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Week 3 Big 12 program guide.
Friday night starts with Houston at Texas Tech on FOX.
Saturday opens with Arizona State at Kansas, Bowling Green at Iowa State, and Tulane at K-State.
All times Central. Save the board before the weekend starts.
Shoutout to the people that do the awkward little jog when a car lets them cross the street.
You are not moving any faster, but the effort is beautiful. I see you. I respect you.
Kaelen Culpepper drives in a pair in Spring Breakout!
MLB's No. 52 prospect (@Twins) laced 39 extra-base hits across two levels of the Minors last season.
"Kansas City Mgr. Dick Howser said when he complained about a close call, umpire Joe Brinkman chided him about being in last place and said:
'You're a shit manager and you're in last place, why are you arguing with us?'
'I don't want the worst umpire in the league to remind me where we are in the standings.
He can call me a shit manager, I'll buy that, but don't tell me my team is last in the standings.'
Joe Brinkman, who was the umpire in the infamous George Brett 'pine tar' incident, later admitted he had poked fun at Dick Howser after the game.
Joe Brinkman said he told Dick Howser:
"You couldn't manage a whore house on an army base."
"Player Out At Home"
Art by Ronald McLeod, 1936.