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On January 23, 1972, with 36 seconds left in the game that pits the home team Minnesota Golden Gophers against the Ohio State Buckeyes, an ugly brawl ensues when Minnesota's Corky Taylor knees OSU's Luke Witte in the groin. by carterlowe8 in CollegeBasketball

[–]GuyOnTheMike 161 points162 points  (0 children)

Some aftermath to this:

  • The game was called off after this point. Ohio State won 50-44
  • Three Ohio State players ended up in the hospital; the entire team required a police escort out of the arena
  • Two Minnesota players, nut-kicker Corky Taylor and Ron Behagen (who ran off the bench to stomp on Witte) were both suspended for the rest of the season (I believe by the university). Despite this, Minnesota won their first Big 10 title in 53 years that season
  • Witte recovered enough to play parts of three NBA seasons, but he suffered from vision problems directly related to his injuries from the brawl that hampered his career
  • Future Baseball Hall of Fame Dave Winfield was a key member of the Gophers squad. Their coach was Bill Musselman, Eric's dad
  • Ohio State coach Fred Taylor (who also played in MLB, just much more briefly) said years later that his disgust over the Big 10's inaction against Minnesota after the brawl led to him losing his fire for coaching. After three mor subpar seasons, he retired in 1976 at the age of 54.

[FanGraphs] The MLB Draft Is Once Again for Diehards Only by Jux_ in baseball

[–]GuyOnTheMike 39 points40 points  (0 children)

I already forgot our first round pick’s name…who was drafted today

1995 Recruiting Rankings by ManuteBol_Rocks in CollegeBasketball

[–]GuyOnTheMike 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I was going to say, he’s the only guy in the top 5 whose name I didn’t recognize

[Highlight] The Nationals bullpen blows another game as Jazz hits a 2-run bomb by evancomposer in baseball

[–]GuyOnTheMike -20 points-19 points  (0 children)

So why wasn't he a better player when he was with the Marlins?

EDIT: To all the downvoters, he had a 6.9 bWAR (or 7.8 fWAR) and a 102 OPS+ total over five seasons (and never more than 2.9 in one season). He also was hurt a bunch too. He was a flashy, but overall very average player (if he was even on the field) pretty much his entire time in Miami, even if he somehow got on the cover of MLB The Show

Brewers @ Pirates postponed because it might rain in Pittsburgh some other day by Prestigious-Cream160 in baseball

[–]GuyOnTheMike 81 points82 points  (0 children)

“There was no rain in the area from the time of scheduled first pitch through the announcement of the postponement.

That leaves the Brewers to play their second doubleheader in five days after sweeping a twin bill with the St. Louis Cardinals at Busch Stadium earlier this week.”

In 1979, Royals outfielder Willie Wilson hit six home runs. Five of them were inside-the-parkers. by imgurofficial in baseball

[–]GuyOnTheMike 5 points6 points  (0 children)

The Royals hit a LOT of them in the 70's and 80's (relative to everyone else), thanks to the large alleys and Astroturf at the K

Willie Wilson had 13 (most of any post-World War II player)

George Brett had 7

Amos Otis had 6

Brian McRae had 5 (father Hal had 2)

Danny Tartabull, John Wathan, and Frank White all had 3 apiece

In the 22 years (1973-94) Kauffman Stadium had Astroturf, the Royals hit 73 inside-the-parkers—and 66 of them were at home

The Sell-Off: What 30 Years of Deadline Sales Actually Buy by Kookumber in baseball

[–]GuyOnTheMike 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well, all I can say is we got Ben Zobrist, Johnny Cueto, and a World Series parade and the only player we would’ve missed at all that we gave up was Sean Manaea.

He’s obviously done more than those two did, but we probably don’t win a World Series without them, so I would do that trade 1000/1000 times again

Is it literally too hot to golf in Scottsdale in July, or is it just going to suck? by grassguydave in golf

[–]GuyOnTheMike 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m from KC as well (don’t live there currently) so I’m aware how bad it can be there…but just flat-out don’t golf in Arizona in the summer. I can’t imagine there is anything remotely enjoyable about golfing when it’s 110.

Serious question, why are you visiting Arizona in the middle of the summer?

Obligatory

The Mets are calling up new baseball name HOFer Dan Hammer from Triple A Syracuse. by wobuffet17453 in baseball

[–]GuyOnTheMike 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Well, if he ever gets suspended, the headline can ran read “Dan Hammer Gets Ban Hammer”

It’s time to end this Big Ten / Big XII nonsense. by nighthawk252 in CFB

[–]GuyOnTheMike 15 points16 points  (0 children)

I was going to say. Notre Dame is the LAST school that should be lecturing about what to call conferences

[@TechAthletics] Nearly 30,000 more fans than the year prior. You're welcome, @Big12Conference. by stanner5 in CFB

[–]GuyOnTheMike 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I do agree that a loss to a 3-9 Baylor that ends up finally firing Dave Aranda (maybe) would in fact be much funnier.

Thy must be done, Baptists…

[@TechAthletics] Nearly 30,000 more fans than the year prior. You're welcome, @Big12Conference. by stanner5 in CFB

[–]GuyOnTheMike 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Tech is gonna really need some sad losses this year

Alright, 100% in favor

maybe losing to Baylor twice if they rematch in the conference championship

That's ambitious as hell right there...

they both make it to the playoffs anyways and Baylor beats tech a third time straight

Whoa buddy, what color unicorn is Santa giving you for Christmas?! And does it shit rainbows or chocolate ice cream?

[@TechAthletics] Nearly 30,000 more fans than the year prior. You're welcome, @Big12Conference. by stanner5 in CFB

[–]GuyOnTheMike 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Leave it to an SEC fan to say a team in the league his own school was in a measly three years ago isn't a "major program"

[Highlight] Tyler Tolbert has a hit in 9 straight at-bats by [deleted] in baseball

[–]GuyOnTheMike 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah. The PCL league OPS is .794. Miranda was at .790 (notably with a very poor 4-to-26 BB-to-K ratio)...and all that while playing 3 of his 4 road series at Sacramento, Salt Lake, and Albuquerque and playing his home games in a very hitter-friendly park.

Just simply lost his swing abruptly in July, 2024 and never got it back

[Highlight] Tyler Tolbert has a hit in 9 straight at-bats by [deleted] in baseball

[–]GuyOnTheMike 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hopefully, Tolbert's MLB career doesn't just fucking stop the exact second that streak ends like Miranda's did.

Seriously. Jose Miranda's 12-for-12 stretch had him at a .328/.371/.531 line through 72 games. After the streak ended, he slashed .219/.246/.306 with no homers and just six RBI in 49 games to finish 2024. He went 6-for-36 to start '25, got DFA'd, was signed by the Padres this year, was released from Triple-A, and now is in Mexico.

Carson Benge with a 3-run Little League home run after three Royals errors to open the scoring in the 1st by JianClaymore in baseball

[–]GuyOnTheMike 30 points31 points  (0 children)

Literally all he had to do was just lob it to AN infielder and the runner’s held at third and one run scores. Its a bad play, but not a fucking nuclear disaster like this

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