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Harlan, Ky Katılım Ekim 2008
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chuck owens
chuck owens@chuckojr·
@notgaetti The most unbelievable part of that may be the size 5 feet?
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Not Gaetti
Not Gaetti@notgaetti·
Hack Wilson, born 126 years ago today, holds one of baseball's most unbreakable records: 191 RBI in a season. (And that was before the 162-game schedule!) To be on pace to break it, you would certainly need 100 RBI by the All-Star break and zero fall-off in the second half.
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Not enough people talk about HACK Wilson • .307/.395/.545 (.940 OPS), 144 OPS+ • Led NL in homers 4x in 5 seasons • The single-season RBI king (191) • Once led the league in OPS+ • Twice led the league in RBI • Thrice scored 100+ runs • 1930 NL MVP with Chicago • Famously drunk & combative • HOF '79 (Veterans Committee) • Finished top-8 in MVP voting 4x • Had a tremendous 423 TB in 1930 • Had at least 5.0 WAR 5x, 300 TB 4x • Was Chicago's everyday center fielder • Batted .319 over 12 World Series games • An interesting look (5'6" 200, size 5 feet) • @nytimes made first use of "Hack" in 1924 • (Origins of the nickname are still in dispute) • Someone said he was "built like a beer keg..." • "...and not wholly unfamiliar with its contents" • 1 of 3 seasons with 200 H, 50 HR, and 400 TB • (Joined by Babe Ruth 1921 & Jimmie Foxx 1932) • Wilson's single-season record of 191 RBI remains one of the most unbreakable in all of baseball; there have been no serious challenges to it since the 1930s and the most RBI in a season since then were 165 by Manny Ramirez in 1999, the same year that Wilson's record was officially increased from 190 to 191 after an error was discovered in an old box score

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Kentucky High School Sports History
Eastern Kentucky All-Time Top 5 ballplayers 1-King Kelly, Wayland 2-Todd May, Virgie 3-Richie Farmer, Clay County 4-Ervin Stepp, Phelps Who is your number 5?
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chuck owens@chuckojr·
@M_Bulger19 Im thinking out for tomorrow just for a couple days extra rest, then can be back when needed on Saturday. Hoping thats what's happening, anyway.
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Mike B 😈
Mike B 😈@M_Bulger19·
I just don’t understand how Pat was a game time decision for the UNC game but now all of a sudden there’s a chance he doesn’t play this weekend? How does his status change for the worse with a protective boot on his foot for the last couple weeks.
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Duke Men’s Basketball
Duke Men’s Basketball@DukeMBB·
5-man floor slap ⁉️⁉️⁉️
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Not Gaetti
Not Gaetti@notgaetti·
I go back and forth about whether to keep this place totally pure for my baseball folks or to strike a blow for the Everyman by talking about a customer service battle I’m embroiled in. People should never be treated this way & companies only do the right thing if they’re shamed.
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Zion O.
Zion O.@DukeNBA·
@T_Oglesby22 I respect your opinion a lot TO, but I need an explainer for BJ Edwards 😬 beyond he leads the league in steals. He’s on a defense that ranks 106th in efficiency. Feels like this award is becoming most steals or blocks award… (not saying it should be a Duke player btw)
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Jeff Goodman
Jeff Goodman@GoodmanHoops·
Sounds like the McDonald’s voting system needs a complete revamp. Again. Bryson Howard (Duke), ranked in the top 20 by every single recruiting service, did not make the game. Darius Bivins, who is ranked in the 80s and 90s by On3, 247 and ESPN, made it. Bivins happens to play for Joe Wootten at Bishop O’Connell. Wootten just happens to be the chairman of the McDonald’s Selection Committee. Also how the heck are @TravisBranham_ and @JamieShaw5 not voters? They see more recruits than just about anyone. coachwootten.com/about/joewoott…
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Duke Digest
Duke Digest@DukeDigest·
Best three point shooters in Duke basketball history (in no particular order): JJ Redick Trajan Langdon Seth Curry Andre Dawkins Mike Dunleavy Who am I missing?
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David McKenzie
David McKenzie@mckenzielaw·
As for Miami, Duke's lawyers were careful here. Duke doesn't plead that Mensah entered the portal to sign with Miami. In fact, Duke doesn't mention Miami by name anywhere in the body of the complaint. What Duke wisely does is establish two parallel timelines—one internal to Duke, one external—and invites the court to connect the dots. The internal timeline is what Duke can prove from its own records: 👉 Mensah called Coach Diaz at 3:56 PM 👉 Mensah emailed compliance at 4:14 PM 👉 Mensah posted his farewell at 4:51 PM. Clean and documented. The external timeline is a tweet from Liam Blutman, which Duke includes as an in-line exhibit rather than pleading as fact: 👉 At 2:07 PM—nearly two hours before Mensah called Manny Diaz—someone tweeted specific details of Miami's offer: ✔️Buyout of the Duke contract ✔️Approximately $10 million total (for what, IDK, but I'd assume for Miami) ✔️Country club housing ✔️Adidas campaign This is disciplined lawyering. Duke avoids pleading facts it cannot prove through its own knowledge. It sidesteps a direct confrontation with Miami without more than a random tweet. But it practically begs the court to infer what happened: Someone knew the details of a Miami offer before Mensah even told his coach he was leaving. Now, a word of caution: this is a tweet. From a Barstool personality. "Twitter reported it" is not exactly a verified admission. The tweet could be wrong. Duke's lawyers know this, which is why they didn't plead the substance as fact—they just attached the exhibit and let it sit there. But here's what Duke doesn't need a tweet to prove: Someone knew something at 2:07 PM. The details were specific—dollar figures, housing arrangements, etc. And less than two hours later, Mensah was on the phone with his coach saying goodbye.
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chuck owens
chuck owens@chuckojr·
@DukeNBA This teams different since the 1st long break after Michigan St.
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Zion O.
Zion O.@DukeNBA·
FSU kept Duke in it with those front end free throw misses… too many slow start first halves for Duke. Gotta figure that out
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chuck owens
chuck owens@chuckojr·
@DukeBetter Idk if we will see the Liq/Pat/Nick/Cayden/Harris lineup much this season. Lol
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Duke Better@DukeBetter·
these Maliq/Pat lineups without Cam are perhaps not optimal
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chuck owens
chuck owens@chuckojr·
@TylerIAm Got a dude thats gonna be here couple more years. Let him get the experience good or bad. No more mercenaries.
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Trill Withers
Trill Withers@TylerIAm·
No two QB shit either please pick stick with Cutter and let him rock
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Not Gaetti
Not Gaetti@notgaetti·
Outrageous replay call, renaissance painting, or Savannah Bananas routine? You decide
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chuck owens
chuck owens@chuckojr·
@KingsCoWhiskey The bookmobile is still alive and well in Harlan. Still goes to schools and summer programs.
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Kings County Distillery
Kings County Distillery@KingsCoWhiskey·
Did anyone else grow up with a bookmobile? Like a ice cream truck, but with library books? Was this an Appalachian thing, a Kentucky thing? A rural thing?
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