Shorts:
- Pumped about this 2023 class. Shep is a modern guard. Love everything about his game. Dillingham is lightning in a bottle and a good shooter. Wagner is tough. Edwards is everything you want in a modern wing - I think he’s an ideal 4 but unlike Brooks, is certainly skilled enough to be a 3.
All that said, we need some vets in the mix. Fredrick/Reeves/Ware/Kingley and hell maybe even another round of Tschibwe.
- Tell you what- feels pretty good being excited about the NFL headed into August.
- Remember how treacherously alleys were presented to youngsters in the 80s?
- Could use some “Last Chance U” right about now.
- Underrated thing about 80s/90s baseball- the “Our Guy” superstars - those guys who played with one team throughout their entire career and were one with that city. Sandberg and Chicago. Ripken and Baltimore. Puckett and Minnesota. Brett and KC. Gwynn and SD.
- Jeter Doc: Remarkably, I knew all five players drafted before Jeter, as in could give you a decent scouting report. Miss knowing that much about a particular topic.
- Taking shots has never really been about the alcohol and is only somewhat about getting drunk. It’s about the ceremony. It’s about community. That’s something BBdK, Willy, Anth and I always understood but a lot of you missed.
- Anyone else subscribe to the Field of 68 daily Substack newsletter? Terrifically formatted little primer on the day’s news in college basketball. Perfect for us

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- “The Anarchists” docuseries on HBO is terrific. Documentarian follows a group of anarchists who move to Acapulco and form a community of expats. They all get rich on Crypto and of course attract much crazier people. Good stuff three episodes in.
- If I was a super smart kid with my choice of non-Ivy, I’m going to University of Virginia or Vanderbilt.