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Monthly Archives: October 2015
ALCS Game 6
Hoping for a Game 7
Childish Gambino – Freaks and Geeks + Bonfire
This was one of the top three concerts I think I've ever been to in my life. His first set was the entirety of "Because the Internet". Then the encore was the entirety of "Camp". His third encore was assorted other songs, then a freestyle battle with I think Chance the Rapper (?).
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zUnUTTzUhLM
"Freaks and Geeks" was the first Childish Gambino song I ever heard. With the title and the performer (Donald Glover from "Community" for the unintiated) I was expecting a funny song. I got about 4 seconds into it before I was disabused of that notion. He's been one of my favorites since.
FMD: It’s the Great Halloween Mix, WGOM
Well, not yet. We have to make it.
HERE'S THE DEAL:
Put One (1) suggestion for a Halloween mix song in a SPOILER comment. A neutral party will collect all the nominations and submit them anonymously (deadline Sunday). The mix will be capped at 100 minutes (should we receive that many suggestions), and will be released next FMD.
Any questions, go nuts. Otherwise, properly SPOILER your tracks and we'll see you next week.
1965 Rewind: Game Eighteen
CHICAGO 13, MINNESOTA 5 IN MINNESOTA
Date: Friday, May 7.
Batting stars: Harmon Killebrew was 1-for-4 with a three-run homer, his third. Tony Oliva was 1-for-3 with a walk and two runs. Earl Battey was 1-for-3 with a walk and an RBI.
Pitching stars: None.
Opposition stars: Pete Ward was 3-for-5 with a two-run homer and a double, scoring three times. Ron Hansen was 3-for-5 with a home run (his third), scoring three times and driving in two. Al Weis was 2-for-2 with a home run and a double, driving in three.
The game: Killebrew hit a three-run homer in the first to put the Twins up 3-0. Weis' two-run double in the second immediately cut the lead to 3-2. The White Sox took a 4-3 lead in the fourth on solo home runs by Hansen and Weis. The Twins got the lead back in the sixth, taking a 5-4 advantage on two walks and RBI singles by Battey and Jerry Kindall. It went downhill from there, though, as the White Sox scored three runs in each of the last three innings. Danny Cater hit a three-run homer in the seventh, a pair of errors led to three runs in the eighth, and Ward hit a two-run homer in a three-run ninth. Eddie Fisher made sure the Twins did not come back, pitching the three final innings perfectly.
Of note: Zoilo Versalles was 0-for-4. Rich Rollins was 1-for-4 with a run. Bob Allison was 0-for-2 with two walks and a run. Dick Stigman started but pitched only 3.2 innings, giving up four runs on five hits and no walks with two strikeouts.
Record: The loss dropped the Twins to 11-7, tied for second with California (although in second based on winning percentage), 2.5 games behind the White Sox.
Happy Birthday–October 23
William Hulbert (1832)
Mike Sullivan (1866)
Lena Blackburne (1886)
Rube Bressler (1894)
Billy Sullivan (1910)
Vern Stephens (1920)
Ewell Blackwell (1922)
Jim Bunning (1931)
Greg Thayer (1949)
John Castino (1954)
Dwight Lowry (1957)
Al Leiter (1965)
Todd Sears (1975)
David Riske (1976)
John Lackey (1978)
Bud Smith (1979)
Kyle Gibson (1987)
William Hulbert was one of the founders of the National League and was its president from 1877 until his death in 1882.
Infielder Lena Blackburne discovered and marketed the mud from the driver beds near the Delaware River in New Jersey that has been rubbed on every major league baseball used since the 1950s.
October 23, 2015: The Effect of Meetings
I got passed over for a job (realistically, one that's still beneath me) last year and in the last couple of days my manager is finally kind of acknowledging that he blew it. I've been rumning this department without getting paid for it for about two years now, and one way or another, one of those two things have to change.
Cup of Coffee, 22 October 2015: Slimy
I was recently friended on Facebook by a law school classmate. He just published a book. I thought, wow, I didn't think he had that in him.
Then I googled him and his practice. He and his wife (another classmate) buy bad debt, [apparently] falsify records to obtain swift default judgments (they were sued for fraud and this was the specific allegation), and then garnish people's wages, adding attorneys and interest to the bill. And the book he wrote? It's about how to fire people. He has no experience in HR at all.
I felt like vomiting.
Lucinda Williams – Are You Alright
httpv://youtu.be/AiKk9PCcTgY
With Adam Sandler hosting the Late Show, it would appear.
1965 Rewind: Game Seventeen
BALTIMORE 5, MINNESOTA 1 IN MINNESOTA
Date: Thursday, May 6.
Batting stars: Harmon Killebrew was 1-for-4 with a home run, his second. Bob Allison was 1-for-3. Sandy Valdespino was 1-for-1 as a pinch-hitter.
Pitching stars: Al Worthington pitched a perfect inning. Jerry Fosnow pitched a scoreless inning, giving up one hit with one strikeout.
Opposition stars: Robin Roberts pitched a complete game, giving up one run on four hits and one walk with three strikeouts. Brooks Robinson was 2-for-4 with a home run, his third. Paul Blair was 2-for-4 with a run and an RBI.
The game: Robinson hit a home run in the second to put Baltimore up 1-0. Killebrew homered in the fourth to tie it 1-1. In the fifth, RBI singles by Roberts and Blair put the Orioles in front 3-1 and in the eighth, a run-scoring double by Luis Aparaicio and Russ Snyder's RBI single gave them a 5-1 lead. Other than Killebrew's homer, the only Twins threat came in the eighth, when a pair of singles put men on first and second with one out.
Of note: Zoilo Versalles was 0-for-3 with a walk and a stolen base. Rich Rollins was 0-for-4. Tony Oliva was 1-for-4. Valdespino, in his rookie season, had only been used as a pinch-hitter up to this point and was 3-for-6. Jim Kaat started and pitched seven innings, giving up five runs on ten hits and one walk with six strikeouts.
Record: The loss made the Twins 11-6, in second place, 1.5 games behind Chicago.