Pepper, you should be getting a mysterious package sometime next week; once the bomb squad gives you the okay, let me know if the pepperlings like it. And thanks again 😉
Very exciting!
Trueblood's Baseball Prospectus article is free today, and about the Twins.
Is that a real Brunansky quote in the comment section?
There was an in-game interview with Tom Brunanski the other day in which the announcer asked him what they were teaching hitters about situation hitting, like getting a runner on 2nd to third. His response was that he would tell the hitters he wants them to hit a double and replace the runner on 2nd. That was pretty refreshing to hear.
I mean, it wouldn't be a comment section without the misspelling, but if this is a real thing Brunansky said I may be a bit giddy.
YES! I heard him say it as well, during an in-game interview by Dazzle. Sounds like the station-to-station isn't as highly regarded now that Gardy is out
That's not as great as my mind's picture of Dick Bremer doing that interview and his head exploding on air, but I'm still loving that kind of talk coming from an actual decision maker for the Twins.
Or my new image of Michael Ironside as the Twins hitting coach.
Very good article.
I watched that Cleveland-Spurs game last night until there were about 2 minutes left. The Spurs were up and had it in control. Game over, I thought and I went to bed.
Even without Kyrie Irving just exploding late, it was a pretty good game. But, I apparently missed the ZOMG part of the game.
I pity your choice, Boss. It was indeed ZOMGish.
Spurs didn't play poorly the last 2 minutes, exactly. Kyrie just was amaze-balls.
KLub was pretty terrible. I wonder if he was having back issues.
KLub was pretty terrible. I wonder if he was having back issues.
Sold high sounds like!
The contrast in styles between the two teams last night was really something. The Spurs still have the best passing and spacing I've seen and Cleveland's offense was much less fluid. They are relying on superior athleticism to prevail. There's a lot of room for improvement in CLE, but the Spurs are fully actualized, which is pretty cool to see.
Yup.
Most of the time while I was watching, Love was either on the bench, or hanging out at the 3pt line being useless. Dude, you are 6'10". Get into the post once in a while. I guess that's hard to do when the offensive set is "put four guys on the perimeter and let Kyrie go one-on-N driving to the hoop."
San Antonio plays beautiful basketball.
They sure do whine a lot, though.
true, true.
To follow up on yesterday's discussion.
About five years ago, ON MY BIRTHDAY, i was driving home from work and I had a tire blowout. It was about -10 outside (January) and I tried to change my tire on Highway 62 during rush hour, but the lug nuts were frozen (not frozen cold, but corroded because salt). I called Mark's Towing in Eagan to have them pick me up and they said that they'd be right out. So, I waited and waited and waited. I called back and they said, whoops, they had another stall that was closer, so they took that one first. About an hour later, one of these MNDOT highway angels comes by and he's got a big hammer that he can use to break the lugnuts free. He changes my tire for me. I try to tip him and he says he can't accept any of my money. Mark's Towing still hadn't shown up, so I called and canceled their services.
And then I came to the old basement and ranted about it.
Now we just need a really slow player to attribute this too.
Thanks to the magic of the Internet Archive, we can relive it.
It's still glorious.
I forgot about how I'd demanded a discount. Yeah, I was pissed off.
well, you ended getting your entire Mark's Towing of Eagan service for free!!!!111one1111!!!
That was a fun little piece of nostalgia - particularly with ubelmann, Moss, and some other names from the past involved.
everyone but Cheesehead Craig!
Re-reading that makes me think Eagan, MN is a terrible place to be a consumer.
It's not a consumer's paradise, which is not to say it isn't a good place to live.
That was an awesome story. love the "where they specialize in..." bit.
I had my own Mark's Towing experience (that's Mark's Towing, of Eagan, where they specialize in...) the other day. Pretty much the same situation, but even worse. Going to be 45 minutes, Fine. Call back after 50 minutes. Going to be another 20 minutes. Fine. Call back after 30 minutes. Going to be 20 more minutes. Call back after 30 minutes. Looks like it's going to be another hour and a half. Sir, sir, I don't think there's any need for that kind of language.
Oh yes, there effing was...
Sounds miserable. Of course, Stick's story still takes the (birthday) cake.
It wasn't five years ago, it was seven. Should have known that. I replaced the car that this happened on in 2008. Man, time flies.
Twins putting on a slugfest. And interestingly, considering Trueblood's article, I've seen a couple first pitch hits.
Still spring training so they're getting their early hacks in now.
Another good game for Jose Berrios!
Also, it should be noted that "Stetson Allie" is a great name.
This Twins team has the potential for the most mispronounced names since Cuddyer and Kubel (koo-BELL) were new
So I've mentioned this here before, I think, but I've been mulling over buying a bike. I went to the bike shop last night and picked one out that I really like. I'm going to have the shop help me get some stronger wheels so it supports my weight better, and I'll probably get a seat that's a bit wider. I know I need a helmet and a lock, but do any of you (and I'm looking directly at you, free!) have any other things that I probably want to get when I do go get the bike? I'm really only planning on riding it around Fargo, but I'm really antsy to do so.
I find my water-bottle holder to be essential.
Ahhh yes, this is something I forgot to mention above. Definitely going to need one of these.
Dontrelle Willis is retiring. He was a great pitcher for a brief period of time.
Crazy, he'd put in four quality seasons by age 24, and was pretty much done after that.
from his Repository bio, this awesome line:
Scouts never doubted his talents
almost Fidrychian.
Man, I did not realize that Fidrych was dead. How did I miss that?
Pretty sure we talked about it around these parts. I believe he died when the truck he was working on collapsed on him.
worse. His clothing got caught in the drive shaft and he suffocated.
Pepper, you should be getting a mysterious package sometime next week; once the bomb squad gives you the okay, let me know if the pepperlings like it. And thanks again 😉
Very exciting!
Trueblood's Baseball Prospectus article is free today, and about the Twins.
Link for the lazy.
Is that a real Brunansky quote in the comment section?
I mean, it wouldn't be a comment section without the misspelling, but if this is a real thing Brunansky said I may be a bit giddy.
YES! I heard him say it as well, during an in-game interview by Dazzle. Sounds like the station-to-station isn't as highly regarded now that Gardy is out
That's not as great as my mind's picture of Dick Bremer doing that interview and his head exploding on air, but I'm still loving that kind of talk coming from an actual decision maker for the Twins.
Or my new image of Michael Ironside as the Twins hitting coach.
Very good article.
I watched that Cleveland-Spurs game last night until there were about 2 minutes left. The Spurs were up and had it in control. Game over, I thought and I went to bed.
Even without Kyrie Irving just exploding late, it was a pretty good game. But, I apparently missed the ZOMG part of the game.
I pity your choice, Boss. It was indeed ZOMGish.
Spurs didn't play poorly the last 2 minutes, exactly. Kyrie just was amaze-balls.
KLub was pretty terrible. I wonder if he was having back issues.
Sold high sounds like!
The contrast in styles between the two teams last night was really something. The Spurs still have the best passing and spacing I've seen and Cleveland's offense was much less fluid. They are relying on superior athleticism to prevail. There's a lot of room for improvement in CLE, but the Spurs are fully actualized, which is pretty cool to see.
Yup.
Most of the time while I was watching, Love was either on the bench, or hanging out at the 3pt line being useless. Dude, you are 6'10". Get into the post once in a while. I guess that's hard to do when the offensive set is "put four guys on the perimeter and let Kyrie go one-on-N driving to the hoop."
San Antonio plays beautiful basketball.
They sure do whine a lot, though.
true, true.
To follow up on yesterday's discussion.
About five years ago, ON MY BIRTHDAY, i was driving home from work and I had a tire blowout. It was about -10 outside (January) and I tried to change my tire on Highway 62 during rush hour, but the lug nuts were frozen (not frozen cold, but corroded because salt). I called Mark's Towing in Eagan to have them pick me up and they said that they'd be right out. So, I waited and waited and waited. I called back and they said, whoops, they had another stall that was closer, so they took that one first. About an hour later, one of these MNDOT highway angels comes by and he's got a big hammer that he can use to break the lugnuts free. He changes my tire for me. I try to tip him and he says he can't accept any of my money. Mark's Towing still hadn't shown up, so I called and canceled their services.
And then I came to the old basement and ranted about it.
Now we just need a really slow player to attribute this too.
Thanks to the magic of the Internet Archive, we can relive it.
It's still glorious.
I forgot about how I'd demanded a discount. Yeah, I was pissed off.
well, you ended getting your entire Mark's Towing of Eagan service for free!!!!111one1111!!!
That was a fun little piece of nostalgia - particularly with ubelmann, Moss, and some other names from the past involved.
everyone but Cheesehead Craig!
Re-reading that makes me think Eagan, MN is a terrible place to be a consumer.
It's not a consumer's paradise, which is not to say it isn't a good place to live.
That was an awesome story. love the "where they specialize in..." bit.
I had my own Mark's Towing experience (that's Mark's Towing, of Eagan, where they specialize in...) the other day. Pretty much the same situation, but even worse. Going to be 45 minutes, Fine. Call back after 50 minutes. Going to be another 20 minutes. Fine. Call back after 30 minutes. Going to be 20 more minutes. Call back after 30 minutes. Looks like it's going to be another hour and a half. Sir, sir, I don't think there's any need for that kind of language.
Oh yes, there effing was...
Sounds miserable. Of course, Stick's story still takes the (birthday) cake.
It wasn't five years ago, it was seven. Should have known that. I replaced the car that this happened on in 2008. Man, time flies.
oh, so good.
Following the link to the full interviews is a treat, too.
Oh lord, I laughed.
How NASA fakes all of those space pictures.
For the other language nerds, I just signed up for the Coursera intro to linguistics course. It starts March 30.
https://www.coursera.org/course/humanlanguage
Twins putting on a slugfest. And interestingly, considering Trueblood's article, I've seen a couple first pitch hits.
Still spring training so they're getting their early hacks in now.
Another good game for Jose Berrios!
Also, it should be noted that "Stetson Allie" is a great name.
This Twins team has the potential for the most mispronounced names since Cuddyer and Kubel (koo-BELL) were new
So I've mentioned this here before, I think, but I've been mulling over buying a bike. I went to the bike shop last night and picked one out that I really like. I'm going to have the shop help me get some stronger wheels so it supports my weight better, and I'll probably get a seat that's a bit wider. I know I need a helmet and a lock, but do any of you (and I'm looking directly at you, free!) have any other things that I probably want to get when I do go get the bike? I'm really only planning on riding it around Fargo, but I'm really antsy to do so.
I find my water-bottle holder to be essential.
Ahhh yes, this is something I forgot to mention above. Definitely going to need one of these.
Dontrelle Willis is retiring. He was a great pitcher for a brief period of time.
Crazy, he'd put in four quality seasons by age 24, and was pretty much done after that.
from his Repository bio, this awesome line:
almost Fidrychian.
Man, I did not realize that Fidrych was dead. How did I miss that?
Pretty sure we talked about it around these parts. I believe he died when the truck he was working on collapsed on him.
worse. His clothing got caught in the drive shaft and he suffocated.
I knew it was some terrible thing. Man.