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some things never change. I love football.

Thank you for your service Charles

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Berra-isms (colloquial expressions that lack logic) are now countless, and many of them are just attributed to Berra, even if he never actually said them. As he so perfectly put it: “I never said most of the things I said.” Here are 50 of our favorites.

1. When you come to a fork in the road, take it.

2. You can observe a lot by just watching.

3. It ain’t over till it’s over

4. It’s like déjà vu all over again.

5. No one goes there nowadays, it’s too crowded.

6. Baseball is ninety percent mental and the other half is physical.

7. A nickel ain’t worth a dime anymore.

8. Always go to other people’s funerals, otherwise they won’t come to yours.

9. We made too many wrong mistakes.

10. Congratulations. I knew the record would stand until it was broken.

11. You better cut the pizza in four pieces because I’m not hungry enough to eat six.

12. You wouldn’t have won if we’d beaten you.

13. I usually take a two-hour nap from one to four.

14. Never answer an anonymous letter.

15. Slump? I ain’t in no slump… I just ain’t hitting.

16. How can you think and hit at the same time?

17. The future ain’t what it used to be.

18. I tell the kids, somebody’s gotta win, somebody’s gotta lose. Just don’t fight about it. Just try to get better.

19. It gets late early out here.

20. If the people don’t want to come out to the ballpark, nobody’s going to stop them.

21. We have deep depth.

22. Pair up in threes.

23. Why buy good luggage, you only use it when you travel.

24. You’ve got to be very careful if you don’t know where you are going, because you might not get there.

25. All pitchers are liars or crybabies.

26. Even Napoleon had his Watergate.

27. Bill Dickey is learning me his experience.

28. He hits from both sides of the plate. He’s amphibious.

29. It was impossible to get a conversation going, everybody was talking too much.

30. I can see how he (Sandy Koufax) won twenty-five games. What I don’t understand is how he lost five.

31. I don’t know (if they were men or women fans running naked across the field). They had bags over their heads.

32. I’m a lucky guy and I’m happy to be with the Yankees. And I want to thank everyone for making this night necessary.

33. I’m not going to buy my kids an encyclopedia. Let them walk to school like I did.

34. In baseball, you don’t know nothing.

35. I never blame myself when I’m not hitting. I just blame the bat and if it keeps up, I change bats. After all, if I know it isn’t my fault that I’m not hitting, how can I get mad at myself?

36. I never said most of the things I said.

37. It ain’t the heat, it’s the humility.

38. If you ask me anything I don’t know, I’m not going to answer.

39. I wish everybody had the drive he (Joe DiMaggio) had. He never did anything wrong on the field. I’d never seen him dive for a ball, everything was a chest-high catch, and he never walked off the field.

40. So I’m ugly. I never saw anyone hit with his face.

41. Take it with a grin of salt.

42. (On the 1973 Mets) We were overwhelming underdogs.

43. The towels were so thick there I could hardly close my suitcase.

44. Little League baseball is a very good thing because it keeps the parents off the streets.

45. Mickey Mantle was a very good golfer, but we weren’t allowed to play golf during the season; only at spring training.

46. You don’t have to swing hard to hit a home run. If you got the timing, it’ll go.

47. I’m lucky. Usually you’re dead to get your own museum, but I’m still alive to see mine.

48. If I didn’t make it in baseball, I won’t have made it workin’. I didn’t like to work.

49. If the world were perfect, it wouldn’t be.

50. A lot of guys go, ‘Hey, Yog, say a Yogi-ism.’ I tell ’em, ‘I don’t know any.’ They want me to make one up. I don’t make ’em up. I don’t even know when I say it. They’re the truth. And it is the truth. I don’t know.

Gods gotta great one... we will miss him..

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Lady Blues edge Vernon for sixth straight win
Antonio Morales

Izzy Maberry launches a serve. (Antonio Morales)

The Lady Blues (21-9) overcame a noticeable height disadvantage and pulled out a gritty road victory over the squad that eliminated them from the 2014 playoffs on Tuesday. Graham’s varsity volleyball squad relied on their tenacious defense to hold off Vernon (25-22, 17-25, 25-21, 26-24), sending them into Friday’s district opener with a six-game win streak intact.
“Our attitudes had a big role in how we played,” sophomore setter Jasmine Sims said. “We stayed positive and lifted each other up throughout the game.”
Although Vernon sported three players who were at least 6-feet, the Lady Blues kept their potent offense off balance with a resilient effort and effective game plan.
“I was very proud of our net play,” Lady Blues head coach Marci Faulk said. “They had some of the better hitters we’ve seen in awhile. At the beginning of the game, we weren’t picking up many blocks, but then we got their timing down.”
The Lady Blues tallied 19 blocks throughout the four-set game, as Sims, Veronica Breitkreutz and Izzy Maberry led the way with 16 combined rejections
“That’s a big number with our height,” Faulk said. “That was huge for us. When you’re blocking their good hitters it gets to them mentally and frustrates them.”
Sims credits the daily practice sessions and the team’s will to win for their success up front.
“Although we’re not big in height, we are big in heart,” Sims said. “Preparation during practice and working hard to overcome our weaknesses pulled us through to the fourth set and led us to the win.”
Sims and her teammates never shied away from the spotlight in a contest that featured several pressure moments.
“Our kids were there wanting the ball when we needed a big play,” Faulk said. “We never took ourselves out of a situation to win. We lost that second set, but the girls never panicked. Whether they were behind or ahead on the board, they didn’t get rattled. They kept their composure and played the game like it should be played.”
Sims also paced Graham’s offense with 13 kills, and Lexie Allen added 10. Sims and Marleigh Sanders manufactured 18 assists apiece, while Nicole King hustled out 11 digs.
The back-and-forth battle against the Lady Lions provided yet another confidence booster for the Lady Blues heading into Friday’s district opener against Stephenville.
“Winning a tight game like that is really beneficial,” Faulk said. “There were times we were down late in sets and we would come back and win. That’s good because our girls will know that even if Wylie or Stephenville get us down, we still have the ability to come back and win because we’ve done it before against a good team. We can take that momentum into the next phase of our season.”

Read entire story in this weekend's Graham Leader.


The Lady Blues host Stephenville at 5 p.m. Friday at Graham High School.

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http://www.texasbob.com/stadium/stadium.php?id=989

Stadium Info @ Big Spring

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this week four seasons ago our QB got his first Varsity start... It was homecoming at Newton Field.. only problem was ....he was on Springtown...and dang near beat us.. It took a late drive to win it... Anyway congrats! Landry on 4 years of starting varsity football.. not many can say that..

Uh, What? nevermind, less talk, more action!

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Apparently tonight is Big Spring's homecoming game... I hope we can put on a good show for them. Long trip everybody... be careful stay safe.

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Turner's status for tonight's game....... “It's day-to-day,” said head coach Kenny Davidson about his quarterback's injury. “We'll have to monitor him throughout the week and see how he's doing. You can't tell until you get out there and practice and see how he progresses from one day to the next.

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Turner is playing

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Lady Blues edge Vernon for sixth straight win
Antonio Morales

Izzy Maberry launches a serve. (Antonio Morales)

The Lady Blues (21-9) overcame a noticeable height disadvantage and pulled out a gritty road victory over the squad that eliminated them from the 2014 playoffs on Tuesday. Graham’s varsity volleyball squad relied on their tenacious defense to hold off Vernon (25-22, 17-25, 25-21, 26-24), sending them into Friday’s district opener with a six-game win streak intact.
“Our attitudes had a big role in how we played,” sophomore setter Jasmine Sims said. “We stayed positive and lifted each other up throughout the game.”
Although Vernon sported three players who were at least 6-feet, the Lady Blues kept their potent offense off balance with a resilient effort and effective game plan.
“I was very proud of our net play,” Lady Blues head coach Marci Faulk said. “They had some of the better hitters we’ve seen in awhile. At the beginning of the game, we weren’t picking up many blocks, but then we got their timing down.”
The Lady Blues tallied 19 blocks throughout the four-set game, as Sims, Veronica Breitkreutz and Izzy Maberry led the way with 16 combined rejections
“That’s a big number with our height,” Faulk said. “That was huge for us. When you’re blocking their good hitters it gets to them mentally and frustrates them.”
Sims credits the daily practice sessions and the team’s will to win for their success up front.
“Although we’re not big in height, we are big in heart,” Sims said. “Preparation during practice and working hard to overcome our weaknesses pulled us through to the fourth set and led us to the win.”
Sims and her teammates never shied away from the spotlight in a contest that featured several pressure moments.
“Our kids were there wanting the ball when we needed a big play,” Faulk said. “We never took ourselves out of a situation to win. We lost that second set, but the girls never panicked. Whether they were behind or ahead on the board, they didn’t get rattled. They kept their composure and played the game like it should be played.”
Sims also paced Graham’s offense with 13 kills, and Lexie Allen added 10. Sims and Marleigh Sanders manufactured 18 assists apiece, while Nicole King hustled out 11 digs.
The back-and-forth battle against the Lady Lions provided yet another confidence booster for the Lady Blues heading into Friday’s district opener against Stephenville.
“Winning a tight game like that is really beneficial,” Faulk said. “There were times we were down late in sets and we would come back and win. That’s good because our girls will know that even if Wylie or Stephenville get us down, we still have the ability to come back and win because we’ve done it before against a good team. We can take that momentum into the next phase of our season.”

Read entire story in this weekend's Graham Leader.


The Lady Blues host Stephenville at 5 p.m. Friday at Graham High School.

Congrats to the Bees tonight defeating the Lady Blues. Good game Lady Blues.

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Congrats to the Bees tonight defeating the Lady Blues. Good game Lady Blues.

Oh you couldn't wait for that could you...hehe I understand. .

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We win. It was ugly ugly ugly but a win is a win. 13-10 final

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Player of the game .. Preston Langley #99.. all over the QB

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Congrats to the Bees tonight defeating the Lady Blues. Good game Lady Blues.

yeah you beat us at V.B. ......hey how umm how did that football game turn out tonight.....kiddin

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Oh you couldn't wait for that could you...hehe I understand. .

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Lol.. Just heard it on the radio broadcast and thought I'd share.

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yeah you beat us at V.B. ......hey how umm how did that football game turn out tonight.....kiddin

Work in progress. 42-27 AV.. 2 VILLE drives stalled inside AV's 10.