Posts by Trey Daly

Date: January 29, 2019 By: Eric Leary Making a positive first impression can go a long way into providing opportunities no matter a person’s goals, ambitions, or expectations.  It goes beyond skills and uncovers for those watching a true picture of the individual’s character. It is one thing to know this and quite another to…

Date: January 28, 2019 By: Brendan Dougherty Everything that we hear today is that kids are entitled and it’s too easy for them to just quit or jump from team to team when things just are not going his or her way. I agree that there is way too much of that going on, but…

Date: January 25, 2019 By: Eric Leary In prioritizing skills for catchers one could find all sorts of lists and opinions as to how skills rank in importance. Guys with big arms & low POP times get a lot of attention because they can shut down the running game. Some gurus lean towards the true…

Date: January 24, 2019 By: Brendan Dougherty The hardest thing to do in sports is to hit a round ball with a round bat that sometimes is traveling any where from 95-100 MPH. Baseball is an individual sport wrapped into a team game. We are constantly measuring how good a player is by his individual…

Date: January, 24, 2019 By: Eric Leary Our very own Dirtbag coach Will James will be Under the Gun today.  Will has been with the program as a coach since 2013. His teams routinely exhibit the same dedication and enthusiasm he employs while mentoring from the dugout. So let’s get started and get to the…

Date: 1/22/19 By: Eric Leary Graduation: 2021 Position: INF College Commitment: East Carolina University The ability of a person to recognize what is important and stay rooted in those values is a quality that can be described as sometimes lacking when evaluating society today.  Not so with Jacob Jenkins-Cowart, a left-handed hitting first baseman, who…

Date: 1/21/19 By: Brendan Dougherty When a player is struggling, we often hear that he just needs a little confidence. In a game that is built around failing more than you succeed it, is difficult to maintain confidence. The ups and downs that baseball has can be difficult. The brain is very complex and it…

INSTRUCTIONAL FRIDAY 1/18/19 OUTFIELD PLAY By Eric Leary Long gone are the days when the outfield was a place where coaches tried to hide a player who lacked defensive prowess but excelled at the plate.  Be assured coaches still want defenders on the backend that can swing the pole, but expectations for those guys to…

Date: 1/17/19 By: Brendan Dougherty Baseball is a game that is always changing and evolving. We are seeing that more so now more that ever. We have the ability to gather more information than we ever thought possible. We have arguments on all forms of social media about what is better the data or the…

Date: January 17, 2019 By: Eric Leary Thanks for your time Coach Current to go Under the Gun with the Dirtbags.  Can you take us through your journey of coaching at the college level? Ever since I was in high school, my dream was to coach college baseball at the Division I level.  I was…