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18 hours ago, YGIFS said:
csb/ As a kid at Wrigley or watching at home on WGN, I used to wonder why Harry would 'disappear' for the middle 3 innings of each game and usually Dwayne Staats or somebody else would come on with Stoney. I figured it was because Harry was old. But he was just in his late 60's which isn't that old for a baseball broadcaster. One game, my dad says I'm old enough to go get my own hot dog and soda by myself. So I'm walking up the ramp and in the mezz level during the bottom of the 6th, this door to this little windowless room opens. And it's Harry coming out, and there's about 6-8 empty Budweiser beer cups at this little table with a folding chair and TV. That was his green room. That's what he did during those innings. Â
In 2008, can't remember our opponent in Regionals at Disch-Falk (to tie it back to Texas baseball). I'm sitting under a tree with a guy who used to post on HF & Shaggy. And I'm telling him about growing up listening to Harry and how it's been 10 years since he died. And out of the corner of my eye, one of my favorite Cubs and Longhorns is walking towards us. Keith Moreland (I think he was doing 1300 at the time, maybe LHN color, dunno). Anyway, turns out my buddy used to date his daughter in college or after college (he was married to another woman at the time). But Keith walks up and says, "You guys talking about Harry?" And he knew my friend obviously from when he was banging his daughter. But I tell him I musta seen him play at Wrigley 50 times as a kid. I was actually headed back to Chicago a few weeks later for a guy I grew up with there and Keith gives me his info and says he'll hook us up with tickets. And he tells me a great story about some fundraiser in the mid 80's he did with Harry. And then they go out afterwards with Bob Dernier and got cut-off at a bar on the North Side, which is not easy to do in Chicago. He had a couple of other doozies about Harry that I can't remember, but Keith was so genuinely happy to reminisce about Harry. Usually players find the broadcasters annoying or just somebody to deal with to get on to the next thing, but all the Cubs players I ever met loved Harry. I bet many Longhorn players feel the same way about Moreland and Craig Way. A few times a year, I pull up that Budweiser video "For You, Harry" when the Cubs finally won the Series a few years back. Gives me the chills the way Craig Way called the winning moments in Omaha for us over the years. There are some guys who love the team. There are some guys who love the game. And then there are the select few that love both and actually know what they're talking about and you can hear it in their voice. May we hear that again one day soon in Craig's in a little place called Omaha. Â
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I'm not surprised, given how many times I heard Harry slobber, "It'sht time for athnother Budth!" and even these nuggets about Harry as well. Lulz.
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10 hours ago, ClubWhatever said:
Gonna keep bludgeoning that horse, huh
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2 hours ago, jeevsie said:
Us olds read it in Harry's voice, for sure.
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13 hours ago, ImissWallyPryor said:
Now that Purgatory is being demolished, Â probably Hell.Â
Hell, aka "departmentals."Â Lulz.
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On 3/7/2024 at 9:42 AM, Earl Haffler said:
Where do I go now for Adds and Drops?
Your Obi-Wan Kenobi is now only "departmentals."Â
"Good bye and Good luck!"
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1 minute ago, Rusty Shackleford said:
Did anyone else’s ESPN+ stream disconnect? It’s not even showing up anymore in the app.Â
Still watching...... but I'm not using the app.
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It's so quiet in that stadium now you can hear the dugout chatter clearly. Lulz.
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6 minutes ago, Hookem2147 said:
Miller was Pierce’s right hand guy. He was one of the few in the circle of trust and has been with him for over a decade.
Was more a culture guy than anything specifically with hitting or fielding or whatever.
He's still listed on TexasSports as on the coaching staff.
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The live stats link on TexasSports for this game is a bad link -- goes to a future game for them playing gartner-webb.
Live stats for this game are here:
https://stats.statbroadcast.com/statmonitr/?id=507397-
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7 minutes ago, hobbes2702 said:
These dudes are bad. How many errors is that?
Their live stats say only 1 little-red-riding-hood error, which is Bullshit because there's at least 2 errors from the dropped keystone-cops left-center fly ball in the 1st, followed by a throwing error on the blown-blind-ump out call at 3B, that was reversed on review, because it wasn't even close.
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First pitch plunk from a frosh pitcher?
I hope this doesn't become a plunk-athon.
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1 minute ago, jdhorn92 said:
That’s a shame 12 run lead in the 5th and won’t get a decision.  AwfulÂ
Now it would be up to the official scorer's decision on who gets the Texas win.
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Now we need Boogey Whitehead to work out some kinks.
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Grand Salami for Galvan!
This ESPN+ broadcast "Gus" whatitsface fuckstick "color commentator" needs to shut his piehole telling everyone his strategies to "spoil Texas pitching" for the rest of this weekend into mid-week games this next week.Â
This goddamned jihad Bullshit is why we are SO HAPPY to end the Gravy-Train and leave these Shits behind, Forever!
Enjoy Oblivion, Fuckfaces!
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Great 1st inning -- way to put up a crooked number out of the gate.
That 3rd-base play was safe by a lot. That 3B ump sucks.
Now it's time to get them out and fucking step on the gas!
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1 hour ago, Nicole44 said:
This whole story is fucking ludicrous…
Âthe tweets following the story are pretty entertaining…
#FloridaMan. Lulz.
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2 hours ago, Brisketexan said:
Did some voodoo shaman perform a curse ritual and point an animal bone at the Boeing HQ in Arlington, VA? Cursed! Lulz.
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On 3/4/2024 at 3:28 PM, VirginiaLonghorn said:
Bless LHN.  Nothing like a Cal Poly rerun … when you’ve run out of Preparation H.
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32 minutes ago, UnhappilyMarried said:
Saw that Yeti Yard is students only tonight. Some may not like it, but it solves what I assumed was going to be a problem when playing teams with fans who would show up there. Good solution and creates an actual student sectionÂ
I hope that's TEXAS students-only!
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1 hour ago, MAUFRAIS said:
Get outta here, ya fuckin’ robot!
Washington @ Texas Series Thread
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