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Post by TOK » Wed Apr 25, 2018 10:22 am

wildforthecats wrote:
Outing Club. Not that there's anything wrong with that.
This is embarrassing for Penn State, far better to keep students indoors for safer activities like hazing and showering with ex football caches. :wink:

I am a Penn State alum, so I feel I can take shots at one of my alma maters.

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Post by nalotze » Thu May 03, 2018 12:15 pm

https://www.theringer.com/nba/2018/5/3/ ... on-celtics

Mostly funny. One massively stupid line in the "2010 and 2011: Butler" section.

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Post by Dr. Bliss » Thu May 03, 2018 12:27 pm

nalotze wrote:https://www.theringer.com/nba/2018/5/3/ ... on-celtics

Mostly funny. One massively stupid line in the "2010 and 2011: Butler" section.
Yep. Also, this quote had a certain resonance...

"Ah! I love college basketball, where a missed shot is legitimately one of the most famous plays of the last 20 years."
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Post by citycat » Thu May 03, 2018 1:53 pm

Last July, my son and I were walking through LaGuardia when I spotted a famous person. I pointed out Danny Ainge to my son and he remarked, "Do you mean the old guy who's with Isaiah Thomas?"

As we were talking, an Asian couple came up and had Ainge take a picture of them with Thomas. Danny did not look happy.

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Post by catnhat » Thu May 03, 2018 2:31 pm

Easy trivia- what do Ainge and Dave DeBuschere have in common besides the NBA?

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Post by TOK » Thu May 03, 2018 3:07 pm

catnhat wrote:Easy trivia- what do Ainge and Dave DeBuschere have in common besides the NBA?
Easy for me since DeBuschere was a U of D Titan and my father's all-time favorite athlete.

Both played professional baseball and basketball.

DeBuschere was a starting pitchers for the White Sox in addition to his NBA hall of fame career.

Ainge played sparingly for the Blue jays.

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Post by citycat » Thu May 03, 2018 3:16 pm

Ron Reed of the Braves and Pistons was another MLB/NBA player in the '60s.

Gene Conley played for the Braves, Red Sox, and Celtics in the '50s and '60s.

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Post by catnhat » Thu May 03, 2018 5:00 pm

Don’t forget Chuck Connors: Dodger, Celtic, and Rifleman.

Also Cub and Seton Hall Pirate.

His Wikipedia page says 12 people have played MLB and in the NBA. It also says “citation needed” at that point.

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Post by citycat » Thu May 03, 2018 5:50 pm

Dick Groat was a NL MVP, a 2x World Series champion, and played in the NBA.

One of his suite mates at Duke was President Nixon's brother. (Nixon was a Congressman at the time Groat and the brother started at Duke.)

Cotton Nash played for the Lakers and later in the ABA. He played a little in the Majors. He had the misfortune of being with the Twins when they had Killebrew and Mincher.

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Post by DC69Wildcat » Thu May 03, 2018 6:31 pm

For those of us who don't have citycat's memory for sports trivia and would rather just Google it:
https://www.mlb.com/news/which-mlb-play ... -266100980
"We were in the center ring the whole night,'' longtime Davidson coach Bob McKillop said. ''We were not on the ropes. We were not on the mat. We were in the center ring slugging away, and we just ran out of time.''

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Post by catnhat » Thu May 03, 2018 7:34 pm

The article mistakenly lists Duke's Ace Parker as "Ace Packer". He is one of the 7 members of the Pro Football HOF who also played in the majors. He played football for the Dodgers and the Yanks and played baseball for the Yankees.

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Post by citycat » Thu May 03, 2018 9:01 pm

Steve Hamilton was a relief pitcher for the Yankees and a backup forward for the Lakers. He attended Morehead State and was their AD after his baseball career ended.

He did a very good Gomer Pyle impersonation. He was a guest on the Dick Cavett Show, but his appearance ended badly when he referred to the host as "Mr. Carson".

The article lists Brian Jordan, the Falcons' DB and an OF for several MLB teams. The most similar player statistically to Jordan was Jackie Jensen, an OF for the Yankees, Senators, and Red Sox who was also a football star for California and played in the Rose Bowl.

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Post by DC69Wildcat » Thu May 03, 2018 9:10 pm

Did Chip Hilton make it to the pros?
"We were in the center ring the whole night,'' longtime Davidson coach Bob McKillop said. ''We were not on the ropes. We were not on the mat. We were in the center ring slugging away, and we just ran out of time.''

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Post by catnhat » Thu May 03, 2018 10:11 pm

I'm 55. The only reason I know who Chip Hilton was is because approximately 20 titles in Claire Bee's series were in my grandparent's house- left over from my now 77 year old uncle's childhood.

I read most if not all of those books. I regret I didn't appropriate them for myself. I think my uncle reclaimed them when my grandparents downsized. I enjoyed them greatly as a 10 year old.

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Post by citycat » Thu May 03, 2018 10:17 pm

Clair Bee's grandson attended Davidson and was a karate and/or judo champion.

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