40 thoughts on “October 16, 2013: Have a Cup on Me”

  1. Since I probably won't have time to do transactions posts this week, I'll note here that the Twins have re-signed James Beresford, Doug Bernier, Jermaine Mitchell, Lester Oliveros, and Virgil Vasquez to minor league contracts.

  2. Last night I had a CoC figured out honoring Sour Cream's birthday but fell asleep without even trying (the previous two nights, I did overnights at work, and needed to recover).

    Sour Cream has become a very happy, optimistic girl - not the harsher girl I thought she'd be when she was a snippy toddler. She makes me laugh every day and I'm emboldened by her good heart. Alright, off to check the mail with her. They had a scheduled day off today, which is kind of fun.

  3. I'm saying no scouts in until we start inducting trainers and bullpen coaches.

    1. I'll second that. Scouts are important to an organization, but they certainly aren't famous and I don't think we have any idea which scouts to induct.

  4. So, there was some chatter here last night about the US soccer team's last-second heroics in Panama that let Mexico off the hook and killed Panama's World Cup dreams. First off, I have to say that I'm happy the US won. I don't like taking the foot off the gas. 7-1-2 is a damn good Hex finish. Second, Mexican fans have to be beside themselves that their team couldn't do it themselves and had to rely on the US to seal the deal. Here is a translation I've seen of the Mexican announcer's reaction to Zusi's goal which put Mexico back into 4th place (I can't verify it, but I've seen a similar translation of the same words elsewhere):

    “GOOOOAAAAAAL The US of A PUTS us in the playoffs!!!!!” USA!
    “It is because of the USA that we are being placed in the playoff …BECAUSE OF THEM , NOT DUE TO YOU..NOT ANY OF YOU in the green shirts ….IT WAS THEM!!.NOT YOU!..THEY DID IT!!!!!NOT YOU! remember this forever….. KEEP THIS CLEARLY IN MIND FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIVES! You do NOTHING for the shirt, you do NOT put the effort, you have NOTplaced us in the playoffs , you HAVE NOT placed us in the WORLD CUP ..YOU WOULD NOT HAVE KEPT US ALIVE….IT WAS ESTADOS UNIDOS, NOT YOU.! .NOT YOU AND YOUR ARROGANCE/CONCEIT…..NOT YOU AND YOUR INFAMY….NOT YOU AND YOUR MORONS/PUNKS….
    ….
    “IT IS A FAILURE…..and UNDESERVED to go through to the playoff WE HAD NO ARGUMENTS to earn the playoffs, THE USA, WITH SUBS , WITH MANY SUBS as the visiting team shows us once again what the USA is all about ….how to play the game with dignity, how to approach the sport..MExico is a horror, just terrible….A FAILURE….
    ……
    THE USA HAS SURPASSED US ..They are better than Mexico in SOCCER ….THEY EVEN HAVE THE LUXURY OF PLAYING THEIR SUBS and KEEPING US LIVE…. I hope our coach wears the pants and resigns..He has failed as coach….”

    That is a pretty epic backing-into-the-playoffs rant.

    1. A triumph is sports commentary. Can't wait to watch Mexico lose to New Zealand next month.

    1. I've been disconnected for a few days and haven't seen any games this week so I wasn't aware Wally Bell had died, and only 48 years old.

    2. That does look cool.
      Was wondering why such info was so oddly scattered around the internet.
      (Brooks has strikezone, etc.)

  5. One of my best friends at work, and one of the best people I've met anywhere, just suffered a brain aneurysm while traveling for work in Europe. I'm really broken up about this. I just don't know what to think.

    1. Oh man, I'm really sorry to hear that, meat. You may recall that one of my very best friends died last fall from a brain aneurysm. It's a hard thing to deal with, there's no rhyme nor reason to it. Life is just a lot more random that we care to acknowledge. I hope they're able to do something for your friend.

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