Former Royal Scott Elarton! I'm surprised he's still alive playing professional baseball in the US or Japan!
5.41 ERA in 26 starts for AAA IronPigs last year.
8.24 ERA in 16 relief appearances for AAA Knights in 2010.
(Nothing in br.com for 2009 or 2011)
Mike O'Connor is a Colonial who overlapped at GW with me for a couple of years.
Jason Lane is an interesting name. He was an OFer for the Astros and had a decent season that year they went to the World Series. I see on the press release he pitched and played OF.
I see that jobu beat me to the punch, but the nirvana reunion was less than spectacular. The hardest part is watching Sir Paul try to channel the anger / frustration / angst of that time that made Nirvana relevant.
Agree. I think it would have been more fun (and train wrecky) if they would have done a well known Nirvana song. Macca actually had some good parts: Live and Let Die, Helter Skelter were pretty good. I saw that David Watts gave a shout out to The Who but I thought Daltrey was dreadful. The guy could hardly move, unbuttoned shirt, etc. Ouch! Kanye was very cool, kilt and all. Even though I'm an older dude I could have done with less of the dinosaurs but I guess its those acts that bring out the wallets.
Favorite moment? a taped (and presidential looking) Leo DiCaprio apologizing for not being there because he was stuck in Brooklyn. Unless he meant Brooklyn Park and was hanging out with AMR, I think the dude could have afforded a cab.
I had the same thought regarding Leo.
The guy could hardly move, unbuttoned shirt, etc. Ouch!
Townshend forgot to tuck in his in, again.
Leo was not at my house last night.
Was he in the bunker buried in my backyard? I'm not saying.
I thought it was pretty good. I didnt understand a lot of the lyrics because the vocal mix was buried under the music. It would have been awesome if 'Nirvana' would have played on Helter Skelter too.
I saw many people on Twitter comment that this show would have been perfect for The Beastie Boys
I thought the song selection was a little odd, with "Live and Let Die" and "Only The Good Die Young".
I thought The Who's choice of 'Bell Boy' was weird, since it featured Keith Moon from beyond the grave on vocals. Its was good, but a little weird for a benefit show.
I agree. I guess since they are using it in their Quadraphenia tour they didn't have to practice it. Also Who are You: Most overrated Who song or most song ever?
I think its an alright song, but about 2 minutes too long and overkilled from being on CSI
Neither. "Squeeze Box" has that song beat on both counts.
I'll say it for the thousandth time. No song that could used so perfectly by Freaks and Geeks can be considered most overrated.
Ugh, Wojnarowski is a sh*t stirring agent shill and a dick. I got in to work this morning and had to listen to a co-worker talking about "rumors" that a deal has been floated about trading Love to the Bulls, all because of Woj's weirdly timed interview. Granted, he heard it on the radio, but its clear there will be a lot more of these rumors being floated about now, just when everything was looking like fun with Ricky's impending return.
Word to Meat: I am in LA today and will be hooking up with Professor-san and his meal ticket for dinner and drinks this afternoon. I will be sure to talk up how you are gonna bring us some pints of the Oyster next time.... 🙂
The whole foods in Pasadena has oyster in the bottle off the shelf. 5.99 a bottle is a bit much, but hey.
Only because "Bump" would like nothing more than to rip Hamilton to shreds. Instead, he gets to make a "twins are cheap" joke that is just about as fresh as a Top Jimmy cultural reference.
Who needs him? We got Ray Olmedo!
Don't forget Elarton!
Five years, one hundred and twenty five million dollars. Uh. This is going to end terribly.
Perhaps, but the Angels got good value for Hunter at 5, $90MM. I never thought that would happen.
I was told money was tight but I guess the Arte had money hidden under a Mattress. Business is business but don't lie.
Money is Torii Hunter tight. Not Josh Hamilton tight. Dur.
You want the truth? OK, thanks for all those WS rings you won for us, but don't let the door hit your butt on the way out the door.
That is fantastic. Thanks, Torii!
let's see how that cabbage matches up to what B.Jeebus'll give us!
Trade for Bourjos!!
They need pitching; perhaps Correia will get it done?
Just in time for Christmas, the top 25 beers of 2012. Totally shocked that PBR didn't make the cut.
i'm immediately curious about the cucumber saison.
Bacon Maple Ale | Rogue Ales | Specialty Beer
It was the year’s most divisive beer, and we couldn’t get enough. The concept: recreate Portland, Ore.-based Voodoo Doughnut’s Bacon Maple Bar in a bright pink bottle. A staggering list of ingredients included seven malts (three of them smoked), bacon and pure maple flavoring, yielding a spot-on profile of doughy bread, molasses and smoky bacon—and the most decadent foodie beer of 2012.
suck it, buffalo.
I stand by my comment that this is the single worst beer I have ever had. I will gladly drink a dozen OV's before I even touch that stuff again.
While I am at it I think Founder's Breakfast is seriously overrated, too.
This is true. I expected something great. I got something that was "good enough, I guess."
I am just starting to get ticked off. That beer is so awful. If you want to call it a cool one off, fine. I will grant that. You should try everything once, or whatever. But come on. That beer was undrinkable. It had a liquid smoke nose and tasted what I imagined pork flavored gummuy candy dipped in fake maple syrup would taste like. Then you take that gummy based pork-like product that was dipped in that worst fake maple syrup I have ever tasted and dump lighter fluid on it.
and the most decadent foodie beer of 2012.
Since when do foodie's like liquid smoke and artificial flavoring?
In case I hadn't made it clear, I don't like that beer.
I was just picking scabs... /wink
Reminds me of my description of that (Over-)Smoked Rye I had that I had to leave on the bar. Charkoota, ugh.
Twins sign eight players to minor league deals. Not much to get excited about, but I guess you never know.
Former Royal Scott Elarton! I'm surprised he's still
aliveplaying professional baseball in the USor Japan!5.41 ERA in 26 starts for AAA IronPigs last year.
8.24 ERA in 16 relief appearances for AAA Knights in 2010.
(Nothing in br.com for 2009 or 2011)
Mike O'Connor is a Colonial who overlapped at GW with me for a couple of years.
Jason Lane is an interesting name. He was an OFer for the Astros and had a decent season that year they went to the World Series. I see on the press release he pitched and played OF.
I see that jobu beat me to the punch, but the nirvana reunion was less than spectacular. The hardest part is watching Sir Paul try to channel the anger / frustration / angst of that time that made Nirvana relevant.
Agree. I think it would have been more fun (and train wrecky) if they would have done a well known Nirvana song. Macca actually had some good parts: Live and Let Die, Helter Skelter were pretty good. I saw that David Watts gave a shout out to The Who but I thought Daltrey was dreadful. The guy could hardly move, unbuttoned shirt, etc. Ouch! Kanye was very cool, kilt and all. Even though I'm an older dude I could have done with less of the dinosaurs but I guess its those acts that bring out the wallets.
Favorite moment? a taped (and presidential looking) Leo DiCaprio apologizing for not being there because he was stuck in Brooklyn. Unless he meant Brooklyn Park and was hanging out with AMR, I think the dude could have afforded a cab.
I had the same thought regarding Leo.
Townshend forgot to tuck in his in, again.
Leo was not at my house last night.
Was he in the bunker buried in my backyard? I'm not saying.
I thought it was pretty good. I didnt understand a lot of the lyrics because the vocal mix was buried under the music. It would have been awesome if 'Nirvana' would have played on Helter Skelter too.
I saw many people on Twitter comment that this show would have been perfect for The Beastie Boys
I thought the song selection was a little odd, with "Live and Let Die" and "Only The Good Die Young".
I thought The Who's choice of 'Bell Boy' was weird, since it featured Keith Moon from beyond the grave on vocals. Its was good, but a little weird for a benefit show.
I agree. I guess since they are using it in their Quadraphenia tour they didn't have to practice it. Also Who are You: Most overrated Who song or most song ever?
I think its an alright song, but about 2 minutes too long and overkilled from being on CSI
Neither. "Squeeze Box" has that song beat on both counts.
I'll say it for the thousandth time. No song that could used so perfectly by Freaks and Geeks can be considered most overrated.
Ugh, Wojnarowski is a sh*t stirring agent shill and a dick. I got in to work this morning and had to listen to a co-worker talking about "rumors" that a deal has been floated about trading Love to the Bulls, all because of Woj's weirdly timed interview. Granted, he heard it on the radio, but its clear there will be a lot more of these rumors being floated about now, just when everything was looking like fun with Ricky's impending return.
Word to Meat: I am in LA today and will be hooking up with Professor-san and his meal ticket for dinner and drinks this afternoon. I will be sure to talk up how you are gonna bring us some pints of the Oyster next time.... 🙂
The whole foods in Pasadena has oyster in the bottle off the shelf. 5.99 a bottle is a bit much, but hey.
that's not too expensive.
I wondered what happened to our sunshine.
I am the embodiment if sunshine.
i'm picturing TR and every pohlad brother barely holding back gardy from the phone:
Dodgers trying to trade Nick Punto and Juan Uribe
Mauer and Gibson for Punto, Uribe, and a million bucks.
make it so, Billy Smith
Punto and Uribe have three more WS rings than Mauer and Gibson.
In case you ever wanted to read Jerry McGuire's "Mission Statement" in its entirety, here you go:
http://www.theuncool.com/films/jerry-maguire/jerrys-mission-statement/
I'm feeling pretty nuetral about it.
Good news guys! I just heard a Mumford & Sons song I hadn't heard before ("Whispers In The Dark") and I thought it was lame!
Your cred is reestablished. Any residual cred loss should clear itself up over the new couple of days.
Hey, an SDSU player made it!
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gODZzSOelss
I was going to post this here a while back. Man, I about died when I saw it.
U of South Flurida. ftw.
I'm so old that I can remember when New York was the dominant baseball market in this country. I'm not kidding!
I'm so old, I remember when Anaheim was considered its own city.
Barreiro apparently upset the Twins aren't in on Hamilton.
Only because "Bump" would like nothing more than to rip Hamilton to shreds. Instead, he gets to make a "twins are cheap" joke that is just about as fresh as a Top Jimmy cultural reference.
Who needs him? We got Ray Olmedo!
Don't forget Elarton!
Five years, one hundred and twenty five million dollars. Uh. This is going to end terribly.
Perhaps, but the Angels got good value for Hunter at 5, $90MM. I never thought that would happen.
Heh.
Yep.
My runner up reply was: Kettle? This is Pot.....
NICEST GUY IN BASEBALL!!!!!
Money is Torii Hunter tight. Not Josh Hamilton tight. Dur.
You want the truth? OK, thanks for all those WS rings you won for us, but don't let the door hit your butt on the way out the door.
That is fantastic. Thanks, Torii!
let's see how that cabbage matches up to what B.Jeebus'll give us!
Trade for Bourjos!!
They need pitching; perhaps Correia will get it done?
Just in time for Christmas, the top 25 beers of 2012. Totally shocked that PBR didn't make the cut.
i'm immediately curious about the cucumber saison.
suck it, buffalo.
I stand by my comment that this is the single worst beer I have ever had. I will gladly drink a dozen OV's before I even touch that stuff again.
While I am at it I think Founder's Breakfast is seriously overrated, too.
This is true. I expected something great. I got something that was "good enough, I guess."
I am just starting to get ticked off. That beer is so awful. If you want to call it a cool one off, fine. I will grant that. You should try everything once, or whatever. But come on. That beer was undrinkable. It had a liquid smoke nose and tasted what I imagined pork flavored gummuy candy dipped in fake maple syrup would taste like. Then you take that gummy based pork-like product that was dipped in that worst fake maple syrup I have ever tasted and dump lighter fluid on it.
Since when do foodie's like liquid smoke and artificial flavoring?
In case I hadn't made it clear, I don't like that beer.
I was just picking scabs... /wink
Reminds me of my description of that (Over-)Smoked Rye I had that I had to leave on the bar. Charkoota, ugh.
Only one other time have I left the beer there and walked away.
A fellow MSU alumnus, it appears
He is from my hometown. He worked for my parents when he was in high school. Pretty shocking.
Anibal Sanchez signs with the Cubs for five years.
Apparently, he's giving the Tigers a chance to beat the offer from the Cubs.
This is very . . . um . . . something.
John Hollinger hired by the Grizzlies.
Maybe the Lakers can beat the Wizards tomorrow night. Maybe.
Melo is really making me look like a fool this season.
I don't think there are any ads that TNT could run that could get me to watch Tru Tv.
I can't believe this Knicks team, but I think the bigger story tonight is the complete lack of defense by the Lakers.
I find the whole thing fascinating. I feel like Kobe could crack in a way that we have never seen a pro athlete do so before.
we won't be laughing when the SWAT team is called in.