Cleaning out the inbox

We start with the inbox with a short announcement on the end of the Hagerstown Suns season as the Suns were unable to score a run in either game in Savannah against the Sand Gnats and lost the series in four games.

I feel bad for the Suns,of course,but as I was told earlier tonight by my friend and loyal Suns fan-Denise, "So much of the past 2 seasons (has been) dominated by negativity, apathy & deceit",it makes me feel sad for the loyal fan base that just wanted one championship to go out on.
It was a great year for Suns baseball,when you consider few of the Suns are considered real prospects (season in review coming up soon),and a season that will be remembered by us even after the team is no more.

Amateur wrestling managed to fight its way back into the 2020 Olympics where it belongs and some credit needs to go to the man still known as the face of American Wrestling-Dan Gable.
Gable's record includes a career at Iowa State that saw him go undefeated until his final match of his career,an Olympic Gold medal in the 1972 games and a career as head coach at Iowa that saw him compose a record that ranks at the top of any sport,not just wrestling.
Wright Thompson might be my favorite current writer and his article on Gable's past,his present and what the legends deal with every day is tremendously well written.
Even if you don't like wrestling or never heard of Dan Gable-take a few minutes and read this story.

As a fan of UNLV back in the days of Jerry Tarkanian,Tark the Shark's long overdue election to the basketball hall of fame brought with it quite a few Tarkanian articles.
This link looks at a few various posts on what made the Shark HOF worthy and worth a look for either the Vegas fan or the college hoops fan.
This one looks at the loyalty of Tarkanian to his past players.
Makes one look deeper at Tarkanian than his wild and loose reputation from his days at UNLV.

Terry Pluto talked to former Tribe pitcher Jaret Wright on his 1997 World Series with the Indians and what he is doing today,
It is hard to believe that Wright is just 37 years of age.
Wright was supposed to anchor the Indians rotation for years,but hard living and injuries curtailed those hopes.

ESPN does another retrospective of endurance runner Steve Prefontaine on the 40th anniversary of his final race for the Oregon Ducks.
Prefontaine has been the subject of two movies,books and more and for a person that never won an Olympic medal ( Prefontaine was 4th in the Munich games in the 5,000 meters),his legacy lives on in the minds of track fans (and non fans) as he is the comparison for any American distance runner...

Finally a goodbye to former Chicago Cub pitcher Glen Hobbie at the age of 77.
Hobbie put together a few solid years for the Cubs before injuring his arm, essentially ending his career.
Hobbie recently signed some cards for my collection and they were appreciated.

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