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volz2wallz said:
Ok vols alums this wknd alliance's aside.. who is everyone going for?...me trey Smith with chiefs afc...jennings with 49ers NFC...
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49ers are looking Purdy good lately. I just have a gut feeling the Super Bowl will be Bills-49ers. I really hope the Bills win out of the remaining teams. I like Josh Allen.
 
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On January 21 in Baseball History...​
  • 1921 - Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis officially takes over as baseball's commissioner.

  • 1947 - A rule change that allows voting only for players after 1921 produces four new Hall of Famers: Carl Hubbell, Frank Frisch, Mickey Cochrane, and Lefty Grove, all former M.V.P.s and World Series winners. Hubbell, was forbidden by Ty Cobb to throw his screwball in Detroit's farm system, but he used it to win 253 games for the Giants. Frisch went to the World Series eight times and batted .316 over 19 seasons. Grove won 300 games, and his battery mate Cochrane retired with the highest lifetime batting average of any catcher.

  • 1953 - The Hall of Fame passes over Joe DiMaggio in his first year of eligibility and elects pitcher Dizzy Dean and outfielder Al Simmons to Cooperstown. Simmons, who drove in 100 runs in each of his first eleven major league seasons, was one of the most feared hitters of his time. The colorful Dean had a .644 career winning percentage and won 30 games in 1934.

  • 1960 - Stan Musial asks for, and receives, a pay cut from $100,000 to $80,000 a year. Musial says he was overpaid in 1957 and 1958, and his salary should be cut based on his 1959 performance.

Baseball Birthdays on January 21... ​


Baseball Deaths on January 21... ​

 
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mad4vols said:
🍎 “BCS National Championship Game”
vs
🍊 “College Football Playoff National Championship”
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When the Lions won their last championship in 1957, there were 12 teams total in the NFL. There are now 32. Last time I checked, the number of D1 college teams didn't multiply by 2.67 upon transition from BCS to CFP.
 
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VolPack22 said:
On January 21 in Baseball History...​

  • 1921 - Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis officially takes over as baseball's commissioner.

  • 1947 - A rule change that allows voting only for players after 1921 produces four new Hall of Famers: Carl Hubbell, Frank Frisch, Mickey Cochrane, and Lefty Grove, all former M.V.P.s and World Series winners. Hubbell, was forbidden by Ty Cobb to throw his screwball in Detroit's farm system, but he used it to win 253 games for the Giants. Frisch went to the World Series eight times and batted .316 over 19 seasons. Grove won 300 games, and his battery mate Cochrane retired with the highest lifetime batting average of any catcher.

  • 1953 - The Hall of Fame passes over Joe DiMaggio in his first year of eligibility and elects pitcher Dizzy Dean and outfielder Al Simmons to Cooperstown. Simmons, who drove in 100 runs in each of his first eleven major league seasons, was one of the most feared hitters of his time. The colorful Dean had a .644 career winning percentage and won 30 games in 1934.

  • 1960 - Stan Musial asks for, and receives, a pay cut from $100,000 to $80,000 a year. Musial says he was overpaid in 1957 and 1958, and his salary should be cut based on his 1959 performance.

Baseball Birthdays on January 21... ​


Baseball Deaths on January 21... ​

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Stan the Man…..a different breed.
 
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VolPack22 said:
On January 21 in Baseball History...​
  • 1921 - Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis officially takes over as baseball's commissioner.

  • 1947 - A rule change that allows voting only for players after 1921 produces four new Hall of Famers: Carl Hubbell, Frank Frisch, Mickey Cochrane, and Lefty Grove, all former M.V.P.s and World Series winners. Hubbell, was forbidden by Ty Cobb to throw his screwball in Detroit's farm system, but he used it to win 253 games for the Giants. Frisch went to the World Series eight times and batted .316 over 19 seasons. Grove won 300 games, and his battery mate Cochrane retired with the highest lifetime batting average of any catcher.

  • 1953 - The Hall of Fame passes over Joe DiMaggio in his first year of eligibility and elects pitcher Dizzy Dean and outfielder Al Simmons to Cooperstown. Simmons, who drove in 100 runs in each of his first eleven major league seasons, was one of the most feared hitters of his time. The colorful Dean had a .644 career winning percentage and won 30 games in 1934.

  • 1960 - Stan Musial asks for, and receives, a pay cut from $100,000 to $80,000 a year. Musial says he was overpaid in 1957 and 1958, and his salary should be cut based on his 1959 performance.

Baseball Birthdays on January 21... ​


Baseball Deaths on January 21... ​

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