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W.TN.Orange Blood said:
For those that missed the last play of the game for a Vandy win .... here it is.

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At some point you have to put the blame on the players on the court. The coach can only do so much in those late game situations. You have kids with plenty of game experience now and one of them has to step up and say give me the damn ball and let’s go win this thing. The issue is nobody wanted it. Everyone says they have the dog in them and they want to be great. Do they really though? Do they talk about it or do they be about it? I guess we will find out the rest of the season.

Kobe Bryant: "I think competitive nature is something that frightens a lot of people. Scares a lot of people that are comfortable just being average"
 
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On February 9 in Baseball History...​
  • 1916 - The N.L. votes down a proposal by the Giants, Braves, and Cubs to increase the club player limit from 21 to 22. (The Reds want to decrease it to 20.)

  • 1920 - The Joint Rules Committee bans all foreign substances or other alterations to the ball by pitchers, including saliva, resin, talcum powder, paraffin, and the shine and emery balls. A pitcher caught cheating will be suspended for ten days. The A.L. allows each club to name just two pitchers who will be allowed to use the pitch for one more season. The N.L. allows each club to name all its spitball pitchers. No pitchers other than those designated will be permitted to use it in 1920, and none at all after 1920.

  • 1943 - The N.L. is looking for a buyer for the Phillies, whose owner, Gerry Nugent, has fallen in arrears on rent and bank loans. The league pays $10 a share for 4,685 out of 5,000 outstanding shares in club.

  • 1951 - The St. Louis Browns sign Satchel Paige. The 45-year-old pitcher had been out of the major leagues since last pitching for the Indians in l949.

  • 1971 - Satchel Paige is nominated for the Hall of Fame. On June 10 the Hall's new Special Committee on the Negro Leagues will formally select the flamboyant fireballer for induction.

  • 1976 - Oscar Charleston is selected for the Hall of Fame by the Special Committee on the Negro Leagues. Charleston, a quick and powerful player as well as a skillful manager, played in five different decades.

Baseball Birthdays on February 9... ​


Baseball Deaths on February 9... ​

 
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mad4vols said:
Current state of Volnation.

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LMAO .... both of those were box office flops. I want even watch them in reruns.
Those two were more like "made for TV" movies at best in the 70s.
So that being true ... our basketball teams look the same way as these lousy movies do.
 
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W.TN.Orange Blood said:
LMAO .... both of those were box office flops. I want even watch them in reruns.
Those two were more like "made for TV" movies at best in the 70s.
So that being true ... our basketball teams look the same way as these lousy movies do.
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Both are in the exact same place in the standings so they might as well be in the same company for movies.
 
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TheMookieMonster said:
Remind me, when does baseball season start?? Looks like the BasketVols are toast. Time for Tony to turn our spirits around.
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