michael mandt

Content Leader | Cable Ace+some Emmys | Michigan + Detroit ❤️| formerD1 pitcher, ESPN, MLB, NFL, currently LIV Golf EP | My best story beats yours

[michael mandt @michaelmandt]

Cmon @ricktelander - Rome Is Burning!!! Gotta get the show name right😁. Congrats Adam!!

[Rick Telander @ricktelander]

Adam Watson, whom I know from old “Jim Rome Show,” wrote a hilarious book about a burned-out celebrity chef.
But… “86”!
OMG.
😱
Will Trump’s Justice Dept be coming?

[michael mandt @michaelmandt]

@BillSimmons Being the worst team without tanking, then losing the lottery, falling to 5th and walking away with Ausar Thompson instead of Wemby is beyond haunting

[michael mandt @michaelmandt]

@bstonercpa @FastbreakHoops5 If Isiah didn’t destroy his ankle in Gm6 in 88 and have to play on one leg the rest of that series the Pistons would have been going for Back To Back. How THAT isn’t listed here is absurd. And sorry, Lakers weren’t beating that Pistons squad in 89 no matter what.

[Drop A Pin Show @DropAPinShow]

Ken Burns reveals the most important phrase in the history of civilizations

[BaseballHistoryNut @nut_history]

One of my favourite Ichiro Suzuki tales. As told by Joe Posnanski

[Mr PitBull Stories @MrPitbull07]

"My name's Raymond. I'm 73. I work the parking lot at St. Joseph's Hospital. Minimum wage, orange vest, a whistle I barely use. Most people don't even look at me. I'm just the old man waving cars into spaces.
But I see everything.

Like the black sedan that circled the lot every morning at 6 a.m. for three weeks. Young man driving, grandmother in the passenger seat. Chemotherapy, I figured. He'd drop her at the entrance, then spend 20 minutes hunting for parking, missing her appointments.

One morning, I stopped him. "What time tomorrow?"
"6:15," he said, confused.
"Space A-7 will be empty. I'll save it."
He blinked. "You... you can do that?"
"I can now," I said.

Next morning, I stood in A-7, holding my ground as cars circled angrily. When his sedan pulled up, I moved. He rolled down his window, speechless. "Why?"
"Because she needs you in there with her," I said. "Not out here stressing."
He cried. Right there in the parking lot.

Word spread quietly. A father with a sick baby asked if I could help. A woman visiting her dying husband. I started arriving at 5 a.m., notebook in hand, tracking who needed what. Saved spots became sacred. People stopped honking. They waited. Because they knew someone else was fighting something bigger than traffic.
But here's what changed everything, A businessman in a Mercedes screamed at me one morning. "I'm not sick! I need that spot for a meeting!"

"Then walk," I said calmly. "That space is for someone whose hands are shaking too hard to grip a steering wheel."

He sped off, furious. But a woman behind him got out of her car and hugged me. "My son has leukemia," she sobbed. "Thank you for seeing us."

The hospital tried to stop me. "Liability issues," they said. But then families started writing letters. Dozens. "Raymond made the worst days bearable." "He gave us one less thing to break over."

Last month, they made it official. "Reserved Parking for Families in Crisis." Ten spots, marked with blue signs. And they asked me to manage it.

But the best part? A man I'd helped two years ago, his mother survived, came back. He's a carpenter. Built a small wooden box, mounted it by the reserved spaces. Inside? Prayer cards, tissues, breath mints, and a note,

"Take what you need. You're not alone. -Raymond & Friends"
People leave things now. Granola bars. Phone chargers. Yesterday, someone left a hand-knitted blanket.
I'm 73. I direct traffic in a hospital parking lot. But I've learned this: Healing doesn't just happen in operating rooms. Sometimes it starts in a parking space. When someone says, "I see your crisis. Let me carry this one small piece."

So pay attention. At the grocery checkout, the coffee line, wherever you are. Someone's drowning in the little things while fighting the big ones.

Hold a door. Save a spot. Carry the weight no one else sees.
It's not glamorous. But it's everything."

Let this story reach more hearts....

Credit: Mary Nelson

[michael mandt @michaelmandt]

@theamelia__ Yes, 1,000%. This is how GenZ was raised

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@Zach_Gohl @BlakeHHarris I think he just saved the season twice

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@GoatTalkC Keep being miserable

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@mxsw09 Pretty sure he did

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@TeoEnjoyer Wanna take this back?

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@Br0Dude @hottakes_app Does he still have the yips???

[michael mandt @michaelmandt]

@rjochoa @livgolf_league Glad you enjoyed your experience!

[Lara Toscani Weems @LTWPhilly]

Cleeks GC continued emphasis on lifestyle branding through smart collaborations with premium partners and reflective on-course experiences - - keep an eye on this team and brand ....

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@ProGolfCritic @JoshACarpenter @PGATOUR Yes

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Welcome on board, Fabs

[Michael Fabiano @Michael_Fabiano]

My official announcement on the Dallas Cowboys. Join me, Cowboys fans. It’s time to defect. @Lions

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@BillSimmons Congrats on building something from scratch with real staying power. #SelfMade

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@kmeinke Good luck @kmeinke in your next chapter. You’re a wonderful storyteller and all Lions fans will miss you.

[John Edman @Johnny_Edman]

Way to go, T!!