*Traces Of Texas Tech*
Members of the Tech Hecklers, a Texas Tech baseball fan group, attending the April 13, 2001 baseball game at Dan Law Field. Pictured include Chris Snead and Mike Gustafson, two of the original founders of Tech Hecklers, holding up an inflatable sheep (an Aggie joke reference). This image appears on the cover of the April 26-28, 2002 Texas Tech baseball game program.
Courtesy of the Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library
I am aware that Tech faithful fans like to identify as a rebellious lot, and as such, I know there are those among us who will want to push back on today’s “No Tortillas,” edict.
This program is about so much more than the tossing of tortillas in the air. It is about winning the Big XII, and it is about building a program of lasting, national significance.
Too many have sacrificed and invested too much time, money, and sweat to be distracted by a tortilla debate.
This is not about a lack of leadership, or the bending of a knee. We do not hold the moral high ground on this matter. How do we defend, and continue to support fans throwing tortillas, or anything else, at our opponents, or on the field?
No other program in the country would condone this, and we haven’t condoned it in other sports, either, outside of the Jones.
Bottoms line is, I want to win! At this point, tortillas don’t make that easier.
Our heritage is defined by the Red and Black, not by a flour Tortilla. Wreck ‘Em
"In Lubbock, the world is about 88.3 percent sky. It takes a while to get used to, but after you do, Lubbock feels like freedom and everything else feels like jail". - Molly Ivins
It’s Homecoming weekend. AKA Freedom weekend.
Welcome home to all of my @TexasTech family and friends coming into town. #WRECKEM LET’S GOO @TexasTechFB
The Colorado Rockies announced the following moves today:
- Selected the contract of C Braxton Fulford (#37) from Triple-A Albuquerque.
- Transferred RHP Jeff Criswell to the 60-day IL.
- Placed INF/OF Kris Bryant on the 10-day IL, retro to April 13 (lumbar degenerative disc disease).
#OTD 1954 - Bill Doak died at the age of 63 in Bradenton, FL.
Doak played for the #STLCards from 1913 to 1924.
He is credited with designing and patenting the first popular baseball glove that featured webbing between the thumb and index finger.