Miguel Sano comes back in a big way. Jeff Clement stays hot. Elizabethton loses its seventh straight.
Monthly Archives: August 2013
Florence and The Machine – Over the Love
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dg2hjsQ9k3E
paging e-6. I'll admit to being on the fence WRT Florence, but I think I may be falling off.
Happy Birthday–August 7
Adonis Terry (1864)
Bill McKechnie (1886)
Art Houtteman (1927)
Rocky Bridges (1927)
Don Larsen (1929)
Jerry McNertney (1936)
Ron Henry (1936)
Gary Dotter (1942)
Mike Poepping (1950)
Steve Kemp (1954)
Jason Grimsley (1967)
Danny Graves (1973)
Edgar Renteria (1976)
Mike Trout (1991)
August 7, 2013: Four in Eight
My schedule works out so I have half of this eight-day stretch off. Been working on the app stuff. I wish I had more of the shameless self-promoter in me...I'm trying to find someone who fights those battles.
2013 Game 110: Loveable Losers vs. Surprising Cinderellas
ANDREW ALBERS!
(vs. some newcomer flunky named James Shields)
Dude's from Canada, FWIW, so expect him to throw the ever lovin' back bacon out of the ball tonight.
Minor Details: Games of 8/5
Pat Dean shines in his AAA debut. Josh Willingham starts his rehab assignment. Adam Brett Walker II hits his twenty-fourth.
Happy Birthday–August 6
Sam Mertes (1872)
Sherry Magee (1884)
Ray Blades (1896)
Jim Turner (1903)
Prez Jones (1905)
Clem Labine (1926)
Ray Culp (1941)
Andy Messersmith (1945)
Ken Phelps (1954)
Ron Davis (1955)
Bob Horner (1957)
Stan Belinda (1966)
Chris Heintz (1974)
Luis Vizcaino (1974)
Prez Jones was the president of Grambling University and started the school's baseball team.
August 6, 2013: Finally at Home
I've had my regular number of days off and everything, but between the girls being on a long vacation, our housesitting gig and my schedule, this is the first full day I'll have with my kids in our own house in about three weeks. Good thing we got it, too, since school starts in six days.
Jerry Lee Lewis, Keith Richards, and Mick Fleetwood – Your Cheatin’ Heart
heh.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I8r2gtWBGSU
1983
2013 Game 109: MN @ KC
KANSAS CITY - The Minnesota Twins and the Kansas City Royals baseball teams will play a series of games against each other this week, according to public documents released by both teams and confirmed by Major League Baseball officials. Continue reading 2013 Game 109: MN @ KC