I know nothing else about this band other than this fantastic cover of a great techno song. All of the concert clips were from London or Paris, so maybe they're Brits?
Not sure if it's my favorite song of the year, but it's definitely the song I'm most excited about RIGHT NOW.
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(6 votes, average: 8.67 out of 10)
Loading... Well, my holiday was quite excellent. O perhaps had a bit to drink, however.
I don't belong here since I don't listen to new music, new artists, live music, or that much music in general now that you mention it. But I saw this performance on SNL a little bit ago and loved it.
(4 votes, average: 6.75 out of 10)Loading... Date: Sunday, July 11.
Batting stars: Harmon Killebrew was 2-for-4 with a two-run homer (his sixteenth) and a walk, scoring twice. Zoilo Versalles was 1-for-4 with a home run (his tenth) and two walks, scoring twice. Rich Rollins was 1-for-4 with a double and a walk, scoring once and driving in one.
Pitching stars: Bill Pleis pitched a scoreless inning, giving up two walks with one strikeout. Johnny Klippstein struck out both batters he faced.
Opposition stars: Elston Howard was 3-for-4 with a double and a walk, scoring twice and driving in two. Mickey Mantle was 2-for-4 with a walk and two runs. Hector Lopez was 2-for-4 with a walk.
The game: It was close all the way. The Yankees got an RBI single from Lopez in the first to go up 1-0, but Versalles homered in the third to tie it 1-1. In the fourth, two singles, a sacrifice fly, and an Earl Battey run-scoring single put the Twins up 3-1, but the Yankees got the two runs right back in the fifth when Howard came through with a two-run double. Rollins doubled in a run in the bottom of the fifth to put the Twins ahead again at 4-3, but a walk, a single, a walk, and a wild pitch tied it for the Yankees in the seventh. In the ninth, a single and two errors gave the Yankees a 5-4 advantage but with two out in the bottom of the ninth, Killebrew delivered a walk-off two-run homer to give the Twins the victory.
Of note: Tony Oliva was 2-for-4 with a run. Jimmie Hall was 1-for-3 with an RBI. Battey was 2-for-4 with an RBI. Jim Kaat pitched 4.1 innings, giving up three runs (two earned) on seven hits and three walks with one strikeout.
Record: The win made the Twins 53-29 and gave them a five-game lead heading into the all-star break. Baltimore and Cleveland were now tied for second.
Notes: Hall now had an average of .325...Battey raised his average to .313...I don't remember Joe Nossek as having a reputation as a great defender, but he was in center field in this game, with Hall moving to left in place of Allison, who remained out of the lineup. Don Mincher pitch-hit for Nossek in the seventh and stayed in to play first, with Killebrew moving to left and Hall to center. It was one of only two games in which Killebrew would play in the outfield that season. He had been the Twins' regular left fielder from 1962-64, with Vic Power manning first base from 1962-63 and Allison as the primary starter there in 1964...Mantle was obviously back in the starting lineup but played left field. I hadn't realized this, but probably as a concession to age and/or injury, Mantle was no longer in center in 1965 but was the regular in left.
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Morgan Bulkeley was the first president of the National League.
Mike Sodders was a first-round draft choice for the Twins in 1981. A star third baseman at Arizona State, he never could adjust to wooden bats, never hit, and never made the major leagues.
Dad A has been a Twins fan ever since the team started, and was a baseball fan before that. He coached, he ran the public address system, and he was on the board of the local baseball association. One of the many gifts he has given me is a love of baseball. Dad, I know you'll never read this, because you don't have a computer and can't think of a reason why you'd want one, but thank you and happy birthday. May you have many more.
Ask andbad you shall receive.
(3 votes, average: 1.67 out of 10)Loading... Remember the 90's? In the 90's I was, with some frequency, gifted CD's as Christmas presents.
The best one I ever got was TMBG's Flood, which helped me start to discover music that had been made in the same decade I was living in.
The worst one I ever got was Shania Twain's Come On Over, which... was not what I was listening to at the time. It wasn't as offensive as it sounds in retrospect, but it wasn't particularly good either.
So what's the best musical gift you were ever given? And the worst?
Merry Christmas all!
Date: Saturday, July 10 (Game 2 of doubleheader)
Batting stars: Don Mincher was 2-for-5 with a triple, scoring once and driving in three. Tony Oliva was 4-for-5 with a stolen base (his eighth) and a run. Sandy Valdespino was 2-for-4 with a walk and two RBIs.
Pitching star: Mel Nelson pitched a scoreless inning, giving up a walk with one strikeout.
Opposition stars: Roger Repoz was 4-for-5 with a home run (his fifth) and a triple, scoring three times. Hector Lopez was 1-for-3 with a home run (his fifth) and two walks, scoring twice. Clete Boyer was 1-for-4 with a grand slam, his ninth homer.
The game: Jimmie Hall's RBI double got the Twins on the board in the first, but Repoz and Lopez led off the second with back-to-back homers to give the Yankees a 2-1 lead. Ray Barker doubled in a run in the fourth to make it 3-1. The Twins came back in the fifth, getting a three-run double by Mincher and a run-scoring single by Valdespino to go ahead 5-3. Phil Linz singled in a run in the sixth to make it 5-4. In the seventh, a single, a walk, and a bunt single, all off Dick Stigman, loaded the bases with none out. Johnny Klippstein then came in to face Boyer, who hit a grand slam to give the Yankees an 8-5 edge. The Twins got three singles in the ninth, cutting the lead to 8-6 and putting the tying run on base with two out, but Steve Hamilton struck out Bernie Allen to end the game.
Of note: Zoilo Versalles was 2-for-5 with a double and two runs. Hall was 1-for-5 with a double, scoring once and driving in one. Harmon Killebrew was 1-for-5 with a run. Mudcat Grant struck out six in 6.1 innings, giving up four runs on nine hits and no walks.
Record: The loss snapped the Twins' nine-game winning streak and made their record 52-29. They remained in first place, four games ahead of Cleveland, which lost to California 1-0.
Notes: Hall's average dropped to .325...Bob Allison and Earl Battey did not play, with Valdespino and Jerry Zimmerman taking their spots in the lineup...Mickey Mantle was out again as well, with Repoz playing center...Tom Tresh was also out of the lineup, with Joe Pepitone taking his spot in the outfield and Ray Barker coming into the lineup to play first base...It seems somehow fitting that we've reached the half-way point of the season on Christmas Day.
The second I started this post, the New Kids on the Block "Merry Christmas" song popped into my head. Yikes.
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There have been 24 major league players with the first name “Jesus”, including ex-Twins Jesus Vega and Jesus “Bombo” Rivera and one whose birthday is today, Manny Trillo. There have been no major league players with the last name “Christ", although there have been two minor leaguers with that last name: John Christ, who was in the Cleveland organization from 1999-2001, and Mike Christ, who was in the Seattle organization from 1984-1988. There have been eighteen players whose first name was “Christian” (honorable mention to Cristian Guzman), sixteen players whose middle name was “Christian” (including ex-Twins Marcus Jensen, David Lamb, and Kevin Maas), and three players whose last name was “Christian”. We would be remiss if we did not also mention 1980s journeyman catcher Steve Christmas, as well as Matt Holliday.
The staff of Happy Birthday would like to wish everyone a very merry and blessed Christmas.
