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[AustinTXCat]

Good morning from ATX. Currently 57°F and clear. Breezy. Cold front blew in. Today's high may reach 68°F.

6 homicides in Austin over last 10 days. Crazy.

Cats looked good last night. Brea is an assassin. UK plays again Friday at 7 ET. Go Big Blue!

Volleyball plays tonight 7 ET at Memorial. Game should come on SEC+ Go Cats!

Happy Hump Day, y'all.

 

[warrior-cat]

Morning Legionnaires!

38° this morning with light winds. Today's high to be around 58°. Yeah, I'll take it.

Another UK blowout last night which is what we used to do early on in the season which is a good sign.

Saw some podcasters on the "Field of 68" saying we are already at our ceiling for the year citing our players have been around for a while and are at their peak. I think they should take another peek and see that this team had never played with each other before this season started so... Their praises of course went to Gonzaga and this being their year (where have we heard that before) or that Duke will improve, and that UConn is another one of their picks that will be better.

Hump day folks. Grab your hand picks and spiked boots and climb that big ole hill to get to the weekend slide.

God Bless you all.

 

[MdWIldcat55]

Good morning D-League.

Sunny and cool in the east. Good win by the Cats last night. I watched Lipscomb hang with Arkansas for two thirds of the game recently and know they aren’t just another road kill team. It was good to see Robinson bounce back after being held to one point against Duke. He’s not a great athlete who can create his own shot and overcome defense focused on him. But he needs to show enough that defenses have to focus on him. It gives guys like Carr and Owen and Brea cleaner looks.

Heading in on the subway. Hope you all have a great day.

 

[storm1507]

Good morning everyone

I had a meeting last night before the game and I arrived early and had a little discussion with the President. His meetings seems to lag longer than needed. I made it home in time to grab a bite before the game started.

Fun team to watch. Biggest difference for me is that I not only watch the game I watch/listen/read everything I can find. Pope's post-game interviews are must see again. I actually learn a bit about basketball and quite a bit about this team. Imagine that. I stuck with Cal longer than most but looking back it's like night and day.

Not much on tap for today except getting mentally prepared for winter's arrival tomorrow.

I hope everyone has a great day.

 

[BBUK]

As a player, I don't recall ever being upset with an umpire. As a fan, quite a few times. A Musial story. Late in the game, Stan hit what appeared to be a game winning line drive double down the right field line. The ump called it foul. The fans, players and manager went wild. Stan just walked back to the batters box and said, "Curved foul hunh?" The next pitch he hit a game winning line drive double in the same spot down the right field line."

Good morning all,

Back in Detroit Sir, it was a normal occurrence in games I played Legion ball. It seemed umps wanted to be seen for a period of time as I remember. I never played behind the plate. (Ist, 3rd, and right field mostly.) Spikes back then were the thing, a stomp on a foot in passing happened regularly to umps who interjected to where it was noticeable. The balls and strikes thing happened a lot too as I remember. I had serious issues with the way umps called those at times and it was always the same umps. (As I remember.) Just messed up the game to where you couldn't do what you knew you could do as a team if the ump would just back up and ump. That part bothered me badly.

 

[berniecarbo]

Good morning all,

Back in Detroit Sir, it was a normal occurrence in games I played Legion ball. It seemed umps wanted to be seen for a period of time as I remember. I never played behind the plate. (Ist, 3rd, and right field mostly.) Spikes back then were the thing, a stomp on a foot in passing happened regularly to umps who interjected to where it was noticeable. The balls and strikes thing happened a lot too as I remember. I had serious issues with the way umps called those at times and it was always the same umps. (As I remember.) Just messed up the game to where you couldn't do what you knew you could do as a team if the ump would just back up and ump. That part bothered me badly.

I had no concept of getting a good pitch to hit. If it wasn't going to hit me, I was going to hit it (at least try to), so I didn't get bad calls. As competition got better, that became my biggest fault as a player. You know how it feels going from the bat through your arms and into your body when you hit one solidly. It was like a drug I was addicted to and I had to have that feeling right now, not a few pitches later.