Apparently while he was in town, Joe West dined at a local steakhouse. They gave him the Braille menu.
August 18, 2018: Cause He’s Blind
August 17, 2018: American Romance
Finally broke down and bought a car. i will miss riding the bus, but Jane will not miss my extra hour plus of commute time.
Happy Birthday–August 17
Due to personal time constraints, this is a reprint from last year and has not been updated.
Johnny Rawlings (1892)
Rudy York (1913)
Donald Honig (1931)
Jim Davenport (1933)
John Buzhardt (1936)
Diego Segui (1937)
Boog Powell (1941)
Ron Boyer (1944)
Skip Lockwood (1946)
Butch Hobson (1951)
Alex Cole (1965)
Jorge Posada (1971)
Mike Maroth (1977)
Brett Myers (1980)
Dustin Pedroia (1983)
Author Donald Honig has written nearly forty books about baseball.
Ron Boyer is the brother of Clete Boyer and Ken Boyer. He played in the Yankees’ farm system for eight years, reaching AAA.
Game 120: Tigers at Twins
Liriano faces Santana. A chance to see F-Bomb pitching for Gardy at the Bullseye again is compelling enough to watch/listen to a game started by a gasless Ervin Santana.
Eric Whitacre – Lux Aurumque
My choir director is always regaling us with St. Olaf choir raves*, and I'm always impressing on him that Concordia College (Moorhead) is just as accomplished, in their own style. René Clausen conducts this masterpiece, and you can hear the cool precision of the voices.
*it's gratifying to see the MN choir gems getting cred from MO music educators
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August 16, 2018: Free Tickets
My brother got four tickets from his Pepsi rep that he can't use, so it turns out the Milks and I will be at tonight's game. Right field, lower deck. Anyone else going?
Happy Birthday–August 16
Due to personal time constraints, this is a reprint from last year, which was a reprint from the year before, and it has not been updated.
Hick Carpenter (1855)
Baby Doll Jacobsen (1890)
Fats Fothergill (1897)
Tiny Bonham (1913)
Gene Woodling (1922)
Puddin’ Head Jones (1925)
Buck Rodgers (1938)
Gene Brabender (1941)
Mike Jorgensen (1948)
Al Holland (1952)
Nick Leyva (1953)
Rick Reed (1964)
Xavier Hernandez (1965)
Terry Shumpert (1966)
Quinton McCracken (1970)
Damian Jackson (1973)
Roger Cedeno (1974)
Ryan Hanigan (1980)
Yu Darvish (1986)
Nick Leyva is a long-time minor league coach and manager and major league coach. He managed the Philadelphia Phillies from 1989-1991.
August 15, 2018: Light Housecleaning
Out of curiosity, can you even call winning both games of a 2 game series a "sweep"? Shouldn't it be called a "dusting" or getting "swiffted" or something?
King Huron – Wait by the River
I don't know King Huron from Adam, but I like this song when it pops up on the radio. One of my song of the year nominations.
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Happy Birthday–August 15
Due to personal time constraints, this is a reprint from last year which has not been updated, except for the note on Mom and Dad A.
Charles Comiskey (1859)
Doggie Miller (1864)
Jack Warner (1872)
Bill Sherdel (1896)
Jim Snyder (1932)
Joey Jay (1935)
Jose Santiago (1940)
Cap Peterson (1942)
Duffy Dyer (1945)
Joe Lis (1946)
Billy Conigliaro (1947)
Tom Kelly (1950)
Joe Cowley (1958)
Randy Johnson (1958)
Jeff Huson (1964)
Scott Brosius (1966)
Chris Singleton (1972)
Oliver Perez (1981)
This is also the seventy-second wedding anniversary of Mom and Dad A.