Dr. Theodore Fulton

Father, Husband & Superintendent of Schools, Active Past-President of LIASCD, and Past President/ current board member of NYSASCD, Teacher, and Coach

[Camus @newstart_2024]

Roger Federer dropped some real wisdom in his Dartmouth commencement speech:

He won nearly 80% of his 1,526 professional matches, but only 54% of the points he played.

Even one of the greatest tennis players of all time lost almost half his points.

His lesson: Don’t dwell on every mistake. A double fault, a lost point, even a bad day, it’s just one point. The champions move on quickly with the same focus and fire for the next one.

This is one of the best mindset lessons I’ve heard in a long time. It applies way beyond tennis.

Life is full of losses and setbacks. The difference between average and exceptional is how quickly you reset and keep playing.

[NBA da bad @NBAdabad]

Karl-Anthony Towns com uma das entrevistas mais emocionantes da NBA nos últimos anos:

"Shaq, você vai entender o que eu vou falar.

Eu senti uma calma e uma paz [antes do jogo] que só pode ter vindo daquela mulher [minha mãe] lá em cima.

Me senti confiante, me senti bem. Me senti uma criança me divertindo. É o tipo de sensação que você sonha em ter quando é mais novo.

O sonho é ser um jogador da NBA, quem dirá jogar nas Finais.

O dia inteiro, foi um sentimento estranho. Me sentia uma criança indo jogar aqueles torneios amadores.

De certa forma, parece que eu vi minha mãe na arquibancada. Foi divertido, me deu conforto.

Falam que tem muita pressão no Jogo 1 das Finais, mas sei lá, eu senti uma presença. Algo que me dava conforto e amor. Eu senti que podia me divertir no Jogo 1 das Finais."

[Dan Graca @DanGraca]

This team man. What else is there to say??? Didn't have their best by any stretch. Banged up, dug deep, on the road, locked in, got it done. Home court secured ✅ 12 in a row! #AlwaysKnicks #NBAFinals 🏆 💪🏀

[Barnaby Breaks History 🇺🇸 @CorpBarnaby]

🇺🇸 Civil War Trails Baseball Edition: Part 1

Before the Civil War, baseball had many different rules.

The rough Massachusetts Game, Philadelphia town ball, and others.

But one version, the New York Game, was built to win.

In 1845 the Knickerbocker Base Ball Club of New York wrote the first modern rules: the diamond-shaped field with bases 90 feet apart, three strikes, and three outs per side.

Nine players and nine innings came in 1857 when the New York clubs standardized the modern game.

When the Civil War broke out in 1861, New York’s baseball clubs answered the call.

The Brooklyn Excelsiors alone sent 91 members into the Union army.

Other clubs including the Knickerbockers, Mutuals, and Atlantics saw dozens of players lay down their bats and pick up rifles.

They were now marching off to war, unknowingly spreading their rules across the entire country.

They didn’t invent baseball.

But New York soldiers were about to turn a regional city game into America’s true national pastime. ⚾️🇺🇸

Photo: 1858 Base Ball team from Brooklyn/New York area

[New York Yankees @Yankees]

Go New York Go 🗣️

Wishing the best of luck to the @nyknicks in the NBA Finals!

[Dr. Theodore Fulton @Tedfulton52]

@Captain2Corner

[Dr. M.F. Khan @Dr_TheHistories]

Nearly 40 years after his snub by FDR, President Gerald Ford invited legendary Olympian Jesse Owens to the White House in August 1976. To Owens' shock, Ford proceeded to not only honor him, but present him with the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

It was a long-overdue recognition for a man whose triumphs had transcended sport. Owens, son of a sharecropper and grandson of enslaved Americans, had stunned the world at 1936 Berlin Olympics by winning four gold medals in the face of Adolf Hitler’s white supremacist propaganda.

His dominance on the world stage not only shattered Nazi racial ideology but also made him a global icon of resilience, excellence, and dignity.

Yet when he returned home to the U.S., Owens received no call from the White House, no ticker-tape parade. President Franklin D. Roosevelt never sent a letter, made a phone call, or invited him for a visit, reportedly fearing backlash from Southern voters.

Owens would later say, “I wasn’t invited to shake hands with Hitler, but I wasn’t invited to the White House to shake hands with the President either.”

Ford’s invitation in 1976, at the nation’s bicentennial, served as a symbolic correction to that wrong.

In presenting the Medal of Freedom, Ford called Owens “a young man who possibly didn’t realize the greatness of his own accomplishments” and acknowledged the profound impact Owens had on the world. For Owens, it was more than a medal, it was long-delayed validation from the country he had so proudly represented.

© Historical Photos

#drthehistories

[Baseball’s Greatest Moments @BBGreatMoments]

Greg Maddux explains how velocity gets you drafted, but movement and command keep you around. An unreal listen from one of the best ever.

[Dr. Theodore Fulton @Tedfulton52]

@BBGreatMoments

[MLB @MLB]

Twenty years ago today, Mike Mussina let Joe Torre know he was going to finish what he started 🤣

Mussina then got the final out to close out the last complete game of his Hall of Fame career.

[SNY @SNYtv]

Lee Mazzilli addresses his granddaughter in his Mets Hall of Fame speech:

"I cannot think of the day that you and I walk hand in hand in that rotunda and see you and say, 'That's you, grandpa.' Yeah, that's going to be special."

[SNY Knicks @sny_knicks]

"I want to give a shoutout to Jeremy Lin - he had me at Modell's going crazy trying to find his jersey" 😭

KAT shouts out Jeremy Lin and the impact he had on his own Knicks fandom

[WFAN Sports Radio @WFAN660]

Craig says James Dolan and Leon Rose deserve major praise for one subtle decision after the Knicks clinched:

@craigcartonlive

[Ian O'Connor @Ian_OConnor]

Jeff Van Gundy to @TheAthletic -"To me, the Knicks are the favorite now to win it all ...This is the greatest playoff run in Knicks history. They still have to win it, but there's never been a Knicks team this dominant. They are just waylaying people."

https://t.co/QUA8r1ctWD

[ESPN Insights @ESPNInsights]

All 9 starters for the Yankees recorded at least two hits against the Royals 💥

That's the first time that's happened in franchise history 🤯

[MLB @MLB]

There is a baseball game in Alaska played at MIDNIGHT under SUNLIGHT 🤯

The Midnight Sun Game in Fairbanks, Alaska is a 120-year-old tradition where baseball is played on the summer solstice, under Alaska’s 24-hour sunlight

Since 1960, the game has been hosted by the Alaska Goldpanners, a collegiate summerball team with alumni that includes Barry Bonds, Jason Giambi, Tom Seaver and many more

The game starts at 10 p.m. and usually ends around 1:00 a.m.

[Shukri Wrights @SWrights975]

Man Al Trautwig is someone who would have absolutely LOVED this run by the New York Knicks

[ESPN Insights @ESPNInsights]

The Knicks went on a 20-0 run in the first half of Game 4 🍿

It was their 3rd largest unanswered run in a playoff game in the play-by-play era and their biggest ever in a series clinching opportunity.

[Dr. Theodore Fulton @Tedfulton52]

@HawkEmDownChris

[👉M-Û-R-Č-H👈 @TheEXECUTlONER_]

This is a Wrigley Field (Chicago Cubs home) tradition, the visiting team sends their rookies outside the stadium in their uniforms to fetch coffee for the rest of the team. ☕️

The Houston Astros appear to have a lot of rookies! 😳

My guy has a clipboard I guess to take attendance and make sure they are all partaking. 😂

Wrigley field has an atmosphere like no other. 💯

So many traditions there. I never knew this was a tradition.

Have you ever been to Wrigley Field? Did you know this was a tradition there? Is a visit to Wrigley on your bucket list?