Today's my brother's birthday. He's had the best and worst year of his life this year. Cheers, Nick.
Monthly Archives: November 2011
Happy Birthday–November 15
Tom Loftus (1856)
Pat Ragan (1885)
Mickey Livingston (1914)
Gus Bell (1928)
Big Brother A (1951)
Randy Niemann (1955)
Pedro Borbon (1967)
Big Brother A is one of the two people--Dad A being the other--from whom I got a love of baseball and a love of the Twins. Happy Birthday, Big Brother.
We also wish a happy birthday to spookymilk’s brother.
Winterball Whiparound
DOMINICAN LEAGUE
Friday
Cibaenas 10, Cibao 2 in Cibaenas. Alexi Casilla was 1-for-4 and scored once. Estarlin De Los Santos was 0-for-4. Both play for Cibao.
Saturday
Oriente 9, Escogido 5 in Escogido. Esmarling Vasquez walked the only batter he faced for Oriente, allowing an unearned run.
Cibao 3, Licey 2 in Cibao. Alexi Casilla was 1-for-5 and scored once.
Sunday
Cibao 8, Cibaenas 4 in Cibao. Alexi Casilla was 1-for-4, scored once, and drove in one.
PUERTO RICAN LEAGUE
Saturday
Ponce 3, Caguas 2 in Caguas (11 innings). Aaron Bates was 1-for-4 and scored once for Caguas. Angel Morales was 1-for-2 with two walks for Ponce.
Mayaguez 7, Carolina 6 in Mayaguez. Eddie Rosario pinch-ran and scored the winning run for Mayaguez.
Sunday
Ponce 5, Mayaguez 4 in Mayaguez. Angel Morales was used as a defensive replacement but did not bat.
VENEZUELAN LEAGUE
Friday
Aragua 9, La Guaira 4 in Aragua. Cesar Ciurcina surrendered three runs on two hits and a walk in one inning for Aragua.
Saturday
Aragua 9, Magallanes 8 in Aragua (12 innings). Josmil Pinto was used as a reserve for Aragua and doubled in his only at-bat, coming around to score. Deolis Guerra gave up two hits in 1.2 scoreless innings for Magallanes.
Sunday
Aragua 10, La Guaira 3 in La Guaira. Cesar Ciurcina worked 1.1 scoreless innings, giving up two hits and a walk.
Anzoategui 4, Zulia 3 in Anzoategui. Lester Oliveros pitched a perfect inning for Anzoategui.
AUSTRALIAN LEAGUE
Saturday
Perth 9, Melbourne 8 in Melbourne. Joshua Hendricks was 2-for-4 with a walk for Melbourne.
Brisbane 2, Sydney 0 in Brisbane. Jacob Younis was 0-for-3 for Sydney.
Sunday
Perth 6, Melbourne 1 in Melbourne (Game 1). Joshua Hendricks was 0-for-3 for Melbourne.
Perth 5, Melbourne 3 (Game 2). Joshua Hendricks was used as a pinch-runner but did not score. Sam Gibbons allowed three runs (two earned) on five hits and a walk in 3.1 innings for Melbourne.
Brisbane 2, Sydney 1 in Brisbane. Jacob Younis was 1-for-3. Todd Van Steensel gave up one hit in a scoreless inning for Sydney.
Solar Sox Summary
FRIDAY
Salt River 7, Mesa 5 in Salt River. Chris Herrmann was 2-for-4 with a single and a double. Aaron Hicks was 0-for-1 with three walks, scoring once. Brian Dozier was 0-for-3 with two walks, scoring twice and driving in one. Bruce Pugh worked a perfect inning, striking out one. Brett Jacobson surrendered four runs on four hits in a third of an inning.
SATURDAY
Phoenix 8, Mesa 2 in Phoenix. Aaron Hicks was 2-for-4 with a single and a double. No other Twins appeared in the game.
Sunday was an off day. The regular season ends Thursday, with the championship game to be played Saturday. Mesa's loss Saturday eliminated them from the championship, which will be between Salt River and Surprise.
The Nation Has Problems: Vol. 5
About Last Month
Both of these problems can be boiled down to well known combinatorial identities. However, if you're not familiar with them, they can still be tricky problems. Before reading the solutions, you should make sure you are familiar with binomial coefficients. I will use the notation C(n,k) here. This is also the same number of ways to pick k distinct objects from n things and hence is often said as "n choose k".
Darrell Scott–You’ll Never Leave Harlan Alive
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=69BwNVtyCKs
The goods start 21 seconds in.
While I do like country music probably more than anyone here, the genre doesn't typically hold my favorite songs. Thus, the whole week will not be about drinkin' and cheatin'. I do apologize. However, we will start with country and a soulful, personal song from somebody you've never heard of (and frankly, neither have I). This song was remade by Brad Paisley, and while Brad's voice is technically more proficient, it never feels like he lived the lyrics.
Hope you enjoy it, and hope to see you the rest of the week.
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Loading... Happy Birthday–November 14
Harry Howell (1876)
Jim Piersall (1929)
Jim Brewer (1937)
Johnnie Seale (1938)
Willie Hernandez (1954)
Curt Schilling (1966)
Kent Bottenfield (1968)
Ruben Rivera (1973)
Xavier Nady (1978)
There do not appear to be any players with connections to the Minnesota Twins born on this day. The closest we come is Johnnie Seale, a pitcher drafted by the former Washington Senators in 1958, but he was out of the organization before the team moved to Minnesota.
November 14, 2011: Inefficiency
I just found out my company placed me - just ten days before the biggest day of the year - in one of the only two departments I'm not qualified to be in. I'm just dreading going in. I don't want to be the guy who customers see right through, knowing he can't help them.
November 13, 2011: Sick Kid
It's me and Sour Cream today. She's so stuffed up that she sounds like she's breathing through a respirator.
Happy Birthday–November 13
Johnny Kling (1875)
Jackie Price (1912)
Ted Wilks (1915)
Jim Delsing (1925)
Steve Bilko (1928)
Wes Parker (1939)
Mel Stottlemyre (1941)
Gene Garber (1947)
John Sutton (1952)
Dan Petry (1958)
Pat Hentgen (1968)
Jason Simontacchi (1973)