I listen to podcasts almost exclusively while driving around each day. Which do you enjoy? Non KU or KU is ok for here.
Sports related: Only a Game
David Feherty (same as TV show, but no commercials)
KU's podcast with Jessey Newell
Non Sports
The Moth- Story telling podcast
Fresh Air
Live in concert from NPR
WGN The Nick Digilio Show
The Gospel Coalition
Hidden Brain
Freakonomics
Radio Lab Excellent stuff on this one.
Austin Stone Church (preaching)
Timothy Keller (preacher)
@Fightsongwriter Whoa, we're taking over this thread with our chatter. I enjoy Larry Norman, Kansas too. My favorite lived in Leawood for a while, Phil Keaggy.
@Fightsongwriter Wow, Those are probably my three favorite shows. Got some Psych on the DVR, same with MASH, and Seinfeld's on every night. This would be too real to be true, but my favorite basektball team is KU. Yours?
Jesse gets too lost in his sabermetrics some times. You make 12 out of 30 FTs and lose by 3, I don't know what else to say, you're putting yourself at risk of losing the game! It doesn't matter that Syracuse was less efficient at the line. If we make 10 more FT's for a rather pedestrian 65%, we win that game! As @Fightsongwriter keeps saying, so much changes that's hard to quantify what would have happened had we made more FT's.
I had forgotten that we made only 4-20 3 pointers in that game. So I guess we could say we would have won if we'd made more 3's also, right? How can a writer say making 12-30 FT's didn't cost us the game but making 4-20 3's DID cost us the game? Did they analyze all the missed threes? Did they look at our offensive boards on 3's? I doubt that.
All I remember during the game is repeatedly thinking to myself, 'dang, I wish we'd made those FT's'.
@Fightsongwriter Greatest TV comedy ever!
@Fightsongwriter I was agreeing with you when you said Hogwash. I too think if we make some more FT's in that game we win it.
Fightsongwriter said:
If u make 4 of those free tosses we may be holding the ball at the end and they are fouling and chucking 3s. That study is hogwash.
My thoughts exactly except to quote Colonel Potter, "Mule Muffins" on that study.
@justanotherfan Good explanation! I agree with your assessment. I just like to think of Bronson as a good enough player to play at the next level. Overseas might be his place!
@BeddieKU23 Interesting to me that Bronson Koenig wasn't invited to the combine either. I always assumed he was a future pro also.
@jaybate-1.0 Your dad was a smart man.
Nice summary of his career. It's the way I remember him too.
@Crimsonorblue22 Unfortunately right now the pitcher is probably reminding the catcher the inning would have been over before the 2 out homer if he'd made that catch.
@Crimsonorblue22 He aint a catcher, he a dropper
@brooksmd Didn't see it, heard the description. Just as the announcer said the Royals hadn't had a bases loaded hit all season, boom!
Looks like we're helping out with your 2 out scoring problems.
@approxinfinity I go to a handful of LSU games each year and they have a pitch clock, and to be honest, I never look at it. Games in person though are a different mindset for me however. I don't mind lengthy games while watching in person. On TV though, I get a little impatient with the length.
@mayjay You forgot a few things. Bumpers on cars, incandscent lightbulbs, and phones that were on the wall but had these long wires which let you take it all the way to the kitchen table!
I will say this that if you look at MLB rosters in the 20's they carried only about 5 or 6 pitchers. 4 starters and 1 or 2 relievers. Pitchers of course threw over 300 innings a year, yet somehow their arms didn't fall off or sustained injuries.
@Kcmatt7
•I think extra innings should be 6v6.
•Pitch clock
•Review only HRs until the 7th inning or later
•1 mound visit per game
•1 pitching change during middle of an inning for the whole game.
•4 total roster changes an entire game. Barring injury that is deemed real by neutral MLB trainer.
•Inning should turnover in 1.5 minutes unless catcher is the last out of the inning.
•HR, automatic, don’t have to run the bases.
Most of those are ignoring the biggest reason for the length of baseball games. Players stepping out of the box between pitches and pitching changes, which you do address.
Someone recently compared an identical game from the 60's or 70's with a recent game. Same score, hits, pitches, everything, except the length, it was about a half hour longer. 30 seconds more of commercials between each inning, which adds 18 minutes per game.
While ideas for positive change are good, yours change the fundamental nature of the game and there were pitching changes and extra inning games and players running around the bases during the early years of baseball when games averaged less than 2 hours. I'll grant the number of pitching changes has increased, but not enough to change the length of most games.
@approxinfinity Or it's exhibit A for what's wrong with baseball. A team running out of players during regulation time is a bit puzzling to me. Too many pinch hitters and pitching changes. Games go on forever. That game was nearly 5 hours long.
The draft brought up the memory, I as a Bear fan was interested, of a 1st round QB the Bears picked Cade McKnown. He was relatively known for having a handicapped parking pass while a student at UCLA and using it, obviously not as a handicapped man, but as a punk, not a punk like Mixon, but a punk nonetheless.
Now when the Bears drafted him in 96 or 97 a lot of us Bear fans, knowing the handicapped parking pass story, were a bit chagrined. It was no surprise when this lazy pampered college kid flamed out because he didn't want to do the hard work of learning the playbook.
Back in the late 70's the Bulls drafted a guy who had a troubled past and had been in jail. He was from California I think and his name was Quentin Dailey. Bulls fans nicknamed him San Quentin Dailey and although he was very talented, he didn't last long.
My point? Character counts and while talent counts a bunch too, you're taking a risk in drafting a kid with some character issues. Hopefully JJ doesn't find out the hard way.
After posting this, I read a little more about Quentin Dailey and found this little nugget: "Dailey gained some notoriety when, in a game against San Antonio on March 20, 1985, Dailey had a ballboy bring him food during a game. As the third quarter drew to a close, Dailey was on the bench eating a slice of pizza, nachos, popcorn and a soft drink."
@bskeet I just read an east coast biased article and it made no mention of Kansas. It almost seemed as if he'd forgotten his KU days because he was thanking all sorts of people related to his NBA career.
His farewell tour is over.
One of our all time greats.
Enjoyed knowing that he excelled in the League even if I didn't watch him play too much.
15th all time scoring.
8 seasons averaging over 20 points.
Future Hall of Fame
NBA champion
Too bad he couldn't add NCAA champion to that because he was part of, in my opinion, the best KU team since I've been paying attention in the mid 80's.
Til mom is a head case. And so is Tilmon (spellcheckdumb). We've had enough head cases who maybe cost us a title this year.
Tilmon was actually going into what looks to be the comeback of Illinois basketball and he's probably goin to Misery? Something not right upstairs with I am afraid.
@approxinfinity I feel your pain. I really liked Adam Eaton, but I think you guys gave up too much for him.
In October of 2005 I was living in northern Wisconsin. My all time dream of dreams came true, the White Sox won the World Series! Wasn't paying extra for cable at the time, but was dying for anything being said about the world series win. The next day I turn on ESPN radio. Colin Cowherd, who I hate for eternity because of this, said he doesn't care about the Sox winning the WS, it meant nothing to him, and then he starts talking about football.
If I could have driven to Bristol and beat him up right there I would have! My biggest moment, a moment just as big as the overcelebrated Red Sox breaking their curse the year before, and the doofus says he's going to talk about freaking football.
ESPN is now doing Baseball tonight 1 night a week, and that's ok, because I can never stay up until 11:55 to watch one play from the White Sox game anyway. They hate baseball it's obvious. They wander off the east coast only when it's obviously needed. Did they notice the Royals winning the World Series? I guess they must have since it was against a New York team.
And I think it's a tie between MJ and Lebron. Anyone who wants to tell me Kobe was better than Lebron though is itching for a fight!
@drgnslayr I was watching some Bulls-Celtics last night and was struck by Isaiah Thomas of the Celtics who is having a tremendous season being another sub 6 footer and on the short list of MVP candidates, although unlike Frank, I'm pretty sure he's not going to win it.
nitwit said:
The Cubs won the World Series...the Cubs won the World Series...Yeah...they are world champions!!!!!
Not sure if that is a taunt, but I'll say, if it is, what took you so long? :)
This will be our only highlight of the season. Sox sweep. Royals looked pretty dead. Not gloating (well maybe just a little) but I'm sure things will revert to normal next week in KC.
@approxinfinity I'm not the one to speak on Kirk's dealing with the media. I've never lived within the media shadow of KU. I really included him in your fun little quiz just an outside the box type name. I have no clue if he's interested in coaching, or even what he's doing now.
Since teams with older guys are winning championships nearly every year now, Bill Self is ensuring that we're going to be playing guys who have 3 years of eligibility and will be well into their twenties by the time they leave.
Kirk Heinrich
Hi. What's going on with the Royals are they sliding back into a 30 year drought after their glory years? Reminds me of the Sox after their 2005 win.
@dylans Shoot, way to burst my bubble!
I just got to say that all these years someone always beats me to it to post news to the site here. Well I lucked out and outscooped you all!!! In your face! haha, just kidding!
This is Frank Masonish
@approxinfinity His HS coach was an Irvin. They've ruled Chicago prep basketball for decades. One Irvin showed up at Missouri, I forget which one, back in the 90's.
Just saw this. http://www.kansascity.com/sports/college/big-12/university-of-kansas/article146681344.html ↗
I like the idea, but he's a small guard. We never do anything good with small guards.
I saw him play several years ago. Didn't know anyone on the court but he stood out. Nice shot, very confident but under control.
@approxinfinity Adam Eaton is a nice scrappy type. Really excited about the pitchers we got in that trade.
This is a strange season for me. The Sox got rid of Eaton and Sale to start the rebuild. It's far from over. Basically everyone is trade bait right now. Losing means higher draft picks and there's apparently some superstar waiting as the top pick. But we've still got enough talent to win some games. Been around .500 so far. Winning means guys value goes up and then they're traded. Not sure whether to cheer for wins or losses.
Yo, Sox got a nice little game game going. This Gonzalez has been a great find for the team.
Here's the source. Like I said, there's some red flags.
Tilmon, meh, not too excited about him. Read a lot of negative stuff on him from Illini fans, granted after he'd jilted them for a 2nd time, but he just seems to be problematic.
I aint smart enough, and nothing truer has ever been written here, I aint smart enough to understand why a 7'3" guy with decent ball handling skills like this young man does isn't the #1 most sought after person in the country. I am smart enough to see the video and see he looked maybe a little slow, so that's probably something, but I'm still not smart enough to know why a team with a 7'3" guy just doesn't throw it to him every time. I'm definitely smarter than Matt Painter because their 7'2" guy was scoring every time he touched the ball and they stopped throwing it to him and we won by 30.
Cal Irvine, I looked it up, had NCAA's tallest team ever last season (I think KU played them) Had 7'6, 7'3, 7'2", 6'10, 6'8" starting lineup. Seems like they ought to be able to beat the Golden State Warriors for goodness sakes, but I'm not smart enough.
Been away for a few days doing more important things, like seeing my kids. i've enjoyed the discussion. I tend to agree with the original post. I enjoyed Roy at KU a lot, got frustrated like the rest of us when we flamed out every year. Not sure if he shortchanged us recruitingwise. He put a lot of players in the league. 5 times Roy lost in the dance to the eventual national champ. As disappointing as Syracuse, Maryland, Arizona, UNC and Duke losses were, you could argue at least three of those we'd probably win in a best of 3 or 5.
We've been really close the last several years. Not sure why Self teams, as some have pointed out, just really flame out badly in the dance. When was our last exciting close game loss where we played well? Michigan? Awful end, but we dominated a national runner up that in my view got screwed out of the title. Villanova was close but I don't think we played very well that night. All it takes is one or two more titles and Bill Self's name is talked about with all the other greats. Lets hope it happens soon.
@BeddieKU23 I saw Moore play during his senior year. I didn't know anyone on the court, but it was very clear right away that he was a very talented kid.
@globaljaybird I've listened to his music. Cool that he's your pastor.
He is Risen indeed!
Happy easter to all who believe this greatest of all messages. It's better than hoops, or baseball, or money, or a delicious lamb chop grilled to perfection every day of the week.
I'm sure some here don't have similar beliefs, but it's important to me and hard for me not to be excited about it. All enjoy this great day!
Not sure why NO's bigs didn't play, so that opened the door for him.
Selden had a lot of playing time with Memphis too. Did decently.
No comment.
Tait tweeted that we shouldn't get our hopes up that JJ will return because we'll just set ourselves up for disappointment.