
To Infinity And Beyond
Few men have ever walked on the moon. But as Alvin Gentry recalls on TrueHoop TV, some that have weren't particularly impressed by the accomplishment. TrueHoop TV » Doc's message for Griffin »
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As crazy as it sounds, baseball was once celebrated for its speed. Into the 1910s — before all of the commercial breaks and visits to the mound — it was possible to play a game in under an hour, says the author Kevin Baker, who is writing a history of baseball in New York City.
To the game’s early poets, baseball’s fast pace was what made it distinctly American. Mark Twain called it a symbol of “the drive and push and rush and struggle of the raging, tearing, booming 19th century!” The 21st century, not so much.

@TrueHoop I'd love that, except SAS would save its credits to make seven 2nd rd picks, nail all of them, and win 9 straight titles. :)
— Andy Glockner (@AndyGlockner) September 5, 2013
Yes, it is bold. And it would be different. But it's not a lot of the horrid things many think it would be.Now that's bold... MT @truehoop: The granddaddy of economist recommendations: Eliminate the draft entirely. http://t.co/XanCuoIXj5 #HoopIdea
— Nate P (@NateP_SBN) September 5, 2013
@TrueHoop This fails to account for the impact that handing huge money guaranteed deals to very young players would have on the game
— CH (@swanklax) September 5, 2013
@TrueHoop but good teams would attempt to get rid of their solid players to sign, say, Andrew Wiggins or Julius Randle.
— Sam Gordon (@SlamGordon) September 5, 2013










… At first field goals counted one point and there were no foul shots; offenders were penalized by temporary removal from the game. Then free throws were introduced as penalties for fouling, including such violations as running with the ball or kicking it. Free throws were shot from 20 feet until 1894-95 when the distance was reduced to 15 feet. The rule-makers tinkered with scoring too, setting the value of a field goal at three points and penalizing fouls by awarding a point to the opponents. Finally, for the 1895-96 season, they settled on two points for a field goal, one for a successful foul shot.

Jesse D. Garrabrant/NBAE/Getty ImagesThe Spurs almost won a title by surprising LeBron James with a defensive innovation: space.
Jonathan Daniel/Getty ImagesMLB players such as Paul Konerko called for tough testing a decade before baseball got serious.Just as I was about to give up the ghost, I looked up and saw Robbie McEwen, the Australian sprinter, swing out of the line of riders, waving his arm in the air, angrily shouting obscenities. ... He put his head down and started sprinting back up to speed alongside the line of riders, only to begin ranting again.
“F---ING JUST STOP!” he screamed. “THIS IS NOT F---ING BIKE RACING!”
