Senior Editor/Writer for @ISM®’s Inside Supply Management®. Student of #procurement. Recovering sportswriter. Living to run and running to live.
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What happens when assumptions behind #supplychains no longer hold? The Sept./Oct. Inside Supply Management® tackles tariffs, geopolitical risk, rail and demand planning — areas where yesterday’s playbook may not be enough. @ISM members can check it out ➡️ ismworld.org/magazine
The most consequential sports broadcast rights deal ever is *not* Fox acquiring the NFL in 1994. It’s the CBS baseball deal in 1990, a money-losing disaster that set a new rights-fees market and reset the revenue-share discussion in #MLB — more sparks that ignited the ’94 strike.
More important, does CBS not get so gun-shy at losing money over baseball that it keeps Fox from snagging the NFL? That would have set Fox’s growth back years. Does MLB not go to Fox in 1996 if it doesn't have a resume with the NFL? Does CBS ever pursue the SEC? So many what-ifs.
That burning smell currently drifting across the college football and athletics landscape is the smoldering wreckage of "the selfish cowards at Notre Dame need to join a conference” talking point. #CFBPlayoff
NEW: Miami President Joseph Echevarria on potential conference realignment and how the university would respond if the PCSA passes the House, via @RossDellenger:
"If we have to go independent, I like our chances because we are a national brand."
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ICYMI ⛽ Record diesel prices are a #supplychains warning. With inventories tight, refineries strained and Middle East shipping routes disrupted, #procurement teams face higher freight costs, longer lead times and more risk. Here are signals to watch. hubs.li/Q04BmbRG0
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The latest ISM Weekly Digest explores high-stakes balancing acts facing supply managers: holiday inventory, shifting global materials markets and hidden costs quietly eroding margins.
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@ISM’s Tariff Resource Center ➡️ hubs.li/Q04BPNqz0
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ICYMI 📰 #AI is changing demand planning in paper mills — and the lessons extend across process industries and beyond technology. Better data, demand sensing and AI scheduling can cut forecast error, inventory and #supplychains disruption recovery time. hubs.li/Q04Bmbj00
And if you interpret “last year” as last season, Knicks-Spurs averaged 20.8 million — nearly four times as many viewers! #NBA #CFB
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ICYMI 💲 September’s ISM® PMI® Reports took the U.S. #economy pulse and showed continued expansion, but rising prices are demanding attention. #Tariffs, Iran, fuel and labor costs remain key concerns.
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ICYMI 💡 IT contracts aren’t just about price anymore. As #AI and cloud tools become critical to #supplychains, procurement must negotiate for cybersecurity, data control, cost visibility, continuity and flexibility — before renewal pressure hits. hubs.li/Q04y9dNP0
I am so rarely right about stuff like this, so I would think the #Brewers have to be feeling good about the next round, too. #NLCS #Postseason #ThisIsMyCrew
It might be because of my long-time membership in the Pat Murphy appreciation society, but I have a feeling that this is finally going to be the #Brewers’ year, at least for the NL flag. #ThisIsMyCrew
I’ve been asked a handful of times the sporting event I most regret not seeing in person or on TV, whether it was a matter of simply missing it or it was before my time. My answer comes back real quick, in four words: Harvey Haddix, Hard Luck. #Pirates #MLB
"My main aim was to win.
I was more tired than nervous.
All I know is that we lost.
What's so historic about that?
Didn't anyone else ever lose a thirteen inning shutout?
Not a day goes by that somebody doesn’t ask me about that game.
I think I got more notoriety from it because I lost."
Harvey “The Kitten” Haddix.
"I called Harvey that night in the visiting clubhouse.
I told him:
"I realize I got what I wanted, a win, but I'd really give it up because you pitched the greatest game that's ever been pitched in the history of baseball.
It was a damned shame you had to lose."
Lew Burdette.
Most famous in baseball history for the game he pitched for the Pirates against the Milwaukee Braves on May 29, 1959.
In that game he threw 12 perfect no-hit, no walk, no run innings, only to lose the game in the 13th inning.
Haddix retired 36 consecutive batters in 12 innings.
Considered by many to be the best pitching performance in MLB history.
First pitcher in MLB history to take a perfect game beyond nine innings.
Braves lead-off batter Felix Mantilla reached on a throwing error by Pirates 3B Don Hoak, Eddie Mathews sacrificed Mantilla to 2nd, Hank Aaron was walked intentionally and Joe Adcock hit a 3-run home run.
Joe Adcock, however, passed Aaron on the bases and was only credited with a 1-run double.
The Braves were stealing signs from catcher Smokey Burgess.
Haddix was told later that the Brewers had stolen the Pirates' signs and were tipping off their hitters from the bullpen.
All of Milwaukee's hitters except for Hank Aaron, who refused to look for the bullpen's signals, knew what was coming and still couldn't hit it.
The first change coming to college football: rivalry games will move to midseason. If you think Ohio State, Alabama or anyone else will pull out all the stops on Thanksgiving weekend when they are safely in the #CFBPlayoff, you're lying to yourself. #CFB
Breaking: The College Football Playoff is nearing a deal to expand to 24 teams, sources tell @PeteThamel.
The new format will start in 2027 and is expected to come together in the near future, pending final approvals.
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Three ISM Weekly Digest reads on value creation: Customs compliance is now a data challenge, #AI value starts with better decisions, and #procurement’s impact goes beyond cost savings.
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“Complaining about MLB #Postseason afternoon start times social media” has, by far, been the dumbest social media in the last month, and I regularly follow political social media.
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ICYMI 📲 For device companies, a demand forecast miss can mean more than excess inventory or a lost sale. It can affect pricing, services and customer loyalty. Adaptive #AI-driven planning aims to keep the entire #supplychains ecosystem aligned. hubs.li/Q04y99Lt0
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ICYMI 🛤️ Rail freight is getting another look from shippers after four rough years, but it’s more than a comeback story. The real test isn’t winning freight from trucks — it’s proving rail can deliver the reliability and flexibility to keep the business. hubs.li/Q04y94_Z0
