Payton Tolle gets the start vs TB on Sunday, Mother’s Day.
Payton lost his Mom Jina to colon cancer two years ago.
She used to always say to him, "Be a Tigger not an Eeyore!"
I asked Payton about that shortly after his MLB debut last year.
Great advice for us all!
My Kristian Campbell Truthers... STAND UP!!
Over the last month (22 games):
⚾️ .325 BA
⚾️ .879 OPS
⚾️ 92.3 EV / 46% HH
⚾️ .372 xwOBA
⚾️ 136 wRC+
LA is increasing. QoC and xwOBA are improving. More BBs and barrels. HH% is climbing as well.
Only a matter of time. 📈
Marcelo Mayer has zero issues with Willson Contreras, who said yesterday it can be harder for young players to get out of early-season slumps:
“I think things just got taken out of context. I didn’t mean to take a shot at anybody, obviously, especially not to Willson. Willson and I have a great relationship. He’s an amazing teammate. He’s a great person. He’s a true veteran of this game and we really respect him in the clubhouse and he helps us a lot. He helps the team, he helps the young guys so none of that was directed toward to Willson. It was more of, just, we acknowledge as a team that we’re young, but we have high standards and we expect to win with this team that we have. That’s pretty much it. Classic blown out of proportion, Twitter things.”
On this day in 2015, Duke won its most recent national championship, beating Wisconsin 68-63 🏆
Tyus Jones led the way with 23 points and delivered the dagger, a 3-pointer with under 90 seconds left to push the lead to 66-58.
Fuck it, if Dame Sarr or Patrick Ngongba returns to Duke, I’ll buy one Duke fan a jersey before the season starts. Brotherhood or black.
Just retweet this and make sure you’re following me. Fans deserve some positivity when the season ends 🤣💙
“I learned so much this year, I’m never going to take it granted… I’m hurting right now, we’re all hurting. I wish I could’ve gave more for those guys.”
An emotional Cam Boozer on what this team meant to him after their loss to UConn.
Caleb Foster has no business to even be moving on his foot right now, let alone checking into a basketball game.
He undoubtedly changed this game and saved Duke’s season with his effort tonight, and in doing so, earned a full page in the history book of the Duke program.
"I just try to stay ready for the moment."
Marcelo Mayer came in as a pinch-hitter in the 7th inning and notched two hits and two runs in an #OpeningDay victory!
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