53 thoughts on “February 16, 2016: “Best” “New” “Artist””

    2. I will give them this, I am listening to The Steeldrivers' "The Muscle Shoals Recordings" which won Best Bluegrass Album, and it's really good.

      1. I'll have to track it down. The Valet is obsessed with bluegrass (started with the Okee Dokee Brothers, and had just expanded from there). I brought him to a bluegrass jam a few weeks ago and he was dancing up a storm.

    4. Linds and I enjoy watching the Grammys every year. It's a fun excuse to sit and make fun of LL Cool J and Neil Portnow, if nothing else.

    5. I watch The Grammys but its not essential viewing for me, I just flip in and out.
      I do like how there are very few stuffy speeches and its more of a celebration of (mostly whatever is the hot trend for the year) music.

      The Grammys are the MLB All Star Game of award shows. The Oscars is the NFL Pro Bowl (everyone watches movies/football yet the winning movies are the ones no one watches, like the Pro Bowlers are the players no one votes for because the star players skip it)

    1. The two-year-old is obsessed with Parmesan cheese. He likes the chunks and asks for them specifically.

      1. We get the Market Pantry version, and...

        "no parmesan cheese was used to manufacture" the Market Pantry brand 100% grated Parmesan Cheese

        *sad trombone*

  4. Rough week for me on the Invisibles Quiz; I only managed to get one of them, and that was a pretty wild guess that turned out to be right. Anyone else do any better?

    'Number 7' SelectShow
    4. #6 SelectShow

      #2 looks like it should be something identifiable.

      1. Agreed on number 2, but I've got nothing. Number one seems familiar, too, but I couldn't quite come up with it.

  5. MLB.com's projected rotation for the Twins has me totally depressed:

    1. Ervin Santana: 7-5, 4.00 ERA, 17 starts
    2. Kyle Gibson: 11-11, 3.84 ERA, 32 starts
    3. Phil Hughes: 11-9, 4.40 ERA, 27 games (25 starts)
    4. Tommy Milone: 9-5, 3.92 ERA, 24 games (23 starts)
    5. Ricky Nolasco: 5-2, 6.75 ERA, nine games (eight starts)

    I would certainly hope the Twins wouldn't be dumb enough to leave their two best starters in AAA. (Duffey might not be better than all 5 of the above, but he certainly was in his debut last season and should be allowed to prove that it was a fluke, if it was).

    1. I don't have a problem with this. It's a projection; if Nolasco DOES make the lineup, I'm assuming it's because he earned it. If he didn't, THEN it's time to be depressed.

      (btw, Duffey's debut was worse than all five projections, but I'm assuming you mean his debut season, not his debut 😉 )

      1. My concern would be the Twins putting too much stock in SSS results from the spring, especially if Nolasco as a veteran gets to pitch in home games against mostly minor leaguers and backups. I'm just wondering when the first report about Nolasco being in the best shape of his life will come out.

      1. I think it's been stated that he'll be in the running for a rotation spot, but I think others have to fail in the spring or get hurt before it really matters what he does. I really think Duffey's spot in the rotation is his to lose. Unfortunately, I don't think Berrios will start the year with the team, but will come up in early June what between him having no MLB experience and the Twins not wanting to start his arb clock. My guess is that, barring injury, Duffey will be the fourth starter with Milone the fifth starter and Nolasco a long reliever. Milone and Nolasco might switch if they want another lefty in the bullpen, but the Twins have never liked to have an all RH rotation.

    3. From the AP spring preview of the Twins:

      NO ROOM FOR RICKY

      Halfway into his four-year, $49 million contract, right-hander Ricky Nolasco has fallen far down the list for the rotation after an injury-ruined 2015. In two seasons, he has made only 35 starts and has a 5.64 ERA.

      With Gibson, Duffey, a slimmed-down Phil Hughes and a suspension-free Ervin Santana, the starting five is almost set. Tommy Milone has the inside track for the other spot, with Berrios closing in on his major league debut. With more depth in the rotation than in the bullpen, Trevor May could be headed for another late-inning role.

      That means Nolasco will likely be a $12 million long reliever.

      ''That's not all that bad to have in the inventory just in case somebody falters,'' general manager Terry Ryan said.

    4. I hope they haven't totally ruled Trevor May out of the rotation mix. People seem to think he flopped as a starter, but his ERA when he was taken out of the rotation fits right into those first four, and he's young enough to get better.

  6. I just looked to see who the BNA award went to (as HJ complained about the selection). Seems like she's been along longer than that, but IIRC, the nomination window is September-August of the previous year. I probably first heard the winner's big hit single in late August 2014 (which is odd for such a political song, you'd think songs about increasing turnout among core voter segments would be huge in 2016). But that definitely means that the album came out somewhere in the Sept 2014-August 2015 window.

    2. I think the complaint is that she was up for awards in LAST YEAR'S Grammys. I guess technically it's possible to win a Silver Slugger Award and then with the ROY the next year.

        1. I looked up who was this year's winner. I'm going to assume, and agree with, your other two complaints.

  7. I tried to login from the airport on a phone today and repeatedly typed whom.org
    I kept thinking that doing so ought to dial up Pepper, somehow.

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