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@SmittyBenU
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Head Baseball Coach at Benedictine University, Husband to Kelly, Dad to Elle, Sydney, and Mac
Lisle, IL
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Have met big leaguers before but none as humble and as down to earth as
@nick3lopez
. What an unbelievable experience for our players to workout with him today. An unbelievable player but a better person. Good luck this year and can’t wait to watch the
@Royals
this year!
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Lost my mom to ALS in 2000 at 46 years old. I miss her every day!! It’s great to see MLB have an ALS day to build more awareness for this brutal disease. Love u Mom!!!
#LouGehrigDay
#loveumom
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So proud of my girls!!! I’m so blessed and honored to be called their dad. I love them so much!!
#girldad
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What a crazy few days. Was honored to coach our guys today and watch them do what they love to do. Will play one more game tomorrow morning and that will be it for the year. I still can’t believe it. Hope our guys know how much I love them like my own sons. What a great group!
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20 years ago today my mom passed away from ALS. 20 years. It feels like yesterday. Mom, I love you and think of you every day. You are the best person I’ve ever known and I know heaven is treating you well. Love you mom!!!
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I can’t thank all of the alums, current players and all my assistants past and present enough. All of the calls and texts have just been awesome. Love you all!
BASEBALL | The 5-2 win in the second contest today marked the 300th career victory for
@BenUBaseball
head coach Adam Smith
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Lost my mom 21 years ago today to ALS. She was only 46 years old. Still feels like yesterday. Miss and think of her every day as anyone who knew her absolutely loved her. Too much hate in this world. Hug your loved ones. Life is too short!! Love u Mom!!!!
#ALS
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Well we actually made it. It’s officially Game Day!!! I couldn’t be more excited and proud to watch this great group go out and play the game they love. It’s an honor to coach these guys and let’s go have some fun today!!!
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It’s been a fantastic Xmas week for our Benedictine Baseball Family!! A 3.2 team GPA for the fall semester with 9, 4.0 student-athletes and we received votes in the Division 3 pre-season poll. Im so proud of all of our guys!! Merry Xmas everyone!!!
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I want to congratulate my fantastic assistant
@JoelBonnett23
on his new pitching coach position with the
@BlueJays
. Besides being an unbelievable assistant, he’s been a great friend that I will miss very much. Good luck Joel!!!
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Class move by the
@Cardinals
to trade Piscotty to the A’s so he could help take care of his mom, who has been diagnosed with ALS. As someone who has taken care of his mom with ALS, the more time he can spend with her the better. Great job Cards.
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The greatest kids around. We are so proud of them. Can’t wait to see their faces tomorrow. Christmas morning is the best!!! Merry Christmas everyone!!
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What a fantastic day!!!
Benedictine is heading the the NCAA Regionals for the first time since 2013 by virtue of winning the 2024 NACC Tournament Championship. The team secured the automatic bid by winning the winner-take-all contest 13-8 over Aurora. Release:
#d3baseball
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Merry Christmas everyone from our family to yours!!!! Hope everyone has a great holiday season!!!
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23 years ago today I lost my mom to ALS. Can’t believe it’s been that long. Feels like yesterday. Not a day goes by where I don’t think of her. She was the best person I’ve ever known. I miss her so very much. I try to live every day by making her proud. Love u mom!!
#ALS
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I hate what is going on right now. This should not be a political conversation. This should be a treating everyone with kindness and respect no matter their skin color conversation. I was brought up to love everyone. I teach my children the same. Love not hate!!
#RacismMustStop
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Merry Christmas from our family to yours!! I hope you all have a great day with friends and family!!!!
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Playing some very good baseball right now. Let’s keep it going!!!
BASEBALL |
@BenUBaseball
made it seven consecutive wins by finishing off a four-game sweep of Dominican to open conference play
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Swanny is one of the best men I know in this world. What a pleasure it’s been to coach with him for 3 years. Enjoy retirement Swandog!!!
#knucklehead
After 40 amazing years at the institution, Dave Swanson has announced his retirement from Benedictine. A Retirement Ceremony for Swanee will take place on Friday, September 28
#HailBenU
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11 straight!! Love our fight. Been a great few weeks. Let’s keep it up!!!
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So proud and happy for
@JSilv8
!!! He’s going to do a great job in Mesa!!
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Think he long tosses???? Wow this is awesome.
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Opening Day is finally here!!! 1st business trip of the year to St. Louis. Very excited about this team. Great players and even better kids. Let’s go!!!!
#HailBenU
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What a great Florida trip. Went 7-3 while playing an unbelievable schedule. Very proud of our entire program. From coaches to players, everyone was awesome on and off the field. Man I love my job. Now it’s conference time. 2nd season starts this weekend. Let’s go!!
#Hailbenu
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Starting to run out of phrases for how much fun this group is having. Big weekend ahead!
BASEBALL | The win streak for
@BenUBaseball
reached 16 by completing a four-game sweep at Concordia Chicago
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Jack truly had one of the best seasons I’ve ever seen a player have. What an amazing player to coach. The most humble, hard-working person around. This is just the first of many more accolades. Congrats Jack!!!!
Congrats to Jack Surin as he was named NACC South Division Player of the Year. Jack hit .441 with 23 2B, 53 RBI, and 130 Total Bases!
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Congrats to my good friends at
@CUCbaseball
and
@MikeStawski
and
@KolinConner1029
for winning the Midwest regional and going to the World Series again!!
#veryproud
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Happy Mother’s Day to all the moms out there!! A special one to my fantastic wife Kelly who is the best wife and mom I could ask for and my mom up in heaven. Can’t believe it’s been almost 20 years since ALS took you from us. I love you both so much!!
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Very proud of our program making a difference. What a great day today was!!!!
Had a fantastic day volunteering at Feed My Starving Children Today with our entire team and coaching staff!! We helped pack 220 boxes of food that will feed 130 children for an entire year!!! Very proud of our players and coaches!!
#Hailbenu
#givingback
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This is awesome! Congrats Jack! Can’t wait to come watch tonight!
Congrats to Division III All-American Jack Surin of
@BenUBaseball
for signing with the Kane County Cougars in the American Association - Surin is active tonight - The Cougars are home through Thursday this week
#d3baseball
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What an unbelievable fall semester in the classroom from our players. I am so unbelievably proud of them!!!
#hailbenu
Our players earned a 3.34 Team GPA for the Fall Semester! 35 of the 45 players were above a 3.0! 7 players earned a 4.0! We are very proud of the hard work our guys put into the classroom this semester!
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Can’t wait to get started this weekend with this great group!!!! Let’s go!!!
#HailBenU
BB | The
@BenUBaseball
season starts this weekend! Hear about the goals and expectations of this years team from head coach
@SmittyBenU
#HailBenU
🅱️🦅⚾️
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Awesome start to the Bulls documentary! For everyone that didn’t get to watch the Bulls and MJ back then, every game really was an event. Everything was planned around Bulls games. You never wanted to be the one that missed MJ do something better than the night before!!
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I hope everyone watches this and puts life in perspective a bit. I lost my mom to ALS when she was 46 years old. It is such a brutal disease with no cure. God bless the Piscotty family.
"It's important to spend time with her, because we're running out of it."
Being traded from the Cardinals to the A's in 2017 meant that Stephen Piscotty could be closer to his mother who has ALS:
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Congrats to my great friends
@CUCbaseball
and
@MikeStawski
on an unbelievable season finishing in the final four in the country. Great coaches and players who I couldn’t be more proud of.
#friendsforlife
#winnerswin
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Want to congratulate
@Greatness__10
on signing a professional contract in the USPBL!!! What an example of hard work and determination!! Love him like a son and can’t wait to watch him live out his dream of playing professional baseball. Go get them Johnny!!!
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Happy Easter everyone!! Watching the kids have the Easter Egg Hunt is always a great highlight of the day. I hope you all have a great day!!!!
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Really proud of what we’re doing right now. Another big one today!
BASEBALL | A doubleheader sweep of Concordia Chicago enabled
@BenUBaseball
to extend their win streak to 15 games
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This was the single best pitching performance I’ve ever seen live. Faced 1 over the minimum and struck out 12 against a fantastic St. Thomas team. Congrats
@ryanmiller_13
, well deserved!!!
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The best group of seniors anyone could ever ask for. I couldn’t be more proud of the great men they are on and off the field! I will miss them so much and will enjoy every day we have left together!
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Had lunch with a former player yesterday. Hadn’t seen him in over 10 years. We started telling stories about the old days and talking about our families. So proud to see him doing so well in life. He’s a great husband and dad to his 3 kids. What a great day!
#Family
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Congrats to Jack Surin on being the Midwest Region Player of the Year!! What an honor and so well deserved!!!
BASEBALL | Jack Surin was named as the Midwest Region Position Player of the Year by the ABCA as Benedictine received three all-region selections
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Thanks to my good friend
@dom_a_savino
for his “post a coaching pic challenge.” I challenge
@JoelBonnett23
@BillKurich
@JSilv8
@MikeStawski
@BT_lefty113
to do the same. You have 24 hours and are on the clock!!
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Great start to the regional rankings but it’s not where you start, it’s where you finish. Big week ahead starting tomorrow. Let’s get it!!
#hailbenu
BASEBALL |
@BenUBaseball
is ranked third in the initial Midwest Region rankings released by the NCAA this afternoon
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Very proud of our guys getting it done in the classroom. What a fantastic first semester GPA!! Let’s keep up the great work!
STUDENT-ATHLETES.
7 dudes with a 4.0 ✅
9 more above a 3.5 ✅
and a total of 31 over a 3.0 ✅
#HailBenU
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👀
BASEBALL |
@BenUBaseball
tallied a 17th consecutive win by scoring a season high 19 runs against North Park
@d3baseball
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Congratulations to
@SteveGleason
on receiving the Congressional Gold Medal today. I lost my mom 20 years ago this August to ALS and you are an unbelievable example of positivity and courage. Thank you for all you do for the ALS community Steve!!!!
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This is by far the best television I’ve ever watched in my life. It’s not close either.
#LastDance
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I have been standing watching the Last Dance for the last 30 minutes. Words aren’t enough right now to describe my feelings after watching this documentary. Reliving the Bulls dynasty like I was 20 something again brought back such unbelievable memories. Thank you Last Dance!!!
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Congrats to Jack Surin on this great honor. What a great week and season he’s having!!!
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Couldn't be more proud of
@MikeStawski
and
@CUCbaseball
!!! Going to the World Series!!!! Now go win that damn thing!!!!
#soproud
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Congrats to C Jack Surin, 3B Cam Falk, and P Simon Herold on all making the
@d3baseball
Team of the Week!! They all were fantastic!
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What a fantastic accomplishment and career Marty had here at Benedictine. It was awesome coaching him.
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Well I’ll tweet this again because it’s true again, this documentary is the best tv I’ve ever watched and it’s not close! It makes 2 hours feel like 10 minutes. We need more than 2 more weeks!!!
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Happy Father’s Day everyone!! Hope all of you dad’s have a great day with family and friends!!
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Our very own Jack Feely starting in the Northwoods League tonight. Have fun Jack!!!
#proud
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Congrats to Jack on a great final week!!
#NACCbase
⚾| NACC Baseball Weekly Honors to Rockford's Jones, Benedictine's Surin
📰:
#d3baseball
#d3b
#NACCtion
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It’ll be a great day today seeing our freshman move onto campus!! I can’t wait to get started with this group.
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What an awesome job by our players in the classroom!!!! Very proud of them on and off the field!!!!
Very proud of the hard work our boys put into the classroom this season!
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How about Karl Malone coming on the Bulls bus after losing Game 6. Just awesome sportsmanship and respect from an all-time great.
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Very excited to be getting this development tool for our players and coaches this year!!! Coming soon and can’t wait……
High quality video. Multiple angles. No more editing…
With custom clips like below, being generated within seconds 🤯.
Would this help you win more games 🤔?
#PlayerDevelopment
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Benedictine University-Lisle, IL
Immediate Assistant Coaching opening-Pitching
Full-time/Benefits
Will start immediately
Rapsodo experience preferred
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Watching Castellanos play baseball is so much fun. The guy plays with a passion that is just awesome to watch. What a fantastic pickup for the Cubs.
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What a great senior day today. Great sweep of Edgewood. Very proud of all the seniors but especially proud of
@M0neyintheFRANK
. One of the best teammates I’ve ever coached and going to be a fantastic special education teacher very soon! Big day vs Marian tomorrow.
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Congrats to
@CUCbaseball
and
@MikeStawski
on an absolutely tremendous season. Couldn't be more proud to call all of you my friends.
#proud
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Congrats to Ryan on a fantastic year!! One of the hardest workers I’ve ever had the privilege to coach and an even better person.
Ryan Miller of
@BenUBaseball
capped his breakout sophomore season with an all-region honor from the ABCA
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This is awesome!!!!!
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Congrats to Kevin! The guy is just an unbelievable worker. Can’t wait to watch him have another huge year!!
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Congrats to all four of these guys!!! They all were fantastic this year!!
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So proud of these great players. What great years they all had!!!
Congrats to our 4 NACC South Division All Conference Performers!
Justin Sosa - RHP
Jack Surin - C
Kevin Bushnell - DH
Damen Castillo - 1B
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Congrats to my guy
@HCBigBlueBSB
on winning the CCIW tournament and going to the regionals. What an unbelievable job you’ve done at Millikin. So proud!!!!
#breaktherock
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Words are not enough again this week to describe the Last Dance. Truly unbelievable to relive this. Unmatched emotion and leadership. So special!
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Baby number 3 is here!! My first son. Mac Adam Smith. He's awesome!
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What a year! Came up a little short in the regional but still finished 39-7 and coached an outstanding group of selfless young men. So proud
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1st business trip of the year. Really looking forward to our first weekend of baseball. Let's go!!
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3 Conference championship in a row, 3 tournament championships in a row, and now back to regionals for the third straight year. Love it!!
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Congrats to my former assistant at Concordia, Grant Bellak
@GrantAB15
, on becoming the new Head Baseball Coach at Hanover! They got a good one. So happy for you Grant!!
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Congrats to the best around
@JoelBonnett23
and his fantastic wife
@clucht89
on the birth of their second child, beautiful baby Collins Bonnett. What a lucky baby to have such wonderful parents!! Can’t wait to meet her!!!
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Couldn’t be more proud of Jack and Jack. Great baseball players and even better students. We were 1 of 2 universities in the country that had 2 Academic All-Americans. Great work fellas!!
#Hailbenu
BB | Congrats to Jack Surin and Jack Feeley of
@BenUBaseball
who were named as Academic All-Americans!
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Congrats to
@BenUFootball
and
@Coach_Schroeder
on a fantastic season opening win tonight over a great Franklin team. Keep up the great work fellas!!!
#hailbenu
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What a great article about Damen!!! Very proud of all he’s accomplishing! He’s what Benedictine Baseball is all about!!!
.
@BenUBaseball
’s
@DamenCastillo
enjoying summer opportunity w/
@PShrimpBaseball
.
@jakiemiec
@ProspectLeague
@HighlandBaseba1
@MWIrishBaseball
@jimtuck89
@DgBaseball
#IndianaRBI
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We will be hosting Moraine Valley Junior College at 11am, not 1pm, on Saturday in our Fall Game due to expected rain in the afternoon. We look forward to seeing everyone out at the ballpark!!
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Man I love watching playoff baseball. This game is truly unreal. This looks like a college regional!! Just awesome!!
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11 games in 7 days for the
@BenUBaseball
boys this week. Time to make a move. We're ready to play. Let's go!!!
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Congrats to my good friend
@CoachBunks
on setting the all-time wins record at Benedictine tonight. I’m proud to call him a great friend!!! Keep it up out west!!!
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I had a great time recruiting at the
@Noles_Baseball
event today. A great facility and a ton of talent. Thanks for the invite Russ!!
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It's a pretty great thing when you see a team that is really getting it. We are very close. Big weekend ahead of competing and I can't wait!
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Doing tarp slides with my guys late last night was the best idea I've had in a long time. Back to work this morning for a huge week ahead!
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Congrats to Alex Schram on being named Pitcher of the Week!!
#NACCbase
⚾️ |
@NACC_sports
Baseball Student-Athlete of the Week Honors for April 12-18 Announced
@BenUEagles1887
@ILTechAthletics
@MUSabres
@LUMuskies
📰
#d3b
#d3baseball
#NACCtion
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One of the best phone calls ever my friend!! Remember it like it was yesterday!
12 years ago…. What an amazing experience, followed by some unforgettable times! Love being able to represent the
@CUCbaseball
family and all my teammates and coaches who help shape me. The phone call from
@SmittyBenU
is one I will cherish.
#mlb
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The best around!! Proud to call him a great friend!!!
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This is what leadership is all about! It means so much more coming from the players as well!!!
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Congrats to Jack, Kevin, Damen and Simon on being voted all-region!! They all had fantastic years and I couldn’t be more proud.
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