Sep 11, 2018 | Diamond Devotions
He could guarantee them one thing: if they kept doing it their way, refused to be coachable…they would fail. It might not happen immediately, since they were pretty talented, but it would eventually catch up with them. He knew that one day they would face...
Jun 11, 2018 | Diamond Devotions
It was only when he got a team full of better players that he felt like a success. And he enjoyed the attention and accolades that came with it. The team he coached over the past two years consisted of sub-par players with little experience. Now, he had put together a...
Dec 11, 2017 | Diamond Devotions
You can’t do it on your own, whatever it is. Life. Baseball. Coaching. Parenting. Those who attempt a solitary effort quickly find an overwhelming experience. There’s just too much we don’t know about those things, too much we can’t know. We walk alone at our own...
Sep 11, 2017 | Diamond Devotions
It goes something like this: hanging curveball, monster home run, bat flip, slow trot, lots of yelling, someone gets drilled with a fastball, benches clear, media goes crazy, players are suspended, the debate continues. A bat flip after a home run always draws...
Aug 11, 2017 | Diamond Devotions
It would be great if every coach were a godly man. It would be great if every leader in every program walked with Jesus. If that were the case, players around the country would be in the hands of people who cared deeply for them and not just for a selfish agenda....
