A large inflatable duck escaped a charity event in Des Moines, Iowa, after breaking free of its tethers, and was spotted tumbling down a road as motorists calmly drive by. https://t.co/kM8pe1IoET
Great to have Stevens Ducks Baseball legend Michael Mule’ ‘17 back to talk to our team!
Endless motor on-and-off-the-field… Passed along some great lessons to our team for the home stretch!
🦆
#GoDucks#AllRise#DucksDynasty#MACBaseball#d3b#d3baseball
How about the job Mike Gonzales has done at @eltorobaseball
We know Arenado, Chapman, and now Skenes. And everyone else that he has coached along with multiple CIF championships. How about a tip of the cap to one of the best around and some love!
As a city, we are taking major steps to combat flooding and make our city more resilient to climate change.
Our efforts were recently covered by the @nytimes and highlighted today on their Instagram feed:
“Let’s take a moment to give a shout-out to the City of Hoboken. As climate change delivers more extreme weather and rising seas, communities across the U.S. are struggling to prepare. That’s not Hoboken’s situation. New York City has been spending billions on flood walls and breakwaters and is still contemplating giant gates to hold back rising tides, but it hasn’t done as much to deal with rain. Hoboken has been adding infrastructure to cope with both rain as sea-level rise.
Hoboken’s goal is to collect and slow storm water. The city’s strategy has been to rebuild its sewers, adding capacity. The plan also bundles new infrastructure initiatives, which some see as invasive and time-consuming, with benefits residents desire, like new parks and playgrounds that have cisterns and basins. Streets designed to minimize traffic accidents also collect and redirect water: The redesign was a big reason the city bounced back so swiftly that rainy Friday in September, which dumped more than 3.5 inches of rain.”
Read full NY Times article: https://t.co/OR4bMPLRsC
My favorite Chandler story from summer ball:
Me: “Chandler you got a bad jump, why’d you steal?”
Chandler: “I know. But I just ran harder to make up for it”
I believe him too. He just has a different gear. 90 grade speed imo
Alberto Rios is a real hitter, folks. What a neat story of a guy working hard and biding his time and then going off in a big way when he got his chance. Recruited as an infielder, two years as a bullpen catcher, and now he's a dude for @StanfordBSB. College baseball at its best.
.@FollowStevens 2023 Innovation Expo showcased senior design projects that span expertise in robotics, virtual reality, green energy, social justice, & business consultation. Projects attracted 12 corporate sponsors & 36 partners, such as @L3HarrisTech, @santec_corp & @wsp.
Julius Randle shared a letter to Knicks fans in “The Players Tribune.” Here’s a segment of it about Kobe. It’s long but it’s a must read (grab a tissue):
Gotta tell y’all a quick story.
Alright, so everyone knows how I had to sit out my rookie year with an injury. But one of the consequences of missing that year is how it delayed all these NBA “firsts.” All these different little dreams you had since you were a kid, about making it to the league — that all gets put on pause for a season. And meanwhile you’re sitting there courtside, in street clothes, watching it happen. It’s like you’re so close to it but so far away. It’s tough, man.
And then what happens that next season, is you’re almost making up for lost time. It’s like it’s all that stuff you’ve been dreaming about.... but now with a whole other year of having built it up in your head.
One of the biggest things for me that I was looking forward to, I think it’s one of the things a lot of guys look forward to when they get to the league. It’s playing that first game on the road in the city where you came up. It’s like a whole homecoming vibe: I went to grade school here — now I’m coming back and I’m an NBA player?! That’s a wild feeling.
I grew up in Dallas, so I had this early-season road game against the Mavericks circled on my calendar. I was excited. Excited to feel that sense of accomplishment, of being that kid from your neighborhood growing up who made it to the league.
We flew in after a Wednesday night game, and the Mavs game wasn’t until Friday late, which meant we had an off day in Dallas. So guys were definitely going out that night. Me, I’ve got family, I’ve got a bunch of friends texting and whatnot, with this plan and that plan. Y’all have to keep in mind I’m 20 years old at this time. You can imagine where my head is at.
So then we get off the plane, we ride to the hotel, and — ha. Wow. I will never forget this. We’re coming up on the hotel in Dallas, and Kobe turns to me and he goes, “Julius, what you bout to do.” I’m like, “I’m about to see my family, chill with some friends, you know. Have a night.” And Kobe, he just cuts me off. He’s like, “Nah. We’re going to the gym.”
Bro....
I mean, that right there, it’s just the power of Kobe. If anyone else in the world had said that to me, in that moment, I might have hit ’em with an eye roll and went on with my business. But when Mamba is telling you that it’s a change of plans, and you’re coming with him to the gym tonight? You don’t ask questions. You just do as you’re told.
And of course Kobe knew we were in my hometown. Of course he knew. But that wasn’t him being a bad dude or anything. It was more like — it was him trying to use the situation to teach me a lesson. The lesson being: To get to the next level in this league, you can’t be putting in that next level of work only some of the time. Has to be all of the time. No such thing as sacrifice without sacrifice.
That was November 2015, Kobe’s last season. And from then on, everything he showed me that night, straight up: it’s become my routine. If we’re on a road trip, as soon as we get off the plane, there you go, that’s my night — before I do anything else. I’m heading to the gym, I’m getting my shots up, I’m putting in my work.
And what’s crazy is.... O.K., here’s the end of the story. So we’re in Detroit last season, on a road trip. And we fly in, I grab my bags, and like I said: it’s been my routine ever since that night in Dallas. Get off the plane, head to the gym. Get off the plane, head to the gym. Get off the plane, head to the gym. Like clockwork. Every city, though, it’s a new situation — there’s different places available. So what I’ll do is, I’ll have the team set up a spot in advance. And that way I can go straight there, however late it is, and get my workout in...