It all goes downhill after the first inning for Caguas. Carolina leads all the way.
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Monthly Archives: November 2014
Happy Birthday–November 19
Billy Sunday (1862)
Everett Scott (1892)
Roy Campanella (1921)
Joe Morgan (1930)
Manny Jimenez (1938)
Larry Haney (1942)
Bobby Tolan (1945)
Bob Boone (1947)
Dickie Noles (1956)
Mike Winters (1958)
Gary DiSarcina (1967)
Mario Valdez (1974)
Clay Condrey (1975)
Ryan Howard (1979)
Jonathan Sanchez (1982)
Michael Tonkin (1989)
The Joe Morgan listed above is not Hall of Famer Joe Morgan. The Joe Morgan born today is the Joe Morgan who once managed the Red Sox.
Larry Haney is the cousin of ex-Twin Mike Cubbage.
Mike Winters has been a major league umpire since 1990.
Dream Theater – Pull Me Under/Master of Puppets
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f2oPczmlBfE
Dream Theater is a band that has had more influence on my musical tastes than any other band when I discovered them in high school. Here they are doing their only song that ever got significant air play, during with the break into some Metallica.
--GH
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Half-Baked Hall: 1915-1916
Are you tired? I am. I can't decide if it's because I got just six hours of sleep last night, or if it's because we have two players on this ballot named Nap.
John McGraw prompted some to question whether or not we're electing people based on managerial or other contributions to the game. The short answer is that everyone decides that for themselves. Remember, no rules for why you want to vote for somebody.
Another answer is that at some point, perhaps when we've caught up to the current year, I'll run a ballot or series of ballots that include people who have made great contributions but just didn't do enough with the bat. For example, Connie Mack, Casey Stengel, T.C. Bear.
Dominican Digest: Games of November 9
Some tight games. A walkoff homer in Cibao. A ninth-inning rally for Escogido.
Diary of a 50 Year Old Widower
The cards and photos have long been lovingly put into a nice box and stored away. The calls asking “so how you doing” have slowed to a trickle too. Most of Elaine’s clothes have been brought over to Goodwill and I have started to move some of my stuff into her old dresser drawers. The medical insurance has all been figured out and I haven’t seen a doctor’s bill or EOB in many weeks. It’s been six months since I’ve become a widower and as time moves onward, the rhythm of a new life is starting to emerge.
Happy Birthday–November 18
Deacon McGuire (1863)
Jack Coombs (1882)
Les Mann (1892)
Gene Mauch (1925)
Roy Sievers (1926)
Danny McDevitt (1932)
Cal Koonce (1940)
Jim Shellenback (1943)
Steve Henderson (1952)
Luis Pujols (1955)
Mike Felder (1961)
Jamie Moyer (1962)
Dante Bichette (1963)
Ron Coomer (1966)
Tom Gordon (1967)
Gary Sheffield (1968)
David Ortiz (1975)
Shawn Camp (1975)
Steve Bechler (1979)
C. J. Wilson (1980)
Roy Sievers was a star for the franchise when it was in Washington in the 1950s.
There are 74 current and former major league players born on this day. I'm pretty sure that's the most on any day.
November 18, 2014: Orphan Reference
I often find myself wanting to quote a movie that I saw on Mystery Science Theater 3000 and I have to remind myself that very few people have seen them, even in MST3K form.
Meshuggah – Bleed
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f1hmI4eqzps
Meshuggah are the godfathers of djent and an influence on basically every modern metal band. The drums here are double bass throughout--sixteenth notes interspersed with thirty-second notes.
--GH
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Mexican Matchups: Games of November 9
A triple Lutz leads Obregon. Four-run innings lift Los Mochis and Mexicali. Hey, Camarena!