Tommy Corcoran (1869)
Ernest Lanigan (1873)
Al Bridwell (1884)
Ossie Vitt (1890)
George Selkirk (1908)
Gabe Paul (1910)
Herman Franks (1914)
Don McMahon (1930)
Tito Fuentes (1944)
Charlie Manuel (1944)
Ken Reynolds (1947)
Paul Gibson (1960)
Daryl Boston (1963)
Trey Hillman (1963)
Ted Lilly (1976)
Willie Martinez (1978)

Ernest Lanigan was the nephew of the Spink brothers who founded The Sporting News and worked for the publication from the time he was 15. Among other things, he compiled baseball's first encyclopedia, published in 1922, and served as curator, historian, and director of the Hall of Fame from 1946 until his death in 1962.

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Cup of Coffee

January 4, 2013: Airball

January 4, 2013 spookymilk 126 Comments

I missed yet another great Wolves victory, as I was stuck in a long and tedious circular-moving argument with the Milkmaid. Sigh.

Friday Music Day

FMD: End of 2012

January 4, 2013 AMR 86 Comments

At the end of 2011, I really sat down with my thoughts on what I had listened to and what I had sampled and everything and when it was done, I wrote this really cool long thing that I thought was awesome. But I had been drafting that for more than a month.

My music consumption this year has felt like I've been adrift. Continue reading FMD: End of 2012 →

WGOM Videos

The War On Drugs – Your Love Is Calling My Name

Video January 4, 2013 meat 1 Comment

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7hDyzUh3foE

h/t to my friend teddy w. for turning me onto The War On Drugs. I've had Slave Ambient on in the studio for the last several days, and that's a good thing.