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AZHuskiePop said:
The olden days in the Valley
I went to a a Derby Shelton game once ( I was a Shelton Fan) and six of Derby's starters were relatives of mine. The valley was sort of like Ky it seemed everyone was related.

A huge personality behind the plate. When he was the Ump there was no doubt who was in charge. During a HS baseball game with another valley town, when the Captains met ,he knew every guys name. He actually did a kind of formal introduction . I guess he felt if we were treated like gentlemen we would act like gentlemen. He obviously did his homework.
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Pop was a great man! If memory serves he was elected as the #1 Fanatic in the country by ESPN? back in the day. Had one of his girls in my graduating class in Ansonia High, this was back in the day when we were known as the "Lavender" and rarely beat Derby. Once we changed our nickname the teams performed better and the football dynasty began
 
AZHuskiePop said:
Yep good description. That's my town. It was those mills and similar ones in Derby and Ansonia that gave the children of the children of European immigrants a chance at the American Dream.
Two generations from peasants with no future to Bank presidents,university presidents,CPA's ,Teachers, lawyers and Engineers. It was this quest for something better that played a roll in the demise of those mills. Those same Children of immigrants from the greatest generation comprised the labor force that's was second to none and irreplaceable.
Thanks Dad
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My grandfather emigrated from Poland and worked at Star Pin on Canal Street. The story goes that when a machine broke, and Star Pin couldn't replace it, my granpa helped buy a new one and, when it came on the rails, he helped take it off the train and then set it up in the factory. Today, I live in the same house he did.

It's ironic, as kids we couldn't wait for the day we could leave the Valley. I did and then I came back. Shelton was a great place to grow up and it's still a great place to raise a family. Taxes are low too!
 
AZHuskiePop said:
Yep good description. That's my town. It was those mills and similar ones in Derby and Ansonia that gave the children of the children of European immigrants a chance at the American Dream.
Two generations from peasants with no future to Bank presidents,university presidents,CPA's ,Teachers, lawyers and Engineers. It was this quest for something better that played a roll in the demise of those mills. Those same Children of immigrants from the greatest generation comprised the labor force that's was second to none and irreplaceable.
Thanks Dad
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Post of the week.
 
The Funster said:
My grandfather emigrated from Poland and worked at Star Pin on Canal Street. The story goes that when a machine broke, and Star Pin couldn't replace it, my granpa helped buy a new one and, when it came on the rails, he helped take it off the train and then set it up in the factory. Today, I live in the same house he did.

It's ironic, as kids we couldn't wait for the day we could leave the Valley. I did and then I came back. Shelton was a great place to grow up and it's still a great place to raise a family. Taxes are low too!
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Agree that Shelton is still a good place to raise a family. I loved my old 'every kid on the street playing all the time' neighborhood in Derby; but, sadly, I would never send my kids to Derby public (or Ansonia) schools today.
 
We certainly Hijacked this tread
Then again the most important thing here is a tweet by a WV bootlegger contradicting an earlier tweet of his.
This crime is more like a mercy killing.
 
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AZHuskiePop said:
We certainly Hijacked this tread
Then again the most important thing here is a tweet by a WV bootlegger contradicting an earlier tweet of his.
This crime is more like a mercy killing.
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There was a recent ranking released (seriously) of the 10 dumbest states in the country. WV was ranked as the dumbest. As far as conferences go the breakdown was this:

SEC 6
B1G 1
Big 12 - 2
MWC 1

OK (Tulsa) and LA (Tulane) are on the list but I counted them for the other conferences...because I can. :)
 
sportsart said:
There was a recent ranking released (seriously) of the 10 dumbest states in the country. WV was ranked as the dumbest. As far as conferences go the breakdown was this:

SEC 6
B1G 1
Big 12 - 2
MWC 1

OK (Tulsa) and LA (Tulane) are on the list but I counted them for the other conferences...because I can. :)
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You must be an accountant.
 
sportsart said:
Someone call the cops. We have a major hijacking going on in this thread. ;)
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I am sorry, but being a "Valley Boy" was something very special, and made me very successful. It was not an attempt to hijack anything but to try to understand the passion that people here have for UConn. When you come from the Naugatuck Valley, you have passion. It is just so unfortunate that we have to be passive observers in CR. That goes against the way the valley works.
 
buddy said:
I am sorry, but being a "Valley Boy" was something very special, and made me very successful. It was not an attempt to hijack anything but to try to understand the passion that people here have for UConn. When you come from the Naugatuck Valley, you have passion. It is just so unfortunate that we have to be passive observers in CR. That goes against the way the valley works.
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Amen
I was at an Ansonia ,Shelton Pop Warner game years ago ,to watch my Nephew play for Ansonia and my young cousin ,his best friend ,play for Shelton.
It was a pouring cold,rainy miserable morning.
The Ref (a coach at Naugatuck High )came over to talk to a friend of his nearby, at the half.
He said when he got up that morning his wife told him to go back to bed as no one is going to play in this weather.
He told her "your wrong ,they will play for sure,did you forget this is Shelton vs Ansonia "
 
AZHuskiePop said:
Amen
I was at an Ansonia ,Shelton Pop Warner game years ago ,to watch my Nephew play for Ansonia and my young cousin ,his best friend ,play for Shelton.
It was a pouring cold,rainy miserable morning.
The Ref (a coach at Naugatuck High )came over to talk to a friend of his nearby, at the half.
He said when he got up that morning his wife told him to go back to bed as no one is going to play in this weather.
He told her "your wrong ,they will play for sure,did you forget this is Shelton vs Ansonia "
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I spent a decade working as an official for the Central CT officals board. No one anywhere cancels little kid games. To this day I don't understand why they tore up the fields so badly.
 
sportsart said:
There was a recent ranking released (seriously) of the 10 dumbest states in the country. WV was ranked as the dumbest. As far as conferences go the breakdown was this:

SEC 6
B1G 1
Big 12 - 2
MWC 1

OK (Tulsa) and LA (Tulane) are on the list but I counted them for the other conferences...because I can. :)
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That's the selling point for Tulsa and Tulane in their regions. They're good schools.
 
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Just basketball? I'll guess B1G to MSG for Tournament announcement.
 
MH3‏@MH3 10h
Big things in store for B12 and BYU. Things should hit the fast track after August meetings.

MH3‏@MH3 10h
Chuck Neinas asked to brainstorm synergy ideas between BYUtv and B12. Guess we needed an excuse to throw him some more $$

MH3‏@MH3 10h
@mulletYno I'm not calling it yet. Been burned too many times.lets just say that patience is a virtue and this summer and fall should be fun

MH3‏@MH3 9h
@ScottSandyMan BYU still has obstacles to overcome. Namely August meetings and 2 B12 schools that will try to keep you out
 
jostar1 said:
MH3‏@MH3 10h
Big things in store for B12 and BYU. Things should hit the fast track after August meetings.

MH3‏@MH3 10h
Chuck Neinas asked to brainstorm synergy ideas between BYUtv and B12. Guess we needed an excuse to throw him some more

MH3‏@MH3 10h
@mulletYno I'm not calling it yet. Been burned too many times.lets just say that patience is a virtue and this summer and fall should be fun

MH3‏@MH3 9h
@ScottSandyMan BYU still has obstacles to overcome. Namely August meetings and 2 B12 schools that will try to keep you out
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If this doesn't happen I recommend that jostar and MH3 info are banned from this board. :rolleyes:
 
Christopher Lambert@theDudeofWV · 2h
A few things expansion related.

Christopher Lambert@theDudeofWV · 2h
Please stop emailing me & tweeting me asking about what @mh3 puts out. Nothing he says is true but I don't have time to refute.

Christopher Lambert@theDudeofWV · 1h
The idea that the B12 would hire Chuck Neinas to collaborate with BYU on B12 membership is beyond ludicrous.

Christopher Lambert@theDudeofWV · 1h
Plus, my B12 contact, who actually works for the conf., has leaked excepts of valuation reports.

Christopher Lambert@theDudeofWV · 1h
Beginning next week, I'll share as much as I can from those valuations on BYU, UCF, Cincy, Memphis and UCONN.

Christopher Lambert@theDudeofWV · 1h
Why next week? Because its graduation week for us and I'll be busy.

Christopher Lambert@theDudeofWV · 1h
The purpose of leaking me the excepts was throw cold water on the rumors of Big 12 expansion.

Christopher Lambert@theDudeofWV · 1h
The summary report and certain metrics have been redacted before I received them.

Christopher Lambert@theDudeofWV · 1h
Academics did not play a role in the valuations but Fox & ESPN provided proprietary data.

Christopher Lambert@theDudeofWV · 1h
Hopefully this information will take the emotion out of B12 expansion & replace it with logic.
 
Hmmm, me thinks we're about to be shad upon by the Dude by vague allusions to made up data.
 
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Sigh. If only there was some UConn-centric news that could qualify for "Key Tweets" instead of non-key tweets. I guess I might as well look up some recipes for gazpacho.
 
Sure, sure, we believe that someone would risk their job to leak you "excepts" (sic) of a proprietary conference valuation report thinking you, not ESPN, FOX or another online entity, would have enough pull to quash the rumors of Big 12 expansion.
 
MH3 ‏@MH3 10m
So my B12 source regarding BYU isn't spilling all the beans to me. Telling me it has to stay completely quiet and he can't say anything else

MH3 ‏@MH3 10m
For now anyway

MH3 ‏@MH3 · 2m
His last words on the matter: too much on the line to let anything else out, specific info getting out in any way could be bad
 
jostar1 said:
MH3 ‏@MH3 10m
So my B12 source regarding BYU isn't spilling all the beans to me. Telling me it has to stay completely quiet and he can't say anything else

MH3 ‏@MH3 10m
For now anyway

MH3 ‏@MH3 · 2m
His last words on the matter: too much on the line to let anything else out, specific info getting out in any way could be bad
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Classic mh3!
 
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