Andy Dudones

MBA | Football, Hockey, Golf, Undercover Baseball Arbiter, Self-Proclaimed Renaissance Man. 2006 Time Magazine Person of the Year.

[Andy Dudones @ADudones]

Peace if possible. But the truth at all costs.

- Martin Luther

[Andy Dudones @ADudones]

Every year during the NBA Finals, we hear about matchups, strategies, and other analytical analysis of the game.

There’s no “load management” or taking the night off on defense.

That’s why the playoffs are awesome, and the regular season sucks.

[Andy Dudones @ADudones]

He was born in Bethlehem! He wasn’t American!

Shut up, Chip! I make the money and I pray to Uncle Sam’s daddy. I win the races so it’s New Balance-wearing, Coors Light drinking, Viet Kong killing Jesus!

Cal: Nam veteran! Go on!

[Andy Dudones @ADudones]

If they were ever to do a sequel to Talladega Nights, it would be on the money to have Ricky Bobby say grace to “American Adult Jesus.”

Hear me out….

[Andy Dudones @ADudones]

WWII is culturally oversaturated and we are historically illiterate as a society because of it.

[Eric Alper 🎧 @ThatEricAlper]

What's a small hill you're wiling to die on?

[ESPN Insights @ESPNInsights]

Entering tonight, road teams were 0-55 when down multiple goals at any point in Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Final😲

Vegas was down 2-0 in the first period.

[Andy Dudones @ADudones]

So much for Carolina’s one loss in the playoffs.

I picked Vegas in 5, but I could very well see it going the distance too.

Carolina has no shot if they’re gonna be forced to win high-scoring affairs, though.

#ForgedInGold
#SoundTheSiren
#StanleyCup

[Andy Dudones @ADudones]

The NBA on NBC with John Tesh’s intro music.

That product (then) was worth watching/following.

[Emmit Douglas @emmitonair]

What is your favorite memory of the NBA?

[Clay Travis @ClayTravis]

Mike Vrabel gets AJ Brown back. The Titans have been a disaster since the AJ trade. Love the move Patriots are now loaded at wide receiver for Drake Maye. (I do wish Dianna Russini had come back on Twitter to break the news, would have been an all timer.)

[Andy Dudones @ADudones]

@big_mike9169 Every transaction carries risk.

Considering what they received in return, there’s a lot to like about this trade.

[Andy Dudones @ADudones]

Moderation in temper is always a virtue; moderation in principle is always a vice.

[Andy Dudones @ADudones]

This guy again?

Proof it can pay to have no shame.

[Andrew Fillipponi @ThePoniExpress]

If that’s the price for Myles Garrett. What could the Steelers get for TJ Watt?
Omar should look into it.

[Andy Dudones @ADudones]

Andrew Berry is the adult in Cleveland and the majority of the fan base are the children who want to eat 5 lbs of candy for dinner.

#RamsHouse
#DawgPound

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Hard to say how many times I’d get a hit since there are many factors involving things like defense and quality of contact, but I guarantee 100% that I could make contact.

I played college baseball, though.

Would you still pay to watch that?

[Clay Travis @ClayTravis]

How many swings against an average women’s college World Series pitcher do you think you would need to get a hit? And what percentage of those swings would you make contact? Zero practice allowed beforehand. I would 100% watch this TV show.

[Alice Smith @TheAliceSmith]

“We should have a communist area and a capitalist area beside each other to see who wins.”

North Korea vs South Korea

East Germany vs West Germany

South America vs North American

We’ve already run this test.

Communism always loses.

[Andy Dudones @ADudones]

@cujoknows @seandreilly The graphic design dates itself by the decade.

I like both of Toronto’s, though. The old one is vintage and the new one is clean and sharp.

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That’s not how hangovers work, although there is an argument that it slows everything down in your mind.

That’s why umpires working the plate ALWAYS have their best games when hung over.

That’s not even a secret if you know anyone who knows.

[Super 70s Sports @Super70sSports]

Upon reaching the line of scrimmage, Ken Stabler realized he was so hungover he had no idea where the fuck he was. He then immediately threw a touchdown pass to Fred Biletnikoff.

[Andy Dudones @ADudones]

Has anyone ever wondered why CTE is only an issue in professional sports?

Weird how that works out.

We must feminize every aspect of our existence now or be deemed as Neanderthals, unworthy of respect.

Guess what? Life is hard no matter who you are.

[PuckEmpire @puckempire]

Claude Lemieux's family say that they've chosen to donate his brain to the UNITE Brain Bank at the Boston University CTE Center for research into the long-term effects of repetitive head impacts and traumatic brain injury, per @reporterchris.

[Andy Dudones @ADudones]

Ask yourself why Curt Schilling isn’t in.

I’ll give you a hint. It’s extremely synonymous with the sports media’s blood thirst for Jaxson Dart.

THAT’S how we’re determining who gets in?

Like I said, totally illegitimate.

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The Baseball HOF doesn’t even matter when your all-time HR AND Hits leaders aren’t in… but there are countless inductees who used PEDs and it’s not a secret.

You think Rickey Henderson was clean? Pudge Rodriguez? C’mon. Give me a break.

Cooperstown means nothing today.

[Vinny’s Corner @VinnysCorner1]

Should this guy be in the hall of fame?

[Andy Dudones @ADudones]

At the end of the day, it’s the process that’s most fallible for obvious lapses in discernment.

A. PEDs saved baseball after the 94 strike

B. Sports writers shouldn’t even have the power over what they write about, much less determine legacies, they’re that out of touch.