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Getting a load of bird poop is considered lucky in many cultures. Maybe this will be our lucky year.

Too bad Ubel is still pursuing his playing career.

Answers 1. Johnny Sain 2. Babe Ruth. July 28, 1943 in a fundraiser for the War, a team of Navy recruits known as the "Cloudbuster Nine" played a team of Yankee/Indian stars in Yankee Stadium. Sain pitched to Ruth who was the manager for the all stars and he walked in his final appearance. At the game Williams asked Babe to sign a baseball, the only time he ever asked anyone to do that. Source: Anne Keene, author of the book "Cloudbuster Nine". She gave an interview in the NY Times on July 28,2018 with this information. See the LJS for a review of her book if interested.

Both wrong according to my "inside" source. Answers tonight if anyone else would like to guess. And both questions are based on a single game.

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Since this is "down time" for most Husker sports, I thought these trivia questions were too good not to share. Anyone care to guess? 1. The same pitcher threw Babe Ruth his last pitch in an organized major league game as a Yankee and Jackie Robinson his first pitch as a Brooklyn Dodger. Who was he? 2. Ted Williams only asked one player to ever autograph a baseball. Who was that player?

I'm pretty sure that BPI stands for By Pinheaded Idiots. I am also virtually certain these ratings are picked from a hat somewhere.

That is because the Diaz era existed in BT time. The cosmos seems to have expanded into a separate time continuum in the AT era.

As the "Human Battering Ram" so aptly stated, this may all be a bit of "Poppycock".

He will not be doing basketball broadcasts any more due to his new responsibilities. I, for one, will miss the snappy patter between Kent and Matt.

Does anyone else think it is odd that 4 players on the team weigh exactly 180 lbs.?

Creighton #71. This must mean we beat them by 25 this year.

Long vows to put KU football at the top of the Big 12. They have obviously hired an AD from an alternate universe.

I date Barry's downfall to the day they dropped Cip's hamburgers from their menu.

No question about Roby having all the tools. The only potential problem is that he has been a bit brittle physically to this point in his career. If he stays healthy he could become NU's best ever if he continues to improve at his present rate.