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Adam Dunn QB - Wiki - Adam Troy Dunn (New Caney, Tx) born November 9, 1979, nicknamed "Big Donkey", is an American former professional baseball left fielder and first baseman. He played 14 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB), primarily for the Cincinnati Reds. A two-time MLB All-Star, Dunn was known for his prodigious power and his high propensity to strike out. He hit 38 or more home runs in seven straight seasons, tied with Babe Ruth for the second-longest such streak in MLB history, and was 11th all-time in at bats per home run at the time of his retirement. In addition, in 2004, he hit the fourth-longest home run in MLB history, a 535-foot blast that landed in a different state. However, he ranks third on the all-time strikeout list, with 2,379, and still holds the American League record for most strikeouts in a single season, with 222 in 2012. Dunn's statistical profile was highly unusual for its day; he walked, struck out, or homered in nearly half his career plate appearances. Consistent with the principles of the then-emerging sabermetric movement [Money Ball], Dunn helped prove that a batter could significantly contribute to his team despite an unimpressive batting average. Today, he is considered one of the better hitters of his era. However, his defense was panned by both traditional scouting methods and modern defensive metrics. Jayson Stark called Dunn "the most unique baseball player who ever lived." Football Career A standout football quarterback, Dunn went 24-9 as three seasons as a starter in high school and won the district championship in his senior season. Dunn was recruited by Notre Dame, Tennessee, and Texas A&M,[3] but committed to the Texas Longhorns football team as part of Mack Brown's first recruiting class. He struck an agreement with the Cincinnati Reds which allowed him to play for the Longhorns during the college football season. However, Dunn never played a snap in a competitive game. He redshirted his freshman season. Although he started the season as the No. 3 quarterback, he found himself backing up Major Applewhite after Richard Walton was injured. With Applewhite entrenched in the starting role for the foreseeable future and star recruit Chris Simms arriving on campus, Dunn was asked to move to the tight end position in spring 1999. He briefly practiced as a tight end, but ultimately left the Longhorns to concentrate on baseball. He called it "probably the hardest decision I'd ever had to make."
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He knew Flores was going to gun it to first whether his face was in the way or not. Give him credit for having the presence of mine to get his ass on the ground asap. God damn it to hell!!! As soon as I saw the dugout pic, i immediately thought some kind soul should update the "Aggy stages of grief." Like a good soldier, I read the thread before posting, and got nerfed at the last minute. Ok. I'm better now. Can somebody please make it happen? Thanks in advance.
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There is clip here somewhere. Texas v. TTech (last year?), Gasparino thrown out at 1st, Kash's (1B) momentum took him into the baseline behind the bag, and Gasparino clocked him. Yesterday, Gasp, as he was running back to the dugout after a flyout, allegedly said something to Kash like "I'll do it again." Nothing wrong with that, just the normal baseball chirping. Kash, turned towards Gasp and the Texas dugout, and responded in kind. It was the turning towards and barking at the dugout that got him ejected.
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Absolutely not. Quinn was recruited to play QB at Texas. He did that. QE started the gold rush of high profile, and high performance, HS athletes to Texas. His ROI to Texas is investing in Apple, early. He de-pantsed Alabama before the cheap shot, led the Texas destruction of Alabama and Nick Saban on their home turf, crushed defending Champion Michigan at home, and led Texas to a #1 ranking as they embarrassed OU and kicked open the door in joining the SEC. He is the only QB in college football to make the CFP semi's the last 2 years. Oops! ... and Arch. He is leaving Texas in a better place than any QB before him. Most important, his performance ensured this will always be Exhibit 1 of Texas v. A&M.
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I used to drive between Denver and Rock Springs, Wyoming, including the Red Desert region are the Great Divide Basin, a unique endorheic drainage basin completely surrounded by the Continental Divide. Most people in Colorado said it was the most god forsaken place on the planet. There was not a place on the entire 300+ mile drive that you couldn't see a snow capped mountains on the horizon. God forsaken place? No way. I have also driven all over west Texas, through Brownfield and Levelland and and No Trees, many times. Ground that is so flat it seems you can see the the curvature of the earth. While driving though Idaho, a forest fire closed the highway and forced us to camp in Salmon, along the Salmon River. Not much beats camping with the family next to a clear, gurgling river, under a smoke induced canopy of a brilliant bluish-salmon colored fog. Southern Idaho may be flat and dusty at times, but you would never confuse it with Lubbock. Unless you were blind with no sense of smell or touch or, you just had no sense, period.
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You couldn't script that any better. For Green Bay, for Matthew Golden, and for Texas!!!
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Hookers and football players.
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The Manning Camp was pretty outspoken that kids starting 25+ college games had a much better success ratio in the NFL than those starting less than 25 games. Arch will walk on Senior Day with his teammates.
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Before the game, they showed a graphic of Scloss’ coaching tree. Couldn’t find the graphic but found this for 2024.
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Did anyone else hear that explosion just now in North Austin?
PTINS replied to hornbri's topic in Daily Texan
This. Kill Power. No lights, HVAC, doorbells, nothing that sparks. Kill Gas. No pilot lights. In dry climates, static electricity is an issue. Combing or running your hands through your hair. -
Did anyone else hear that explosion just now in North Austin?
PTINS replied to hornbri's topic in Daily Texan
To be clear, the Brenham underground storage did not explode. The storage was overfilled in excess of capacity, and leaked until the product ignited. The product that leaked was a Natural Gas Liquid (NGL) "Y-Grade" mix, a combination of Ethane, Propane, Normal Butane, Iso Butane, and a "Natural Gasoline"mix, a combination of pentane (C5) and heavier hydrocarbons that are a vapor at room temperature and pressure. Propane and 'Y-Grade" are similar in that both of the vapors are heavier than air, and will tend to accumulate and lay in lower areas, until they eventually dissipate, or ignite. Natural Gas (methane) is lighter than air and dissipates rather quickly. Addressed below. If propane leaks, it will leak until the source is empty. And it will either eventually dissipate, or find an ignition source, and explode. In an open field, with a bit of wind, it will dissipate. In a closed environment, like a house, it will accumulate towards the bottom, and absent any air movement or circulation, will stay there until it ignites. The video, and absence of black smoke, is indicative of complete combustion, meaning there was sufficient oxygen to completely burn the fuel source. The residual smoke would come from whatever ignited in the blast, wood, furniture, clothing, etc. At my ranch house, item #1 on my posted "Rules", "If you smell gas, leave." Unfortunately, you have to open the door and turn on the lights and walk to read the rules. Residential propane and natural gas both have an odorant added (ethyl mercaptan, a sulfur compound that smells like rotten eggs.) I would think that smell would have been noticeable where the propane was leaking and accumulated, but it may not have been noticeable through out the house. Propane has a lower flammability limit of 2% and a higher flammability limit of 9.5%, meaning the propane concentration in air has to be between 2 and 9.5% for combustion. I had the same question... And Surly answered it ... before I could. 1 gal of propane is equivalent to 36.4 FT3 of propane. With lower and higher combustible limits of 2% and 9.5%, the combustible cloud of of a propane/air mix would be between 383 FT3 and 1820 FT3, before ignition. After ignition, watching from somewhere distant is a good place to be. Good post Chief, but Surly gotta Surly. FIFY "They had forgot to put in the valve that metered the gas flow regulator that reduced the pressure from 4.5 to 0.5 psi, so I had 4.5 psi going to the cooktop..." Propane is extremely volatile/bad ass. Very explosive and because it is heavier than air, extremely dangerous. Early in my career, I ran through ~ 150 ft wide propane cloud from a tanker truck leak during loading. Very eerie. The open 2" valve sounded like a jet engine, a cloud appeared from nowhere, and the air temperature dropped like a rock. Still can't believe I did that. Better to run away. Assess the situation from a safe vantage point. Respond accordingly.
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