Outsiders Baseball Club

What an amazing I was sitting in church and I got a text message from two young men who use to play for me Tyson and Lucas Pettingill I love these young men. Tyson is at CBU and Lucas is at CSUSB. I want to share the message from their mom.

Hi Jake, Tyson checked in to school last week and I just wanted to send you this pic and let you know how much we appreciate the positive impact you made on he and Lucas. Lucas has been at CSUSB for the last few weeks and is grinding as a two way. Figuring college out is tough for him, but he’s doing it. Anyhow, we hope all is well and just wanted to tell you thank you for the piece you had in their journeys!

What a day God is great and hard work pays off.

Looking for 12 u players who want to come work hard and compete playing baseball. Our program is focused on developing baseball fundamentals and creating a culture of family, competition, hard work and winning. Please text me if you are interested at (801)602-3734. Tryouts are September 3, 2026 5-7pm at Santa Clara Little League fields.

We are deeply saddened by the passing of Tommy John, a veteran of 26 MLB seasons who helped revolutionize recovery from pitching injuries in the 1970s.

John broke in with Cleveland as a 20-year-old in 1963 and made his last appearance for the Yankees at age 46 in 1989, also pitching for the White Sox, Dodgers, Angels, and Athletics. The left-hander won 288 games, made 4 All-Star teams and anchored 3 pennant-winning teams, while twice finishing as a runner-up for the Cy Young Award. His 700 games started rank 8th on the all-time list.

After John injured his elbow in 1974, he received the first ulnar collateral ligament replacement surgery from Dr. Frank Jobe. John returned to pitch in 1976, then won 20 games three times in four years from 1977-80.

He would go on to pitch 14 of his 26 seasons after the procedure that is now known as Tommy John Surgery, a measure that has helped extend pitching careers in the more than half a century since it was first performed.

He was 83.

Everyone needs to read this amazing story of an amazing young man who has become an amazing coach and an amazing inspiration.

Coach Jack Here!

My Dad and Uncle Tom drove me and my trailer to Cooperstown in New York.

I went to the baseball hall of fame!

Coach Jack’s Dad, here: I helped Coach Jack put together a blog article and digital scrapbook pages for his web site. I’ll put a link to that in the comments. If you need a smile, reading the article and looking at his scrapbook pages will give it to you. Have a great day! 🤠❤️

Congratulations to this amazing young man had the opportunity to be an assistant on his SBA team. Threw him off speed BP every Thursday night. Let’s go Petey love you kid so proud of you.

A great weekend of baseball making it to the championship coming up short by one run after being down 7 points in the second inning. Proud of my boys. Outsiders for life.