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Originally Posted by Darrell KSR

• Javon Shelby went 3-3 last night with a HR & 4 runs scored, played SS for the Amsterdam Mohawks of the Perfect Game Collegiate Baseball League.
  
  
• Micheal Thomas got moved up to the NY-Penn league yesterday. I don't know much about MiLB, but that's a promotion.
  
  
• Kyle Cody was named Cape Cod pitcher of the week. Threw 7 shutout innings, understand his fastball was at 96mph. 7 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 6 K, Retired the final 8 he faced.
  
  
• Haven't checked

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Originally Posted by Darrell KSR

Originally Posted by UKFlounder

I know nothing about him but saw some tweets about this

“@PBRMichigan: Nick Plummer (2015, OF, Brother Rice) has committed to the University of Kentucky! @nplum11 @BroRiceWarriors”

Originally Posted by dtalbersjr

UK just announced that it signed a massive new multimedia rights deal. $210 million over 15 years with JMI Sports.

http://www.ukathletics.com/genrel/062314aab.html

I've only skimmed it, but a few things jumped out immediately.

-Old deal was $8 million per year and included some TV rights. This deal includes no TV rights (all with SEC Network now), but still jumped to $14 million/year.
-JMI Sports has never done a college multimedia rights deal

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Originally Posted by Darryl

In the early years nearly every game was versus a ranked conference champion level opponent and there
were not as many games, but our 23 year run from 1992-2014 is still danged impressive. By each decade
UK's record in the NCAAT:

All time we are 116-47 for 71.2%

1940-49 8-2 for 80%

1950-59 13-5 for 72.2%

1960-69 7-7 for 50%

1970-79 14-7 for 66.7%

1980-89 11-8 for 57.9%

1990-99

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