2014 Game Log and Recap Duties

It's past that time of year for assigning game log and recap duties.

Game Logs
Sunday: Can of Corn
Monday: Twayn
Tuesday: cheaptoy
Wednesday: spookymilk
Thursday: hungry joe
Friday: sean
Saturday: nibbish

Game Recaps
Sunday:
Monday:
Tuesday: Zack
Wednesday:
Thursday:
Friday: socaltwinsfan
Saturday: nibbish

Bench

Sign up in the comments. If you're curious who had what when last year, here's the list.

Happy Birthday–March 27

Miller Huggins (1878)
Effa Manley (1897)
Wes Covington (1932)
Bill Sudakis (1946)
Lynn McGlothen (1950)
Dick Ruthven (1951)
Dave Hostetler (1956)
Jaime Navarro (1967)
Tom Quinlan (1968)
Dee Brown (1978)
Michael Cuddyer (1979)
Brian Slocum (1981)
Buster Posey (1987)

Effa Manley was the owner of the Brooklyn Eagles and the Newark Eagles in the Negro Leagues.

Dick Ruthven was drafted by Minnesota in the first round in 1972, but did not sign.

Brian Slocum was drafted by Minnesota in the fourteenth round in 1999, but did not sign.

We would like to wish a very happy birthday to Can of Corn.

We would also like to wish a happy birthday to Milt on Tilt.  Gone but not forgotten.

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WGOM Mini-Caucus (lunch) – DWNTWN MPLS

Just got off the phone interwebs with Pepper and realized something - Did we nail this thing down?

Seems the consensus last week was that a Thursday meeting at Be'Witched would be convenient for most involved. Washington isn't close to where I'm at, but seems close to where y'all are working so I'm happy to make a trip over - maybe swing by and pick up Dread Pirate enroute.

I can take lunch anytime. The questions are:

Does Thursday, April 3 work for you?

What time works best for you?

Happy Birthday–March 26

Jack McCarthy (1869)
Bill Zuber (1913)
Ben Mondor (1925)
Harry Kalas (1936)
Mel Queen (1942)
Kevin Seitzer (1962)
Jarvis Brown (1967)
Jose Vizcaino (1968)
Shane Reynolds (1968)
Jason Maxwell (1972)
Eric Hacker (1983)

Ben Mondor was the owner of the Pawtucket Red Sox from 1977-2010.  He is a member of the Boston Red Sox Hall of Fame and the International League Hall of Fame and won numerous minor league Executive of the Year awards from various organizations.

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