Eric Thorpe

Vice President of Arena Operations for the Sacramento Kings. Former College Softball Hitting Coach. Thoughts are my own, no one else would want them.

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@GeorgeFoster72 Because you can’t see anything or at least understand what is going on from there.

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@dear_bryan30728 @Daveknee @CrazyVibes_1 It’s a hot pot holder. It’s intended to look like that.

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@marcuslemonis @CampingWorld Why is this the last one?

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@vidalestori @KrisBudden @notarabledays you all are doing an amazing job on 7 innings live but please have the directors stop cutting to games mid pitch. We are missing the actual play.

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@docnsdq @heyscan Because he went on the ball in the dirt and not on the pitch.

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@espn should have had a camera with @UCSDtritons. First year of eligibility and they send both teams!

[OptaSTATS @OptaSTATS]

UC San Diego is the first school ever to have both its women's and men's teams make the NCAA Tournament in the same year in their first year of eligibility.

@UCSDwbb beat UC Davis in Big West women's final
@UCSDmbb beat UC Irvine in Big West men's final

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If you are saying the same thing to every hitter then you are doing them a disservice.

[Trey Hannam @TJHannam10]

Too much of a good thing can hurt a hitter.

I see players get over-coached on "getting inside the ball" so much that they can't square it up—they get stuck inside.

Coach to the player's needs.

This goes for everything. Not every player needs (insert idea)

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@woodlandnews why are we only getting Woodland Christian and Woodland High basketball updates? Nothing for Pioneer High school?

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@BPfastball We talking the position of shortstop or we including production at the dish? If just defense, Omar Vizquel needs to be on that list.

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@sensorystories_ so many other things until diagnosed ADHD recently. It was eye opening and a huge relief. To know I am officially not broken but rather just wired different was freeing

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@sensorystories_ This was a great thread and one that hits home. I’ve never understood why I couldn’t pick an answer on multiple choice tests when I disagreed with the choices, mind always racing, barely ever sleep through the night and need sound distraction and …..

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Pioneer High School, Woodland, CA vs Sacramento High School

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@itsmeSpike @MLB Hmmmm.

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@itsmeSpike Good call. I started watching Flex Seal commercials instead of the football game and now I have some presents to give out.

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@esjesjesj We also have a messaging problem in this country around “Election Day”. It is not nor has ever been Election” Day. It was at best voting day and even that has been expanded.

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Huge Congratulations to all of our friends with @BroncoSports Been a long time since the WAC days, the move to the Mountain West, all the prep we did for the move to the Big East and Big West and now you are off to the PAC 12. #GoBroncos

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@QuimboSlice @MeganMarieInSD Definitely Bungalows.

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Great way to start the season! #GoAgs

[UC Davis Softball @ucdavissoftball]

𝗪𝗔𝗟𝗞-𝗢𝗙𝗙 𝗪𝗜𝗡𝗡𝗘𝗥𝗦 🤩

Maddie Grissom's single in the bottom of the seventh 𝗪𝗜𝗡𝗦 𝗜𝗧 for Davis' team!

#GoAgs

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A tremendously worded statement regarding FSU’s exclusion by their AD.

[Barrett Sallee 🇺🇸 @BarrettSallee]

Statement from Michael Alford, Vice President and Athletics Director, Florida State University

"The consequences of giving in to a narrative of the moment are destructive, far reaching, and permanent. Not just for Florida State, but college football as a whole."

"The argument of whether a team is the 'most deserving OR best' is a false equivalence. It renders the season up to yesterday irrelevant and significantly damages the legitimacy of the College Football Playoff. The 2023 Florida State Seminoles are the epitome of a total TEAM. To eliminate them from a chance to compete for a national championship is an unwarranted injustice that shows complete disregard and disrespect for their performance and accomplishments. It is unforgiveable."

"The fact that this team has continued to close out victories in dominant fashion facing our current quarterback situation should have ENHANCED our case to get a playoff berth EARNED on the field. Instead, the committee decided to elevate themselves and 'make history' today by departing from what makes this sport great by excluding an undefeated Power 5 conference champion for the first time since the advent of the BCS/CFP era that began 25 years ago. This ridiculous decision is a departure from the competitive expectations that have stood the test of time in college football."

"Wins matter. Losses matter. Those that compete in the arena know this. Those on the committee who also competed in the sport and should have known this have forgotten it. Today, they changed the way success is assessed in college football, from a tangible metric - winning on the field - to an intangible, subjective one. Evidently, predicting the future matters more."

"For many of us, today's decision by the committee has forever damaged the credibility of the institution that is the College Football Playoff. And, saddest of all, it was self-inflicted. They chose predictive competitiveness over proven performance; subjectivity over fact. They have become a committee of prognosticators. They have abandoned their responsibility by discarding their purpose – to evaluate performance on the field."

"Our players, coaches, and fans - as well as all those who love this sport - deserve better. The committee failed college football today."