to reach” ones • The ones who never talk back • The ones who DO talk back And when you’re done PRAYING for them… SERVE THEM!
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Hurdle-ism 5: You Become Great by Being Good for a Long Time Want to become great? Stop chasing greatness and start being consistently good. My buddy Todd Helton would tell you: focus on being good today and let the rest take care of itself. Greatness isn't an overnight
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From Twelve to The Show. We don’t just develop players — we shape futures. 🏆 5 First-Round Picks Since 2021 🎯 49 MLB Drafted 💰 $47M+ in Contract Value This is what Something Different looks like.
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This summer, I have noticed the dugouts have been left in really bad shape after games. Seems like less and less people running travel teams are telling their players to leave it better than you found it! Sad
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One pattern I’ve noticed in all dysfunctional teams: They want success without the sacrifice. Dan Lanning said, "You know to accomplish a goal, it has to be valuable what you're willing to give up." The 4 things they couldn't sacrifice:🧵 1. They couldn't sacrifice ego for
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If you are a 2027 grad…relax. You are good. You will end up exactly where you are supposed to be playing college baseball. You aren’t missing out on anything and you aren’t behind. Life is good, you are blessed and ignore the rest 👊.
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Nothing more annoying in ⚾️ right now than a lack of respect for others… …and stupid sliding mitts #BaseballTruth
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From The Twelve to the big stage. @JaceLaViolette2 shares with us why The Twelve is #somethingdifferent 🔥
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Fastball will tell you all you need to know. If a high school pitcher can’t get hitters out with his fastball the next level will be hard. Same for a hitter. If you can’t square up a fastball in a fastball count your career is almost over.
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Don’t let someone’s worst moment make you forget they are made in God’s image too. God didn’t stop loving you at your lowest. Don’t forget that when someone else falls short. They still reflect His image, so let’s reflect His love.
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Reasons to attend @TwelveBaseball tryouts: -104 commitments in 2025 -8 @MLB signings in 2025 -5 First Round @MLBDraft Picks in last 5 yrs -6 High School Branches to service your geography -105 years combined of College/Professional Coaching Experience -19 years of Stability
⚾ High School Tryouts Are LIVE Think you’ve got what it takes? High school tryout registration for the 2025 Fall season is officially open. This is where elite development meets real opportunity. This is #SomethingDifferent 📲 Sign up now: https://t.co/w5AEUHHs50
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🚨July Tryout Schedule 🚨 Check out our July tryout schedule online for the following branches: - College Station - Bay Area - Katy - San Antonio - South Texas - The Woodlands - Houston West Loop Get started 👉
twelvebaseball.com
With nine branch locations across Texas, the Texas Twelve offers a unique developmental, competitive, and visible playing opportunity for players and families. Twelve players are recruited all over...
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8 Texas Twelve alumni showed out at the MLB Draft Combine this June — proving once again that our development pipeline leads to the top. Congrats to: @ABarrientes25
@BelyeuMax
@BriscoeTye
@JamesEllwanger6 Lucas Franco @JaceLaViolette2
@ShaneSdao
@BlaineBullard3
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Dear Adults (parents & coaches): It just might be YOUR roller coaster, up and down, all over the map, over reactive, anxiety filled emotions that we see from your kids and athletes. Many of them are a product of their environment.
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We played 6 games in 4 days this week at a PG in NY. I threw 12 pitchers only one kid threw in the 70’s for pitch count. We made it to the semis. Told the umpire in the 5th inning this is it we aren’t using anymore arms. We ended early and went home and I feel OK about it.
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Protecting them from what? An industry full of people, cultures, and systems that… - wants them to chase after things that simply do not matter. - places importance on things that are not important… at all.
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Players and Parents. Showcases are incredibly useless. Unless. You're physically similar to college players. and Your tools are similar to college players. Showcases are for strong, physical, athletic players that have something to showcase. College coaches are looking for air
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Proud to say that we have 6 MLB prospects in the Top 250 ➡️ @MLBPipeline 👊🏼 That ties us for third, right alongside the National Champions. That’s #SOMETHINGDIFFERENT ‼️ #TwelveLife
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