OldTimer’s Dugout - Off Topic Thread

[VolPack22]

They can all eat a big bag of Smokey’s for all I care.

 

[@1RBFjr]

We’re having our graduate student recruiting this weekend so I’ve been tied up

What positions do they play?

Please tell me you didn’t start recruiting them until they were in the portal.

@mad4vols are you following these guys so we know when they tweet their commitments?

 

[VolPack22]

On March 5 in Baseball History...​

• 1936 - The St. Louis Cardinals � without the Dean brothers, who are once again holdouts � visit Cuba and are beaten by the Cuban all-stars. Luis Tiant, Sr., whose son will win 229 ML games, is the starting pitcher for the Cubans.
  
  
• 1964 - Atlanta Mayor Ivan Allen, Jr., says he has a verbal commitment from a major league baseball club to move there if a stadium is ready by 1965. Funding for a $15M stadium is approved the next day by the city Board of Aldermen.
  
  
• 1966 - Player representatives elect Marvin Miller, assistant to the president of the United Steelworkers, as Executive Director of the Major League Players Association.
  
  
• 1973 - Yankees teammates Fritz Peterson and Mike Kekich arrive at spring training and announce they have swapped their wives and families. Even the family dogs were traded.
  
  
• 1982 - Needing just three wins to reach 300 for his career, Gaylord Perry signs a one-year contract with the Seattle Mariners.
  
  
• 1996 - Fiery manager Earl Weaver, who had a .583 winning percentage in 17 seasons as manager of the Orioles, and Jim Bunning, who won 100 games and pitched no-hitters in both leagues, are elected into the Hall of Fame by the Veterans Committee. Also chosen are turn-of-the-century manager Ned Hanlon and Negro Leagues pitcher Bill Foster.
  

Baseball Birthdays on March 5... ​

• 1860 - Thompson, Sam
• 1882 - Robinson, Rabbit
• 1888 - Northrop, Jake
• 1889 - Tesreau, Jeff
• 1891 - Alexander, Walt
• 1896 - Hungling, Bernie
• 1897 - Blue, Lu
• 1897 - Pertica, Bill
• 1897 - Barnes, Virgil
• 1898 - Grevell, Bill
• 1903 - Autry, Chick
• 1904 - Rosenberg, Lou
• 1911 - Browne, Earl
• 1912 - Gleeson, Jim
• 1912 - Errickson, Dick
• 1915 - Bradford, Vic
• 1915 - Shuman, Harry
• 1915 - Ferens, Stan
• 1919 - Savage, Don
• 1921 - Valo, Elmer
• 1924 - Garcia, Ramon
• 1930 - Crandall, Del
• 1936 - Davis, Jacke
• 1938 - Elliot, Larry
• 1941 - Roof, Phil
• 1945 - Bakenhaster, Dave
• 1946 - Rohr, Les
• 1947 - Tekulve, Kent
• 1950 - Bird, Doug
• 1952 - Squires, Mike
• 1955 - Burke, Steve
• 1957 - Ujdur, Jerry
• 1959 - Rincon, Andy
• 1961 - Ontiveros, Steve
• 1966 - Brown, Kevin
• 1971 - Lesher, Brian
• 1971 - Hammonds, Jeffrey
• 1971 - Fonville, Chad
• 1971 - Hunter, Brian
• 1971 - Mercedes, Jose
• 1973 - Franklin, Ryan
• 1973 - Crespo, Felipe
• 1976 - Konerko, Paul
• 1977 - MacDougal, Mike

Baseball Deaths on March 5... ​

• 1897 - Foutz, Dave
• 1901 - Skinner, Alexander
• 1912 - Keener, Harry
• 1915 - Donnelly, Jim
• 1920 - Farmer, Alex
• 1928 - McQuaid, Mart
• 1929 - Hardie, Lou
• 1942 - Wetzel, Dutch
• 1950 - Norton, Effie
• 1956 - Ogrodowski, Bruce
• 1956 - Berger, Joe
• 1963 - Lorenzen, Lefty
• 1965 - Martin, Pepper
• 1980 - Fleming, Les
• 1995 - Hughes, Roy
• 2001 - Thomas, Leo
• 2002 - Smith, Clay

 

[Volprofch05]

What positions do they play?

Please tell me you didn’t start recruiting them until they were in the portal.

@mad4vols are you following these guys so we know when they tweet their commitments?

Unfortunately nobody cares about our commitments

 

[W.TN.Orange Blood]

Unfortunately nobody cares about our commitments

 

[W.TN.Orange Blood]

 

[@1RBFjr]

Unfortunately nobody cares about our commitments

I told a chemistry joke, but there was no reaction.

 

[W.TN.Orange Blood]

I told a chemistry joke, but there was no reaction.

View attachment 539472

 

[MAD]

I told a chemistry joke, but there was no reaction.

View attachment 539472

Sorry. It went over my head.

 

[Volprofch05]

I told a chemistry joke, but there was no reaction.

View attachment 539472

 

[MAD]

you're killin me smalls @chuckiepoo
I never realized you are roaming around unsupervised telling the best one liners and you don’t care if anyone gets it or not.
I know you are cracking yourself up nonstop.

 

[chuckiepoo]

Nothing like the Basevols and Softballvols to lift us back up

Lady Vols? What duh fwawk?

 

[MAD]

Lady Vols? What duh fwawk?

Following the rules.

 

[chuckiepoo]

This doesn't look like LVs losing to LSU tigahs.

I ain’t telling, yo…

 

[chuckiepoo]

Pictures or it didn't happen.

Ya really want pictures?

 

[chuckiepoo]

I saw that someone deleted a bunch of posts from that utkcrew poster the one with the dog and seatbelt avatar.

…some one?

 

[vol66]

Ya really want pictures?

Nah!

 

[AllVolinGA]

I wonder how they would have reacted back when we won the National Championship against FSU. Would they still have found things to complain about?

Complainers are always gonna complain. You give them a pie and they complain its not cake.

 

[cardvolfan]

Nah!

I’m laughing at this exchange between @chuckiepoo and @vol66 Good stuff, guys!

 

[cardvolfan]

One of the crazy stats about Blake Burke that I haven’t heard mentioned is that he’s had only 5 SO’s in 46 official AB’s.

 

[Volprofch05]

 

[cardvolfan]

I don’t remember Dreiling playing this weekend. Anybody know what’s up?

 

[W.TN.Orange Blood]

Highlightes of Your Lady Vols Classic Comeback Win over LSU Saturday 3/4/23 ....

 

[cardvolfan]

Another observation: Vols are ranked #2 in the USA Today Coaches Poll. Aren’t rival college coaches supposed to be hating Tennessee? Just thought it was interesting.

 

[W.TN.Orange Blood]