BBUK, I noticed in the Frank Howard thread that you mentioned Dave Kingman and a lighter bat. Toward the end of Ernie Banks rookie season, he picked up a lighter bat and found he got more bat speed. He hit a bunch of home runs late in the season after switching bats. Sports writers asked him how a skinny guy like him could hit so many homers. He told them and that started (or at least sped up) a trend to lighter bats and more homers.
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Sir,
Are Mike and Greg at Texas together now? (I don't keep up with baseball now but it seems I read that.) Anytime brothers get together at any level is enjoyable reading to me.
I didn't know, so I googled. Mike was a pitching coach for the Rangers before AND after the Cards. Greg has worked different jobs for various teams, but in Feb of 23, he became a special assistant for spring training for Texas, so he joined Mike.
Sir,
I sure was a Greg Maddux fan, I LOVED watching him lull opposing hitters into his wheelhouse of massaging the plate. That guy was a master. I think I saw him clocked up to 90 once. He always threw what the hitters knew they could hit but Greg won most of the match-ups. Just a joy to watch.
Tom Glavine can thank part of his career to Greg in that he became the ying to Greg's yang pitching. (He adapted to Greg's style as a southpaw.) I cannot tell you how many complete games I watched Greg and Tom pitch. Just true artists. I planned many days around watching them pitch.
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Dang, Bobby Knight is gone....
If there ever was a Billy Goat Gruff..... Bobby was one....
If there ever was a Billy Goat Gruff..... Bobby was one....
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Good morning.
Brrrrrrrr...off to sit in my tree stand to deer hunt (watch).
Brrrrrrrr...off to sit in my tree stand to deer hunt (watch).
Good morning from ATX. 37°F is our current temperature. Chilly start. Clear with 1 MPH wind. We may max out at 66°F today for our high.
Must take pup in for surgery at 7 am. Really dreading this procedure knowing she'll be in much so pain thereafter. Hope she survives.
Great day to be alive. Wishing all an awesome day as well.
Must take pup in for surgery at 7 am. Really dreading this procedure knowing she'll be in much so pain thereafter. Hope she survives.
Great day to be alive. Wishing all an awesome day as well.
Morning Legionnaires!
33° this morning with a high in the low 60's expected.
Headed back to the dentist this morning to get stitches removed from the last extractions/bone graph. Have three appointments this month with 2 being deep cleanings which they can only do one side at a time because they numb the area to do it.
@AustinTXCat Praying for a successful surgery for your dog. Hope all goes well
It is game day! (exhibition) still, something to watch.
God Bless you all.
Good morning D-League. Cool and cloudy in the east. Light jacket weather.
My son made it to the little town outside Austin, loves the surrounding country, and is thrilled to be installed in a pretty sweet house that he's allowed to rent cheap as part of the job. It's a government property but he took a video and I can reliably say its nicer than anyplace I lived after leaving home at 17, until I bought my first house at age 30. So relieved he is there and happy.
Game day today. Cats will probably struggle again early and the Rafters crew will be throwing themselves on the floor and weeping. I'll wait to panic until halftime of the Kansas game. I do wish at least one of the 7-footers would be cleared, but without them Kentucky has as much size as the Illinois team that beat Kansas in a scrimmage game last week. Just need to keep a fast pace and hit shots.
Hope it's a good day for all.
My son made it to the little town outside Austin, loves the surrounding country, and is thrilled to be installed in a pretty sweet house that he's allowed to rent cheap as part of the job. It's a government property but he took a video and I can reliably say its nicer than anyplace I lived after leaving home at 17, until I bought my first house at age 30. So relieved he is there and happy.
Game day today. Cats will probably struggle again early and the Rafters crew will be throwing themselves on the floor and weeping. I'll wait to panic until halftime of the Kansas game. I do wish at least one of the 7-footers would be cleared, but without them Kentucky has as much size as the Illinois team that beat Kansas in a scrimmage game last week. Just need to keep a fast pace and hit shots.
Hope it's a good day for all.
Hello all,
Been a day. I hope all are well.
Been working an issue for several days. Not sure any ending will be happy.
I have learned to be thankful in all circumstances. (Seriously) This is a trying circumstance.
Been a day. I hope all are well.
Been working an issue for several days. Not sure any ending will be happy.
I have learned to be thankful in all circumstances. (Seriously) This is a trying circumstance.
Hey D-League folks, hope everyone is doing OK. I'm hoping UKFB gets back on track Saturday. And keep an eye on those skies...
Good morning from ATX. 48°F and cloudy now. Warming to 75°F later.
Pup in a great deal of pain. Been working with her since she returned home yesterday.
Happy Friday, y'all.
Pup in a great deal of pain. Been working with her since she returned home yesterday.
Happy Friday, y'all.
My thoughts a well with the 7-footers. We will have to hit some 3's at a high percentage as well as play fast against KU. Not sure Z will be ready even if cleared by that time. I hope he is none the less because he needs some game experience with this team the get into the flow so...
Good morning folks. Happy Friday. Just back from walking three miles. Cold and clear in the east. I didn't get the see the game last night, but from the reports on Rafters the Cats looked a lot better. You know when the team is cooking -- there are about ten fake losers trolling over there who vanish anytime things are going well.
Got a doctor's appointment this morning so I'll wish you all a good day.
Got a doctor's appointment this morning so I'll wish you all a good day.
Good morning all, (At least for another 50 or so minutes...) been busy on my regular day off. At it trying to get the remnants of messes cleaned up, returning some items. Gonna gas up my car and hit costco for My Darling as she is in the mode of lunching with her friends for the last several days. She needed that and I am glad even though she is now acting like she is going out too much. (A nice buffet only about two miles away.) A couple groups of "nice ladies". Eat and talk, eat and talk... Lot's of good in that at times...
Cats looked good. Sure do hope all can come together as envisioned...
Have a great day!
Cats looked good. Sure do hope all can come together as envisioned...
Have a great day!
I just had one! 😄Good morning from ATX. 48°F and cloudy now. Warming to 75°F later.
Pup in a great deal of pain. Been working with her since she returned home yesterday.
Happy Friday, y'all.
I didn't see or listen to the game last night either...too early for me to make any judgements. BBN shifts more than the weather.
Hopefully your DR appointment went well. I had a dentist appointment this morning myself (Yeah Doc, I know I have some silver fillings and they're doing just fine) and that gets me passed on to the next 6 months. 😁
Keep doing great things DL! Again, keep an eye on those skies! 👽
Get one for me as well! Too many long-legged rats running into cars. 😡
I never went for the heavier bat but I wasn't a long ball slugger either...I was more of a gap hitter. But yes, bat speed is huge.
I had no concept of waiting for a good pitch to hit. No patience at the plate. I loved playing defense though.
I was a first good looking pitch I see I'm swinging kind of batter.
HOW?
20+ years?
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Game Day!
Go Cats!
Beat Bulldogs!
Go Cats!
Beat Bulldogs!
Most of the bigger guys I play with use a lighter bat than me. I too am a gap hitter and push a lot of my hits to the right field so, a heavy bat helps in that area.
On that subject, I have a single elimination tournament to play tomorrow in Lawton Oklahoma to end the fall season. Luckily the weather is supposed to be sunny and in the mid 70's.
Today I have to help test some karate students (12 of them) for their next level belt. Most of them from yellow to green tips but 3 of them to green (intermediate level) belts.
I already know how, I just want the opportunity.
HOW?
Me too. It would be a fun three minutes.
Good morning all,
Moving slow but moving. I am thankful. Heading out shortly. I could do without it.
Plan to go to Kentucky next weekend.
Moving slow but moving. I am thankful. Heading out shortly. I could do without it.
Plan to go to Kentucky next weekend.
Good morning folks. Beautiful day in the east. Sunny and cool.
Back from my long weekly hike on Saturday morning. I've logged 19,613 steps on my phone already. Feels like I'm ready for intermittent dozing the rest of the day with the football game on in the background. I did pass a milestone in my efforts to carve my weight from 250 to something more healthy. I'm down to 218 now. My goal is 212. At my age if I get below that I'll be losing muscle.
My son is enjoying his first few days in Burnet, Texas. I hope he's as happy after a week of work. He's definitely not afraid of hard work and I think he has what it takes to do what they need him to do. He sent us some lovely photos of the sun setting behind some Texas hills, along the Colorado River (the one in Texas. This originally confused me because when I was about his age, back when I was pipelining in the mid-1970s, I lived along the Colorado River in Grand Junction, Colorado, while we laid a line through the desert in eastern Utah. It didn't seem possible it could be the same river that rolled on to the west from Colorado to California, and it isn't. I guess I'm the only one who didn't know this.)
Hope the Cats can salvage something today on the football field. I'd like to see one game where the running game, passing game and defense all seemed to play to potential. I don't think that has happened yet. Maybe today's the day.
Back from my long weekly hike on Saturday morning. I've logged 19,613 steps on my phone already. Feels like I'm ready for intermittent dozing the rest of the day with the football game on in the background. I did pass a milestone in my efforts to carve my weight from 250 to something more healthy. I'm down to 218 now. My goal is 212. At my age if I get below that I'll be losing muscle.
My son is enjoying his first few days in Burnet, Texas. I hope he's as happy after a week of work. He's definitely not afraid of hard work and I think he has what it takes to do what they need him to do. He sent us some lovely photos of the sun setting behind some Texas hills, along the Colorado River (the one in Texas. This originally confused me because when I was about his age, back when I was pipelining in the mid-1970s, I lived along the Colorado River in Grand Junction, Colorado, while we laid a line through the desert in eastern Utah. It didn't seem possible it could be the same river that rolled on to the west from Colorado to California, and it isn't. I guess I'm the only one who didn't know this.)
Hope the Cats can salvage something today on the football field. I'd like to see one game where the running game, passing game and defense all seemed to play to potential. I don't think that has happened yet. Maybe today's the day.
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I gave up playing when I was 37. I went into business for myself and that plus coaching my daughter took up all my time. Something had to go, so it was my softball. At one time before starting the business, our team played in two leagues (4 games a week) and a tournament most weekends.
Cats need a win in a big way Winnable games are getting scarce and this is one of them.
UL and Ole Miss at 8-1. Who the hell would have predicted that at the beginning of the season?
UL and Ole Miss at 8-1. Who the hell would have predicted that at the beginning of the season?
Stoops has never won on the road against the SEC West, he might want to get his first tonight. This is a must win if we are going to have a good season.
Never? Did not know that. Wow.
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