Matt Kilroy (1866)
Randy Moore (1906)
Harold Seymour (1910)
Ed Lopat (1918)
Merle Harmon (1926)
Jackie Collum (1927)
Charlie Moore (1953)
Rick Sutcliffe (1956)
Jay Pettibone (1957)
Donovan Osborne (1969)
Garrett Jones (1981)
Merle Harmon broadcast Minnesota Twins games from 1967-1969.
We would also like to wish a very happy birthday MagUidhir, Sheenie, and UncleWalt's daughter.
Mags sent me a request a little while back, this is me coming through on that. His words below:
The Foo Fighters live in some dude's garage. If Dave Grohl wasn't already #1 on my list of "rock stars who seem like cool dudes and I want to hang out with", this definitely would have put him there.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWciVk_-5eo&feature=youtu.be
Happy Birthday, buddy.
(6 votes, average: 8.83 out of 10)
Loading... Indianapolis 8, Rochester 3 in Rochester. The Indians score four in the first and that was all they needed. Trevor Plouffe had three hits and Toby Gardenhire had two. All nine Red Wings hits were singles. Ryan Mullins surrendered six runs on eleven hits and two walks in only four innings. Dusty Hughes and Kyle Waldrop each pitched two shutout innings of relief.
New Britain 5, Reading 3 in Reading. The Rock Cats scored three in the first, but lost that lead and needed single runs in the seventh and eighth to put the game away. Chris Parmelee singled and homered. Yangervis Solarte had two hits to raise his average to .322. Steve Hirschfeld allowed three runs on seven hits in 5.2 innings. He struck out seven and walked none. Michael Tarsi got the win with 1.1 innings of scoreless relief. Bruce Pugh pitched two shutout innings to get the save.
Ft. Myers. No games scheduled.
Beloit 5, Burlington 1 in Burlington. The Snappers scored two in the eighth to put the game away. Daniel Santana had three hits. Nate Roberts singled and tripled. Danny Ortiz and Jairo Perez each had two hits, with Perez raising his average to .357. Manuel Soliman got the win, giving up a run on four hits and three walks in six innings. Three relief pitchers each pitched a shutout inning of relief to finish the game.
DSL Twins. No game scheduled.
Ned Cuthbert (1845)
Jim Delahanty (1879)
Cum Posey (1890)
Billy Werber (1908)
Andy Etchebarren (1943)
Dave Nelson (1944)
Paul Beeston (1945)
Dickie Thon (1958)
Juan Castro (1972)
Paul Bako (1972)
Carlos Lee (1976)
Movie of the Month: Following (Christopher Nolan, 1998)
Following is a lean little movie (69 minutes) that's clearly made on a shoestring budget, but first-time director Christopher Nolan knew what he was doing as far as plot, tension and language were concerned. This black-and-white film full of no-name actors won't catch the eye of the average viewer, but it's well worth pulling up on Netflix streaming to see the humble beginnings of a man who would become one of America's premier directors within less than a decade.
The Young Man (Jeremy Theobald, and yes, "The Young Man" is the character's name) has an obsession with following strangers, just to see who they are and what they do. He makes the mistake of following Cobb (Alex Haw, in his one and only film credit), who believes the young man to be a cop about to nail him for his own fetish: breaking into houses and leaving traces of activity, though never stealing anything of note. The Blonde (Lucy Russell, the most consistently working actor in this film, though you won't recognize her) figures into the story with both men, but the more I tell you, the more I ruin.
Following is told out of order, and essentially is about a man with one great flaw who's being used by other people in ways he can't imagine, and he doesn't have long to figure out how. Nolan would soon tell a similar story (Memento) on a much bigger stage and become a household name. His strengths then remain his strengths now, although his one big weakness - his inability to connect the viewer with his characters emotionally, and not just with the plot - remains an unfortunate hole in his game today. Still, he's one of America's great directors, and Nolan completists shouldn't miss this one, especially with the very short running time.
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Otherwise it's been a lean viewing month at Casa de Leche, what with the moving and stuff, although I've also been watching the fantastic British cop show Luther, starring Idris Elba (The Wire's Stringer Bell). It's also on streaming and definitely recommended to fans of cop dramas, and of Elba. The supporting cast is dynamite as well.
What have you seen?
I hate off days in the midst of winning streaks.
something to soothe those sore necks and ringing ears.
1996
seriously though, great stuff, cheaptoy. we need that every now and then. kind of like a forest fire (arizona excepted).
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Happy Father's Day to the WGOM Nation from Sunday Recap Central. Just imagine there's a picture of Butters Stotch hugging his dad or something right here.
Hitter of the Week: Even in a week during which the Twins win all their games, when two of those are 1-0 wins, picking this award gets a little tougher. Or, maybe it gets a little more obvious: Team MVP Michael Cuddyer seems to be the best candidate once again.
Pitcher of the Week: All the starters were good-to-great. I'll have to again pick Scott Baker as the best. He is this team's first half All-Star as far as I'm concerned.
Dustin Moseley vs. Francisco Liriano
The Twins already have won four 1-0 games. The Padres struck out 10 times in eight innings against Scott Baker yesterday and now face Francisco Liriano. The Twins scored just one run yesterday and Mauer won't be catching today, although he could be a DH. Danny Valencia has homered in consecutive games, but he strained a muscle his arm in the eighth inning last night and most likely won't be playing today. Based on this and my many years of watching baseball, I'll predict a 9-7 game.
At least we won't have to sweat through a Matt Capps save since he's pitched in each of the last three games and probably won't be pitching today. Glen Perkins will probably pitch the ninth. I'm fine with that as long as Liriano goes eight. Actually, a blowout will be much better.
FWIW, Capps has allowed 1 run in his last seven innings with 5 hits and 1 BB and five strikeouts.