Monday, July 22, 2024

Touchdown Dear Old Dartmouth

This is an oldie-but-goodie posted just two days ago and listed this morning as having had "no views." Gotta love the Walt & Ernie's cover photo choice. ;-)

 

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From Dartmouth football's social media account comes a series of photos of Dartmouth football coach Sammy McCorkle tossing out the first pitch at an Upper Valley Nighthawks summer baseball game. The Nighthawks play in the wood-bat New England Collegiate Baseball League.

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Following up on yesterday's posting about Niko Lalos '20, his former teammate Isaiah Johnson '22 – who grad transferred for two years at Syracuse – is on the Miami Dolphins' roster as a corner heading into training camp. The Fins' first practice will be on Sunday.

The website Spotrac describes the contact earned by the former Big Green and Orange standout this way (LINK):

Isaiah Johnson signed a 3 year, $2,847,500 contract with the Miami Dolphins, including $17,500 signing bonus, $50,000 guaranteed, and an average annual salary of $949,167. In 2024, Johnson will earn a base salary of $795,000 and a signing bonus of $17,500, while carrying a cap hit of $800,833 and a dead cap value of $50,000.

Keep in mind, he still has to make the team to earn the base salary.

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EXTRA POINT
Watching the Open championship on Saturday I was struck by a bit of a resemblance between pro golfer Justin Rose and Hamilton "Ham" Porter, the catcher in the movie The Sandlot famous for the saying, "You're killing me, Smalls."

OK, Rose is skinny in comparison to the chubby catcher, but hey, even Mrs. BGA could see a hint of a  resemblance when we pulled out the DVD and re-watched the sweet 1993 film. It still makes me laugh even when I know half the lines, like this classic offered by Ham when his rag-tag team was challenged:

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