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That ball was obliterated!

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Heading into the final round of stroke play at the NCAA Championships, the Arkansas women's golf team is tied for fifth. The field has been cut to 15 for Monday and will be cut to 8 after Monday's round.

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@HeilmanJoseph @FreeRangeKids I love rec ball, but if you have a daughter or son who want to get better, you have no choice but tourney ball. Get out and raise the money, do fund-raisers to offset costs and play as local as possible to reduce travel.

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@HeilmanJoseph @FreeRangeKids We had a league team. Played 10 games. 14 players on the team. At the end of the season, 6 batters got 16 ABs for the whole season. The other 8 got 12 or fewer. No kid can get better on 12 ABs in a season. Practice limited to 1 hour a week on a field.

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You could not be more wrong or off-base.
Cities don't want rec leagues other than a token 10-game, 6-week schedule. They build mega parks to host weekend tournaments for the revenue they bring in. Rec barely breaks even cost-wise.

[Joseph @HeilmanJoseph]

@FreeRangeKids Just think:

If every kid that plays travel ball, played league ball instead, they would have the same level of competition that they get in travel ball and wouldn’t have to spend thousands traveling and playing in tournaments.

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When Courtney Deifel took the Arkansas softball job, many people said "why would anyone want that?" Her response? "Why would anyone not want it?" Tonight, she showed everyone why. Congrats, Coach Deifel. Well deserved.

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Arkansas women's golf moves up to fourth place tie after second round of the NCAA Championships. Maria Jose Marin moves to 4-under individually.

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Old English 800 was the best bang for the buck. Baby Bulls were perfect to put one in each pocket and walk into the midnight showing of Rocky Horror Picture Show!

[Luce @lucyshow11]

You’re in high school in the 70s/80s what’s your choice of beer? 🍺

[Arkansas Baseball @RazorbackBSB]

LET’S GO TO OKC @RazorbackSB

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How about O-KC?

[Price Carter @priceacarter]

Question: how do folks via being a fan of certain NBA teams in Kansas City? In other words, is there a team you should be a fan of in KC? Or do you just pick?

And don’t say the Kings I was -15 years old when they were here.

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Conrad Dobler!

[Fun Football Podcast @FunFootballPod]

Who is your favorite offensive lineman in NFL history???

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Legion ball is making a very nice comeback in Arkansas. I just read that close to 100 high school players tried out for teams in Fort Smith. They have 3 teams and could have had 6 if there were more coaches.

[Kenny @kennyfgan]

Middle America families stuck in the biggest Ponzi scheme of all time that is travel baseball.

Baseball needs Legion Ball played at high school fields in t-shirts and gray pants more than ever right now.

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@CraigStem If you can only post stupid stuff on X ... why? Get better or stay off X.

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Arkansas women's golf shot a 2-under today in the first round of the NCAAs and are tied for 5th, 5 shots off the lead. The 2-under was a program-best in the first round.

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Go through the process and the season. He is under contract. Play through the contract and the season, then evaluate whether he's worth a heavy incentive/conduct-based contract moving forward. Good WRs in the upcoming draft if he's not.

[Farzin Vousoughian @Farzin21]

Chiefs fans: it’s been a couple days since we got the Rashee Rice news. How do you feel 48 hours later? Where do you, as a fan, stand with Rice?

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He won't get an extension from the Chiefs, and doubtful he'll get a big contract from any team other than the Cowboys.

[Farzin Vousoughian @Farzin21]

I’m seeing some say this. I truly have no idea with any certainty what the Chiefs will do. My guess is they won’t cut him, but they might have a difficult time being convinced that he deserves a second contract.

I’d be surprised if he is with the Chiefs 12 months from now.

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It happens quite a lot. I know of an 11yo who threw at least 130 last weekend, including 100 in a game. Add to that 7-8 warmup pitches between innings and the number goes to near 200 for the weekend. For a $5 ring.

[Patrick Gordon @PGordonPBR]

It happened again.

An 11-year-old threw more than 160 pitches over a weekend because adults decided winning mattered more than arm care.

#Youth baseball has a responsibility to protect kids — not sacrifice their future for Sunday trophies.

https://t.co/OoWLZruCH5

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Chiefs need to part ways with Rashee Rice. Can't be trusted. He's in line for a $100 million contract next season and he can't pass a drug test.

[Chiefstalk @Chiefstalk_]

BREAKING: Chiefs WR Rashee Rice violated his probation after testing positive for marijuana.

Rice has been ordered to serve 30 days in jail, meaning he will miss #Chiefs OTAs & Mandatory Mini-Camp.

Via @MattFosterTV & @KSHB41

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Pretty sure the SEC/Big 10 would be OK in softball/baseball/track.

[Brett McMurphy @Brett_McMurphy]

Iowa State AD Jamie Pollard on SEC/Big Ten threatening to break away to form its own league:

“Let them break away. We should break away from them. Let them go, but they have to go in all their sports & see how fun it is to play baseball, softball & track when it’s just the 20 of you. That’s what I think we should do, but I'm one person & that’s probably a little more draconian. That’s how I feel about it. Like, let’s quit talking about it. Quit threatening. Go do it. But if you’re going to do it, you don’t get to just do it in football & then keep all your other sports w/us. No, take them all. See how fun it is.”

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1000 percent correct.

[Brad Stamps @DogHoops22]

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