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September 2, 2011: L.A. Hootenanny

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I saw a band called L.A. Hootenanny last night at Villains Tavern. My brother-in-law is the lead singer and rhythm guitarist, and I knew he'd be awesome, but the show was incredible. The band's lead guitarist was the most famous guy I met today, but this was lost on me during my conversation with him since I've never seen "True Blood," and had to find out from someone else.

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    1. If Perkins is calling out Cuddiier like that it is only a matter of time before the press starts to hate him, too.

  2. Gardy would like to see Benson and Parmelee. I agree. Hoey is the only one called up so far, mainly because of injuries. Slama, Manship and Guerra all injured. Benson and Parmelee won't be called up until New Britain season is over, if at all. Dozier mentioned as a possibility to be added to 40-man and called up as well.

    1. I agree with all three of those, and I also agree with waiting until the Rock Cats are done playing. I'm far from convinced on Parmelee, and obviously all of them have some work to do, but we might as well get a look at them.

      2. i went to southwest for my senior year of HS. the yearly southwest v. edina game was billed as "the battle for france avenue".

        1. Our big HS rivalry were those cake eaters from Orono. The students would chant "give me an m, o, u, n, d. What does it spell? White trash. White trash. White trash." I couldn't help laughing.

      3. I have always been amused that Adam Banks's address was on Hennepin Ave. Definitely a lot of Cake Eaters living on Hennepin (although, I'm sure quite a few live just west near Lake of the Isles.

      2. yeah, i was wondering about that. i forget who the commish was.

        EDIT: i got 4th last year? wow.
        EDIT2: it appears the commish was yickit.

  4. I just got done reviewing tape of a couple of kids rifling through cars looking for things to steal. This should be obvious to everyone, but if you're leaving your car (especially over this weekend) lock your doors. The owner of one of the doors they broke into couldn't have been away from his vehicle for longer than about two minutes.

      1. Like I said, it should be obvious, but a number of my friends who have lived downtown Minneapolis for years won't do it for quick trips.

        A massive percentage of people in my town end up leaving them wide open because "that sort of thing doesn't happen in small towns". Ridiculous.

        1. One of the most popular places in Yakima for car thefts was in church parking lots, because churchgoers think nobody's going to steal from a car in a church parking lot. Church has a defined endpoint and nobody's coming out until then. They're sitting ducks.

            1. Well, right. There's no 100% risk-free car theft, but there's no 100% safe car in Yakima, either. My MIL forgot to close her garage door one time and someone stole a pan of brownies she was going to donate to a church auction.

          2. Yeah, we've had a rash of thefts in our church parking lot lately. Stealing stuff out of the cars. They've been warning us to keep doors locked and keep valuables out of sight. We've started to have security during Sunday mornings.

          3. Hospitals would seem to be another target, this is not an isolated incident (this is the 5th time this calendar year that I've had to go over the tape, looking for people going around testing doors).

  5. The Birds of War take on Costa Rica tonight in a international friendly. Of course the game kicks off at 8PM in California, which means it'll be really late in most of the country.

    3. I read it right when you posted, but didn't really have a response other than what you said.

      I just want to know how Jeter pulled it off, that's all. I want to know what he has, specifically, that has made him like unto a God in the eyes of many.

        1. That's the first time I've been unable to resist such a thing in ages. I normally don't even look at the comments, let alone engage someone. I'm not heading back, though.

          1. He's always there to talk to the media. Just like Cuddyer, if you make the media's job easy, they love you. I'm sure he's a good leader, FWIW, but it's not hard to be a good leader with a $200M payroll around you. It also helps that Jeter had some big series (average wise) in the postseason as the Yankees won a bunch of WS after not winning one for a long time by Yankees standards. His known for being big in the postseason, but his .850 playoff OPS is only slightly better than his .832 career OPS.

              1. I've just never seen anyone get this kind of hero worship in my life.

                Don't you remember Brett Favre when he was a Packer?

            2. Plus he's a legitimate HOF-caliber player... I know it's no fun to point that out, but if he's a Cuddyer-level player he's beloved by the local media and that's about it.

                1. except that "local media" is NYC media, which means we all would get subjected to it excessively. I'm thinking of Paulie O'Neill (career fWAR of 35.6). I remember a LOT of blah blah blah about HOF and retiring his number at the end of his career. Seriously?

                    1. Hall of Fame
                      2001 BBWAA (28.2%)
                      2002 BBWAA (20.3%)
                      2003 BBWAA (13.7%)
                      2004 BBWAA (12.8%)
                      2005 BBWAA (11.4%)
                      2006 BBWAA (12.3%)
                      2007 BBWAA ( 9.9%)
                      2008 BBWAA (15.8%)
                      2009 BBWAA (11.9%)
                      2010 BBWAA (16.1%)
                      2011 BBWAA (13.6%)

              2. That explains praise. What it doesn't explain is writers proclaiming him vastly underrated when he's probably the most rated player in the game, and at this stage of his career (like most aging superstars), vastly overrated.

                I'm not trying to figure out why people think he's good - I'm trying to figure out why people think he's God.

                1. I don't think it's that complicated. The media pumps them up from whatever baseline they start from.

                  Media-friendly good player gets promoted from useful everyday player to "underrated" team MVP.

                  Media-friendly great player gets promoted from HOFer to "underrated" deity.

                  2. He's overrated and he's underrated. He's never won an MVP despite being a HOF shortstop for a perennial division winner. It probably has to do with voters realizing how good the team is around him, but he probably should have won in 2008 (or at least not lost to Morneau) and he's had a couple other seasons he could have won.

                    1. The MVP thing is more a product of the writers' definition of "Valuable" than anything else. Plus, was he really worthy of an MVP in his career? I think he might have been the most worthy the year Morneau won, but I can't think of another time he got screwed out of it.

                    2. 1998 was his best chance I think. He was a narrow second to Alex Rodriguez in rWAR (7.8 versus 7.9, essentially the same). That was Juan Gonzalez's second unworthy MVP. Jeter also could have won in 1999, but that was the year LEN3 broke the rules and didn't vote for Pedro. 2006 was his best result, but Sizemore (or Mauer or Santana) probably deserved it more.

  8. You can listen here for free to Elizabethton's deciding Game 3 at Bluefield in the first round of the playoffs. The Twins lost the first game at home and won Game 2 at Bluefield.

    2. After Elizabethton scored three runs in the first inning, Bluefield has scored the last eight runs and lead 8-3 after five. Not looking good.

    1. Great, but the whole thing was so politicized the first time, I wouldn't expect the outcome to be satisfying either way. He'll win because of his friends or lose because he doesn't have the right ones right now.

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