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Ted Uhlaender (1940)
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Monthly Archives: October 2011
October 21, 2011: Too Old for This
Today I have to take a written driver's test for the first time in over half my life. I'm a great driver that has never caused an accident, but all these specific footage rules that I never think about...I'm totally going to fail.
Bruce Springsteen – Racing In The Street
With all of this talk about traveling and driving you knew it was only a matter of time before the Boss was brought into the fold.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NltljcANCFs
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Loading... World Series Game 2
Rangers at Cardinals
Colby Lewis vs. Jaime Garcia
I think this matchup favors Garcia - if they're not careful, the media-favored Rangers could be in big trouble here.
Tigres Tales
Margarita scored four in the fifth, turning a 3-2 Aragua lead into a 6-3 Bravos victory in Margarita.
Alberto Gonzalez (San Diego) singled and homered to lead the Bravos. Max Ramirez (San Francisco) singled and doubled, and Collin Cowgill (Arizona) had two hits. Marcel Prado worked three innings of shutout relief, allowing only two walks, to get the win. Ronald Belisario struck out two in a perfect ninth to get the save.
The Tigres were led by Edgardo Alfonzo, who had two hits. Yorman Bazardo surrendered four runs on six hits in just one inning to take the loss.
Around the league, Jairo Perez was 1-for-3 with a run scored and Rene Tosoni was 0-for-4 with a run scored as Lara defeated Zulia 7-3. In games in which no Twins appeared, Magallanes defeated La Guaira 13-4 and Caracas beat Anzoategui 12-3.
Aragua hosts La Guaira tonight.
Solar Sox Summary
Mesa scored four in the seventh to tie the game at four, then tallied twice in the ninth to defeat Scottsdale 6-5.
Michael Blanke and Aaron Hicks each hit a two run homer in the seventh inning. Each also contributed a double and went 2-for-4, with Hicks scoring twice. Junior Lake (Cubs) singled and tripled and Tyler Saladino (White Sox) had two hits. Chris Carpenter (Cubs) got the win in relief, allowing a run on a hit in one inning. Brandon Kloess (White Sox) struck out two in a perfect ninth for the save. Bruce Pugh gave up a hit and a walk, but no runs, in 1.1 innings, striking out two.
Scottsdale was led by Derek Norris (Washington), who had two singles and a home run. Starter Chris Scholl (Angels) struck out five in five shutout innings, giving up four hits and a walk. The loss went to B. J. Rosenberg (Philadelphia), who allowed two runs on four hits and a walk in two innings.
Mesa hosts Scottsdale this afternoon.
Father Knows Best: It’ll Get Better
Its been a couple of months since it all started, so hopefully I can remember enough details to make this somewhat interesting. I wanted to start this installment of father knows best with an ode to the women who have to carry the load for the majority of the lead up and after effects of a birth.
The Breeders – Drivin’ On 9
fine, we'll keep this going. at least until the next gas station.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8VZAJVlBCvM
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(videos not great, but the audio's fine)
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Loading... Happy Birthday–October 20
Jigger Statz (1897)
Judy Johnson (1900)
Bruce Campbell (1909)
Mickey Mantle (1931)
Juan Marichal (1937)
Dave Collins (1952)
Keith Hernandez (1953)
Jerry Meals (1961)
Rudy Seanez (1968)
Juan Gonzalez (1969)
It appears that no players associated with the Twins were born on this day. However, that list contains some pretty good ones.
We also want to wish a very happy birthday to Greek House.
We would also like to wish a very happy birthday to freealonzo’s mother.
October 20, 2011: Is it Thursday?
If only we had a regular feature that answered this question.