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David Clyde (18) was drafted #1 by the Rangers in the 1st MLB draft of 1973 in June. He started for the Rangers against the Twins on 6/27/73 in front of a sold crowd and got the W. The Rangers owner was only looking to put butts in the seats and had a total disregard for Clyde's future. Here is part of his BIO : David Clyde burst into the big leagues as one of the most heralded pitching prospects of all-time. Tasked with becoming the Texas Rangers savior and marquee player fresh out of high school, he was out of the game at 26. Clyde was taken first overall by the Rangers in the 1973 amateur draft. Plucked from a high school in nearby Houston, he had merely been 18-0 with a 0.18 ERA in 148 innings as a senior with five no-hitters. He had been billed as the second coming of Sandy Koufax and signed for an $125,000 bonus and a free college education. Bob Short, the Rangers owner, added a provision designed more to fatten his wallet than help David excel. With the Rangers muddled in attendance woes and a local boy entering the fold who could butts in seats, it was agreed David would make his first two appearances as a professional on a big league mound, then report to the minors. Nothing could possibly go wrong with this plan. Less than three weeks after his final high school game, Clyde debuted on June 27, 1973, against the Minnesota Twins. He pitched five innings of one-hit ball and struck out 8 Twins (walking 7) to pick up the win. The one hit was a two-run homer by Mike Adams. After walking the first two batters he faced (Jerry Terrell and Rod Carew), Clyde struck out Bobby Darwin, George Mitterwald and Joe Lis in succession. He was the last pitcher 21-or-younger to strike out 8 or more in his debut until Jose Fernandez did so on April 7, 2013. In his second start, David hung in the box for six innings, allowing three runs (one earned) and striking out 6 Chicago White Sox in a no decision. It was now time for him to go the minors. But Rangers brass felt otherwise. With large turnouts for both games at Arlington Stadium, Clyde stuck around for the rest of the season. He made 18 starts, pitched 93 1/3 innings and finished 4-8 with a 5.01 ERA.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/mattdurot/2024/04/09/this-main-street-billionaire-bought-over-a-thousand-small-businesses-and-never-lost-a-dime-justin-ishbia/ Justin's wealth is much more diversified and seemingly well-insulated "and announced a $2.05 billion equity investment from Oaktree Capital Management and SFS Group Capital LLC (an investment vehicle owned by the Ishbia family)" "Has Mat Ishbia lost wealth in the value of UWM since he bought the Phoenix Suns? Absolutely. But while UWM has suspended its quarterly dividends, all shareholders, including the Ishbia family, enjoyed five years of those dividends at $0.10 per share. According to Bloomberg, between dividends and distributions, the Ishbia family has received around $6.2 billion over those five years. And Ishbia seemed his usual self when addressing the Two Harbors failed acquisition during the UWM earnings call, stating, “It definitely was unfortunate how it happened, and you’ll see some litigation, things that they did inappropriately. We’ll go through that process when that time comes.” The failed Two Harbors acquisition simply falls in line with Ishbia’s aggressive approach across the board and, ideally, proves to be akin to UWM’s version of the Kevin Durant trade - something that made sense but, ultimately, did not work. Bright Side Of The SunCould the struggles of United Wholesale Mortgage impact t...UWM’s difficult quarter has sparked concern, but the Suns’ financial outlook isn’t as simple as the headlines suggest.

“The lawsuit filed by UWMC is frivolous and raises serious questions about UWMC's public disclosures. TWO's previously released concerns regarding UWMC's intent and/or ability to close any transaction with TWO has now been thoroughly vindicated. UWMC's stock price has collapsed - it is down almost 70% year-to-date, after UWMC finally disclosed its $600 million derivatives loss, which had been rumored to have occurred since May 19, 2026. The loss highlights the dire condition of UWMC's balance sheet, liquidity and also casts doubt on its risk management and other governance practices. UWMC now says that this loss was related to a "hedge" of TWO’s MSR portfolio -- a portfolio that was already expertly hedged by TWO, not owned by UWMC, and under a binding contract to be sold to CCM. UWMC wishes the market to believe that its $600 million loss is related to a risk position that was approximately 13x the total interest rate exposure of TWO's MSR portfolio assuming it was unhedged, which UWMC knew full well it wasn't. UWMC's assertions that its now-terminated merger agreement with TWO was breached and that it has suffered damages is demonstrably false, and is consistent with its familiar refrain to blame others for its own shortcomings. As UWMC well knows, its stock-for-stock merger failed to secure shareholder support for several reasons, none of them having anything to do with TWO and starting with Mat Ishbia’s disastrous fourth quarter earnings call on February 25, 2026. At the time of the scheduled March 2026 shareholder vote on the UWMC all stock transaction, UWMC stock had declined so much that the value to TWO shareholders was approximately 20% below its book value. Indeed, it would be $3.29 or 70% below book value, if valued as of last night’s close. That, combined with skepticism about UWMC’s governance practices, caused ISS to recommend against the TWO-UWMC transaction. Those concerns seem well-founded today.” TWOTWO Responds to Baseless Claims by UWMC

It will be interesting to see what happens to Chase, Mateo would be a no brainer if Chase gets put on the IL .

Venable, Hudson, Taylor all contributed to the loss. Taylor had a chance to get out of the inning with 1 run scored and coughed it up. Offense went to sleep early and never woke up. Burke get screwed again.

I didn't realize he was a hulk. If the Sox get this guy going with the bat it will be a welcome site.

Remember politicians and billionaires just want to make the rest of humanity happy.

Keep the faith.

You’re saying use Taylor in the ninth just after he failed in a high leverage situation in the eighth. Guy has a halo for no apparent reason.

The older people get, the more evident the impact of prolonged lead exposure is on their brain.

One of those string of games again?

If the Sox take this series and then sweep the Tigers, they’ll still likely only be about 4.5 games up in the division and Soxtalk will still panic. But… I may reconsider the Divine question.

The Tigers & Cubs series are going to tell a lot about this team . really need to take the next 2 games going into that.

What the hell? This is from 3 weeks ago. Is this guy unwell?

Duh - I forgot who you were talking to 😆

I was knocked unconscious once, and woke up about couple hours later in surgery prep. Trust me, You slip into nothingness way before they put you into the ground

He runs around the bases like a giraffe apparently.

https://www.mlb.com/prospects/stats/affiliates?teamId=145&date=08/12/2026 https://www.mlb.com/milb/scores/all/all/whitesox?affiliateId=mlbcom-milb

https://nypost.com/2026/08/11/sports/mets-have-to-sign-tarik-skubal-in-free-agency-jim-duquette/ Mets advised that they pretty much have to sign Skubal if they want to compete again

Apparently Burke is throwing against Detroit on 4 days rest.

United States

Where is here?

Good sentiment lyrically but it hurt to even hear its melody in my head as I read the line. 😆

Dido, of all people, for the win 😆

This I completely agree with.