STATS said previously the best performance by hosts had been 11-0, accomplished six times - three in the 1800s. The most recent occasion was Sept. 16, 1989.
If I'm reading this right, since MLB expanded to more than 22 teams in 1969, there has never been a day where every team played when the home teams all won until yesterday. Now I'm wondering how many days from 1969 to today have had every team play.
These days Friday-Sunday are never off. If we assume that's been true since 1969 and assume that happens 25 times a year, that's 3450 days. With the odds getting worse with expansion and now at 1/32768 it makes sense it took a while.
Entering Tuesday, the most wins on a day where home teams won every game in @MLB was 12 on May 23, 1914. (via @EliasSports)
I enjoyed seeing the excitement of the Twins when they won last night. They haven't been playing very well, but the effort and the desire are still there. It's just that, sometimes, effort and desire aren't enough.
The face or our franchise felt betrayed and was genuinely hurt because people had the audacity to tell him he did something wrong. The monstrous stadium our sleezeball owners bilked the public into purchasing for them looks like an Imperial Cruiser that has landed downtown Minneapolis. It’ll basically serve as a $1.1 billion vomitorium for assholes in Jared Allen jerseys who drive into from third ring suburbs to drink Icehouse.
Two former Vikings squared off in the main event of Wrestlemania 31 and they both lost.
Even with my lack of interest in football, I still read all the "Why Your Team Sucks"es. They are highly entertaining.
And the Vikings one especially always has le mot juste.
Yeah, when Drew gets to unload on his favorite team is the perfect combo.
Tickets purchased for tomorrow's game. Section 323, row 7. This will be Aquinas' first game since he was an infant. Pepper might make an appearance. Anyone else?
I've made a note of this.
DAY GAME ALERT: The Cedar Rapids Kernels take on Lake County at noon today.
Felix Jorge is scheduled to pitch, too.
He gave up a three-run homer in the first, but no runs after that, striking out six in six innings. Cedar Rapids lost the game 6-3, though.
Hisashi Iwakuma just pitched a no-hitter for Seattle against Baltimore.
How did they make him believe he was pitching against the Twins?
NL pitchers had thrown the previous 12 no-hitters. The last AL pitcher to throw one was Felix.
IMO, our greatest ex-president. He's had a good, long run post-presidency. I'll be sorry to see him go, and hope that he finds a way to ease out the door.
Hard to believe he's "only" 90, given that he's been out of office for 34+ years.
Carter is very probably the greatest retired President since the Civil War. John Quincy Adams has a pretty good argument for the greatest post-Presidency career all-time, however:
- 20 years of representing Massachusetts in the US House after losing to Andrew Jackson
- argued in front of the Supreme Court on behalf of the Africans in the Amistad case
- used his own House censure hearing (for violating a gag rule on discussing slavery) to argue for abolition
- was instrumental in resolving the Nullification Crisis
- opposed the Mexican-American War & annexation of Texas
William Howard Taft probably comes third for an influential career as Chief Justice of the United States, but I don't know enough about his activity on the court.
yea, but JQA was an a$&)*#Qhole. 😉
JQA had an okay pre-presidency too, if I paid attention to the miniseries well enough.
Oh, yea. Perhaps our most qualified preznit. And a dick from a family of dicks. My kind of dick, but still, a dick.
Your moment of zen. Link courtesy of my dad today.
They are doing an admirable job of raising awareness.
And that’s not even considering Minnesota now has …
4. Miguel Sano hitting cleanup barely a month into his major league career. He has more than earned it. The 22-year-old is hitting .264/.383/.491 – and the former and latter numbers are about in line where he should find himself as he grows into a seasoned major leaguer. It’s the middle one that’s worth considering.
Among players with at least 100 plate appearances, Sano’s walk rate of 16.8 percent ranks seventh in baseball. Nos. 1-3 are among the five best hitters in baseball this year: Bryce Harper, Joey Votto and Paul Goldschmidt. It’s the highest rate Sano ever has posted – his previous best was 14.5 percent at Class A in 2012 – but isn’t so far out of line with his strong walk totals to suggest it’s some sort of anomaly.
And that’s what makes Sano so exceedingly promising. Yes, he strikes out a lot – more than 35 percent of the time thus far – but immense power and frontline patience is exceedingly rare in 2015. Even at designated hitter, where Sano likely will find himself for the entirety of his burgeoning career, there’s value in that.
Even I'm disappointed you didn't go with
THE END
...of our lease.
Month-to-month an option?
My wife has a similar arrangement with me.
right of first refusal?
I've really got to read these contracts better.
I wish it was. Perhaps with previous management, but we have New management as of this very week.
Twins helped make history.
If I'm reading this right, since MLB expanded to more than 22 teams in 1969, there has never been a day where every team played when the home teams all won until yesterday. Now I'm wondering how many days from 1969 to today have had every team play.
These days Friday-Sunday are never off. If we assume that's been true since 1969 and assume that happens 25 times a year, that's 3450 days. With the odds getting worse with expansion and now at 1/32768 it makes sense it took a while.
Deadspin notes that 4 of these were Federal League games to boot.
There are very few times a team has a Tuesday or Wednesday off, either, other than rainouts.
I enjoyed seeing the excitement of the Twins when they won last night. They haven't been playing very well, but the effort and the desire are still there. It's just that, sometimes, effort and desire aren't enough.
Why Your Team Sucks 2015: Minnesota Vikings
(naughty language. since it involves the vikings, that should be a given.)
This quote killed me.
The face or our franchise felt betrayed and was genuinely hurt because people had the audacity to tell him he did something wrong. The monstrous stadium our sleezeball owners bilked the public into purchasing for them looks like an Imperial Cruiser that has landed downtown Minneapolis. It’ll basically serve as a $1.1 billion vomitorium for assholes in Jared Allen jerseys who drive into from third ring suburbs to drink Icehouse.
Even with my lack of interest in football, I still read all the "Why Your Team Sucks"es. They are highly entertaining.
And the Vikings one especially always has le mot juste.
Yeah, when Drew gets to unload on his favorite team is the perfect combo.
Tickets purchased for tomorrow's game. Section 323, row 7. This will be Aquinas' first game since he was an infant. Pepper might make an appearance. Anyone else?
I've made a note of this.
DAY GAME ALERT: The Cedar Rapids Kernels take on Lake County at noon today.
Felix Jorge is scheduled to pitch, too.
He gave up a three-run homer in the first, but no runs after that, striking out six in six innings. Cedar Rapids lost the game 6-3, though.
Hisashi Iwakuma just pitched a no-hitter for Seattle against Baltimore.
How did they make him believe he was pitching against the Twins?
NL pitchers had thrown the previous 12 no-hitters. The last AL pitcher to throw one was Felix.
And Felix's no-hitter was a perfect game.
Damn: Jimmy Carter has an undisclosed form of metastatic cancer.
IMO, our greatest ex-president. He's had a good, long run post-presidency. I'll be sorry to see him go, and hope that he finds a way to ease out the door.
Hard to believe he's "only" 90, given that he's been out of office for 34+ years.
Carter is very probably the greatest retired President since the Civil War. John Quincy Adams has a pretty good argument for the greatest post-Presidency career all-time, however:
- 20 years of representing Massachusetts in the US House after losing to Andrew Jackson
- argued in front of the Supreme Court on behalf of the Africans in the Amistad case
- used his own House censure hearing (for violating a gag rule on discussing slavery) to argue for abolition
- was instrumental in resolving the Nullification Crisis
- opposed the Mexican-American War & annexation of Texas
William Howard Taft probably comes third for an influential career as Chief Justice of the United States, but I don't know enough about his activity on the court.
yea, but JQA was an a$&)*#Qhole. 😉
JQA had an okay pre-presidency too, if I paid attention to the miniseries well enough.
Oh, yea. Perhaps our most qualified preznit. And a dick from a family of dicks. My kind of dick, but still, a dick.
Taft had a decent post-Presidency gig
#cheaptoybait
Your moment of zen. Link courtesy of my dad today.
They are doing an admirable job of raising awareness.