FB: Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

[OzJohnnie]

A week off sucks.

Does anyone think Erdmann will start the next game?  Or perhaps Alvord has grabbed his opportunity and claimed top position for the rest of the year?  He made some impressive throws last weekend.

[OzJohnnie]

57;

I learned of an internet acronym that will be useful for you. TLDR. It mean "too long, didn't read."

[DuffMan]

Saw on Twitter that Dave DeLand is gone from the St. Cloud Times as Gannett goes through yet another brutal round of layoffs company wide. Dave provided awesome coverage to the Johnnies for several decades, a big reason no D3 school has had coverage over the years like SJU. Big loss, and yet another bad day for those who care about the newspaper biz.

Yeah, that sucks.  Dave's been on the sports beat at the SC Times for as long as I can remember.

[57Johnnie]

57;

I learned of an internet acronym that will be useful for you. TLDR. It mean "too long, didn't read."

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Best post I have read lately 

[57Johnnie]

57;

I learned of an internet acronym that will be useful for you. TLDR. It mean "too long, didn't read."

+k
Best post I have read lately 

Upon further review, I think the acronym is unnecessarily lengthy.
I believe I will just use 'TL'.     

[SagatagSam]

Saw on Twitter that Dave DeLand is gone from the St. Cloud Times as Gannett goes through yet another brutal round of layoffs company wide. Dave provided awesome coverage to the Johnnies for several decades, a big reason no D3 school has had coverage over the years like SJU. Big loss, and yet another bad day for those who care about the newspaper biz.

Wow. That's awful.  I took a journalism class that Dave taught at SJU and consider it one of the highlights of my undergrad experience.

I guess this means that nobody is safe in the newspaper business.

[jknezek]

Saw on Twitter that Dave DeLand is gone from the St. Cloud Times as Gannett goes through yet another brutal round of layoffs company wide. Dave provided awesome coverage to the Johnnies for several decades, a big reason no D3 school has had coverage over the years like SJU. Big loss, and yet another bad day for those who care about the newspaper biz.

Wow. That's awful.  I took a journalism class that Dave taught at SJU and consider it one of the highlights of my undergrad experience.

I guess this means that nobody is safe in the newspaper business.

Not these days. I graduated with degrees in business and print journalism 16 years ago. I got offered several reporting jobs for about half as much per year as it cost to go to college. I got offered several jobs in finance for 1.5x as much as it cost to go to college per year. I'm really glad I chose to follow the money, because becoming a print journalist was a dead end. I feel bad for these guys. Lots of really good writers and lots of experience have been gutted, and I can't help but think it helps lead to the current state of discourse in this country. Everyone now has to play to an audience to survive instead of actually presenting news more or less objectively, and so we get the confirmation bias that is a major part of our vicious national split.

[SagatagSam]

I think the rushing the field has worn out its welcome.

Uh, yes.  Thank you.

I tolerate it it in two circumstances and that's it:

1) Monumental upsets
2) Walk-off wins

Otherwise, it loses its feel of being something special--or at least caused by something special.

[Pat Coleman]

Wow. That's awful.  I took a journalism class that Dave taught at SJU and consider it one of the highlights of my undergrad experience.

I guess this means that nobody is safe in the newspaper business.

Not these days. I graduated with degrees in business and print journalism 16 years ago. I got offered several reporting jobs for about half as much per year as it cost to go to college. I got offered several jobs in finance for 1.5x as much as it cost to go to college per year. I'm really glad I chose to follow the money, because becoming a print journalist was a dead end. I feel bad for these guys. Lots of really good writers and lots of experience have been gutted, and I can't help but think it helps lead to the current state of discourse in this country. Everyone now has to play to an audience to survive instead of actually presenting news more or less objectively, and so we get the confirmation bias that is a major part of our vicious national split.

Indeed, nobody is. I would never go back to a full-time journalism job at this point. I need better job security than that.

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[wartknight]

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[ChicagoTommie]

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I hope we can stack some more [ W ] It been way to long for the Cubbies...

The last time the cubs won the world series:

Both radio and TV were invented
Fourteen teams were added to Major League Baseball
George Burns celebrated his 10th, 20th, 30th, 40th, 50th, 60th, 70th, 80th, 90th and 100th birthdays
Haley's comet passed Earth, twice
Harry Caray was born, and died
The NBA, NHL and NFL were formed, and Chicago teams won championships in each league
The US fought in World War I, World War II, Korean War, Vietnam War, Persian Gulf War, Iraq War, Afghanistan War
Man landed on the moon
Sixteen US presidents were elected
Eleven amendments added to the Constitution
Prohibition was created and repealed
The Titanic was built, set sail, sank, and was re discovered
Wrigley Field was built and becomes the oldest park in the National League
Flag poles were erected on Wrigley Field roof to hold all of the team's future World Series pennants, which have since rusted and been taken down
A combination of 40 Summer and Winter Olympics have been held
Thirteen baseball players have won the Triple Crown
Swing music, bell-bottoms, and disco came in style, went out of style and came back in style
The Chicago White Sox, Cleveland Indians, Boston Red Sox and Florida Marlins have all won the World Series; what next, the Nationals?!?
The Cubs played almost 15,000 regular-season games, losing the majority of them
Alaska, Arizona, Hawaii, Oklahoma and New Mexico were admitted to the Union

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[sfury]

The last time the Cubs won the World Series, the Tommies-Johnnies overall series was tied 2-2.

[57Johnnie]

The last time the Cubs won the World Series, the Tommies-Johnnies overall series was tied 2-2.

+k.     

[sfury]

The last time the Cubs won the World Series, the Tommies-Johnnies overall series was tied 2-2.

+k.     

And 57Johnnie had only had troubles with his iPad and Stretch four times.