51 thoughts on “July 20, 2013: Exit”

1. Yasiel Puig with a heck of a throw to gun down Bryce Harper at third.

   I think Hicks are more impressive because of the weather conditions and he didnt have time to settle under the ball, but still Puig with a cannonshot.

2. Off to NU for a whirlwind short stay including a surprise 85th birthday party for Grandma.

3. Keep an eye on "obsessed with routine" -- OCD is no joke.

   1. I know. I was bent toward it in my younger days, so I know what I'm looking for. I don't think she's near that point, as bad as it seems sometimes.

4. On a somewhat related note, it was one year ago today that circumstances dictated that my marriage of 11 years needed to end. I have had to get used to not always having my boys around (6 & 3). I guess the best thing I can say is that they seem to be adjusting better than I have.

   1. Sorry to hear that. I'm not making a judgment, just saying that divorce is pretty much always painful, no matter what the circumstances. Hope things are starting to get better for you.

   2. what the Padre said. Best wishes on a better tomorrow. Life is short.

      1. While I won't go as far as saying I am glad it happened, I can say that I am better off than I thought I would be at this time last year.

5. Everything must go!

   1. I'd buy a scoreboard. You know, in a world where I have money to blow on a scoreboard.

   2. Would kinda be neat to get a speaker (if you had the room for it), or one of the infamous fan blades from behind home plate.

      1. I could go for having home plate hanging on the wall of my den/office.

   3. I'm calling on a row of seats for my patio.

      1. I hope that's an indoor patio.

   4. I wonder if they have any emery boards in inventory.

      1. That incident was at the Big A

6. I've been wracking my brain all morning to figure out why July 20th is significant, and I just remembered that it's the anniversary of the suicide of one of my close friends. I shouldn't have thought so hard, I guess.

   This is not one of the better days on the WGOM calendar, it seems.

   1. It's now the day we had our first plasma television installed and the day my dad rescued my cat from going to the pound!

      1. Sweet. Let's make new memories.

         Tonight I have to do that whole club thing. My wife and I are trying to figure out if we have anything to wear that won't make us look out of place. We'll be just fine at the casino. I'm wondering if I can get into a poker game and say "Well, I can go to the club with you guys, or I can stay here for another hour and finish in the money."

      2. Now you ffind out you could have waited on the plasma and had a Metrodome scoreboard installed instead...

   2. A couple of other items of note. One year ago today The Dark Knight Rises opened and an asshole in Colorado committed a massacre in a movie theater. And I was hours away from having a heart attack. So yeah, a memorable day but not in a very good way.

      1. Those events were a year ago?! Wow, time flies.

         1. Don't it, though.

   3. Moon landing.

   4. Scotty from Star Trek and Bruce Lee both died today (2005 and 1973, respectively)

7. I'm surprised TK calling Ryan Doumit the team's MVP of the first half didn't get a mention here. I have a ton of respect for TK, but that statement seems to me as worthy of mockery as "We miss Henry Blanco." If TK or anyone else in the organization honestly believes that Ryan Doumit, with his .238 average and his .690 OPS, is the team MVP so far, the Twins may have trouble going 109-53 this year.

   1. I missed that. This almost tops Laudner saying Deduno will be the nucleus of the Twins pitching staff.

   2. I missed that, too. As much as I like TK, if he really thinks that Doumit is Twins MVP, I'm going to have to start taking a lot of his comments about prospects a lot less seriously.

8. So, we too have had a plethora of frogs in the yard this year. While I was mowing, I wondered why I haven't been seeing snakes, too. Not long after, I saw my first garter snake in quite a while. The neighborhood watch is on the prowl.

   Now, if only they all ate spurge. 🙁

   1. I just mowed the back yard and have to get back out after lunch with the sprayer. I share my back fence with two neighbors. One just moved in a few weeks ago, but the house was on the market and empty for more than a year before that, and the old neighbor did no yard work at all for the three or four years he was there. Their whole back yard is infested with creeping charlie now and it's infiltrating my lawn under and through the fence. I'm also getting moss and mushrooms back there. I really need to aerate the whole lawn, the soil is just way too compacted for growing good grass. Or maybe I'll just dig up all the grass along the fence and put in some plant beds. Our hostas are growing like crazy and need to be divided soon. That may be a better plan anyway.

      1. What's the best way to deal with moss? I have a back corner that doesn't get as much sun and the grass is slowly losing the battle.

         1. Moss? Oh, he's pretty harmless around here.

         2. more seriously, I think you've already ID'd the problem -- not enough sun, and perhaps too much moisture. Can you remove the turf and plant something shade-friendly?

            1. Embrace it, be the first on your block to cultivate a Bryophyta garden.

         3. Moss indicates a few different potential issues, but the big ones (besides low light) are compacted soil, poor drainage and low pH. If you have oak trees like I do, they create acidic soil all around them. Assuming the area gets adequate light (at least 4 or more hours per day) the best thing to do is rake out as much of the moss as you can, aerate the soil and and test it. If the pH is low, add lime. Then you can either fill back in with new sod or reseed the area.

            1. Oak trees create acidic soil? I thought that was a conifer trick.

               It's a low light area; not sure an attempted overhaul will pay off.

9. Interesting quotes from the Cleveland Plains Dealer from Francona about pitching to Mauer in the 8th inning:

   Francona said he gave no thought to intentionally walking Mauer.

   "The question I have is why would you walk Mauer?" said Francona. "Then you've got first and third and the guy on third can fly. So how can you defend that? They can do a lot of things.

   "If you hold Mauer at first, you've got a hole open on the right side. I just think you're asking for trouble there."

   1. Of course, the other point that should be mentioned is that Morneau followed Mauer with a double, so if they had walked Mauer, it may not have mattered.

10. Some interesting changes at the 4-letter. First Keith Olbermann returns, and now Nate Silver signs on.

11. This is Perkins' new avatar on Twitter:

    

    Big League Stew wrote about it.

    1. Didn't know he was a fly ball pitcher

12. Awesome. A Columbian 23-yr old, in his first TdF, wins King of the Mountain, Best Young Rider, Winner of Stage 20, and 2nd place overall.

13. Before heading to the hardware store, I told my wife I was going out to pick up a hoe. I should have provided more context.

14. These Miami Marlins Negro Leagues throwbacks are sweet
    also nice is the #29 patch honoring Satchel Paige

    1. Those are nice. I really do like orange on a uni when it's properly utilized.

       1. So do I.

          

15. quasi-forbidden zone: Occupy Nasr City?

    1. Not enough McDonalds/Burger Kings around for hygienery.

       1. Ha! True, true.

16. boxscore line of the night: Erik Bedard
    6.1 IP 0 H 3 R 1 ER 5 BB 10K

    had a no hitter, and took the loss

    1. Mariners scored four runs on one hit.

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