Happy Birthday–June 21

June 21, 2014 Jeff A 3 Comments

Matt Kilroy (1866)
Randy Moore (1906)
Harold Seymour (1910)
Ed Lopat (1918)
Merle Harmon (1926)
Jackie Collum (1927)
Charlie Moore (1953)
Rick Sutcliffe (1956)
Jay Pettibone (1957)
Donovan Osborne (1969)
Garrett Jones (1981)
Jeff Baker (1981)

Harold Seymour wrote a three-part History of Baseball, published from 1960-1990.

Merle Harmon broadcast Minnesota Twins games from 1967-1969.

We would also like to wish a happy birthday to MagUidhir, Sheenie, and UncleWalt’s daughter (NieceWalt?).

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Cup of Coffee

June 21, 2014: The Return of Weekends

June 21, 2014 spookymilk 27 Comments

Four more days in this eight-day work stretch. I haven't gotten one of these in a while. On the upside, it seems we're back to making sure everyone gets a "weekend" at some point in the week. I'm very much in favor of that.

2014 Twins Game Logs

2014 Game 72: Chicago White Sox at Minnesota Twins

June 20, 2014 sean 47 Comments

Hector Noesi
v
Ricky "Eventually an ace?" Nolasco

BR has the Twins ranked 22nd in SRS. Thankfully, the White Sox are ranked 27th. This is a perfect time for Nolasco to earn that ace(-ish) label.

Soccer

World Cup Matchday 9

June 20, 2014 MagUidhir 19 Comments

11: Italy v Costa Rica
2: France v Switzerland
5: Honduras v Ecuador

Keeping Track

Gulf Coast League Preview

June 20, 2014 Jeff A

The last of the minor leagues gets underway tonight.

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Keeping Track

Minor Details: Games of June 19

June 20, 2014 Jeff A

Daniel Ortiz slams the Red Wings to a victory. A big day for Nate Hanson. A bigger day for Nick Gordon in his debut.

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2014 Twins Game Recaps

Game Recap #71: Old Rookies 4, Shecagos 2

June 20, 2014 Jeff A 4 Comments

Rumor has it.

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Friday Music Day

FMD: WGOM Summer Mix in Progress

June 20, 2014 AMR 63 Comments

I've made a playlist of everyone's nominations and I've started to listen to it.
Turns out we like a lot of widely different things.
Barring disaster or lethargy, I should have it sequenced and trimmed to 79:59 (or less) by next week.

Now, back to your regular random 10 business...

WGOM Videos

Blackhawk — That’s Just About Right

Video June 20, 2014 Beau 4 Comments

I was looking forward to just looking up my favorite country songs and posting them this week. What I've found, however, is that a lot of country sounds awful live. When you have to scream your drawl over cheering fans, it's really bad. Also, some of my favorite artists just don't sound that good out of the studio.

Blackhawk, to my pleasant surprise, sounds exactly the same. They're not my favorite band, but now I have more respect for them.

Van Stephenson on the far right died in 2001 of skin cancer. Country fans will notice Ricky Skaggs, not part of the band, in the mix here.

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8BKu2joWpvY