Lol he's back.
Mid-market team cheating: WORST SCANDAL IN THE HISTORY OF THE SPORT. WORSE THAN STEROIDS. WORSE THAN THE BLACK SOX.
Big-market teams cheating: "Everyone was doing it and it's fine."
THREAD: Let’s start with some facts.
The New York Yankees cheated.
The Boston Red Sox cheated.
The Houston Astros cheated.
All of them used technology in real time to steal signs. (1/9)
Nicole winning America’s favorite house guest somewhat takes away the sour taste of Michie winning
#BB21
. Game-wise, he deserved it. On a personal basis, he um... is a lot of things.
"The Yankees were cheating in a totally different manner than the Astros and still couldn't win a World Series while doing it, so it's totally fine."
That's how I read it anyway.
The infamous Yankees Letter ... is pretty much a nothing-burger. Says the Yankees used their replay room to decode catchers' signs and relay them to runners on second -- which multiple teams were doing. Does not find they were illicitly using CF camera.
@martinonyc
had it first.
How can anyone watch the
#SnyderCut
and not be excited for what might’ve been with the DCEU (and what could be??)
Really hoping
@WarnerBros
pulls their head out of you-know-where and reverses course to capitalize on one of the few great things they’ve had.
Bishop Assistant Coach Cody Perez was killed in a single car accident last night on FM 70. He was just 29 years old.
Perez was a former Moody Trojans baseball player who graduated in 2012.
Condolences to the Perez family and Bishop and Moody communities.
#BREAKING
: Texas’s all-time winningest coach Phil Danaher announces his retirement after 48 years overall and the last 38 at Calallen due to health issues.
Danaher finishes his storied career with 490 victories and 28 district titles.
STORY:
#txhsfb
Since someone else has now posted the pictures, I’ll go ahead and put these out there that I took a couple weeks ago. Sinton‘s new indoor athletic facility is state of the art.
The weight room neighboring the turf field is huge.
@SintonPirates
, well done.
That's game. This "ball" led to Nate Eovaldi being charged four runs and the
#RedSox
dropping Game 4. Should've been tied, going to the bottom of the ninth.
Refugio Coach Jason Herring isn't a fan of having the state championships in Arlington every year and his team got two practices compared to Hawley's three.
Says his team came out flat and out of its routine after committing four turnovers in the title game loss.
@Kiii3Sports
Condolences to Kingsville JH coach Marco Contreras's family.
Contreras collapsed before the Brahmas' game at T-M and didn't survive after being resuscitated and taken to the hospital.
We were made aware of his passing last night, but withheld it out of respect for his family.
The Kansas City Royals select Blake Mitchell out of Sinton
#8
overall in the draft.
He’s the highest Coastal Bend prospect to be picked since Burt Hooton in 1971 (
#2
/UT).
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@kiii3sports
@kiii3news
It's not everyday that
#1
and
#2
play for the right to go to state in an all-Coastal Bend match-up (in Laredo), so here's an extended raw highlight of
#2
Sinton's epic 2-1 win over
#1
Calallen in eight innings.
And the super extended version on Facebook:
Veterans Memorial's Daylan Pena sends the Eagles to the region semifinal with a GRAND SLAM in the 7th with Vets trailing Ray 2-1 at the time. Eagles rally to top the Texans 6-2 in the deciding game.
Unbelievable game. Unbelievable series.
SOUTH. TEXAS. BASEBALL.
@Kiii3Sports
Seeing some posts from his family that "Coach" Hector Salinas has been in the hospital and is fighting for his life.
Thinking of him and the Salinas family.
Salinas is a South Texas baseball legend, leading Moody to its first state appearance & starting the program at TAMU-CC.
I can confirm from the man himself, Jose Treviño, that this is the HARBOR BRIDGE on his All-Star Game helmet from last night.
"It was the Corpus skyline meeting the New York skyline."
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: I’m sorry I couldn’t cover all 28 TEAMS we had alive this week in the baseball and softball playoffs.
I don’t hate your team. I’m not excluding your team.
I’m literally just a one person department trying to cover as much as possible.
Blessed to announce the arrival of our second son Liam Thomasson on Monday! My wife Krystal and I are thrilled to now have a family of four. Our four-year-old Landon loves his little brother more than anything. See you back on the Blitz this Friday (possibly a little weary-eyed)!
Tonight is the 10th anniversary of Jose Altuve's MLB debut, so here's video from back in 2011 of his brief stint with the
@CCHooks
before getting the call to head directly to the Astros!
Altuve got the call-up to Houston with some guy named J.D. Martinez and also Jimmy Paredes.
In a bit of a surprise, Ray's Jack Bell wasn't selected in the MLB Draft. Bell had been scouted several times this season.
Texas A&M is getting themselves a SS with great range.
I can sadly report that former Tuloso-Midway baseball coach Todd Akers passed away this morning from prostate cancer.
Akers was first diagnosed two years ago, but stepped aside during the ‘22 season to focus on his fight with the disease.
He will be missed in the Coastal Bend.
Heard about this from yesterday, former Ray Texan Nick Loftin had an RBI single in the Royals' spring training game against the Reds. Loftin was the
#32
pick in the MLB Draft back in June.
Legendary South Texas baseball coach David Salinas calls it a career after serving as the head coach for Falfurrias for 34 seasons.
Salinas won a state title with the Jersey Bulls in 1991, had multiple runs to the state tournament and finishes his career with over 700 wins.
You can’t tell me that Coastal Bend baseball isn’t the best in the state. These are the all local match-ups next round:
#3
G-P vs Carroll
#6
Veterans Memorial vs Ray
T-M vs Alice
#5
London vs Hebbronville
Banquete vs Bishop
Sinton Coach Adrian Alaniz (
@alaniz3
) talks about the senior class, what they've meant to the program and watching them at the next level.
@Kiii3Sports
Third time's the charm for Calallen!
The Lady 'Cats are the 4A state softball champions after defeating two-time defending champ Liberty 9-7. Here's the final out and celebration and we'll have more tonight at 6 PM!
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@ashley_gonz14
@kiii3sports
@kiii3news
(PET SEMATARY SPOILER)
💯 % disagree with this premise. What made the novel so terrifying was that a completely innocent child could become a purely evil and murderous being. In the day and age of CGI this could have been so good.
#PetSematary
= 🗑
The present and the future of the Astros, all in one spot at Whataburger Field.
José Altuve is here to continue his rehab stint. And Houston’s top prospect Drew Gilbert is making his home debut tonight.
Hear from Gilbert at 6 PM. Altuve will speak after the game.
#3SportsBlitz
4A BASEBALL STATE CHAMPIONSHIP:
#4
Argyle 0
#1
Sinton 9 (FINAL)
The Sinton Pirates are STATE CHAMPIONS for the first time since 2002!
It’s also the first UIL title for the Coastal Bend in 12 years (Carroll ‘10).
#3SportsBlitz
@ashley_gonz14
@kiii3sports
@kiii3news
Governor Abbott just announced that all schools are closed for the remainder of the school year. Sadly I would expect an announcement from the UIL at some point soon.
A woman comes up to me tonight and says, "I don't know if you remember or not, but my son came up to you several years ago at a game when he was 10 years old and told you, 'My name is Isaac Ponce and I'm going to play for G-P someday.'"
Tonight Ponce beat the Moody Trojans.
Jose Altuve and Drew Gilbert warming up on the same field together. Altuve signed a good amount of autographs for the fans.
I told the
@CCHooks
fans that if they saw me running out of the tunnel with the camera to get ready. 😂
@kiii3sports
#3SportsBlitz
@kiii3news
The present and the future of the Astros, all in one spot at Whataburger Field.
José Altuve is here to continue his rehab stint. And Houston’s top prospect Drew Gilbert is making his home debut tonight.
Hear from Gilbert at 6 PM. Altuve will speak after the game.
#3SportsBlitz
#WATCH
: Sinton Head Coach Adrian Alaniz talked last night about the potential of leading Sinton to another title, this time from the dugout after he helped do it 20 years ago from the mound.
Sinton Coach Michael Troutman talks about the run his Pirates made to the region semis last year and Dave Campbell's having them going even further to the region final in 2021.
The Pirates have 10 starters back on offense and nine on defense.
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@Kiii3Sports
@DCTF
Seeing all the recent coaching turmoil in Allen makes me realize how remarkable it is that
@KatyFootball
has had the stability that it has had over the last 40 years with Mike Johnston and Gary Joseph.
Definitely something that shouldn’t be taken for granted.
The
#Astros
’ Chris Devenski and Brian McCann are both in the
@CCHooks
’ lineup tonight for rehab starts. Devo will start on the mound and McCann will catch and bat second.
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#BREAKING
: Texas A&M-Kingsville has named Islanders assistant Orlando Salinas as its interim Softball Head Coach.
Doug Eastman’s employment status is unknown at this time, but the interim tag is for the entire season.
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@kiii3sports
Longtime Carroll girls basketball coach Leticia "Leti" Canales has retired. Canales finishes her storied career in South Texas with 840 career victories after starting in the Valley. She lead the Tigers to the 5A Championship Game in 1999.
@Caller_Len
was the first to report.
I can't stop thinking about Uvalde. I've become a parent twice over since Sandy Hook including one in elementary school and one in daycare.
I often think about how I can't protect them once I drop them off. Makes me sick to my stomach.
4A BASEBALL REGION FINAL - 1-GAME
#2
Sinton 2
#1
Calallen 1 (FINAL)
Sinton’s Canon Chester pushes the Pirates to state with an 8th inning, go ahead homerun.
Highlights from Laredo tonight on TV-3!
#3SportsBlitz
@kiii3sports
.
Last out 👇🏻
With Veterans Memorial’s win tonight, the Coastal Bend has now had a team at the UIL state tournament for 17 straight seasons dating back to 2002.
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Rockport-Fulton is expected to hire Beeville assistant Eric Soza as its next football coach and athletic director.
The school board is voting now.
@kiii3sports
@Matt_Stepp817
#3SportsBlitz
I've never heard of Matt Walsh. He said something really stupid about women not belonging in sports.
Ladies in our business, keep up the good work and try to ignore the BS. Don't feed the trolls.
You belong where you are.
The first sights (👀)and sounds (🗣️) of the 2020 season comes from the Sinton Pirates. Be on the lookout for the Pirates' preview this week!
@Kiii3Sports
#3SportsBlitz
#txhsfb
All-time Astros broadcast moment from Todd Kalas after Springer struck on looking on a low pitch and Altuve stepped up to rip a three run HR. Kalas didn’t miss a beat. I was crying laughing in the sports area.
Warning: don’t read Springer’s lips if you are offended by language.
Royals' Director of Scouting Danny Ontiveros has huge praise for Sinton's Blake Mitchell, comparing the first round pick to what he saw out of Bryce Harper in high school.
Feed courtesy WDAF-TV (Kansas City).
Can’t believe I’m actually having to post this, but QUIT BRINGING WEAPONS TO SCHOOL.
QUIT CALLING IN PRANK ACTIVE SHOOTER ALERTS.
You’re not cool. You’re not funny. You will be reprimanded and/or could go to jail.
Pretty cool: Blake Mitchell already has a player card in MLB The Show ‘23 just hours after being drafted by the Royals.
Thanks to
@Ry_Compeau
for the heads up!
The Kansas City Royals select Blake Mitchell out of Sinton
#8
overall in the draft.
He’s the highest Coastal Bend prospect to be picked since Burt Hooton in 1971 (
#2
/UT).
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@kiii3sports
@kiii3news
I can confirm the ESPN report that Steve Lutz has resigned from Texas A&M-Corpus Christi and will be Western Kentucky’s next Head Coach.
Lutz lead the Islanders to the NCAA Tournament in his first two seasons as a head coach.
#3SportsBlitz
@Islanders_MBB
@kiii3sports
@kiii3news
The Miller Buccaneers and QB Andrew Body are ready for a massive showdown against CCISD rival Veterans Memorial on Friday.
Hear from Body and the Bucs tonight on
@kiii3sports
at 6 PM.
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4A BASEBALL REGION SEMIS
#1
Sinton vs.
#12
Tuloso-Midway
1-Game: Fri. 7 PM @ Coastal Bend College
*T-M was the only team to beat Sinton during the regular season.
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@kiii3sports
@kiii3news
Taft coach Jay Suarez is the first
@CCHooks
fan to attempt the Dallas Keuchel Smoke Stack 60 Food Challenge. He’s got 60 minutes to finish that bad boy.
TIME TO CELEBRATE:
@Islanders_WBB
is headed to the NCAA Tournament after a 68-61 win over Lamar!
Here's their celebration video, courtesy ESPN+.
Paige Allen is your Southland Tournament MVP. Texas A&M-Corpus Christi will hear its name called on Selection Sunday.
@Kiii3Sports
It’s official: the Coastal Bend 5As go 0-for-4 against the Valley in the area around. That includes three state-ranked teams in the coaches poll.
If you had told me that three days ago I would have told you you were crazy. Now I can pretty much say I have seen it all down here.
Happy for
@LutzSteve
. He’s a great guy, an exceptional coach and waited 26 years for his first DI opportunity.
Now he’s led
@Islanders_MBB
to the NCAA Tournament.
It’s been six years since I lost my Dad and it hasn’t gotten any easier without him.
What I wouldn’t give to talk to him one last time.
Tell your parents you love them. Cherish the time you have with them. Sadly it doesn’t last forever.