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This will be my last post on this platform. I am not deleting the profile, but I will no longer be active here. Find me through the Linktree in my bio, or scan the QR code to read a brief explanation at my Substack, Glory Days. Thank you for the friendship. It was a fun ride.
I was curious how quickly NCAA Division III schools were adding athletes, so I looked into it. Fifty-nine schools increased athletes on campus by 10% in the past four years. Of those, 33 report greater than 44% athletes on campus.
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I am intrigued by this ESPN article regarding DI roster limits shrinking and impacts on DII and DIII. If top DIII programs get stronger, in many sports it could widen the already strong competition gap between, say, NESCAC/UAA schools and NACC/GNAC schools.
There will be at least 4,739 fewer spots to play a Div. 1 sport next year(could be closer to 10k total). Coaches and recruits are trying to plan for their futures without clear answers on how the new roster limits will be implemented. With @mikerothstein: espn.com/college-sports/stor…
I crunched EADA data to see how many NCAA schools are "44 Percenters", campuses with 44% or greater athletes. In so doing, it provoked the larger question of whether we will see more DI institutions following the Univ. of Hartford and transition to DIII.
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The @UNFOspreys MBB team beat Georgia Tech, its second W of the season over a P4 school. #swoop #basketballstate
Humbled that my forthcoming book @ForgottenDodger was featured alongside other great authors in the @sabr Fall Bookshelf! Preorders still being accepted for a December delivery. Full release in Feb. Please reach out if you need a podcast guest!
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As this list is released tomorrow, allow this to serve as a friendly reminder that Jim Gilliam, with his 4 WS titles, ROY, multiple all-star games, has received exactly ZERO votes for inclusion in the @baseballhall
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During the final days of Oct. schools added 20 sport programs, more than double the amount during the same time period in each of the last three years. Coincidence? Maybe. But it also has a certain "break glass in case of emergency" feel.
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Lazy tweet that is not confirmed. In fact, an MLB player has another idea
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Shohei Ohtani is wearing a sling for his dislocated shoulder before Game 3 of the #WorldSeries
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Excited to join @PeteATurner and Harriet Kimbro-Hamilton later today to discuss Negro Leagues star Henry Kimbro and his influence on @ForgottenDodger. You can watch/listen here: youtube.com/live/seO61hGhyo4
A really strong argument can be made that Gilliam should have been on the 1952 Brooklyn team (he won the IL MVP that year with a .301/.411/.451 slash line). That would have been 8 World Series played. And, yet, Gilliam received exactly zero Hall of Fame votes.
As the WS begins tonight, a reminder that Gilliam played in 7 World Series, including 4 against the Yankees ('53,'55,'56,'63). From the @MLB World Series Media Guide, here is where Gilliam ranks among all-time World Series performers in Games, Walks, At Bats.
If you are interested in athletics and higher ed, read this article. There is a lot to unpack. Some quick knee-jerk reactions in a 🧵.
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Many D2 & D3 institutions already wrestle with roster management (not uncommon to have 150 football players on a D3 roster). The trickle down effect of former D1 students playing on D2 or D3 rosters might translate into D3 athletes being "cut". 🧵
Dodgers-Yankees have met 11 times previously in the World Series. @ForgottenDodger played in 4 of those. He, along with Sandy Koufax and Johnny Podres, are the only Dodger players to have won the Fall Classic twice against NYY, though Koufax did not play in 1955. 🧵
In the 1955 WS, Gilliam slashed .292/.469/.333. It was the 1963 WS, however, where he made, arguably, his biggest contribution against the Yankees. 🧵
