Last night I made a sale to a 17-year-old kid I work with for $3400. I'm not entirely sure why he needs the job.
Monthly Archives: May 2013
Happy Birthday–May 27
Frank Snyder (1894)
Pinky Higgins (1909)
Terry Moore (1912)
George O’Donnell (1929)
Jerry Kindall (1935)
Fred Bruckbauer (1938)
Jim Holt (1944)
Gary Nolan (1948)
Terry Collins (1949)
Mark Connor (1949)
Mark Clear (1956)
Ed Nunez (1963)
John Jaha (1966)
Jeff Bagwell (1968)
Frank Thomas (1968)
Todd Hundley (1969)
Terry Collins was the manager of Houston from 1994-96, of Anaheim from 1997-99, and of the Mets from 2011 to the present.
Mark Connor pitched in the Twins’ minor league system from 1971-1972 before he suffered a career-ending arm injury. He has been a pitching coach for the Yankees, Arizona, Toronto, Texas, and Baltimore. He also was the head baseball coach at the University of Tennessee.
John Legend & The Roots – I Can’t Write Left Handed
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=odpJw1OEM8s
EDIT: i've discovered that pressing play will cause the video to ask you to watch it on youtube (the underlined link). i highly recommend doing so.
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Loading... 2013 Game 47: Tigers at Twins
The Twins won yesterday! That had been a while. Of course, I didn't see a single minute of it because of circumstance, but I suppose I'm glad it happened.
It's Pelfrey vs. Scherzer today, so let's temper our expectations even more than normal.
I'd add more here, but I just woke up after a very satisfying night's sleep for once and I really don't have time. Go Twins, and all that.
Clairy Browne and the Banging Rackettes – Love Letter
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zy8AuzO_XYM
Here's some blues for today. Nevermind the folk that was up for a second.
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Loading... Minor Details: Games of 5/25
Kyle Gibson shines again. A solid effort from Matthew Summers. Charlotte just can't beat Twins affiliates.
May 26, 2013: It’s My ILLUSION
New Arrested Development on Netflix today, dudes.
Happy Birthday–May 26
Jim Frey (1931)
Joe Altobelli (1932)
Jim McKean (1945)
Darrell Evans (1947)
Kevin Kennedy (1954)
Rob Murphy (1960)
Jason Bere (1971)
Chris Latham (1973)
Travis Lee (1975)
Ben Zobrist (1981)
Kevin Mulvey (1985)
Among other things, Jim Frey was manager of Kansas City from 1980-81, manager of the Cubs from 1984-86, and general manager of the Cubs from 1988-91.
Jim McKean was an American League umpire from 1974-2001. He also played in the CFL for five years.
Kevin Kennedy managed Texas from 1993-94 and Boston from 1995-96. He has also been a broadcaster for FOX.
Travis Lee was drafted by Minnesota with the second pick of the 1996 draft. However, the Twins failed to make a formal contract offer within the time designated under the Basic Agreement, and Lee was declared a free agent.
Game 46 Recap
And so, the Twins pushed their losing streak to...
Wait.
They won?
Would you look at that...
Game 46: Twins @ Tigers
The losing streak has reached double digits! Can the Twins press on toward the greater glory on a 30 game losing streak? Can P.J. Walters make some sort of difference against a Tigers lineup that looks like they're having way too much fun in this series? Will Doug Fister give up fewer hits today than Anibal Sanchez did last night? Will Bioshock Infinite prove to be too tempting for me to resist?
Tune in and see - or watch QVC or something.
Twins on Leaderboards
Position Players rWAR - Mauer, 6th (2.2)
Offensive rWAR - Mauer, 10th (1.7)
Batting Average - Mauer, 5th (.337)
OBP - Mauer, 5th (.412)
Hits - Mauer, 9th (58)
Doubles - Mauer, 3rd (17)
Triples - Dozier, t-6th (2)
Walks - Willingham, 6th (27)
OPS+ - Mauer, 9th (143)
Times on Base - Mauer, t-6th (80)
Hit By Pitch - Willingham, 1st (7)
Hit By Pitch - Plouffe, t-3rd (5)
Sacrifices - Dozier, t-10th (2)
Sac Flies - Morneau, t-3rd (4)
Sac Flies - Doumit, t-7th (3)
Intentional Walks - Mauer, t-4th (4)
Caught Stealing - Dozier, t-5th (3)
Stolen Base % - Florimon, t-1st (100%)
BB/9 - Correia, 3rd (1.405)
Games Pitched - Fien, t-4th (23)
Games Pitched - Burton, t-10th (22)
Saves - Perkins, t-10th (8)
Games Started - Worley, t-2nd (10)
Hits Allowed - Worley, 2nd (82)
Hits Allowed - Correia, 8th (66)
Losses - Worley, t-5th (5)
Earned Runs Allowed - Worley, t-2nd (39)
Games Finished - Perkins, t-8th (14)