General Sports Talk

There were a couple of women's basketball leagues before the WNBA, but none of them had the deep pockets of the WNBA.
Without the NBA subsidies, I don't think the WNBA could exist. While the league doesn't disclose its finances, by contract, a portion of profits goes into a pool for players. Last year was the first season that money went into the pool. Few businesses can go thirty years without a profit. I'm not sure how the IRS allows it. If a comic dealer went five years without a profit, the IRS would have called his business a hobby and treated it as such.

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Rodman was a monster defender and an awesome rebounder

Dennis shot over 60% from the field one year which is quite rare and exceptional for someone who's not a center close to or over 7'0"

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This is an example of statistics being misleading. Rodman was a terrible shot and ranked near the bottom in free-throw and 3-point accuracy. His teams didn't run plays for him,but if he got an offensive rebound and had a clear shot to the basket, he was clutch.
He was an All-Time defender and rebounder but scoring wasn't his forte. Most small forwards are scorers. The Pistons had Kelly Tripuks, an All-Star small forward who could score, but they traded him away and gave his job to Rodman.

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Rodman was a monster defender and an awesome rebounder whose problems were mostly off-court. Laimbeer was a punk who tried to intentionally hurt players on many occasions.
Rodman and Rick Mahorn played hard and physical but weren't cheap shot artists. Laimbeer used to target opponents' ankles and knees.
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Larry Bird said Bill Laimbeer was a player he disliked personally. There's a reason why Bill Laimbeer didn't get a HC job in the NBA, despite his WNBA success.

Lucas Glover became the first PGA golfer ever to have his first two rounds not have a single 5 or higher. He birdied all 6 par 5’s and made no bogeys on the 22 par 4’s.

Whenever I am awed by these feats, I have to remind myself that they are playing a course likely1200 yards longer than the ones I play. With greens substantially faster. With pubs more devilishly placed on the greens.

Ohtani hit his 300th home run while of course leading that list in strikeouts thrown. There are 8 MLB players with 300 homers who have thrown a strikeout. Everyone will get Ruth. But who amongst you would get the 4th leading strikeout ace with at least 300 homers?

I didn’t have Dave Kingman on my bingo card!

Kingman was a very good pitcher in college before converting to third base.

An interesting question. I attended a game where a 300-home-run batter, Rocky Colavito, was the winning pitcher, but I don't know if he got a strikeout.
I'm pretty sure Canseco and Anthony Rizzo are on the list.

The Colivito game was strange, in that he came in with the Yankees down either 5-0 or 6-0, but it was early in the game. Colito was a former big star on his last legs. He pitched and won the first game of a doubleheader when the Yankees came back. He hit a home run in the second game.

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Ohtani hit his 300th home run while of course leading that list in strikeouts thrown. There are 8 MLB players with 300 homers who have thrown a strikeout. Everyone will get Ruth. But who amongst you would get the 4th leading strikeout ace with at least 300 homers?

I didn’t have Dave Kingman on my bingo card!
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So who are the 8 MLB players with 300 homers and at least one strikeout pitched?

I believe Ted Williams pitched and has one strikeout. Rocky Colavito pitched twice (for two different teams) and got 2 strikeouts

I know Stan Musial pitched in one game but didn't get anyone out.

Jose Canseco, Adam Dunn and Albert Pujols each pitched one inning but no strikeouts.

George Sisler started out as a pitcher, but he had way less than 300 hrs.

Going to guess Swisher before looking it up.

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Going to guess Swisher before looking it up.
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No, I remember Swisher getting a strikeout with the Yankees but he falls short at 245 HR.