JP’s Glove love

05/15/2026

Character often takes a backseat to talent.

©️Reformed Sports Project

05/12/2026

Decompressing with some glove cleaning ! It’s so satisfying.

05/11/2026

Pitchers:

• Tell your catcher “Thank You” after throwing a bullpen.
• Tell your catcher “Nice Block” or give them an “Atta-boy” after they make a great stop on a ball in the dirt.
• Tell your catcher “Nice work today!” after the game.
• Offer to get them some water when they are catching multiple bullpens or better yet just go get some for them.
• Become great at controlling the running game to give them a better chance at throwing the runners out if they try to steal.

Great catchers are a game changer. Those that take it serious make us pitchers often look better than we really might be that day. Respect them and always show your appreciation.

05/09/2026

05/05/2026

Cleveland, 2011. The batting cage at Progressive Field sits empty in the pre-dawn light. In a few hours, Justine Siegal will walk onto that field and do something no woman has ever done in Major League Baseball's 111-year history.

But this moment started 27 years earlier, in a conversation that would've broken most people.

She was sixteen. Just a teenager with a dream. She told her coach she wanted to coach college baseball someday. He didn't just dismiss her. He laughed. Told her flat out that men would never listen to a woman on a baseball field. That her dream was impossible.

Most people would've walked away. Siegal got a PhD instead.

She spent years dismantling every barrier they put in front of her. In 2011, she became the first woman ever to throw batting practice for an MLB team, standing on the mound for the Cleveland Indians. Four years later, the Oakland Athletics made her the first female coach in Major League Baseball history.

But here's the thing. She didn't do all this just to prove one dismissive coach wrong. She did it because she knew she wasn't the only girl being told no. She founded Baseball For All, creating opportunities for girls to play and coach. Over 100,000 girls now play baseball across America, but most hit a wall after youth leagues. There's nowhere for them to go.

Until now.

In May 2026, the Women's Pro Baseball League launches with teams in New York, Boston, Los Angeles, and San Francisco. It's the first professional women's baseball league in America since 1954. Seventy-two years of waiting, over.

Last August, more than 600 players from over 10 countries showed up to tryouts at Nationals Park. Mo'ne Davis was there. The girl who made history pitching a shutout at the Little League World Series. Kelsie Whitmore, who plays for the Savannah Bananas, became the first overall draft pick.

The timing is perfect. Women's sports are exploding. WNBA viewership up 170%. The Professional Women's Hockey League launched last year and is already expanding. And here's what the MLB doesn't talk about enough: 46% of their fans are women.

From a teenager being laughed at to the woman who built a league that will change everything. That coach was wrong. Men did listen. The whole world is listening now.

Play ball.