CurmudgeonAtLarge

Newhouse Professor Emeritus Freelance broadcast talent/writer/producer/coach, Semi-grammarian, We/Us

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@conquertheno That's why God made the radio

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@HawkEmDownChris Jim Davenport

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@HawkEmDownChris Dave Bing

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To know him was to love him.

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@Jimfrombaseball I LOVED his book as a kid

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@VinnysCorner1 Mike Riordan

[Syracuse Men's Rowing @CuseMRowing]

Syracuse places 9th as a team at the IRA National Championship and all four crews finish in the top-10 once again 🍊‼️

Varsity 8 - 10th
2V8 - 4th
3V8 - 10th
Varsity 4 - 8th

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@MarioSaccoNC9 @SFGiants I have always been grateful to Bill Mazeroski, admired Roberto Clemente, saw Bob Skinner hit an inside-the-park HR in the Giants last home game at the Polo Grounds but I am a Giants fan for life. We’ll always have 1954, 2010-12-14.

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Just out if curiosity why are my beloved @SFGiants so awful? 🥲

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Some things are opinion and some are truth. This is truth.

[Jim Koenigsberger @Jimfrombaseball]

"I can’t believe that Babe Ruth was a better player than Willie Mays.
Babe Ruth is to baseball what Arnold Palmer is to golf.
He got the game moving.
But I can’t believe Ruth could run as well as Mays, and I can’t believe he was any better an outfielder."
Sandy Koufax.
"The best Major League ballplayer I ever saw was Willie Mays.
Ruth beat you with the bat.
Ted Williams beat you with the bat.
Joe DiMaggio beat you with the bat, his glove and his arm.
But Willie Mays could beat you with the bat, with power, his glove, his arm and with the running.
He could beat you any way that's possible."
Buck O`Neil.
"I think anybody who saw him will tell you that Willie Mays was the greatest player who ever lived."
Monte Irvin.
23-year-old New York Giants center fielder Willie Mays made arguably the greatest and certainly the most famous defensive play in baseball history, robbing Vic Wertz of extra bases in Game 1 of the 1954 World Series. The play has come to be known as simply: "The Catch"
Art by Leroy Neiman.

[Gianl1974 @Gianl1974]

I really miss this kind of America.

Jimmy Carter and Gerald Ford ran against each other in 1976.

When Ford passed away, Carter gave the eulogy at his funeral.

When Carter passed away, Ford’s son Steve spoke at Carter’s funeral.

Barack Obama and John McCain ran against each other in 2008.

When McCain passed away, Obama gave the eulogy at his funeral.

They disagreed. They debated. They fought hard for what they believed in.

But at the end of the day, they still saw each other as human beings. As Americans.

That is the part we have lost.

Somewhere along the way, disagreement turned into hatred. Politics turned into teams. And people forgot that respect does not mean you agree with someone on everything.

I still believe we can get back to this.

Not because it will be easy. Not because everyone will suddenly think the same.

But because America is supposed to be better than this.

Bipartisan respect used to be possible.

And someday, I pray we remember how to do it again. 🇺🇸💙

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@BaxFootballGuru Lady Gaga

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@HawkEmDownChris Barkley

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@VinnysCorner1 Eddie Bressoud

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@td_nash Gerry McNamara

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@OleTimeHardball Bottom

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@HawkEmDownChris Willie

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@TerribleTerry83 Willie

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@TheSports_Shift Mickey Mantle

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@HawkEmDownChris Wes Westrum

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Jeff is right.

[Jeff Passan @JeffPassan]

Greg Bishop is every NFL writer’s favorite NFL writer. The written word is a precious commodity, one all of us should cherish, and his ability to string them together and tell stories that stick with you hours, days, weeks, months later is unparalleled. SI didn’t deserve him.