
based_vet
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based_vet
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“I’ve been falling so long it seems like gravities gone and I’m just floating.
가입일 Temmuz 2023
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@malcolm_foreman @blakeburke_ @VolRecruiting98 Amen. I might complain about the way the team is playing but I’m still watching every game and cheering em on.
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@VolRecruiting98 Your not a real fan if your “out” till the team is better!
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@VandyBoys Kruenzel blows. Why does Elander keep going to him in big moments?
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@Austin_Vols Elander needs to be fired. He’s in over his head. The team is not coached well and it shows every game. They’re not executing basic fundamentals. Danny White should’ve hired Schnall from Coastal Carolina. The worst part is Tony will be fired soon and end up coaching a rival.
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@nofanboymma @ChampRDS Colby suck at BJJ. Arman and Danis are doing a submission only grappling match.
Danis is actually legit AF at BJJ. Dillon Danis would destroy Colby in a submission only grappling match.
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@ChampRDS I don’t know how this makes sense, it should be Arman vs Colby Covington why is he fighting yesterday loser instead of the winner
GIF
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@Vol_Baseball @RockyTopKeith Our infield is pitiful. I don’t care what yall say, this is a poorly coached team.
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@ShadowofEzra How cool would it be if Iran found his exact location and handled business?
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Benjamin Netanyahu goes fully psychotic and tells the world that he will single-handedly change the entire face of the Middle East, and that Israel will attack any country at any time.
“We will surprise them instead of them surprising us.”
“We are the attacking side. We are the initiating side.”
“We take the initiative. We attack.”
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@Scott_Wiener Good. Tran is a mental illness that needs to be addressed. Your last name fits you perfect. Keep whining.
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It’s about to become a felony in Idaho for a trans person to use the restroom.
State prison for using the restroom. Let that sink in. These people have no limits.
The New York Times@nytimes
Breaking News: Idaho criminalized using bathrooms, locker rooms or changing rooms, that do not correspond to a person’s sex at birth, including at private businesses. nyti.ms/4t7Nijz
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Florida State superstar Myles Bailey underwent surgery and will miss the rest of the 2026 season.
FSU Baseball@FSUBaseball
Myles Bailey underwent successful surgery today after suffering a leg injury during Saturday's game. He is expected to make a full recovery but will miss the remainder of the 2026 season.
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@BaseballQuotes1 We tried the inning before and couldn’t execute. Lmao. Rough year on Rocky Top.
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This is the pro Israel echo chamber in action.
The Israelis need Trump to commit ground troops so we stay engaged in achieving Israel’s strategic goal in Iran.
Israel is working against negotiations.
POTUS should know better than to fall for this Iraq war tier propaganda.
Chris Menahan 🇺🇸@infolibnews
Mark Thiessen, in Mark Levin interview Trump urged all his followers to watch, makes the case for troops on the ground in Iran: "We have to get what Donald Trump correctly calls 'the nuclear dust.'" Thiessen also tries to connect Iran to Al-Qaeda and 9/11.
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“I wish at [my player’s] age, I would’ve gone much deeper into a relationship with Jesus Christ… To me, the most important thing is to God with all my heart, soul, & mind.”
- Tennessee HC Rick Barnes
(via @TreyWallace)
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My middle son, Ryan, was a skinny 9th grader with a weak arm and virtually no bat
62 mph pulldown
His best swings barely cleared the infield
And he was deceptively slow
He tried out the for the JV team at our high school as a second baseman
His older brother had starred at the same school and was now playing in college
To my knowledge, no one had ever been cut from the JV team
Ryan was cut from the JV team
That night we watched Rudy
My idea
I expected a pity party
Instead, he looks at me and says:
“Dad… we screwed up the position. You know how to train pitchers. Next year I’m not trying out for JV. I’m MAKING VARSITY… as a pitcher.”
I did a double take
Swallowed hard
“Sure, Ry. But that means you work. Every. Single. Day.”
I figured it would last a week
It lasted a year
He lived at The ARMory
Every night
Like a man possessed
He gained 20 pounds (up to 145)
Fastball to 75
Added a changeup
And showed a crazy, unanticipated knack for living in the strike zone
He tried out for Varsity as a pitcher
He made the team
And never played
All season: clean pants, empty stat line
Last game of the year, bases loaded, 2 outs
He finally gets in… to pinch run at first
One pitch
Routine ground ball
Force out at second
Season over
Next year, his velo is up to 82
The staff is loaded
Three weeks left in the season… still hasn’t thrown a pitch
Then comes the promise
Soft opponent on the schedule
Coach says, “Ryan’s starting.”
I clear my calendar
4 pm, my phone rings
“Hey bud, you ready? You nervous?”
“I’m excited… but I’m not nervous.”
Pause
“Because I’m not pitching. Rex is pitching.”
My heart sinks
Rex?
We don’t have a Rex
I’m running through the roster in my head
“Who the heck is Rex?”
“Dad, you’re gonna love him.
Rex is 6’8” and throws 96.”
Ryan is 5’9” and tops at 82
Suddenly, Rex sounds like a better option
I get to the field right as the anthem ends
There’s no 6’8” dude
Just my 5’9” son, grinning
Ryan had invented an alter ego
That night, Rex took the ball
Same 82 mph fastball
Completely different presence
Rex walked like an ace
Breathed like an ace
Stared in like an ace
Attacked the zone like an ace
He refused to throw a ball
Groundout. Pop up. Groundout. Weak fly.
Over and over.
By the 5th inning it was 12–0
He had given up 1 hit
He punches out the last hitter
Game over on a mercy rule
The team dog piles him on the mound
Ryan (a.k.a. Rex) had just thrown a one-hit shutout
Same body
Same arm
Same 82 mph
Different identity
Everyone wants a new pitch, a new drill, a new program
Sometimes the unlock is simpler:
You don’t need a new body
You need a new alter ego
In baseball or in life
Name the version of you who attacks the zone
Then let him (or her) take the ball
Find your Rex
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@izthisJudah You can’t hate them enough. If there were no laws they would not exist anymore.
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