Four games sweeps are sweet.
August 19, 2019: The Johns
Randy Newman – Sail Away
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Happy Birthday–August 19
Bobby Richardson (1935)
Fred Lasher (1941)
Mike Phillips (1950)
Luis Gomez (1951)
Tim Blackwell (1952)
Ned Yost (1955)
Ron Roenicke (1956)
David Palmer (1957)
Gary Gaetti (1958)
Ron Darling (1960)
Woody Williams (1966)
Rob Augustine (1970)
Chris Capuano (1978)
J. J. Hardy (1982)
Austin Adams (1986)
Rob Augustine played for a couple of years in the Cleveland organization, never rising above Class A. He was (and maybe still is) an assistant baseball coach at Dakota Valley High School in my former home of North Sioux City. Happy birthday, Rob.
We would also like to wish a happy birthday to strategery.
August 18, 2019: Coarse Grind
Wait, where does the water go in this thing? Alrighty. And you put the coffee where? In this whatchamacallit? And push that button. Well, okay then. It'll take a minute or two, give it time.
I'm going with Kepler today.
Miles Davis – All Blues
Saturday was the 60th anniversary of the release of Kind of Blue, pretty much regarded as the greatest jazz album ever. To my untrained ear, this is the greatest song on the album so greatest jazz song ever?
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Sam Wise (1857)
Wally Gerber (1891)
Burleigh Grimes (1893)
Bernie Friberg (1899)
Max Lanier (1915)
Bob Kennedy (1920)
Roberto Clemente (1934)
Billy Consolo (1934)
Joe Azcue (1939)
Paul Popovich (1940)
Bucky Guth (1947)
Bruce Benedict (1955)
Mike LaValliere (1960)
Jack Howell (1961)
Marcus Lawton (1965)
Bobby Higginson (1970)
Albie Lopez (1971)
Marcus Lawton is the brother of Matt Lawton. He played in ten games for the Yankees in 1989.
I am annually saddened that there has never been a major league player named Ham Fast. There was Darcy Fast, who appeared in eight games for the Cubs in 1968 and later became a pastor. There have been six players with the first name of Ham, most notably Ham Hyatt, who was a reserve for seven seasons from 1909-1918, mostly with Pittsburgh.
Game 123: twins @ rangers
Okay, that's more like it.
This is pretty clearly going to be a dogfight to the end of the season, but last weekend, things were looking pretty dire.
They still need to tighten up just about every part of their game (the defense,in particular, has looked really sloppy these last few weeks), but now that the Twins are taking on lesser teams, and now that the Clevelanders are taking on actual contenders, this thing looks doable.
Berrios takes on Jurado tonight. This SHOULD be a winnable game. Let's make it happen.
I'm taking MarWIN.
The Feelies – Slipping Into Something
I couldn't find any evidence of The Feelies being played here before so here you go. Nice Saturday Morning song, with a guitar jam at the end.
Fun early video. These guys were a great, kinda cultish, band that mostly played on the east coast but made forays west as well. Their discography is on all the streaming services if interested.
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August 17, 2019: Algonquin For “The Good Land”
I’m a visitor here, just like the French missionaries and explorers that were coming here as early as the late 1600s to trade with the Native Americans.
Minor Details: Games of August 16
Kohl Stewart has a good game. A-Stud is doing well in rehab and Bailey Ober makes a strong AA debut. Yunior Severino's big hit and strong pitching lead the Kernels.