Arizona organization (AAA Reno) activates Kevin Mulvey from the disabled list.
Baltimore organization signs Willie Eyre and assigns him to AAA Norfolk.
Houston organization (AAA Oklahoma City) activates Ryan Rowland-Smith from the disabled list.
Yankees organization (AAA Scranton/Wilkes-Barre) releases J. C. Romero.
Yankees organization (AAA Scranton/Wilkes-Barre) activates Terry Tiffee from the disabled list.
Seattle recalls Luis Rodriguez from AAA Tacoma.
Toronto organization (AAA Las Vegas) places Sean Henn on the seven day disabled list.
Monthly Archives: August 2011
Minor Details: Games of 8/11
Durham 6, Rochester 1 in Durham. The Bulls scored four in the second to take a 5-0 lead. Dustin Martin's home run was the only run. Justin Morneau was 0-for-4. Liam Hendriks lasted five innings and surrendered six runs on seven hits and a walk. Chuck James pitched three shutout innings, giving up four hits.
New Britain 6, Altoona 5 in New Britain. The Rock Cats scored four in the first, then held on. Mark Dolenc singled and tripled. Evan Bigley and Deibinson Romero each singled and doubled, with Bigley driving in three. Blake Martin got the win, allowing three runs on six hits and four walks with five strikeouts in five innings. Deolis Guerra went two shutout innings, walking two. Tyler Robertson got his thirteenth save despite allowing two runs on two hits and a walk in two innings while striking out two.
Ft. Myers 6, Bradenton 5 in Ft. Myers (Game 1--Scheduled 7 innings). The Miracle led 5-1 after three, but the score was tied going to the bottom of the seventh. Jamaal Hawkins doubled to lead off the seventh and scored on an error. Josmil Pinto singled and doubled. B. J. Hermsen allowed five runs (four earned) on seven hits and two walks in 4.2 innings. Ricky Bowen got the win with 2.1 scoreless innings, giving up a hit and a walk.
Bradenton 0, Ft. Myers 0 (Game 2--Scheduled 7 innings--game suspended in the top of the fourth). So far there have been two hits in the game, both by the Miracle. Matthew Tomshaw has struck out four in 3.2 hitless innings, walking one.
Beloit 6, Wisconsin 4 in Wisconsin. The Snappers scored three in the sixth to break a 3-3 tie. The Snappers were out-hit 10-4 but drew ten walks. Ryan O'Rourke pitched six innings, giving up three runs (two earned) on seven hits and a walk. Nelvin Fuentes struck out three in two innings, with the only player to reach base doing so on an error. Madison Boer allowed a run on three hits in one inning to get the save.
GCL Twins 4, Rays 3 at Twins (Game 1--Scheduled 7 innings). The Twins trailed 3-1 before scoring three in the fifth. Phillip Chapman had two singles and a double, driving in three. Starter Hein Robb threw three innings, allowing three runs on five hits and two walks. Tyler Herr gave up a hit and a walk in two shutout innings to get the win. Hung Yi Chen struck out four in two shutout innings, giving up two hits, to get the save.
GCL Orioles 6, Twins 1 at Orioles (Game 2--Scheduled 7 innings). The Orioles scored five in the fifth to break a 1-1 tie. The Twins had only two hits. Starter Ricardo Arevalo allowed a run on a hit and two walks in 2.2 innings, striking out three. Gonzalo Sanudo started the fifth, surrendering five runs (four earned) on five hits in two-thirds of an inning to take the loss.
DSL Twins 7, White Sox 5 at White Sox. The Twins scored seven in the eighth to overcome a 5-0 deficit. The Twins had one hit in the seventh, drawing five walks and receiving the benefit of five errors in the inning. The Twins had only three hits in the game; Victor Arias had two of them. Starter Javier Vargas allowed three runs (two earned) on five hits and a walk in three innings. Jose Jimenez struck out four in three shutout innings, giving up three walks. Elias Villasana got the win, allowing two runs (one earned) on three hits in one inning. Yeison Florentino got the save with two shutout innings, giving up a hit and a walk while striking out three.
Friday Music Day: August 12, 2011
Sorry I slept on this.
Hey, Young Man's Boy EP is available for free download from Noisetrade.
It was one of my top ten releases of 2010. Kindof like the acoustic parts of Animal Collective, but without a lot of the annoyingness that has turned a lot of people off of Animal Collective. Sounds like you can stream the whole thing from the place, too, so you can sample it before you download. The first song, "Five," is my favorite on the album, so if that's no good for you, you might as well forget it.
August 12, 2011: Doubt
Two days from the move, and I've been losing sleep wondering how I'll survive away from the girls. I just don't know how long I'll last out there.
Happy Birthday–August 12
Christy Mathewson (1880)
Ray Schalk (1892)
Harlond Clift (1912)
Fred Hutchinson (1919)
Bob Buhl (1928)
Kevin Cooney (1950)
Matt Clement (1974)
Lew Ford (1976)
Kevin Cooney was an eleventh round draft choice of the Twins in 1972. He pitched in the Twins' organization for two seasons, then a shoulder injury ended his playing career. He then became a college baseball coach. He was the head coach at Montclair State from 1984-1987 and at Florida Atlantic from 1988-2008.
Eleanor Friedberger – I Won’t Fall Apart On You Tonight
So it turns out her brother, Matt, was the one committed to being one of the worst live performers of all time. Good to know.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YfE_YtSAPhU&feature=related
The fairer part of the Fiery Furnaces, live in Toronto, 2011. Go buy her new solo album.
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Minor Details: Games of 8/10
Rochester 11, Durham 3 in Durham. The Bulls scored first, but the Red Wings scored six in the third to take a 6-1 lead. Justin Morneau singled and homered, scoring three times and driving in three. Dustin Martin singled and doubled. Mike Hollimon scored three times. Jake Stevens gave up eight hits but only one run (unearned) in four innings. Cole DeVries struck out four in three shutout innings, giving up two hits and a walk.
Altoona 5, New Britain 0 in New Britain (Game 1--Scheduled 7 innings). The Curve led all the way, scoring in the first inning. The Rock Cats had just five hits. David Bromberg allowed four runs on eight hits and two walks in four innings.
Altoona 14, New Britain 1 in New Britain (Game 2--Scheduled 7 innings). The Curve scored six in the first. Mark Dolenc had two singles and a double. Spencer Steedley was pulled out of the bullpen to start and lasted only one inning, surrendering seven runs on seven hits and four walks.
Bradenton at Ft. Myers. Postponed.
Wisconsin 3, Beloit 1 in Wisconsin. The Timber Rattlers led 2-1 after one inning. The Snappers had just four hits. Blayne Weller gave up two runs on three hits and a walk while striking out four in four innings. Michael Tonkin struck out three in three innings, giving up a run on three hits and a walk.
Elizabethton 3, Danville 0 in Danville. The Twins scored two in the fourth and one in the seventh. The Braves out-hit the Twins 10-5. Eddie Rosario singled and tripled, raising his average to .305. Tim Shibuya went five innings, allowing eight hits but no walks. Corey Williams and Steven Gruver each allowed one hit in two innings. Williams walked two and struck out four while Gruver walked one and struck out two.
GCL Twins at Orioles. Postponed.
DSL Twins 2, Diamondbacks 1 at Twins (Game 1--Scheduled 7 innings). Joel Polanco singled in Jose Ramirez with two out in the seventh to drive in the winning run. Ronald Jimenez had two hits. Melcaides De La Cruz struck out five in three innings, giving up an unearned run on four hits and a walk. Francisco Nunez got the win, striking out six in four innings while giving up three hits and a walk.
DSL Twins 9, Diamondbacks 1 at Diamondbacks (Game 2--Scheduled 7 innings). The Twins put together three three-run innings, the first, the third, and the sixth. Adonis Pacheco had two singles and a triple. Ronald Jimenez had two hits. Starter Yorman Landa worked four shutout innings, giving up just one hit and two walks while striking out four. Ezequiel Zarzuela got the win, giving up an unearned run on two hits and a walk in two innings.
Father Knows Best: Rockabye Baby! Lullaby Renditions of GWAR
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kqxtaJfH7UA
(NSFW)
i think this is a conversation we've had here and there before, but i thought we might as well reprise it all in one place.
i try to get Famished Pete in front of speakers as much as possible. honestly, my classical and jazz aren't what they should be, but i know that's the best for him right now. at the same time, i try to mix in a bit more of the eclectic-though-hopefully-stimulating-and-baby-friendly, like joanna newsom, the decemberists, sufjan stevens, etc. for some reason, i've hesitated on pushing the straight rock/pop music until he gets a bit older, though i'll make exceptions for some of the classics. i've no real desire to feed him any of the straight childrens' music. i'm sure his mother and preschool will give him plenty of that without my help.
i guess the conversation i want to start here is the role of music in your children's lives, or perhaps the role it played in your own life as a child.
for my part, i've got total control right now, but as Pete grow up, he's obviously going to branch off on his own. i really don't want to push my tastes on him too much, but i still want to make sure he's not a fanboy of the next decade's linkin park's, nickelback's, or general grog of commercial crap. i'm sure it's going to be a fine balance.
my dad did a pretty good job with me, i think. he rarely pushed anything, though he gave some recommendations from time to time (i did pass on REO speedwagon). at the same time, he bit his tongue when a young joe occasionally brought home some god-awful crap. one of his best influences he had on me regarding that which was before my time, and i'll get into a little later why future generations could miss out on this, was his LP collection. it was down in the basement, and when i was a younger lad i would idly flip through it now and then. didn't really have much effect on me, though an interesting name or cover might inspire me try something out (like that plasmatics album my dad had for some reason; didn't take). then, i would hear a snippet of something or hear a band name and think, hey, dad's got that, and i would run home and pull it out. got into a lot of stuff i wouldn't have gotten into without that, which in turn lead me to many others i couldn't live without today.
after peckish jane's repeated nagging request, i recently put my large CD collection in storage temporarily as space is at a premium right now (i've still got books of CDs lying around, but i like having the CDs themselves out). it made me think that, what with everything moving over that digital horizon, kids aren't really going to get that opportunity as LPs, cassettes, CDs, physical music you can hold starts to disappear. sure, if they hear a name or song, they can have it on their phones in about ten seconds, but i still think they'll be missing out on something.
(quick aside: i am so pissed iPods didn't exist in high school for me. i was one of those kids that carried a 100 CD book around with them everywhere they went. also, i didn't have a car in high school, so this metro transit warrior often had to shuffle around his backpack and perform CD transplants with the discman while hurriedly speed walking to catch the 5. dropped and scratched a good number of CDs that way. come to think of it, i'm pissed CD-Rs weren't around then either.)
i'm not going anywhere in particular with this, just trying to start a few points of conversation. listening to and playing music was a huge part of my life, and i want Pete to enjoy it the same way i do, without shoving it down his throat. what do you play for your kids? what has surprised you about what they respond to? what was that band that came along, woke you up, and set you on the path to good music (cliché, but nirvana)? how did you react when your kid came home with an alto sax in 4th grade?
August 11, 2011: A Win
Hey, I remember these.