Some Bradley news items

Geno threw out the first pitch at a Normal Cornbelters game -- much to the dismay of some of the ISU fans...
but one local station did have some video coverage of Geno Ford at the Community Events...

http://www.centralillinoisnewscenter.com/sports/college/Bradley-Community-Night--Pekin-127285828.html

I saw some video of Geno at the Cornbelters game - but that video is not on the TV station's web site...


They also have video coverage of sammy Maniscalco and his teammates going to Italy...
http://www.centralillinoisnewscenter.com/sports/college/Maniscalco-looks-forward-to-Italy-trip-127346718.html


Sammy bonding with his Illini teammates...
http://www.fightingillini.com/view.gal?id=99453


Bradley becomes the first school to offer a schoalrship to rising sophomore Larry Austin of Springfield. A close friend of Austin's, Payton Allen also has his only offer from Bradley.
By the way, there's a great new premium article and interview of Peyton Allen on one of the DePaul sites after Peyton's DePaul visit...I have all the details at..

http://www.twitter.com/#!/BUBravesNews

This is not a public site, so if you want to read the premium stuff you have to contact personally and get this....
Anyway - Peyton talks about his only offer ftrom Bradley and seems to be less than impressed with DePaul and their chances of winning any time soon.


Lastly -- Bradley players, you just never know -- years and years later -- people will still be talking about you...

http://twitter.com/#!/frdelrosario/status/101422047267258368

http://twitter.com/#!/matt_wulff/status/101749967173058561

http://www.bobbyjoemason.com/golf.htm

http://twitter.com/#!/nickmur/status/102091365403471872

http://cgi.ebay.com/1951-BERK-ROSS-3-11-PAUL-UNRUH-PSA-7-NM-Pop-5-SCARCE-/230635606843

http://shop.ebay.com/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=m570.l1313&_nkw=joe+strawder&_sacat=See-All-Categories


OK - normally I don't waste my time correcting other people's extreme errors..but someone pointed out one comment to me and asked me if it was true...and of course it is NOT...

Now -- you're gonna have to hold on to something so you don't laugh right off your chair -- but seriously -- this is precisely (cut and paste) what someone on another message board just said...
"I remember when Len Bertolini was offered $200,000/year out of high school to play professionally in Italy. That was a lot of money back then but he chose BU"

Does anyone else see the silliness here?? Len Bertolini wasn't a bad high school player but nobody in the entire universe would have even offered him a penny to play professionally in Italy out of high school. Maybe after he finished college - but even then it wouldn't have been $200,000 which would have been the equivalent of nearly $1 million today!!
I know Len, and he did have professional opportunities but not for that kind of money -- and ONLY after his college career was over - but instead he chose to stay in the US and pursue a business career...which, by the way, has been quite successful.

Maybe they are thinking about Len Bertolini's father who was honored by the Illinois Assembly -- but he never was asked to play in Italy either...
http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet92/hrgroups/hr/920HJ0086LV.html

Or maybe this is where the error was blown into existence..
http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-3986661.html