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Florence, SC
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Robbie Smith retweeted
This remastered footage of Metallica playing Seek & Destroy live at The Metro in 1983 to 50 people feels like TIME TRAVEL. You can literally see the pimples on James face!
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Cam that man has a family 🤯
📺: scgamecocks.info/StetsonVide…
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Amazing Grace solo with the University of South Carolina marching band. ❤️
*The band shakes their fingers at the soloist for good luck/well wishes 🍀
Imagine being a Jewish New Yorker today knowing what your mayor thinks of you.
This day is profoundly painful for so many New Yorkers. It marks three years since the horrific war crimes of October 7. On that day, Hamas killed more than 1,100 Israelis and abducted 251 others. We grieve alongside our many friends and neighbors who still carry that unthinkable loss.
The suffering did not begin nor end that day. It instead continued through the Israeli government’s devastating, ongoing genocide in Gaza, in which it has killed more than 74,000 Palestinians—including more than 21,000 children. Even since the so-called ceasefire, more than 1,400 Palestinians have been killed. That suffering has intensified with every Israeli bomb dropped on ambulances waiting outside hospitals, every drone strike targeting a residential building or journalist, and every shipment of food aid turned away at a border crossing. Many New Yorkers are reckoning with this unbearable grief, and we mourn alongside them – all while knowing that our tax dollars fund these war crimes.
Three years later, we must refuse to accept a world in which occupation and apartheid continue, where war crimes are met with impunity, and our federal government continues its complicity with every arms shipment.
To honor the dead, we must fight for a world in which every person can live with freedom, safety, and dignity.
Robbie Smith retweeted
Bobby Plump is 90. Made the most famous shot in Indiana high school basketball history. Without him there is no Jimmy Chitwood, no "Hoosiers."
Today, the @HoopsHall joins fans across the state in wishing Bobby Plump a very Happy 90th Birthday!
Inducted into the HOF in 1981, Bobby’s place in Indiana basketball history was forever cemented on March 20, 1954, when his famous last second jumper secured a state championship for Milan HS, a moment that captured the heart of the nation and came to define the true spirit of Hoosier Hysteria.
Beyond his iconic high school career, Bobby’s dedication to Indiana’s basketball heritage has left an indelible mark on our sport’s community. Please join us in celebrating a true legend and honoring a lifetime of unforgettable contributions to Indiana basketball! 🏀
Robbie Smith retweeted
Absolutely, yes. Career derailed by injuries but dominated his era. Very Kofax-like.
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Those of us advocating for @DaleMurphy3 to go to Cooperstown are doing this because there is no doubt in our mind he is so deserving.
Let's remember what the HOF says in what should determine who goes in from this committee:
"The Committee shall consider all candidates and voting shall be based upon the individual's record, ability, integrity, sportsmanship, character and contribution to the game."
Is there any doubt? We know what we saw when watching the games. But let's see if he qualifies...
1) The individual's record - The stats are there. Murphy compares well to every current Hall of Famer from this era and from other eras of baseball. Check.
2) Ability - This gets lost in the discussion. What is a five-tool player? A complete performer, an athlete who excels at (1) hitting for average, (2) hitting for power, (3) speed, (4) throwing -arm strength, (5) fielding ability.
Check, Check, Check, Check, Check. He excelled in every area.
3) Integrity - Check
4) Sportsmanship - Check
5) Character - Check
These categories require little discussion.
6) Contribution to the game - He was the face of baseball for an entire region of the country AND was popular all over the country due to WTBS. He continues to contribute to the game through his Foundation and spending times with his fans who love him for what he did to contribute to the game. Check.
I've been amazed by reading comments on different social media platforms from all his fans, most of whom say, "He should have already been in" and sharing stories of when they met Murph or why he means so much to them. We've had our media platforms to speak the loudest, but the quantity of what has been said adds so much to the quality of his candidacy in checking all of these boxes.
It's just time.
@MurphyToTheHall
MurphytotheHall.com
I’ve had a front-row seat to one @baseballhall candidate my whole life — my dad, @dalemurphh3.
People talk about the “character clause” keeping guys out. For him, it’s the opposite — his character is a reason we often say to put him in. I see it on display constantly: camping with his grandkids, hyping up crowds with my daughter in the DR, planning surprise picnics for his granddaughters, and he and my mom pouring their lives into helping my brother with special needs live a full, joyful life. It’s not just the big things you see in public. He does the little things too.
But make no mistake. On the field, he was one of the most dominant players of the ’80s. And baseball fans everywhere remember it. I hope we can remember the dominant ones of the 80s this weekend.
Robbie Smith retweeted
“Dale Murphy is a Hall of Famer through and through.”
Sharing my case for Dale Murphy to be elected to the Hall of Fame. It's long overdue.
This is my story, one of a generation of TBS kids with their fingers crossed for Sunday.
If you're a #Braves fan, please read and share, if you would be so kind.
fromthediamond.com/post/it-i…
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Dale Murphy, a 2x NL MVP and 7x All-Star, explains why mental toughness was key to his success and how difficult the skill is for baseball players to develop.
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Thank you @GMA for helping tell the story of our efforts to help @DaleMurphy3 make the @baseballhall tomorrow ! goodmorningamerica.com/video…
