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August 5, 2014: Sorry

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This is boring, but I have a weekend starting today. I know I always mention them, but hell, work is so slow this time of year I don't have the patience to be there.

29 thoughts on “August 5, 2014: Sorry”

  1. I'm mildy amused that I've got some wgom twitter followers on the back of my rediculous request for free entry to Steve Earle's show tonight. I'm going to go hang out near the venue to see if I can charm my way into the show.

  2. Last night, bjhess's Boston Bees knocked me out of the 1984 playoffs in our OOTP. Here's the final game of our series.

    One thing to note is that Goose Gossage, during the regular season, had a ridiculous line for me: 14-6, 81 games in relief, 178 innings, 2.58 ERA, 50 walks, and 220 strikeouts. Check out his line in that game above...

        1. It's a wonderful game. 😉

          (Note, I came back from 4 games out of the playoffs with 7 games left to tie for the last playoff spot. Then won the play-in game. So karma was on my side.)

    1. I think that would make the team really athletic and watchable. It'd be much, much better than going from Kevin Love to Anthony Davis as the starting 4.

      1. Heh- I'm guessing you meant Bennett. We'd take Davis as the starting 4 in less than a heartbeat.

    2. Agreed with everyone below, but getting Anthony Bennett is great. Not losing Barea will be a bummer, though.

    3. The best part about this whole year, though, is the train wreck that is the tspence26 Twitter account. I've never seen a journalist career "made" and destroyed so fast.

        1. I had to look it up as well - apparently, he's a guy who'll commit to being the first to "confirm" a possible move and even give specifics, even if it blows up in his face and he has to back-pedal. Claims to be the first to break the Lebron to Cleveland move...among other things.

          1. The latest bit has been to respond to people admonishing them for not giving him credit on something he'd reported "hours ago". I should probably stop following.

  4. What does Gardy think happens at Target Field concerts? That the attendees try to grow heroin?

    There’s no way around it, you’ve got all that heavy equipment going on, people out on the field walking around, poppy seeds growing in the outfield, if that’s what you want to call it. It’s entertaining.”

  5. Bird question for the experts.

    I saw a bird of prey that I didn't recognize. From a distance, it looked like a Blue Heron flying in the sky. As it went over me, I realized it wasn't. Big wing span. Striped face. Didn't have the long Heron legs.

    Osprey? I was about a mile from a lake.

    1. I've seen some osprey this year. Mostly white underbelly. Probably not as big as a heron, but still pretty good size. Yes on the single horizontal face stripe. If you see it carrying a fish, that's a good bet. High-pitched screech or whistle.

      1. We saw a huge bird in a dead tree by the Connecticut River on our annual canoe/kayak paddle. Had to be an osprey just for the size of it.

    2. Sounds like an Osprey. They never straighten out their wings like eagles, red-tails, or vultures. So they've got that "upside-down W" that makes them a clear mark for future Tommy-John surgery.
      2nd Year and 4th Year Bald Eagles may also have whitish heads with dark lines through their eyes.
      A big ID clue if you couldn't notice posture (the upside-down W), Ospreys have white underwings but the flight feathers will be dark (White arms, dark "fingers"). while juvenile eagles are a generally dark with some lighter feathers mixed in, all over their bodies. The fourth-year will be mostly all dark except the tail, almost looking like an adult.

      Sibley (1st Ed) puts the wingspans this way:
      RTHA 49"
      OSPR 63"
      TUVU 67"
      GBHE 72"
      BAEA 80"

      Ospreys nest at the Coon Rapids Dam, and I see them every morning waiting for the bus. Bald Eagles frequent the river in winter.

  8. So last night I rushed home from work, grabbed my (personal) laptop and headed out to the deck with a cool drink. I'm furiously writing the game log to get it done before the first pitch when my wife walks out and asks what I'm doing. "I'm writing tonight's game log," I said. "Oh? Which game would that be?" was all she said before walking back inside. So I took another look at the schedule, saw the off day, and felt like a nearly complete idiot. Nearly, because I was smart enough to marry my wife, after all.

    1. Wow! That's impressive. The other night, I had my wife's undivided attention for about 15-seconds. I was excitedly talking about Santana's triple, being one hit shy of the cycle, and when she realized I was talking about baseball ... she promptly turned her attention back to whatever she'd been working on.

    2. I had the same problem. I was wondering where the game log was until I realized it was an off-day. I think I need to add them to the schedule too.

  10. Indians just released Nyjer Morgan. He's been hurt for a while, so I don't know how healthy he is now, but if he is, I wonder if the Twins would rethink the Jordan Shafer experiment.

  11. The Dazzleman got Provus' name wrong. Okay.

    (starved for baseball after week vacation in Wifi-free land)

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