Thanks for the context dolphin. I am around the same age. I played in high school and was a decent player and I have some vague memories of teammates of mine going to some of these deals.

Larry is something to still be clinging to this deal to convince himself he was almost a major league player.

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I knew a guy who went uninvited to a pro tryout probably 20 years ago. He had blazing speed. When he ran the base paths it was quite a sight. But all he could do at a high level was run. The scouts had zero interest in him.

Maybe reel this back a little bit. If Lawrence was the starting catcher on HF's varsity team, I would consider him a pretty good player. Solid catching wins you a lot of games in high school.

If.

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Ok. I thought he literally meant a straight line from 2nd to home.

I guess 8 seconds wouldn’t be as easy for some since you have to slow down to round 3rd. But most young baseball players going to this type of tryout should be able to do it.

I don’t doubt he was a good high school player. He obviously wasn’t great or he would have gotten a scholarship offer somewhere. Or drafted out of high school. Christ, they have like 60 rounds in a mlb draft. There have been millions of good high school players over the past 100 years. None of them had a shot at MLB.

Running from second to home by cutting across the diamond, that thing that all baseball players famously do every day such that scouts really need to know how well you can do it.

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Ok. Fine. Got me. I misunderstood. Just thought they were measuring straight speed. I apologize.

Larry also claims he got accepted to Harvard. This is a good lie by him. Cuz nobody can prove otherwise. He can say he lost the letter.

If anybody does question him he’d do the “Why don’t you think so? It’s cuz I’m black, right.”

Who the hell wants that uncomfortable moment so I’m sure people just say “Wow”. Cuz they know Larry would use the accusation of racism. And Larry knows they know it. It’s a good weapon he always has in the bag for criticism and questioning that he never has to use cuz people know he will. Cuz he has shown that on the air.

He’s kind of an idiot though. Non-legacy ivy leaguers are rarely fall-down stupid.

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What? Why would... why did you... what the merry fuck... I mean...
Dude.

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They want to see how you navigate running over the mound.

Laugh it up everybody. This is the rare time I get something wrong. So I expect all of you to pile on since you pretty much never see it.

I know. You be the one to call him out though. Larry knows none of his friends will for the reasons I gave.

I’m calling him out and I’m not racist. I’ve had hundreds of lap dances from black girls. That proves I’m not racist, Larry.

Laughed when I first heard this. Totally forgot about this wild claim by Larry. This guy is unbelievable.

I think it was Yale.

I think both his parents had good jobs and Yale would undoubtedly have given him money. I wonder what prevented him from going?

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Words you never hear on the Bernstein and Holmes show: "I was out with an old friend from high school this weekend..."

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It's really amusing how that is phrased. There is an implication the job was his and that he had the power to transfer it to someone else.

In regards to the baseball story, I don't think anything he said is a lie and, at the same time, none of it is the truth.

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i didnt know that detail.

Excerpts from Larry Holmes on George Ofman's podcast.

I thought for sure I was going to be playing baseball in the '96 Olympics.

I would have found success at Brother Rice or St Rita (whatever high school I went to).

I ran the 60 in 7.2.

I thought about going to the Navy and becoming a judge advocate general.

I made it to the highest an alter boy can go (masters of ceremony).

White Sox calling Larry about the open PBP radio gig, "We really like you". Larry replies "Hire Len Kasper".

Larry talks about if his career took a different path, "I'm one of the coaches who can't get hired in the NFL".

Leery has a history of turning down high-profile jobs for nonsensical reasons. IIRC, he also turned down the full-time sports anchor position at Ch. 5 because he didn't want to give up the chance to "work on his craft" evenings at WSCR and for 120 Sports. He gallantly stepped aside so Siafa Lewis could have the job at Ch. 5.



I think it was initially Michigan, and then it became Yale.

There was also the time he had Ginger Zee on his show to quell the rumors that, much to her surprise as she had not heard them, they were dating.

Here’s the thing about Larry. Just telling people you were a very good high school player should be enough for his ego. A very small percentage of people can even make that claim.

Most kids come to the realization that they suck at freshman tryouts. That was me.

Anyone notice Holmes likes to refer to anyone he is talking about by their first name? I think this is another little trick he does to give the impression he's on a first name basis with the people he's talking about. He'll do it with literally any person also - national, local...I find it odd that he does this, but he's an insecure person trying to give the audience an impression that he's hooked into everything.

Just like he likes to remind everyone that he's not talking with White Sox management because he's too tough on them and holds them accountable.

The guy is very insecure.

Finally, he is extremely protective of Dan. Acts like he's his wife. Very weird.

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I don’t think Larry could ever have a long term boyfriend. He certainly couldn’t keep a husband.

He just loves himself too much. He could never love anybody more than himself. Nobody wants to be around that for too long. It’s annoying and disgusting.

does he ever express religious beliefs on the Bernstein show?

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No. Bernstein beat Catholicism out of Larry. Not since he became his partner. Larry has been desperately seeking bernstein’s approval for 20+ years.

Did starting to work with a black Catholic throw Bernstein a life curve ball that it drove him to start going to his psychiatrist he talks about.

You can tell Larry has been reading the board and saw all this talk. He gave some more details today on this baseball stuff. Of course he didnt get to play much in high school because he was "injured and sick". But yet playing some legion ball and stuff got him invite letters

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