SHUHitman said:

I will never understand why playoff baseball is scheduled for weekday afternoons. They so desperately want to grow the fan base back and yet they televise the best games when kids are in school and the adults are at work.

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The game grew for decades when they didn’t have night games or even playoffs. The issue is the game isn’t played the way it was meant to be. Baseball celebrates the 3 most boring plays walks, home runs, and strikeouts. The inability to bunt, the inability to hit the other way kills the game. Imagine repositioning players with a shift or abbreviated shift on Pete Rose. He’d have 5,000 hits. You can put the game on the best times with the best matchups but if it’s you’re celebrating the 3 most boring plays it won’t grow. The game needs the ball in play more and more plays like the Jeter flip play, Brooks Robinson taking away a sure double, or dare I say it Griffey scoring from first.

As Michael Kelso used to say.. BURNNN

Great get for Uconn based on everything I’ve read.

HallLine69 said:

Met him at that same restaurant and he was a jerk to my 10 year old son. Nonetheless, may he rest in peace.

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Met him a charitable organization lunch which he was speaking back in 2018. He demanded that they put him up at the then Sands Casino instead of the hotel where he was speaking.

Having met him taking a photo 30 minutes before he spoke I didn’t think he was going to make it as he was pretty incoherent. He rallied somehow, got up and was entertaining although some of his jokes were chauvinistic cringeworthy with so many women in the room. But Philly fans give him a pass.

Seton75 said:

Not a great pres. But a great man.

If those helicooters didnt fail on the hostage rescue attempt i wonder if it goes different for jimmy.

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Probably not, he was who he was, and his tendency to micromanage got in the way for him. That said, it wasn't like he planned that mission and lacked a filter for the helicopters air intake or sufficient redundancy.

Seton75 said:

Was awesome as a frosh/soph at manasquan then went prep. 6'5 - Terrific 2g

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I tried to post his Instagram announcement but couldn't get it to work. Talks about being a "Jersey tough guard" and how he and Hurley are two Jersey guys so imagine what they could achieve together.

Dan is one hell of a recruiter.

silkcitypirate said:

Easy NIL money .

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Smart, too. I don't think they could charge for the game unless it was for a charity. They got around that by not charging for the game but charging for the meet and greet after the game.

lr591902 said:

I still stand by my statement that Tuarasi was wrong in her assessment of Clark’s ability. Not sure I think she hated on her but she did misread Clark’s ability to adapt.

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I'm guessing you didn't actually follow the WNBA season. It took Clark a little bit of time to find her feet. But yeah hundred percent she's been amazing for the sport and is a uniquely talented player.

HallX2 said:

Wow. Met him many years ago at his restaurant in Boca Raton. What a character. And what a player. So unfortunate he couldn’t contain his worst instincts.

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Met him at that same restaurant and he was a jerk to my 10 year old son. Nonetheless, may he rest in peace.

I will never understand why playoff baseball is scheduled for weekday afternoons. They so desperately want to grow the fan base back and yet they televise the best games when kids are in school and the adults are at work.

Easy money, maybe. These events might be good for supplementing an otherwise decent NIL fund but you arent going to bank 2-3 million a year by asking the same 1000 people to fork over relatively small amount 20 times a year. Also, who pays the expenses to run event (printed posters, security, other staff needed)? If it comes from the event itself (and it should), a relatively small amount gets even smaller).

fatsam98 said:

Scrimmage was free. Two 12 minute halves.

Fee to go on court after the game for the autograph session was $45 for adults, $15 for kids. They gave you a team poster to get signed.

Attendance was probably 1,500-2,000. The sideline 100s were filled, with a few people in the 200s.

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Easy NIL money .

Juice and charlie hustle in same year

If you count John Ashton from Beverly Hills Cop and Midnight Run, it could be 4

Wow. Met him many years ago at his restaurant in Boca Raton. What a character. And what a player. So unfortunate he couldn’t contain his worst instincts.

shu99 said:

What were the details of the RU event in terms of cost and attendance?

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Scrimmage was free. Two 12 minute halves.

Fee to go on court after the game for the autograph session was $45 for adults, $15 for kids. They gave you a team poster to get signed.

Attendance was probably 1,500-2,000. The sideline 100s were filled, with a few people in the 200s.

CL82 said:

Did you actually listen to the interview? I've linked it below. She literally called Caitlin Clark great, someone has to be a real Clark groupie to get your panties in a bunch over that.

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I still stand by my statement that Tuarasi was wrong in her assessment of Clark’s ability. Not sure I think she hated on her but she did misread Clark’s ability to adapt.

For what it's worth, Connecticut also has a charity scrimmage with URI coming up.

lr591902 said:

I think this article is what everyone is referring to about Tuarasi.

What did Diana Taurasi say about Caitlin Clark? WNBA legend praises Fever rookie following first matchup | Sporting News

The future Hall of Famer had lots of praise for the rookie following their first game against each other.

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She stated that she would take Paige over Clark and that Clark would have a hard time adjusting. Not sure she said she was a great player or that she would figure it out. While I usually don’t care about women’s basketball, I believe Tuarasi was proven wrong.

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Did you actually listen to the interview? I've linked it below. She literally called Caitlin Clark great, someone has to be a real Clark groupie to get your panties in a bunch over that.

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CL82 said:

Actually, I don't think either have.

It's amazing to me how the Caitlin Clark zealots have a meltdown over any statement that isn't a deification of her.

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I think this article is what everyone is referring to about Tuarasi.


She stated that she would take Paige over Clark and that Clark would have a hard time adjusting. Not sure she said she was a great player or that she would figure it out. While I usually don’t care about women’s basketball, I believe Tuarasi was proven wrong.