I'll keep watching just because it's baseball. It's still the greatest game in the world. Continue reading October 25, 2012: More Wit and Wisdom
Monthly Archives: October 2012
Cyrus Chestnut – Yardbird Suite
let's switch things up a little.
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Dominican Digest: Games of 10/23
Twins players get after it and do the little things.
AMR Graphs: The Wild Cards and Draft Pick Races (Part 3 of 4)
Today, a look at how the inter-division Wild-Card races developed, and also the Race for draft position. Here's Monday's look at the AL, and yesterday's look at the NL.
These graphs show games above or below .500 at the conclusion of each game. So double-headers will show two markers, one above the other. I started each team off at 0 on the day preceding its first game.
American League Wild Card Race:
There was a lot of churning going on in these races up until the very end, with Basically six teams contending for four playoff spots. I also kept the Sox in there (and the Tigers) to show that as late as August 29, not only did the Sox have a lead in the Central division, but they also had the third-best record in the American League as a whole. From that point, they went 13-20 and finished with the eighth-best record in the AL
Continue reading AMR Graphs: The Wild Cards and Draft Pick Races (Part 3 of 4)
Mexican Matchups: Games of 10/23
A tough day for Chris Colabello.
WGOM Fitness: 24 October 2012, Denying Oneself
After work yesterday, I was extremely tired. I felt pretty tired all week actually. I was also struggling with discomfort from my present condition and I was just thinking, you know, it wouldn't be the worst thing in the world if I missed a workout today. Continue reading WGOM Fitness: 24 October 2012, Denying Oneself
Venezuelan View: Games of October 23
Oswaldo Arcia perhaps breaks out of his slump.
Falling for Baseball: Games of 10/23
Another good day for Kyle Gibson.
Happy Birthday–October 24
Ned Williamson (1857)
Bill Kuehne (1858)
Lou Sockalexis (1871)
Ossie Bluege (1900)
Jack Russell (1905)
Jim Brosnan (1929)
Rawly Eastwick (1950)
Omar Moreno (1952)
Gary Serum (1956)
Ron Gardenhire (1957)
Junior Ortiz (1959)
Danny Clay (1961)
Rafael Belliard (1961)
Gene Larkin (1962)
Arthur Rhodes (1969)
Rafael Furcal (1977)
Third baseman Ossie Bluege played for the franchise in Washington for eighteen years and remained in the organization for many years after that. He is credited as being the first third baseman to guard the lines in the late innings. He is also credited as the scout who discovered Harmon Killebrew.