Joining a game in progress. 2-1 A's in the bottom of the second.
Monthly Archives: September 2014
2014 WGOM MLB Playoffs Contesf
Just pick winners and spoiler them or email me. I'll get the spreadsheet up and running.
Wild Card Games (1 point)
OAK vs. KC
SF vs. PIT
Division Series (2 points)
DET vs. BAL
OAK/KC vs. LAA
STL vs. LAD
SF/PIT vs. WAS
Championship Series (4 points)
DET/BAL vs. OAK/KC/LAA
STL/LAD vs. SF/PIT/WAS
World Series (8 points)
DET/BAL/OAK/KC/LAA vs. STL/LAD/SF/PIT/WAS
Tiebreaker 1
How many games in World Series?
Tiebreaker 2
How many runs scored in World Series?
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If you want to go crazy and predict MVPs of series and number of games in everything, I'll track those but will not use them for points.
WGOM Fingerprint Words: AMR Edition
After AMR's critique, I felt compelled to try again and limit each word to appearing only once. I updated the code to handle basic contractions and better deal with embedded HTML. What follows are the most used five words for each person that are also not the among anyone else's most used five words. For most people, the five words rank among their top 15-25 words.
The Last Managerial Search
The last time the Twins fired a manager, back in 1986, they waffled and wavered and oscillated between candidates. Jobs were offered and promised and then withdrawn. The whole process was, quite simply, bizarre.
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September 30, 2014: I’m Not Arguing Balls and Strikes
I'm arguing that you suck.
Happy Birthday–September 30
Gabby Street (1882)
Nap Rucker (1884)
Johnny Allen (1904)
Robin Roberts (1926)
Johnny Podres (1932)
Craig Kusick (1948)
Dave Magadan (1962)
Yorkis Perez (1967)
Jose Lima (1972)
Carlos Guillen (1975)
Gabby Street was a light-hitting catcher who played in parts of eight major leagues seasons, mostly for the Washington Senators. He was Walter Johnson's primary catcher. He later did some managing and broadcasting. He is best remembered as the first man to catch a baseball dropped from the top of the Washington Monument.
29 September 2014: It’s Over (Burnt Coffee)
For the last several years I have been much more interested in the Twins' offseason than their regular season. I expect that trend to continue this year. Time to start filling out and itemizing that wish list, folks.
Luke Winslow King – Cadillac Slim
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wS8g4VidXzs
I'm a yankee boy living down in New Orleans, with my yankee queen.
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Game Recap #162: Our Heroes Forever 0, Other Guys 3
Well, at least we made them earn it.
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Happy Birthday–September 29
Dave Orr (1859)
Gus Weyhing (1866)
Harry Steinfeldt (1877)
Paul Giel (1932)
Mike McCormick (1938)
Rich Reese (1941)
Steve Busby (1949)
John McLaren (1951)
Warren Cromartie (1953)
Byron McLaughlin (1955)
Tim Flannery (1957)
Craig Lefferts (1957)
Rob Deer (1960)
Derek Parks (1968)
Jake Westbrook (1977)
Heath Bell (1977)
Dave Orr is considered the greatest nineteenth century slugger of all. His career was cut short when he suffered a stroke in 1890 at the age of 31.
Outfielder Warren Cromartie was drafted by the Twins in the third round of the January Secondary draft in 1972, but did not sign.