Episode #24 No. 1 in Texas | What Landon Bonner’s Dad Would Do Differently

Oh, Landon's a junior.

Mm-hmm.

When did y'all start doing things specifically to get Landon recruited?

Sure.

So it started when he was around 13, 14 years old.

Um, but we, we just started, really just started, uh, posting.

You know, posting his workouts, posting his at-bats, um, posting him fielding.

Um, so j- just to, to be able to get him, get himself, uh, out there, uh, that way.

We also started, uh, we also had really good, uh, uh, leadership from, um, uh, from our organization that was able to help us to find out what tournaments would work best, that's gonna best benefit him and his skillset, and how he was gonna get seen.

So, you know, a lot of people just think, "Oh, we're just gonna play Perfect Game," or, "We're gonna play, you know, prep baseball and go to..." But, and they all have tons of different events, but you wanna go to the right event that's gonna, you know, benefit your player.

So, okay, I mentioned he's ranked number one in overall in Texas, not just his position by Perfect Game.

How much of his Perfect Game ranking do you think factored into the interest and love that he's gotten? Or do you just think he, he has those rankings because that's the kind of player that he is-

Yeah

... and schools are interested because of who he is as a player, not because they went to, you know, PG website and saw, "Oh, L- Landon Bonner-

Yeah

... is the number one r- uh, you know, ranked player in Texas." Like, what are your thoughts?

Um, I, I think it, it really d- depends on, you know, his play, you know, in going into the different tournaments.

I mean, and um, he had some really good, uh, performances and, that I think that stood out to make him stand out, you know, with his skillset.

And with those performances, you know, you kind of saw the, the backing and the following, um, which in turn got him invited to, you know, other different in- invitationals.

And you know, again, baseball is such a small, small world.

You know, when one person hears something, then now your name gets thrown around to other different people, and you know, it, it really takes off from there.

People out there may not realize, like-

Mm-hmm

...

so Landon's committed to Oklahoma.

Oh, Landon's a junior.

Mm-hmm.

When did y'all start doing things specifically to get Landon recruited?

Sure.

So it started when he was around 13, 14 years old.

Um, but we, we just started, really just started, uh, posting.

You know, posting his workouts, posting his at-bats, um, posting him fielding.

Um, so j- just to, to be able to get him, get himself, uh, out there, uh, that way.

We also started, uh, we also had really good, uh, uh, leadership from, um, uh, from our organization that was able to help us to find out what tournaments would work best, that's gonna best benefit him and his skillset, and how he was gonna get seen.

So, you know, a lot of people just think, "Oh, we're just gonna play Perfect Game," or, "We're gonna play, you know, prep baseball and go to..." But, and they all have tons of different events, but you wanna go to the right event that's gonna, you know, benefit your player.

So, okay, I mentioned he's ranked number one in overall in Texas, not just his position by Perfect Game.

How much of his Perfect Game ranking do you think factored into the interest and love that he's gotten? Or do you just think he, he has those rankings because that's the kind of player that he is-

Yeah

... and schools are interested because of who he is as a player, not because they went to, you know, PG website and saw, "Oh, L- Landon Bonner-

Yeah

... is the number one r- uh, you know, ranked player in Texas." Like, what are your thoughts?

Um, I, I think it, it really d- depends on, you know, his play, you know, in going into the different tournaments.

I mean, and um, he had some really good, uh, performances and, that I think that stood out to make him stand out, you know, with his skillset.

And with those performances, you know, you kind of saw the, the backing and the following, um, which in turn got him invited to, you know, other different in- invitationals.

And you know, again, baseball is such a small, small world.

You know, when one person hears something, then now your name gets thrown around to other different people, and you know, it, it really takes off from there.

People out there may not realize, like-

Mm-hmm

...

so Landon's committed to Oklahoma.