Errors make the difference in Brisbane. Sydney gets Tripped up.
Monthly Archives: December 2013
December 3, 2013: Stuffy
Sour Cream wants a "Stuffy" for Christmas. This is the first time we've ever had to Google something one of the girls asked for.
Happy Birthday–December 3
Billy McLean (1835)
Bennie Tate (1901)
Joe Collins (1922)
Ray Bellino (1932)
Clay Dalrymple (1936)
Chico Salmon (1940)
Jerry Johnson (1943)
Wayne Garrett (1947)
Pat Putnam (1953)
Gene Nelson (1960)
Damon Berryhill (1963)
Darryl Hamilton (1964)
Paul Byrd (1970)
Gary Glover (1976)
Chad Durbin (1977)
Andrew Oliver (1987)
Billy McLean was the umpire in the first National League game ever, April 22, 1876. He umpired in the National League through 1890.
Shortstop Ray Bellino played and managed in the Twins minor league system and also was a scout for them.
Andrew Oliver was drafted by Minnesota in the seventeenth round in 2006, but did not sign.
We would also like to wish a happy birthday to DK.
The Hold Steady – Killer Parties
these guys are awesome. how come no one ever mentioned them before?
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I05E5mh27zs
2012
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Loading... Mexican Matchups: Games of 11/29
A couple of tight games and a couple of blowouts. A big inning carries Culican and Los Mochis.
Puerto Rican Publication: Games of 11/29
A good day for Kennys Vargas. Carolina gets Martinized. Singleton was Homerton for Santurce.
Dominican Digest: Games of 11/29
Danny Santana scores the only run of the game for Aguilas. Audy was audacious for Oriente.
Venezuelan View: Games of 11/29
Oswaldo Arcia has drawn nineteen walks. A big tenth inning carries Aragua. A see-saw game in La Guaira.
First Monday Book Day: A Pox On Me
I just finished a week off, for which I'm appropriately thankful. I can't wait to see what kind of mess the office is in.... Nah, I'm sure everything is fine. I work for the gubmint, after all.
Even with the week off, I didn't get much reading done. I blame HBO's free weekend, or something. Truth be told, I'm still trying to finish The Black Count (highly recommended).
But for the sake of this feature, I started something new last night: Jennifer Lee Carrell's The Speckled Monster: A Historical Tale of Battling Smallpox.
I'm only a chapter in, so it is a bit premature to be assessing. My main fear is that the author is trying to hard to story-ify the history. Whereas Tom Reiss's The Black Count manages to tell an engaging story while clearly maintaining a popular historian's quasi-scholarly edge, Carrell's book (or the first chapter, at least) swings much further into literary territory, striving to read more like a novel.
That said, others have praised her book for historical and medical accuracy. So, she's got that going for her. I'll see how far I get.
What are you reading?
Australian Audit: Game of 11/28
A shutout for Adelaide.