{"id":929,"date":"2019-11-28T16:06:21","date_gmt":"2019-11-28T16:06:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.proracquetballstats.com\/?p=929"},"modified":"2019-11-28T16:06:23","modified_gmt":"2019-11-28T16:06:23","slug":"happy-thanksgiving-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.proracquetballstats.com\/index.php\/2019\/11\/28\/happy-thanksgiving-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy Thanksgiving 2019!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

On this holiday, I thought i’d print out what i’m thankful for in our Racquetball community, and recognize those who help me do what I do for the Pro Racquetball Stats site.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

– International Racquetball Tour<\/a> commish Mike Grisz for moving the tour forward and already having an impactful change.
– LPRT<\/a> commish Tj Baumbaugh<\/a> for keeping tour moving forward and ever expanding the schedule and reach.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

– Both tours for all the efforts you make with streaming matches so that we nerds can watch from home. Jerry J Josey Jr.osey Jr. and Pablo Fajre n particular.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

– Speaking of broadcasts, special thanks to the lead broadcasters on the pro tours Timothy Baghurst<\/a> and Dean DeAngelo Baer. Also thanks to those who help out on broadcasts JP Edwards<\/a>, Favio Saravia and many others who help out and make the streaming entertaining for those of us at home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

– thanks to the amateur orgs out there: International Racquetball Federation – IRF<\/a> and USA Racquetball<\/a> and Federaci\u00f3n Mexicana de Raquetbol<\/a> and Racquetball Canada<\/a> for all the events you put on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

– Thanks to the IRF and USAR lead broadcast voices Gary Mazaroff and Leo Ray Vasquez for all you do for the major USA and international events.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

– Thanks to IRT staffers like Andy Kulback and Mark Gibbs<\/a> for ongoing discussions on various issues related to the integration and use of the data.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

– Thanks to Reaching Your Dream Foundation<\/a> and Michael Lippitt<\/a> for your sponsorship and assistance provided to younger players to keep them playing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

– thanks to Ryan and Tish Rodgers for R2 Sports App<\/a>; where would we be without that system and its prevalent use to provide real-time tracking of tournaments. IRF: take note! can we please move to r2sports and move away from PDFs stored in dropbox?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

– Thanks to Kramer X<\/a> for everything you do with The Racquetball Blog<\/a>, the only person out there really writing about the sport in a blog-format.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

– Thanks to all the skilled photographers out there associated with the various organizations; keep up your great work. I’m talking Ken Fife<\/a>, Kevin Savory<\/a>, Mike Augustin, Freddy Ramirez, Roby Partovich, Geoff Thomsen, Mike Boatman, and others who I may have forgotten.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

– thanks for the 20 years now of the UnitedHealthcare US OPEN Racquetball Championships<\/a> and Doug Ganim’s stewardship. I hope we can find someone to continue this great tradition; the one event per year that draws basically everyone in the sport.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

– Thanks to all the tournament directors who put up their own time, money and effort to put on tournaments, both professional and amateur. With out you, we have no sport.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

– And thanks to anyone who I may have forgotten.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Happy Thanksgiving! Eat some turkey, then hit the courts!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

On this holiday, I thought i’d print out what i’m thankful for in our Racquetball community, and recognize those who help me do what I do for the Pro Racquetball Stats site. – International Racquetball Tour commish Mike Grisz for moving the tour forward and already having an impactful change.– LPRT commish Tj Baumbaugh for keeping tour moving forward and ever … <\/p>\n

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