Trea Turner (What can be

    Posted by fundamentalvalues on 6th of Dec 2022 at 07:31 am

    Trea Turner (What can be learned from one of the greatest all tool MLB players in the game), excerpt from my journal notes 12/06/22:

    I've watched him for many years now since his early days with the Washington Nationals, last year he played with the Dodgers. Watching him game to game, at bat to at bat, he simply "turns the page" better than 99% of the players I've ever seen. What that means is, his ability to take each at bat and play as separate from others is incredible. It is not that he doesn't have his moments of reaction or frustration, though he moves on quickly after those experiences. 

    I play a hobby game with a friend during the season where we compete with our players. Part of the game is creating a hitting streak. You can use any player you like. Trea was the most consistent in this area last year, having multiple double digit hitting streaks during the year, some in the 20s games in length, including 3 of the top 5 in the National League at 26 (the top), 20, and 18 respectively. He went very few individual games without getting at least one hit. I've seen more than a few interviews with Dodgers coach, Dave Roberts where they asked him about Trea and he has said this more than once in regards to this being one of his biggest assets in regards to him being able to "turn the page". Baseball tools aside, he clearly has worked on this important part of life. 

    I've continued to work on this in my life and will until the day I die. A few of my tools are journaling (I go back and read my entries sometimes and often learn from them, it also helps me see where I'm at now and gain insight), exercise, diet, therapy, prayer/meditation, hobbies like artwork, baking, games, reading, connecting with friends/family, enjoying travel, experiencing the joy of others as they share their personal passions..it has become fun to explore new ways to look at myself and how I'm "doing life" so to speak and benefit from the views of others. The use of my time, my attitude, experiences, how I treat others, and myself are in consideration. And also, that eventually translates into everything I do personally and professionally. I'll go into some of the things I used to do with coping with life (in another journal entry) that had to be changed which greatly affected my potential and performance. I'm by no means perfect, though I am for sure much better than my past and I'll continue to focus on this as relationships and learning how to navigate life, love, and friendship are of paramount importance for daily living. I'm grateful to God to be able to have this insight and be able to change course and have another shot at life each day. 

    This is an article from 2016 where Trea talks about balancing success and failure a bit. This is one of my favorite quotes from this interview: "You've got to grow up fast, you've got to learn quickly," said Turner. "If you get caught up in failure, say you go 0-10 you get caught up in that and it can just drag on because you play every day. It's hard, you have to learn how to balance success and failure."

    ..there is also a short video with it when he was going from minor league ball after two years to the majors: https://spectrumlocalnews.com/tx/austin/news/2016/09/4/extra-innings-trea-turner

    Fast forward to today and he just signed an 11 year deal with the Phillies for $300 million dollars. Quite the reward for his consistent mental performance, he's 29 years old, just inspiring and I've definitely learned from his example:

    https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/35190131/source-phillies-ss-trea-turner-reach-11-year-300m-deal

    In the photo is from Sunday, a cake I made, cinnamon bundt with buttercream frosting..it actually came out pretty good! 

    Nice synopsis - and send

    Posted by steve on 6th of Dec 2022 at 08:46 am

    Nice synopsis - and send us some cake   

    He played minor league AAA

    Posted by retirefire on 6th of Dec 2022 at 08:42 am

    He played minor league AAA in Syracuse the Washington  nationals affiliate at the time. They had some awesome players we got to see in the minor leagues.  

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