3/19/24: Tuesday’s Best – NCAA Upsets , Texas Tech Baseball Mid-Week, Raiderland Hot-Links Featuring Awesome West Texas Sunrise, George W. Bush, Nancy Reagan And Joe Kapp

March 19, 2024 Ryan Hyatt Culture/WEST TEXAS/America Comments Off

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Happy Tuesday, y’all!

We’ve got some Texas Tech Baseball tonight to try and stretch the week along until Texas Tech MBB finally tips off late Thursday night in Pittsburgh against NC. St. Late… Gonna have to pace yourself boys and girls…

Baseball just needs to win tonight and feel good doing it. Get a lot of hits, record a lot of outs and look like a Big 12 team. We knew early on that the pitching would take a while to sort itself out. It usually does. What we didn’t expect was an offense that just looks disconnected right now. Great time for a mid-week game to figure a few things out.

Tuesday’s Best

Give us your Two Best Upsets in the first round of the NCAA Tournament this year. What did you put in ink on your bracket that needs to come through for you Thursday or Friday. Beware the trendy picks… Fade the public.

Raiderland Hot-Links

We see stuff we like, we share it with you here…

Good morning! pic.twitter.com/7Z8HgFj8Hl
— Dane Dewbre 🌵 (@MarlandDane) March 19, 2024

Congrats to @poppop_5 for earning All-District honors!#TTW | @NABC1927 pic.twitter.com/uEN72S7NAt
— Texas Tech Basketball (@TexasTechMBB) March 19, 2024

𝐅𝐨𝐫 𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫.

This is a story of how we are back in #MarchMadness – as told by our players and coaches. #TTW | 📰➡ https://t.co/AWK7VWzE5v pic.twitter.com/O68cdBurCR
— Texas Tech Basketball (@TexasTechMBB) March 19, 2024

The final round of the All-American Intercollegiate is in progress 🚀

The 4-stroke deficit entering today's round has been made up and it's a 𝟯-𝘄𝗮𝘆 𝘁𝗶𝗲 𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗽 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗯𝗼𝗮𝗿𝗱 with teams each working thru their first nine#WreckEm | https://t.co/Swf0MqYK9T pic.twitter.com/Tdu4z4c4ek
— Texas Tech Men’s Golf (@TexasTechMGolf) March 19, 2024

Beating the Book: 2024 #NCAATournament #MarchMadness2024 Betting Preview w Todd Wishnev @TWishnev @Showtime “Action”, Will Hill @NotTheeWillHill @BearBetsPod “Shoulda Bet More” Podcast: https://t.co/cYFWppbdLf
— Gill Alexander (@beatingthebook) March 18, 2024

3/18/89: An investor group led by George W. Bush and Edward W. (Rusty) Rose purchases controlling interest in the Rangers from Eddie Chiles. #StraightUpTx pic.twitter.com/zLZEltEMYx
— Texas Rangers Baseball History (@TxRangerHistory) March 19, 2024

Joe knocks Houston out in the ‘69 #NFL Championship#Vikings pic.twitter.com/0n0QlrBc5w
— Old Time Football 🏈 (@Ol_TimeFootball) March 19, 2024

Mar 19, 1983: First Lady Nancy Reagan appeared on episode of Diff'rent Strokes to launch her "Just Say No" anti-drug campaign. #80s pic.twitter.com/UIUoB0d31J
— Old School 80s (@OldSchool80s) March 19, 2024

Today and every day, we are grateful for the tireless efforts and unwavering dedication of our agricultural patrons. Thank you for your hard work in keeping our nation well-fed, clothed, and healthy. #nationalagday #madeinamerica #texasbeef #texasdairy pic.twitter.com/UJiVNqpptf
— YCT at West Texas A&M (@WTAMUyct) March 19, 2024

The Texas Quote of the Day. The prose is a bit stilted and the punctuation isn't great but I checked and re-checked and it is verbatim:

"A freight train was leaving Amarillo traveling a few miles west of town, when Engineer King was instantly killed, and the fireman and brakeman… pic.twitter.com/KYZhln7jd4
— Traces of Texas (@TracesofTexas) March 19, 2024

On this day in Texas history, 1697, Isidro Félix de Espinosa was professed as a novice at the College of Santa Cruz de Querétaro as a Franciscan monk. He's best known for the biography he wrote of fellow Tejas missionary Antonio Margil de Jesús & other writings about early Texas. pic.twitter.com/5jQxnDpxIk
— Derrick G. Jeter (@derrickjeter) March 19, 2024