Monday, April 6, 2026

Baseball season and the Redbirds!

 Bryan in Tulsa

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Bobblehead Sports:

Well, well, well, is a seemingly deep subject, so when we have a new male boy being born into the Mimi and Papi grandkid group of now 8 grands that I may discuss some , or quite a bit, in the BLOG‼️ Don’t get me wrong we love the granddaughters (numbering 5) between 3 and 9 years old! Any night could be a Barbie and Swifty party with a sleepover at the candy-filled, Mimi  and Papi's home‼️ My youngest son Bryson and his better half Lena are having their first child and he will be born in mid πŸ”₯ August! Hot! The newly unnamed third boy behind 11 year old Gus and 3 -year-old Monty will have lots of mommy cousins to help babysit over the years!

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Lena and Bryson, the things you get to look forward to‼️‼️



B in T Somewhat Funny Notes:

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πŸ€At one point my Tulsa Golden Hurricane, Auburn (cheaters), Arizona, Illinois, AND the sweet sixteen of the Adult Division II of Wheelchair Basketball were the only teams left playing basketball, well the NBA really doesn't count‼️

Top Wheelchair Teams

1. Kansas City Kings
2. Arkansas Rollin’ Razorbacks
3. Seattle Sonics
4. Tucson Lobos
5. Memorial Rehabilitation Sharks
6. Ability360 Wheelchair Suns
7. NMCSD Wolfpack
8. Lakeshore Storm
9. Bridge City Rolling Blazers
10. Shepherd Stealers
11. ParaSport Spokane
12. Texas Ball Hogs
13. Detroit Wheelchair Pistons
14. CAST Iron Skillets
15. Charlotte Rollin’ Hornets – Teal
16. Tampa Bay Strong Dogs


Don't forget the handicap‼️


πŸ€Coach Hoiberg, you need 5 players on the court sir!!

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He effed up bro! 

I tried to put 6 players in my daughter's 6th grade Cascia team numerous times. We still went 0-10!  

⚾️After an abysmal first series, the Cardinals bullpen bounced back against the Mets and for the series posted: 


IP: 13.0

H: 5

R: 0

ER: 0

BB: 7

K: 9

HR: 0


🏈The top 2026 NFL Draft DTs:

1Jordan van den Berg, Georgia Tech

2Aaron Hall, Duke

3Lee Hunter, Texas Tech

4Tyler Onyedim, Texas A&M

5Nahki Johnson, Tulsa  6-3,   300 lbs, this dude ran over a TU cheerleader and was unscaved! No shat bro!

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Yes sir, it is correct!

THIS MAN HAS NO NECK‼️

B in T projected 5th round to da Dallas Cowboys biooothch!

6Ansel Din-Mbuh, TCU

7Kayden McDonald, Ohio State

8Jeremiah Williams, Jackson State

9Deven Eastern, Minnesota

10Brandon Cleveland, NC State

11Josiah Green, Duke

12 Zxavian Harris, Ole Miss


πŸ‘¨‍🦳This picture reminds me of my late Uncle Jeff ‼️‼️ For some reason when I was a kid if he asked me to PULL his finger, like an idiot, I did‼️ True shat! Google it!

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         Great Uncle Jeff RIP


πŸ€This is referee Roger Ayers! This dude is a big time stud because he pretended to clean up a water spot on the floor at the very end of the Oregon vs Liberty game (Oregon was up 30) so Liberty bench player J.C. Shirer Jr. could see the floor in an NCAA Tournament game πŸ₯Ί

Sometimes the game is bigger than the score‼️πŸ”½πŸ”½πŸ”½πŸ”½πŸ”½πŸ”½πŸ”½πŸ”½πŸ”½πŸ”½πŸ”½πŸ”½

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B in T NCAA πŸ€Scores‼️


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B in T MLB


Cardinals


A super friend since my college years, he is like a brother from another mother and a die-hard Cardinal baseball fan, sent me the best spring training analysis yet:

(even better than TMZ Sports)


I was at yesterday’s game, the final home game of the spring.  I attended eight games this spring including a trip to Bradenton FL home of the Pirates.  This photo is of Nolan Gorman at bat.  

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Here are my observations:


Burleson - awesome spring.  Led the team in hitting

Gorman - respectable spring bringing in an average around .275.  Two or three homers

JJ Wetherholt - good spring.  Earned starting second base job.  


Other standouts:


Nathan Church - young guy.  Good power   He might start in left since Sagessee has been gone to Team Italy in WBC


Nelson Velasquez - big bat. Marginal fielder


Packy Naughton - probably earned bullpen spot


Disappointments:

Jordan Walker - Still can’t hit. Batting well below .200.  No extra base hits this spring. Needs to be sent down or traded


Scott III - Very good speed but can’t hit consistently.  (I miss Bader!)


Pitching 

Liberatore - strong spring

Leahy - good spring outings

Dustin May (new guy, throws 99mph) - wild but great potential


At this point, hopefully a .500 rebuild season


That’s all from sunny south Florida

Cheers!


Cubs 

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Pretty below-average spring training record for th Cubby wubbies but they are ready for the regular season to start quickly! The Cubs did lead the Cactus League in Ties‼️‼️


Royals

Can he do this for the Royals?

Kansas City Royals third baseman Maikel Garcia couldn’t have written a better script to begin his 2026 campaign. After a breakout campaign las season he rolled back into Royals spring camp as a newly minted champion! Earlier this week, Garcia helped his home country Venezuela win its first World Baseball Classic title!

And he arrived with one more piece of hardware. Garcia earned MVP honors for the 2026 World Baseball Classic‼️


Blackwell Flycatchers


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Dodgers

The Tulsa Ranch Dippers‼️

The Dodgers' Double-A affiliate is the Tulsa Drillers, but for four games this season they are planning to be the Tulsa Ranch Dippers. What???

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Love the color coordinated cap that matches the pizza served at Driller Stadium concessions‼️


Brewers

Kyle Harrison

Lefty Starter Harrison

is working on a new pitch, which is the modern-day best shape of his life‼️ Sometimes those new pitches don't amount to much and they go on the shelf once the regular season begins, like Paul Skenes' cutter last spring! Sometimes they stick and change a player's outlook. JesΓΊs Luzardo picked up a sweeper last spring and it fueled his breakout season. 

Still only 24, Harrison went from the Giants :to the Red Sox in the Rafael Devers trade last summer, and from the Red Sox to the Brewers in the Caleb Dean trade last month. He has a solid enough 4.39 ERA in 194 ⅔ MLB innings, though the big strikeout numbers he posted in the minors have dried up. Harrison's career 10.0% swinging strike rate is below the 11.0% league average‼️

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Have a great sports week!


Bryan in Tulsa!




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Monday, March 30, 2026

Boccia returns with Medals!

A special note to our Boccia ball fans and supporters: 

Over the last two years we have made strides to improve the Boccia team and traveled to different tournaments!! We added some new folks and were very well represented at the Mississippi USA Boccia Tournament last week in St Louis!  We were zilch out of medals last year BUT 4 out of 6 Center folks came back with medals, new guy Austin received a Silver medal in BC3, wild man Lee received a Silver in BC5‼️‼️ Bryan Foghorn Leghorn received a Silver for BC6 , and finally super stud Stephen Ramped his way to Bronze in BC2‼️ Four medals for my friends at the Center Twisters, CONGRATS TO THE TWISTERS‼️ 

(Thanks to our friends and family members who watched the game in St Louis)


Bryan in Tulsa

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Bobblehead Sports:

The Grands, Daddio, and an old dude whom they found asleep in their seats, on the far right!!                        πŸ”½πŸ”½πŸ”½

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πŸ€Ok……Ok………Ok, one more TU courtside pictureπŸ€ͺ‼️πŸ”½πŸ”½

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The TU Cheerleaders with our little Granddaughters Elliott and Charlie❤️‼️


B in T Somewhat Funny Notes:

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⚾️A little bit overlooked in spring training but a 17-year-old from the Brazilian team jammed the USA’s Aaron Judge with a 98 mph fastball to hit into a double play to end an inning! The USA still won 15 to 5‼️

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Someone in the MLB must sign him before he becomes a soccer player‼️ Later in the same game Judge smacks 2 dingers!  I hate to judge the Yankees but I will‼️


πŸ₯ŽKendall Wells is only a freshman……geesh‼️

The gargantuan home run Kendall Wells hit in the fourth inning of Saturday's second game, a 10-0, five-inning win over Louisiana, was right up there, next to Pluto in distance, actually 304 feet‼️

"It was pretty far," coach Patti Gasso said, smirking a bit. "It's funny because we had just had a conversation because I'm trying to give her signals and she doesn't look down at me, and I'm getting ticked off!!  Ha don't get Patti mad! I think that was a run-and-hit! So it's almost like, 'OK, you want to play that game, watch this.' 

"She wins."  The 304 ft softball homer off the all star freshman’s bat proved to be further than some homeruns at Tulsa Driller park will be at 295 ft right field fence!!

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⚾️2026 Tulsa Driller Ranch Dipper Ball Caps‼️‼️‼️‼️

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Can't wait ‼️‼️


🏈Tulsa Football recently offered 2028 Glasgow, Scotland safety Kyle Sledge!! Sledge was the perfect name for a 220lb free safety who broke ten bones on other folks while playing high school rugby‼️ Ha!

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Sledge is a Senior at The Glasgow South Academy in Glasgow, Scotland! πŸ”ΌπŸ”ΌπŸ”ΌπŸ”Ό

He loves TU and is interested in the sheep-herding which TU just recently has offered as a minor‼️ He will play Tulsa University Club Rugby and will probably be TU’s starting free safety as a freshman‼️ He could be Tulsa’s first two-sport athlete since Nancy Lopez played golf and was the cocswaim on the Tulsa Rowing team‼️

πŸ€ Coach Hoiberg, you need 5 players on the court sir!!

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B in T NCAA TournamentπŸ€Projected Scores‼️


B in T NIT Final Four picks:

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Tulsa 78 New Mexico 73

Tulsa with a refreshed power forward and first team All American Conference, the Golden Hurricane overcame a 13-point first-half deficit to lead by 8 with a half-court shot with .08 seconds left at the end of the game‼️ The Tulsa team, fans, band, and cheerleaders stormed the court in celebration but then realized they had the NIT Championship game in 5 days‼️Oooooops…..back to practice TU‼️


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The 2026 NIT Final Four (semifinals and championship) will be held in Indianapolis, Indiana. The semifinals are scheduled for Thursday, April 2, at Hinkle Fieldhouse:

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and the championship game is on Sunday, April 5, at Gainbridge Fieldhouse as part of a historic, joint 2026 NCAA championship weekend‼️

Semifinals: April 2, 2026, at Hinkle Fieldhouse- Tulsa vs New Mexico and Auburn vs Illinois State!!

Championship: April 5, 2026, at Gainbridge Fieldhouse.

Significance: For the first time, the NIT, Division I, II, and III men's basketball championships are being held in the same city on the same weekend‼️Two teams from Oklahoma may be in the National Finals‼️ 

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Oklahoma Baptist University  Division III, and Tulsa U in the NIT‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️


Oklahoma 94 Colorado 81

Crown Royal Tournament 

Las Vegas, NV (T-Mobile Arena & MGM Grand Garden Arena)

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OU guards Nijel Pack and Xzayvavierr  Brown combined for 70% of the shots and fortunately accounted 70% of the total points in the victory! So as Sooner play-by-play Toby Rowland says when victory is imminent—’ you can put the ponies in the barn, the Sooners are in the final four of the second year of the Crown Royal Basketball Tournament”

Thanks, Toby!!


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B in T on MLB


Cardinals

Possible new superstar to get into outfield mix‼️

Joshua Baez: Right-handed power threat!

Cardinals outfield prospect Joshua Baez is having a spring to remember. Recently, he homered in three straight games, and his quality of contact has been off the charts throughout camp, no cheap shots for Baez, only rocketsπŸš€πŸš€‼️

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Cubs 

This opening day remembrance was for long-time LXA TU grad and lifelong Cubs fan Wes Rucker‼️

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True shat, TU LCA brothers‼️


Royals

Bobby Witt is a stud, plain and simple‼️

In the Royals organization almost everyone had seen the plays Witt made against Mexico hitters in back-to-back innings! For his first act, Witt ranged to his right and onto the outfield grass to snag Alejandro Kirk’s one-hopper with a full-extension dive before throwing from his knees to get Kirk out at first.

Oh my god Moses has parted the Red Sea!! The next inning he dove for a grounder to his left and went around his back to get the force on second to end Mexico’s inning‼️No Shat Bro!


Blackwell Flycatchers


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Jake Skantze 2026 Field Manager of Blackwell Flycatchers⚾️⚾️⚾️⚾️⚾️⚾️

Skantze is the 2026 Field Manager for the Blackwell Flycatchers, Jack owns every offensive record in team history and has played all three seasons for the Flycatchers as an outfielder. Due to vision problems he is moving the coaching side for 2026!

Astros-

The Stros are projected to be second in the AL Central. With stud reliever Josh Hader on the injured list to start the season the Stros will rely on relief by committee and set-up man Bryan Abreu!


Dodgers

The Dodgers won’t visit the White House during their only road trip to Washington to face the Nationals on April 3 BUT they are still likely to visit at some point this year or never if Trumper is in office‼️ Hehehe!

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Brewers

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This current Bernie Brewer has been going down the Brewer slip- in-slide for 21 years, and after two knee surgeries on each of his legs (he tragically lost 3 inches of height) he is forced to retire!! He is now known as “Stumpy”Brewer‼️ Hehehe! 


Have a great sports week!


Bryan in Tulsa!

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