ORUTerry Posted June 30, 2017 Share Posted June 30, 2017 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theeagleman5 Posted June 30, 2017 Share Posted June 30, 2017 WOW!!!....that's amazing for a 2nd team Summit League catcher.......can we get a recount on that vote??....congrats to Matt and he is now a shoo- in for the ORU Hall of Fame..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrueBlue82 Posted June 30, 2017 Share Posted June 30, 2017 Great news - and a well deserved award for a GREAT representative of ORU Baseball! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ORUTerry Posted June 30, 2017 Author Share Posted June 30, 2017 Nice story about Matt Whatley in the Wichita Eagle - on Thursday morning before the announcement: Oral Roberts saw something other schools missed in Bench Award finalist Link: http://www.kansas.com/sports/article158691009.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ORUTerry Posted June 30, 2017 Author Share Posted June 30, 2017 At 9:00 am on Friday morning, a quick check on the Tulsa World web site shows absolutely no mention of Whatley or his award..... I know the award was not made until around 10:00 last night - which seems silly given media deadlines, but you would think the Tulsa World would have some mention of it in its electronic version. Maybe they will have a story tomorrow..... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theeagleman5 Posted June 30, 2017 Share Posted June 30, 2017 When it comes to ORU....Tulsa World = FAKE NEWS or no news at all......it's an epidemic in this country...somebody call Sean Hannity or Tucker Carlson.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoldenEagleFan17 Posted June 30, 2017 Share Posted June 30, 2017 4 hours ago, ORUTerry said: At 9:00 am on Friday morning, a quick check on the Tulsa World web site shows absolutely no mention of Whatley or his award..... I know the award was not made until around 10:00 last night - which seems silly given media deadlines, but you would think the Tulsa World would have some mention of it in its electronic version. Maybe they will have a story tomorrow..... You'd think, if they can make mention that Dane Evans(very deserving BTW) has a new contract with the Eagles(announced just a couple of hours ago), they could mention something online or twitter about Matt Whatley's amazing award. He's in their own back yard for goodness sake Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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ORUTerry Posted July 3, 2017 Author Share Posted July 3, 2017 I know that this should not bother me as much as it does, but the fact that the Tulsa World only gave this story three sentences is amazing to me. Whatley is a local kid (Claremore) and he won a national (Johnny Bench) award for being the best college catcher. Johnny Bench is an Oklahoman too... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueGold Posted July 3, 2017 Share Posted July 3, 2017 28 minutes ago, ORUTerry said: I know that this should not bother me as much as it does, but the fact that the Tulsa World only gave this story three sentences is amazing to me. Whatley is a local kid (Claremore) and he won a national (Johnny Bench) award for being the best college catcher. Johnny Bench is an Oklahoman too... Agreed, it's pretty shabby. I mean what else do you want? It's almost too perfect a story if you're the Tulsa World. Local kid, major national award, Oklahoma connection. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theeagleman5 Posted July 3, 2017 Share Posted July 3, 2017 The Tulsa World Sports Dept. is probably too busy working on its' next Sutton interview..... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ORUTerry Posted July 6, 2017 Author Share Posted July 6, 2017 This is a nice story about Matt Whatley in the 7-6-17 Tulsa World. Good to see him get the noteriety he deserves. Kudos to the Tulsa World. ------------------------------------ Now a pro baseball player, former ORU and Claremore standout Matt Whatley recalls 'surreal' experiences http://www.tulsaworld.com/sportsextra/oru/baseball/now-a-pro-baseball-player-former-oru-and-claremore-standout/article_5d37b3bb-e052-5203-b108-427f04c0c8ca.html (Via Tulsa World) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Titan Posted July 6, 2017 Share Posted July 6, 2017 Enough "coverage" now? Nice job by Kendrick Marshall, and properly covered as a feature story - much more interesting to get Matt's thoughts after the fact, than just the nuts-and-bolts that night. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ORUTerry Posted July 6, 2017 Author Share Posted July 6, 2017 Agree that it is a nice job. I'm satisfied. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrueBlue82 Posted July 8, 2017 Share Posted July 8, 2017 As a follow-up, Matt was promoted earlier this week from Rookie to Class A (short-season) Spokane. It is normal for teams to use a brief stay in the Arizona Rookie League as an "orientation to Minor League Baseball", so the promotion was not unexpected. But it's good to know that he is on his way... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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