Happy Birthday–November 30

Mordecai Davidson (1845)
Frank Killen (1870)
Josh Billings (1891)
Firpo Marberry (1898)
Clyde Sukeforth (1901)
Steve Hamilton (1935)
Craig Swan (1950)
Juan Berenguer (1954)
Dave Engle (1956)
Steve Shields (1958)
Bob Tewksbury (1960)
Gary Wayne (1962)
Bo Jackson (1962)
Mark Lewis (1969)
Matt Lawton (1971)
Ray Durham (1971)
Shane Victorino (1980)
Rich Harden (1981)

Mordecai Davidson was the owner of the Louisville Colonels in the late 1880s.  Under financial pressure, he tried to save money in a variety of ways, including fining players each time the team lost.  As a result, he is credited with inspiring the first baseball players' strike.

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Frost Bite Falls

Did the Moustache Run this morning - a balmy half-marathon that starts and ends by the Nicollet Island Pavillion.   There was a good turnout today and it sounds like good weather (compared to what they've had around here for a while).

My time wasn't great (really struggled with the last two miles, had to walk a couple of times), but I was able to keep moving enough to not have my sweat freeze on me.

It was a different (hillier) coarse than last year, going over to run along the UofM for a ways, then back over to the River road.

The riverfront area is very nice - they've done a lot of improvements/parks, walkways, especially by the new Guthrie.  Nice view of St. Anthony falls at the beginning of the race.

There was a dude in the moustache competition who dressed up as, and had the same stache as Rollie Fingers.  First place winner was a guy who invented a new moustache - called it the long-horn.

We went over to The Bulldog, N.E. afterwards for burgers+Surly's.  This place has become our Minny version of Plan B.

Happy Birthday–November 28

Heinie Pietz (1870)
Frank O'Rourke (1894)
Jerry Gardner (1920)
Wes Westrum (1922)
Sixto Lezcano (1953)
Dave Righetti (1958)
Walt Weiss (1963)
John Burkett (1964)
Matt Williams (1965)
Pedro Astacio (1969)
Robb Nen (1969)
Jose Parra (1972)

Jerry Gardner spent most of his life in baseball as a minor-league player and manager and as a scout.

We would like to wish a very happy birthday to Mom Runner.

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