Hello Tigers! 

First and foremost, happy belated Mother's Day to all the Tiger moms. You're the best! 

Secondly, amazing idea from some of the teams for having the moms make a celebrity appearance as the 3rd and 1st base coaches.  

Alright! 

Into this week's newsletter, but before we start I wanted to share an update inside your VIP. We've added 17 new hitting drills under the hitting section of the "Training Center." 

Each drill has a 3-5 second clip of the drill with a brief explanation of how to execute the drill. We also added a deep dive video to further explain the details for how hitters should approach the movement, how they should feel while doing the movement, and when to use it.

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In this weeks Tiger Rundown:

1. What's it like as the conductor of cameras? - The Big 3 

2. Move over coach, moms are taking over - Picture of the Week

3. I guess we did our job this offseason. Home Run City! - Tiger Players


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Written by Spiker Helms



Meme of the week: Pitcher's POV

Your bench be like: Bro...we're not trying to hit you.








The Big 3 of the Week  

What I'm following


1/ If there was only an account that showed you how they broadcasted games....

Barrett Pfeiffer is in the control room for the University of Arkansas and he is quickly being recognized by the baseball and softball community. He gives a unique perspective as he calls out camera angles with his reactions. It's almost an art form on how he conducts the team to relay the various camera angles we love to see.   


Watch Here


2/ The Odds are .00001% Of This Happening



Should this Seattle Mariners fan be considered for a contract? Call it luck, fate, or skill but he caught two foul balls in a row.


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3/ Give Me Your Favorite, Your Dark Horse, and Your Cinderella In Omaha

The projections are in for the field of 64 for the Road to Omaha. Teams are starting to wrap up their seasons and heading into their conference tournaments. There's still a lot of baseball to play but here's the list. 


Who is your favorite? Dark Horse? and Cinderella? Above graphic is a poll of all the coaches in Division 1. 


This is mine: 
Favorite: Arkansas 
Dark Horse: Wake Forest 
Cinderella: Indiana State

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Tiger Teams

Mother's Day Victories   


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LocationTeamPlaceSport + Tournament
North Scottsdale 11U Black Richard1stBaseball | Dual in the Desert 
St. Louis, MO11U Black Brase1stBaseball | Game 7 Midland Invitational
St. Louis, MO 14U Dierberg 1stBaseball | Play 9 Bombs for Moms
Northern Illinois14U Black Artinghelli1stBaseball | Seminole Sports Crystal Lake Turf Showdown
Toledo, OH14U Black Komisarek1stBaseball | Janet Madden Classic Champs
Cleveland, OH12U Delaney 1st Baseball | 2024 Wickliffe Mother's Day Classic
Las Vegas, NV8U Andrade1stBaseball | Rings & Roses 
Clayton, NC12U White Hair 1st Baseball | Top Gun USA 
Pensacola, FL12U Majors2ndBaseball | West Florida Championships
Yulee, FL10U Gibbons1stSoftball | 
 



Pictures of the Week 

1) "Moms Take Over" 
Shenandoah Valley Gray






10U Gray called in for the celebrity appearance, the moms took over the team for the day (see the post here)  

2) "Exhibition of the Tigers" St. Louis 12U Watson V. Hoganson

Both 12U squads had a night that was open, so they called a scrimmage game in full uni's. It takes me back to the old sandlot days. 








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Tiger Players

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|College

Andrew Harbison, Eric Wigginton, Ethan Murphy, Cam Rayborn, Whitt Callahan: former So. Indiana Tigers help Spalding University win their conference! Cam named MVP of the tourney! Here's their dogpile.

Stephen Dillender: former Quad City Tiger goes deep to tie up the sectional championship game for Black Hawk College in their NJCAA tourney run. Here's their championship photo after their Sectional win. 

Ben Prywitch & Drake Downing: former STL Tigers help Maryville University win the GLVC! 

Will Doherty: named MIAA All-Tournament Team and helped Missouri Southern become MIAA champions. They're dancing this spring! 

Zack Hoffman: Reaching 92MPH as he closed out the game to help his college reach regionals! 

|Commitments

Masen Moravec: Southern Indiana Tiger continues his academics and athletics at Indiana University Southeast

Zach Fleming: Southern Indiana commits to the Transylvania University 

Jack Nobe: home run #8 on the year and walk off win for the Xavier University commit 

Wyatt Mammen: The St. John River State College commit breaks his high school's record for most wins in a career. He grabbed his 17th career win

|18U

Shane Neumer: KC Tiger topping out 87mph on the bump with a strong 5 innings

Mark Weber: Finishing out a strong high school career. Pittsburgh Tiger goes .475 avg with 16 rbi on the season

|17U 

Tyler Bach & Tommy Holman: So. Indiana Tigers put on a show with Tyler hitting two home runs and Tommy hitting one

Cade Danko: Inside the park home run 

Mason Orton: adds another win to the record going 6-0, 1.64 ERA, with 60K's on the season

Liam Pekarsky: Pittsburgh Tiger pitches 23 inning with 22k's and a 1.52 ERA on the season 

Nolan Jaworowski: going deep twice in one game (home run 1) (home run 2)

Cooper Hummel: Fort Worth Tiger goes 4 for 6 and named All-County

Jamison Tindall: Fort Worth Tiger opens the game up with a bases clearing triple with an error. 

Valente Melero: the month of April and May are hit months for Mr. Melero. Swinging an extremely hot bat.

Gavin Rand: YAHTZEE #2 for the So. Indiana Tiger

Ryan Potts: 47 IP with a 1.64 ERA and 62 K's. Sign me up! 

Reed Hayes: 2 for 4 with a home run and 2 rbi

Joey Fentress: by the beard of Zeus!!! This ball was tatooed. Home run #4 for Mr. Fentress. 

Ruben Velasco III: OPPO LIFE! 3 for 3 at the plate with a home run and 2 stolen bases. 


|16U

Ryan Pruitt: .345 avg, 17 rbi, 4 doubles, and 2 home runs. Great spring season for the Central Illinois Tiger

Drake Goodpaster: is 4 for 4 with a double and two stolen bases good?

|15U

Camerian Allen: Down East Tiger finishes up his spring middle school league with helping his middle school to another conference championship  

Mason Klein: solid freshman season with .339 avg, 7 DBH, and 12 stolen bases 

|14U

Jase Bowser:home run, double, and RBI's to help Toledo to another championship and continue their streak

Andrew Lapke: 3 triples on the weekend 

|7U

Braxton O'Conner: solid swing to get a base hit


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