Jack Carnefix

Works for National Wrestling Hall of Fame and previously at Oklahoma State, Sioux City Explorers, Boise Hawks, Idaho Sneakers, Idaho Steelheads, ECHL and PBR.

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Future big leaguers. All-Americans. First-round picks.

@OSUBaseball players, the morning after @CowboyFB, working through section after section of bleachers with a trash bag.

Thirty-four times I did this. The story is worth it.

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A live morning TV show in Springfield, Missouri, asked us to bring a bull, then tried to hold it in a parking lot with two fence panels and a pickup.

What could possibly go wrong?

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Before streaming, @osubaseball parents called the radio station and asked to be put on hold.

The hold music was the game.

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The bus stopped. Not at the hotel. At Rosenblatt Stadium.

Years later Gary Ward explained why. Nothing he does is by accident.

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Family crowd. @OSUBaseball doubleheader. A song with a lyric that was very much not family friendly, about to blast over the speakers.

I dove headfirst at the volume knob like I was stealing second.

I was this close. Too late.

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A reporter. A hotel room. The Stanley Cup. And the most matter-of-fact exit line you'll ever hear.

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The first time I was introduced to the @keeperofthecup I heard “cup” in lowercase.

A few hours later I realized that was a mistake.

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On May 17, 1987, @osubaseball's Robin Ventura’s hitting streak reached 50 games.

The NCAA record was already broken.

I remember how it felt watching history being rewritten.

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40 games.

I was there and this is when it felt different.

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Some players you meet.

Some you don’t.

And some just stay with you anyway.

This is one of those.

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I never met Garrett Anderson.

But somehow, I saw him every season.

Funny how that happens.

I was saddened to learn he passed away at 53.

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I once wrote a routine press release about an NHL debut.

Turns out it wasn’t so routine after all.

Funny how some stories age.

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Pete Incaviglia is back in the news…

And it sent me right back to 1985 with @OSUBaseball.

Before exit velocity. Before analytics.

There was just Pete.

👉 https://t.co/Hu9MHtSB7C

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Pete Incaviglia, Oklahoma State baseball legend, NCAA home run king, 12-year MLB veteran https://t.co/4WRF40nemD

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Randy Johnson vs. Jim Abbott (from the dugout):
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I didn’t see Randy Johnson hit a bird.

But I did watch him pitch from a Major League dugout.

And yes… it was exactly what you think it was.

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“I thought it was an exploding baseball.”

25 years later, the infamous collision of a bird and Randy Johnson’s fastball turned a quiet spring training game into one of the earliest viral moments in sports. https://t.co/zXlT9nePbU

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Oh, for the days when I could dive headfirst across a press box

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I dove headfirst across the @OSUBaseball press box to stop a song

Missed it by about one second

It did not go unnoticed 😬

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A @BlueAngels pilot once picked up my mom and me in a Cadillac and drove us in a parade. It was 1966 and I was 3 or 4 years old.

Apparently, that was also the day I received my first media credential.

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I thought I was ready for Oklahoma State baseball in 1985.

I wasn’t.

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I began working with @OSUBaseball in 1985 as the new “stats guy”

I was nervous and didn't realize until later how being around one of the most dominant baseball programs in the country would shape my entire career

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I may or may not have had something to do with this 40 years ago. 😅

OSU home runs + “You Dropped A Bomb On Me” turns 40 in 2026.

Here’s how it started 💣⚾

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.@osubaseball home opener on Tuesday at 4 p.m.

In 2026, it’ll be the 40th year OSU home runs have been celebrated with “You Dropped A Bomb On Me.”

I was there when it started in 1986.

Here’s the story 💣⚾
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I’ve been fortunate to be around excellence in sports for more than 40 years.

Pete Incaviglia and Robin Ventura provided amazing moments and memories.

Pete’s story → https://t.co/Hu9MHtT8Xa

Robin’s story → https://t.co/tP3Pd7stiM

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Some photos just scream @osuathletics

Pete Incaviglia, @__CoachMorris and Robin Ventura

I haven’t met the new @cowboyfb coach, but was lucky enough to witness record seasons by Pete & Robin

Pete 👉 https://t.co/ezgt7vJaAh

Robin 👉 https://t.co/zaLwKJXmci

📸 @osubaseball

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⚾ Always great seeing Pete Incaviglia around @OSUBaseball.

He made my first year working for the Cowboys one I’ll never forget.

Only Pete could pull off what he did.

Story here → https://t.co/Hu9MHtSB7C

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The Home Run King & the Head Coach are ready to go in Arlington

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