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@Shauncore @royalsreview Be that as it may he deserved better today. Two infield singles and a double that should have been caught.

Erceg still has added some positive outings for the year (he does have a negative WPA but -0.37 is 161 out of 196 RPs) but his WP lost is 2nd to worst in the league (cumulative stat to be clear). Just for him when it rains, it pours.

To Kirk Herbstreit, Keeper of the Mouse’s Coin Purse, Word has drifted westward across the wheat fields and crimson hills of the Palouse that you have taken to lamenting the greed and excess of youth travel baseball. A curious sermon indeed, coming from a man seated atop the very empire that transformed college football from a proud regional tradition into a gaudy traveling circus stitched together by television contracts and bags of gold. Good sir, spare us the pearl clutching. For years your network rode through every conference in the land like railroad barons laying track through peaceful towns, leaving rivalry, tradition, and geography bleeding in the dust. ESPN and its broadcast brethren turned Saturdays into inventory slots, student-athletes into content assets, and conferences into disposable cattle to be auctioned to the highest bidder. You speak now of families trapped in a “Ponzi scheme”? Friend, your employers practically invented the modern blueprint. The Pac-12 was not slain by Little League dads chasing plastic rings. It was gutted in broad daylight by television greed, by executives demanding ever-larger rights deals while commentators nodded approvingly from air-conditioned studios in Bristol. Schools now fly volleyball teams across three time zones on Tuesday nights so media shareholders may harvest another sliver of ad revenue between insurance commercials and gambling promos. Yet somehow the man cashing checks from the very machine that detonated regional college athletics wishes to scold parents for spending money on baseball tournaments. Remarkable. And let us not ignore the richest irony of all: a broadcaster profiting handsomely from the commercialization of amateur athletics lecturing others about the commercialization of amateur athletics. You have spent decades helping monetize teenagers carrying footballs before millions of viewers, all while networks negotiated billion-dollar deals behind closed doors. If there is to be a discussion about the morality of adults making fortunes from sports involving young people, perhaps the fellows seated at the largest banquet table ought not lead the prayer. Travel baseball may indeed have problems. Excess exists. Egos exist. Costs exist. But at least most parents are doing it because they love their children and cherish time with them before the years vanish like summer sunsets over center field. Meanwhile, television executives carved apart a century of college football history because another yacht does not buy itself. So next time the urge overtakes you to sermonize upon the selfishness of youth sports economics, perhaps glance first toward the glowing ESPN logo before mounting the pulpit. Respectfully, though with a hearty scoff, General Kirby Moore Defender of the Palouse Enemy of Media Cartels Protector of Regional Rivalries

This was my first college marching band show.

@5thDownCFB One of the marching bands.

It's halftime of a fine September afternoon at Kinnick Stadium, Iowa City Iowa is pummeling Iowa St, 26-0, en route to a 43-7 win, & Van Halen's Diamond David Lee Roth is about to go berserk on the field w/the marching bands Not all college football Saturday's are created equal

It's great to have the announcer you grew up listening to still doing it 50 years later. Some say Denny doesn't get excited enough but I appreciate the little descriptive details over shouting. Also appreciate having BWJ signed for a while.

@RugPullatypus @nut_history Jeter's flip is not remotely similar to any of the other plays you referenced.

@nut_history Yeah man... Totally. Ranks right up there with Jeters flip, Willie Mays over the shoulder, or Jr Griffey robbing home runs...Give me a break.

I’m probably on a island here but I think this Jim Edmonds catch is super overrated

Under the radar song list.... what do you like that wasn't a big hit? a few I like: Rush - Natural Science Toto – White Sister Stone Roses – Made of Stone Yellowcard – Ocean Avenue Rise Against – Tragedy + Time Tedeschi Trucks Band – Anyhow

@ByMattWeyrich @Orioles did he get the foot with the tag? if not then it looks like Thomas should have been safe.

Just your typical, everyday 8-5-6 double play. 🎥: @Orioles

@MYJPGA Hope there's still a little more size on the way!

And another! ♥️💪🌪️

@wvvvvwwwvwvwvvw 😢

This LuLu my 14 yr old girl . Rest in peace my little girl . 😢 😔

@C_Boeckman For me that game was sort of house money in a way - we probably didn't deserve to be playing Clemson, Breece wasn't playing, the season was already a disappointment - so the stakes weren't that high if that makes sense.

This was one of the most heartbreaking losses ever. Brock Purdy getting the first down and then fumbled behind the first down to end his Cyclone career.

@BScovile @alexaphilippou Trading a first round pick for someone you would waive and a 2nd rounder 2 years from now seems a little odd. Apparently they think Suarez is going to be something.

@alexaphilippou Because there is probably a good chance Suarez will be waived anyway when rosters go to 12.

A draft night SHOCKER: The Seattle Storm have acquired the draft rights to Flau'jae Johnson from the Golden State Valkyries. In exchange, Golden State acquires the draft rights to Marta Suárez and a 2028 second-round pick

Hard not to simply adore every inch The Rookery

@clonesjer @Big12clone Fizer and Haliburton were lottery picks. They wouldn't need to put their name in the portal (which didn't exist btw so you're assuming their loyalty). Milan stayed longer than Hali already. Do 49ers fans think less of Montana because he played for the Chiefs?

@Big12clone He can do what he wants, but he's choosing between the Fizer, Niang, Haliburton route and the Rocco, Audi, Tyrese Hunter one. Just depends if legacy matters and what its price tag is.

Milan Momcilovic would never utilize the inconvenient draft window to portal timing to find an excuse to transfer to another school with a big payday without looking like a bad guy. ... but an agent absolutely would. NBA = Cyclone great Portal = Just another dude

@jjetsjetsjets @MilanMomcilovi5 They had a good explanation of this on CF pod - if he's leaning towards staying in the draft ISU has to move on and use that $ elsewhere sooner rather than later.

@MilanMomcilovi5 Oof. If it's the NBA that's awesome but if he ends up at a different school because of money... he's throwing away 3 years of is life building his legacy as a cyclone. Man I hope it's the NBA, I don't want to hate him lol...but I doubt it.

@darrenrovell 1. the commemorative glasses are one of the traditions, bourbon cocktail obvious pairing with Kentucky. if you don't like bourbon then might not be your thing. 2. again, might not be your thing but it's a popular regional food, makes sense as an option 3. IDK

Top 3 most overrated food or beverages in sports: 1. Mint Julep, Kentucky Derby. 2. Pimento Cheese Sandwich, Masters. 3. Strawberries & Cream, Wimbledon.

@coachsammyd Buy-in is how it works these days.

UCLA WBB just showed what happens when you trust the process and buy in. Those seniors stayed. They chose hard. They trusted their coach and they trusted each other. UCLA was a player led team, because Cori Close prepared them to be one. Absolutely incredible!!

curious to see what others thought. This perspective on Illinois - UConn game vs officiating of Michigan - Arizona. I saw Cadeau and others reaching in on every drive and no fouls called. Clearly wasn't the deciding factor but just something I noted.

@maxrieper @Greg_Schaum so Witt slugs more in this comparison, Brett OBP and slugging a little lower than career averages. Also btw the pitch that Witt got rung up on today was not a strike but they had no challenges left.

@Greg_Schaum Coming into today with the bases loaded: George Brett .319/.335/.448 with 2 HR in 194 PA with a 7% K rate Bobby Witt Jr. .294/.286/.676 with 4 HR in 42 PA with a 14% K rate

I would love to know how many times George Brett struck out looking with the bases juiced …

@flick_matt44 @CrazzzyyyKyyyle I don't think most of those were coin flips. 2022 we were an 11 seed and i think we all knew the team had limitations. 14 and 26, missing huge pieces due to injury (and UConn won the title after beating us). 2024 was disappointing. 2016 UVA was a 1 seed.

@CrazzzyyyKyyyle What are the odds we lose 5 times in what are essentially coin flips?

We know ISU can't get over the hump in Sweet 16 games. But it's worse than that. In our 5 Sweet 16 games since 2014, we've never led in the 2nd half and barely ever led at all. In fact, yesterday was the first where we ever led by more than 1 point or led after 15:00 in the 1st.