I made a decent batch of Japchae, which is as tasty as it is fun to say. Japchae!
April 19, 2024: Fine Cuisine
April 18, 2024: Lost & Found
I misplaced my wallet last summer. I was pretty sure it was somewhere around the house, but I wasn't able to find it. I could (mostly) pay for stuff with my phone and I was monitoring my accounts for any weird charges, so everything was mostly fine. After a week and a half or so, I gave up and replaced all the cards and IDs and moved on with my life.
On Monday, I received a hand written card from a grocery store in an area I'm occasionally in, but not often, saying someone had turned my wallet into them. I stopped by there yesterday and they indeed had my old wallet in pristine condition with all inventory accounted for. The person working there when I stopped by didn't know anything about it but I am very curious how it ended up there ten months after the fact.
Katie Melua – Diamonds Are Forever
It was 1972 and I was almost 13 years old and my best friend and I talked the lady selling tickets at the movie theater into letting us in for an afternoon showing of the new James Bond movie with Sean Connery back playing 007 again. I'll admit that Jill St. John (Tiffany Case) and Lana Wood (Plenty O'Toole) made quite an impression on my adolescent self. So I have fond memories of this particular Bond theme, originally sung by the great Shirley Bassey with notes and melody and stuff by John Barry, lyrics by Don Black
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2024 Game 17: Minnesota Twin at Baltimore Orioles
Pablo López
vs
Albert Suárez
Another day game alert!
Plus from the last two games: scored seven runs. Not great but not bad and not shutout.
Minuses: everything else.
April 17, 2024: Mock Duck
I really don't understand the point or interest in mock drafts. "This thing with a thousand variables maybe possibly might could happen this way....... or maybe this way!?"
Minor Details: Games of April 16
INDIANAPOLIS INDIANS 10, ST. PAUL SAINTS 6 IN INDIANAPOLIS
Indianapolis took the lead to stay when Nick Gonzales hit an RBI triple in the fourth to make it 5-4. It was 7-6 after six, but the Indians scored three in the seventh to put it out of reach.
Multi-hit games: Diego Castillo was 3-for-4 with a triple. Tanner Morris was 2-for-2 with a double, a walk, and two runs. Will Holland was 2-for-3 with a home run, a walk, two runs, and three RBIs. DaShawn Keirsey, Jr. was 2-for-5 with a triple and two RBIs.
Home runs: Holland (2).
Multi-RBI games: Holland, 3; Keirsey, Jr., 2.
Stolen bases: Holland (3), Castillo (1).
Pitching prowess: Austin Schulfer pitched a perfect inning, striking out one.
Opposition standout: Gonzalez was 4-for-5 with a triple.
Record: St. Paul is 7-8, tied for fifth, 3.5 games behind Omaha.
TULSA DRILLERS 15, WICHITA WIND SURGE 4 IN WICHITA
Tulsa scored five in the fourth to take a 6-2 lead.
Multi-hit games: Jake Rucker was 3-for-4 with a home run.
Home runs: Rucker (1).
Multi-RBI games: None.
Stolen bases: Alerick Soularie (2).
Pitching prowess: None.
Opposition standout: Dalton Rushing was 2-for-5 with a home run (3), two runs, and three RBIs.
Record: Wichita is 1-9, in fifth (last) place, eight games behind Springfield.
CEDAR RAPIDS KERNELS AT WISCONSIN TIMBER RATTLERS
Rained out. Will be made up as part of a doubleheader today.
JUPITER HAMMERHEADS 7, FORT MYERS MIGHTY MUSSELS 4 IN FORT MYERS
Jupiter scored two in the first and led all the way. It was 7-1 before Fort Myers scored some late runs. The Mighty Mussels stranded nine and were 0-for-12 with men in scoring position.
Multi-hit games: Isaac Pena was 3-for-4 with a double. Maddux Houghton was 2-for-3 with a double. Rayne Doncon was 2-for-5 with a double.
Home runs: None.
Multi-RBI games: None.
Stolen bases: None.
Pitching prowess: Danny Moreno struck out three in two shutout innings, giving up one hit.
Opposition standout: Colby Shade was 3-for-3 with a double, a walk, and three runs.
Record: Fort Myers is 4-6, in fourth place, four games behind Dunedin.
TODAY'S TILTS
11:05 St. Paul (David Festa, 0-0, 2.16) at Indianapolis
12:05 Tulsa at Wichita (Jarret Whorff, 0-0, 2.25)
12:10 Cedar Rapids (Andrew Morris, 0-0, 0.90 and Zebby Matthews, 1-0, 1.80 at Wisconsin--doubleheader
6:05 Jupiter at Fort Myers (Ross Dunn, 0-0, 2.57)
Happy Birthday–April 17
Alexander Cartwright (1820)
Cap Anson (1852)
Tom Needham (1879)
Jake Daubert (1884)
Buzz Arlett (1912)
Solly Hemus (1923)
Tsutomu Wakamatsu (1947)
Denny Walling (1954)
Craig Worthington (1965)
Marquis Grissom (1967)
Gary Bennett (1972)
Ryan Raburn (1981)
Jed Lowrie (1984)
Deolis Guerra (1989)
Alexander Cartwright was instrumental in developing the rules for the game of baseball.
Buzz Arlett was a star in the low minors from 1934-1941, and probably would have been for several more years had World War II not intervened. He had a career average of .319 with a slugging average of .480, but never played above Class C.
Tsutomu Wakamatsu was a star in Japan from 1971-1989, making the all-star team eleven times. His career average of .319 is second to Leron Lee on the all-time list of players with at least four thousand at-bats.
The Rolling Stones – Bob Wills is Still the King
Sure, the original by Waylon Jennings is canon, but these guys nearly do it justice.
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2024 Game Log 16 – Twins at Orioles
Twins a not nice 6-9 headed into the second game against the Orioles in Baltimore. Baltimore is definitely one of those teams hard to root against. Were terrible for many years but slowly built a team and organization that looks like it could be a force for a couple of years.
Grayson Rodriguez up the Orioles and he's one of those young guys a team can really build around. Tall, a fastball that hits upper 90's with a nice slider to keep hitters honest. Only 24 years old too. Over a strikeout per inning so Twins may have a hard time not adding to their league leading strikeout totals. Chris Paddock on for the Twins and he's done ok this year. Hopefully we can go further than the 5th inning this outing.
Freealonzo's "Take it to the Credit Union" surefire winner: Buxton HR/SO total=3
First Pitch at 5:35p
April 16, 2024: The Awakening
I've been a big fan of Hanif Abdurriqib for a long time. For some reason, he's been a fan of the Wolves by choice for years. I hope we all have a great ride.
To be very earnest, it was really special for me to get to do this. I have been a fan for so long, have seen this team through so many eras of its life and my own life and you never think you’re gonna get a call asking you to write a thing and perform it for something like this. https://t.co/twNTwUw67E
— Hanif Abdurraqib (@NifMuhammad) April 16, 2024