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One at a time

[cllct @cllctMedia]

Never forget when Kyle Busch spotted this fan wearing his hat while driving next to her in traffic 🥹

This is one of the most wholesome interactions you'll ever see.

[Clint Hurdle @ClintHurdle13]

I kept this story in my pocket for a long time....

In Pittsburgh, September 15th is Roberto Clemente Day.

Every year the whole organization fans out across the city. It's like Christmas. Roberto's family is there, Vera and the boys.

My first year as manager was 2011. We celebrated. We shook hands and moved on.
We didn't win.

19 consecutive losing seasons.

2012 rolls around. Same day, same celebration. We had another losing season, our 20th consecutive.

After the ceremony, Roberto Jr. walked over.

"My mom wants to talk to you."

We went into the dugout. Me, Vera, and her three sons.

She spoke in Spanish. I played four years of winter ball so I understood enough. She wasn't angry, but she was passionate. And I kept hearing Roberto's number come up.

Roberto Jr. translated.

"My mother wants you to know that there cannot be a 21st losing season. That was Roberto's number. It would be a disgrace to his legacy."

She was staring right at me.

Before I could even think about what to say, words came out of my mouth:
"I promise you, Vera. That won't happen."

Roberto Jr. looked at me and said, "You made my mom a promise. I hope you can keep it."

I said, "I hope I can keep it too."

I didn't tell my coaches. I didn't tell the players. I told my wife. That was it.

The next year, 2013, we broke the consecutive seasons losing streak. Ended it at 20.

On Roberto Clemente Day that September, Vera came walking across that field.

And I probably got one of the most meaningful hugs I've ever received in my life.

The players did all the heavy lifting. I just got the hug.

Some promises are worth making before you know if you can keep them.

@Pirates

[Lochness @CapitalLochness]

@mattyoumans247 @CircaSports Utah State -1.5 -115 @BetMGM

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@NotTheeWillHill - Mountain West Network app. First 2 rounds here Colorado State VS Fresno on now

[Lochness @CapitalLochness]

@Gambleballs @CircaSports Congrats!

[Jay @othersidedj]

This is dope! Found this video from 2013 of A’ja at age 16, I think she was a junior in high school at this point.

Interesting notes:

- She was a guard
- She was big Diamond DeSheilds fan
- Her goal was to get Olympic goal and play as long as she can

🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[Lochness @CapitalLochness]

@beatingthebook - what is in Kracks coffee this morning. He is on fire!

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@reviewjournal Horrible driving/drivers here, would say yes.

[Lochness @CapitalLochness]

@NotTheeWillHill Is your pod coming back?

[Lochness @CapitalLochness]

@fangraphs - on your site, team batting stats - when there are no splits filtered it gives you the "TG" total games played for each team....when you filter into home/away...tg is blank...and it has G but the number is high....how to I decipher GP for home/away splits?

[Lochness @CapitalLochness]

@darrenrovell Minibats from every stadium visited

[Lochness @CapitalLochness]

@DrunkPhilsFans Nice….minibats from every stadium visited.

[Lochness @CapitalLochness]

@CirclesOffHQ The best episodes were the ones in the beginning….I used to look forward to the shows…have lost interest in the last several months…

[Lochness @CapitalLochness]

@1TimMurray - Can you quickly go through the set “Media Timeouts” at what times do they all go off?? Thanks!

[Jason Kint @jason_kint]

This 2016 video is just an incredible two minutes. Every second of it. It will be in the documentary.

[Lochness @CapitalLochness]

@TheHoopCentral @realapp But another loss…do they care about winning or numbers?

[Lochness @CapitalLochness]

@walls_edward CHEERS!

[ShotQualityBets @ShotQualityBets]

We didn't make it 5 minutes into the game 😒

[JP Finlay @JPFinlayNBCS]

This is incredible

[Lochness @CapitalLochness]

@kevinsheehanDC Slow Down