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CobbWebb71 said:
I think Christian Moore cracks the halos roster at some point this season too.
Probably not opening day, but I think he and Dolly will represent Vol nation in the bigs this season.
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Moore should make opening Day roster but Angels may not what his clock to start just now..
 
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VolPack22 said:
I could watch MJ highlights all day 🔥

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Thank you, VP, for posting that. Seriously. I had forgotten what the game used to look like.

Idk if any of you noticed, but I urge you to go back and watch that video carefully. Focus on MJ's footwork. Not a single Eurostep. Not a single travel of any kind, even on breakaway dunks. Watch his technique as he plants his pivot and does a two foot jump without lifting the pivot to get 4 feet closer to the basket before leaping.

Lebron my freaking %&#.

No one was a great as MJ. I doubt anyone ever will be. If he could have played by today's rules, I can't even fathom.

Please oh please bring back that sport. The product on the court today is a travesty.
 
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Aerie Vol said:
Thank you, VP, for posting that. Seriously. I had forgotten what the game used to look like.

Idk if any of you noticed, but I urge you to go back and watch that video carefully. Focus on MJ's footwork. Not a single Eurostep. Not a single travel of any kind, even on breakaway dunks. Watch his technique as he plants his pivot and does a two foot jump without lifting the pivot to get 4 feet closer to the basket before leaping.

Lebron my freaking %&#.

No one was a great as MJ. I doubt anyone ever will be. If he could have played by today's rules, I can't even fathom.

Please oh please bring back that sport. The product on the court today is a travesty.
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Kobe was the last of that dying breed unfortunately. I love fundamental basketball.
 
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Some of my mom's family lived in North Carolina and her Uncle was a huge North Carolina basketball fan. In 1984 her Uncle invited us to go to ACC tournament with him to watch Micheal Jordan play vs Maryland. Was a really good game til the end when UNC pulled away. Little did I know I was watching two great basketball players on the floor. R.I.P. Len Bias....
 
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Volprofch05 said:
I got to see MJ play twice! 😁
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I got to watch him play….center field. Birmingham came to play the Lookouts at historical Engel Stadium in Chattanooga. That place holds like 12k and they were expecting around 18,000 to want to see the spectacle.

My buddy and I got there early and got decent seats halfway up in line with 3rd base. That’s when the grounds crew rolled out that orange plastic construction fencing from the third base line toward center field. We assumed they might be setting up a pregame little league exhibition or something, until they affixed it straight to the center field wall and ran it to the third base stands around 40 feet from the outfield wall.

It became clear what was happening and we raced to be first in line at the gate to the field. They opened that gate and some 5000 got to watch the game while standing or sitting ON THE FIELD! I was probably 100 feet from MJ. That 3 foot wall must have been around 280-300 ft to the power in left field. Idk if it was pitching or just in the batters head because they were trying to aim the shot, but only 2 or 3 balls flew over that fence that day.

Probably a top 5 memory of my life.
 
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Aerie Vol said:
I got to watch him play….center field. Birmingham came to play the Lookouts at historical Engel Stadium in Chattanooga. That place holds like 12k and they were expecting around 18,000 to want to see the spectacle.

My buddy and I got there early and got decent seats halfway up in line with 3rd base. That’s when the grounds crew rolled out that orange plastic construction fencing from the third base line toward center field. We assumed they might be setting up a pregame little league exhibition or something, until they affixed it straight to the center field wall and ran it to the third base stands around 40 feet from the outfield wall.

It became clear what was happening and we raced to be first in line at the gate to the field. They opened that gate and some 5000 got to watch the game while standing or sitting ON THE FIELD! I was probably 100 feet from MJ. That 3 foot wall must have been around 280-300 ft to the power in left field. Idk if it was pitching or just in the batters head because they were trying to aim the shot, but only 2 or 3 balls flew over that fence that day.

Probably a top 5 memory of my life.
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I was there, at Bill Meyers Stadium, definitely most crowded I had ever seen.

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His Royal Airness in Knoxville: Michael Jordan vs The Smokies

After retiring from professional basketball in 1993, Michael Jordan played Minor League baseball, including multiple games against the Knoxville Smokies.
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