@coachbradley9

TigerBlog isn't sure why Princeton baseball coach Scott Bradley took so long to create a Twitter account.

TB does know that Bradley is off to a fantastic start in the 280-character world.

Bradley's Twitter feed goes back about three weeks, and yet he's already one of the best people TB follows. His tweets go from his experiences as a Major League Baseball player to his basic philosophies, and sometimes a combination of both.

Here are two examples:

Power of Observation!! As teammates with the Mariners Harold Reynolds, Phil Bradley and I watched the opposing team take batting practice before each and every game!! Was amazing what we learned!! @MLBNetwork @Kurkjian_ESPN @CoachYourKids @pgammo pic.twitter.com/J3FKZzwvpI

— Scott Bradley (@CoachBradley9) February 7, 2021

 And this one:

As parents, teachers and coaches do we ever just point our kids in the right direction and let them figure out the way or do will dictate every step???
It is amazing just what our players can figure out on their own if we allow them the freedom use their own instincts!!!!

— Scott Bradley (@CoachBradley9) February 8, 2021

There's more of that, but not a lot more right now on his feed. Presumably much more is on the way. He's clearly off to a great start.

Those are both great tweets.

The first one takes you inside the world of Major League Baseball. It's a grind, with game after game after game. The players need to be physically on top of their games at all times, and the mental toll is also great. 

Plus, simply reading the tweet, you can picture what it would be like to be a Major Leaguer, watching the opponent take BP, long before the first pitch. And then doing it again and again and again and again as the season goes along. 

The second one especially resonates with TigerBlog, having raised two kids. He's developed a philosophy of parenting that can be summed up in three words: "Figure it out." As in, whatever your somewhat grown children ask you, tell them to "figure it out." Anytime you think you're helping them, you're actually not.

One of the best experiences TB has had in all his time at Princeton was his trip with the baseball team to the 2016 NCAA regional in Lafayette, Louisiana. The opportunity to travel with the team and see how Scott Bradley runs his program was awesome.

You can find him on Twitter at @coachbradley9.

And while he's on the subject of baseball today (and what else would you want to talk about with about 20 feet of snow piled up everywhere?), TB would like to send out his congratulations to John Sadak.

If you're a Princeton basketball fan, the name John Sadak takes you back to his days as the play-by-play voice of the Tigers, first the women's team and then the men's. TigerBlog was his first partner for Princeton men's basketball, but he was replaced (TB was the one who did the replacing) with Noah Savage.

Sadak and Savage immediately clicked and were a great team, especially since Savage is much better than TB was. Savage and his current Princeton partner, Derek Jones, are equally a great team, and both have made their way onto ESPN for college basketball games.

As for Sadak, he left Princeton to pursue a full-time Major League Baseball play-by-play job. Along the way he has done a lot of college football and basketball on television, as well as NFL football on the radio. 

The news came out last week that Sadak had been hired to be the Cincinnati Reds television play-by-play man. It's the culmination of a process that speaks to what you need to do in the announcing world, which is basically start with whatever on-air work you can get and go from there.

The National League now features two former Princeton men's basketball play-by-play announcers, with Sadak and Tom McCarthy, the Phillies TV voice.

Like McCarthy with the Phils, Sadak will get TB to root for the Reds. 

Also like McCarthy, Sadak, TB is pretty sure, will always cherish his days with Princeton basketball.

Congratulations to John Sadak, a Princeton alum in his own way. 

It couldn't have happened to a better announcer - and person.