Head Baseball Coach: Citrus College Owls.
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Andrew Smith retweeted
Amateur baseball is losing one of its most valuable lessons: the satisfaction of earning an opportunity.
Today, a signup form and payment can buy a roster spot, playing time, exposure and even recognition—whether a player is ready to compete or not.
Every player deserves an opportunity to develop. No player is entitled to advancement.
Players need something to chase. Parents deserve honest feedback. Coaches must be willing to say, “You’re not ready yet—but here’s how you get there.”
Standards aren’t punishment. Competition isn’t cruelty.
Earning the opportunity is what makes it mean something.
Andrew Smith retweeted
Latest Outing vs Point Loma
FB: 85–88 | SW: 74–76 | SPL: 76–78
76% strike rate | 83% 1st pitch strike
Felt good attacking hitters and staying in the zone.
@ACSmith_91 @MikeMoses0204 @CoachDonBrais @SoCalBirds
Throws a lot of pitches that are hard to hit. .184 avg against, with a 1.57 ERA in 2026.
1 run in 2 innings of work vs. Point Loma
FB: 88-90 | SL: 77-79 | CH: 76-78 | CB: 73-75
@CitrusOwlsBSB @ACSmith_91 @CoachDonBrais @MikeMoses0204
Good field.
Appreciate you @CoachJames_3 (former Owl!) for having us at The Point! Impressive facility and squad.
Andrew Smith retweeted
I’ve spent a lot of time recently thinking about the things I want to create, build, and experience.
I’ve also spent a lot of time wondering whether I can realistically pursue all of them.
I’ve come to realize that I don’t need to be exceptional at everything I explore. Not every interest needs to become a business, and not every idea needs to turn into something bigger.
Sometimes, the opportunity to explore something is enough.
And, in some ways, it’s always been this way.
You can, indeed, do it all. Just not necessarily all at once, or to the same degree.
And that’s perfectly fine.
Hot take:
Umpires are far from perfect.
But the replay and technology available to us makes something very clear:
These guys are really good at what they do and are vastly under appreciated.
Andrew Smith retweeted
HR and backside double off the wall from this weeks intersquads. @ACSmith_91 @CoachDonBrais @CitrusOwlsBSB
Andrew Smith retweeted
.@CitrusOwlsBSB Red Shirt Freshman Tristan Whittle ( @TCTitansBsbl ) ran the heater up to 94 in a clean inning of work. Slurvey breaking ball at 74, CH 82-84 for the righty.
#PGJC
Andrew Smith retweeted
Clean inning of work from @CitrusOwlsBSB righty Alex Haro. Freshman out of @WarrenBaseball worked 89-91 t 92 w/ CB 75, SL 79/80, CH 79. Punched out two in lone inning of work
#PGJC
Andrew Smith retweeted
Fall Bombs Matter...
Citrus College Infielder Nick Velazquez unloads on one for three run shot... Soph out of @Lions_Arlington , @USC_Baseball commit.
@CitrusOwlsBSB
#PGJC
Good swing from soph catcher Jackson Gray today.
Jackson is coming off a .350 freshman campaign and will be in the soph showcase this weekend at Irvine Valley College.
@JCashGray20
Andrew Smith retweeted
Citrus College is hiring a Sports Information Coordinator!
This position publicizes & promotes Fighting Owls athletic teams & student-athletes.
Apply today! employment.citruscollege.edu…
#employment #nowhiring #jobs #collegejobs #fulltime #sid #sportsinfo #sportsinformation
Easier to just say “I didn’t get a fair chance.”
This is the way.
Brock Purdy says he was getting 2 reps a practice his rookie year so his mentality became make the most of every rep because everything matters
“Nothing’s given. Every rep matters. I got two reps at the end of each period, and that was my opportunity every day to show the organization and my teammates what I was made of.”
“That’s just the NFL. You’ve got to compete. For me, it was: I’ve got nothing to lose. I’ve just got to go show these guys that I can go out there and rip it, make the right decisions, and be a guy who, if something happens, can go in and be trusted.”
“Before the first preseason game, practice ends and I could see Fred talking to Trent. I saw Fred say, ‘I can’t wait to watch this Purdy kid at the preseason game tomorrow against the Packers.’”
“At that point, my head had just been down. I’m just trying to do good at practice. But I was like, ‘All right, they are noticing.’ The starters and the guys, they’re seeing something.”
“So for me, it was, ‘All right, now I just have to go out in the game, under the lights, in front of everybody, execute, still have that chip on my shoulder and not look back.’”