Here's a groovy number for your weekend.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SvHFuJX2Ock
1976
(1 votes, average: 9.00 out of 10)
Loading... Date: Friday, August 27.
Batting stars: Mudcat Grant was 2-for-4 with a run and four RBIs. Earl Battey was 1-for-3 with a double and two walks, driving in one. Rich Rollins was 2-for-5 with a stolen base (his third), scoring once and driving in one.
Pitching star: Mudcat Grant pitched a complete game shutout, giving up two hits and three walks with three strikeouts.
Opposition stars: Leon Wagner was 0-for-2 with two walks. Fred Whitfield was 1-for-3. Sam McDowell struck out eight in 6.1 innings but allowed four runs on four hits and five walks.
The game: Grant delivered a two-out two-run single in the fourth to put the Twins ahead 2-0. in the seventh, Battey had an RBI single and Bob Allison contributed a sacrifice fly to make it 4-0. Grant delivered another two-run single in the ninth and Rollins also singled in a run to close out the scoring. The only threat the Indians had was in the fourth, when a single and a walk put men on first and second with none out and Rocky Colavito up. Colavito hit into a double play and Whitfield flied out to end the inning.
Of note: Zoilo Versalles was 2-for-4 with a hit-by-pitch and a run. Allison was 0-for-4 with an RBI.
Record: The win made the Twins 83-47. Chicago split a doubleheader with Boston, so the Twins' lead increased to nine games.
Notes: The Twins continued to have no trouble scoring runs without Harmon Killebrew or Tony Oliva in the lineup...Jimmie Hall did not start, either, with Joe Nossek playing center field. Hall was used as a pinch-hitter...Battey raised his average to .305...If you're wondering, the record for most RBIs by a pitcher in a game is nine, set by Henry Staley of the Boston Braves in 1893 and tied by Tony Cloninger of the Atlanta Braves in 1966. The American League record is seven by Vic Raschi of the Yankees in 1953.
Chick Fulmer (1851)
Bill Bradley (1878)
Hal Chase (1883)
Eddie Foster (1887)
Sal Bando (1944)
Donnie Moore (1954)
Jerry Browne (1966)
Matt Mieske (1968)
Kevin Stocker (1970)
Howie Clark (1974)
Nathan Eovaldi (1990)
Nathan Eovaldi is the only player in major league history whose last name begins with "Eo".
Crax. Well, we'll scale back then.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8z1ZUgIZKDI
16 Dec 2014
(1 votes, average: 9.00 out of 10)Loading... William Miller: So Russell, what do you love about music?
Russell Hammond: To begin with… everything.
What is it about a band or particular song, or just music that makes you just love it?
Obviously for me this is all about Guided By Voices. Why do I have 1000 songs from this cultish band from Dayton, OH? Why will I spend weekends listening to nothing for GBV for hours on end, looking at web sites, books, old YouTube videos and the like?
I wanted to answer that question as part of this Friday Music Day but found myself flustered. All I can say it’s “the music” maaan. Catchy melodies, esoteric lyrics, the sheer volume of songs, the fact that they never hit it big all gets jumbled in a giant vat of greatness for me. So there. I can’t go deeper than that, sorry.
But fortunately someone has. The article in the link pretty much covers it all. Even though it’s two years old, the article has particular resonance since it appears that a version of the band has reformed and will play at least one show this summer. Who wants to go?
http://overblown.co.uk/losing-game-pricks-guided-voices-retrospective/
So why do you love a particular band? Are you more articulate than me? Put it in the lists.
This young man doesn't need much of an introduction. Here he is dropping a new track from a few weeks ago.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZJXvjeWlVA
(1 votes, average: 9.00 out of 10)Loading... Date: Thursday, August 26.
Batting stars: Bob Allison was 3-for-5 with a two-run homer (his twentieth) and two doubles, scoring three times. Jimmie Hall was 3-for-4 with a double and a walk, scoring once and driving in one. Zoilo Versalles was 2-for-4 with a walk, scoring twice and driving in one.
Pitching star: Jim Kaat pitched a complete game, giving up two runs on ten hits and no walks with two strikeouts.
Opposition stars: Clete Boyer was 1-for-4 with a home run, his fifteenth. Tom Tresh was 3-for-4. Bobby Richardson was 2-for-4.
The game: Jerry Kindall singled in a run in the second to give the Twins a 1-0 lead. Boyer homered leading off the third to tie it 1-1, but the Twins scored single runs in the third, fourth, and fifth to go ahead 4-1. Allison hit a two-run homer in the seventh and the Twins scored three in the eighth to put the game out of reach.
Of note: Sandy Valdespino was 0-for-4 with a hit-by-pitch and a run. Earl Battey was 1-for-3 with an RBI.
Record: The Twins clinched a winning record, going to 82-47. Chicago lost to Baltimore, so the Twins' lead went up to 8.5 games.
Notes: No Killebrew, no Oliva, no problem. Valdespino took Tony O's place in right, Hall batted third, Battey fourth, and Don Mincher fifth...Battey's average went to .304...In addition to pitching a complete game, Kaat went 2-for-4 to raise his average to .240...The Yankees' starting pitcher was Jack Cullen, whom I'd never heard of. He had made two appearances for them as a September call-up in 1962, but did not get back to the majors until late July of 1965, when he was placed in the Yankees' rotation. This was the sixth of nine starts he would make. Four of the first five were very good. In fact, in the start before this one he threw a three-hit shutout in Baltimore. This day, though, he would give up three runs on eight hits and two walks in just 3.1 innings. He bounced back with a complete game 2-1 win over California on August 30, but that would be his last good major league start. He made two poor starts in September and finished the season in the bullpen. He started in 1966 in the Yankee bullpen and didn't do badly, but was shipped out in early May, never to return to the big leagues. He pitched in AAA for the Dodgers and Braves before ending his playing career after the 1970 season. He went to the same high school as umpire Phil Cuzzi.
Pants Rowland (1879)
Chick Hafey (1903)
Dom DiMaggio (1917)
Joe Garagiola (1926)
Pat Dobson (1942)
Mike Martin (1944)
Ray Corbin (1949)
Lenny Randle (1949)
Don "Full Pack" Stanhouse (1951)
Cam Bonifay (1952)
Chet Lemon (1955)
Greg Johnston (1955)
Joe Bitker (1964)
Ryan Lefebvre (1971)
Chris Snyder (1981)
Cole De Vries (1985)
Clarence "Pants' Rowland spent his life in baseball. A catcher, he went on to manage the Chicago White Sox to the World Championship in 1917. He was an American League umpire from 1923-1927. He was also a minor league manager and executive, and was president of the Pacific Coast League from 1944-1954. He is a member of the Pacific Coast League Hall of Fame.
Mike Martin has won over 1,800 games as the head coach of Florida State.
Cam Bonifay was the general manager of the Pittsburgh Pirates from 1993-2001 and is currently working in the Cincinnati organization.
Ryan Lefebvre appeared in six minor league games for the Watertown Indians in 1993. He was a Twins broadcaster in the 1997 and 1998 before moving to Kansas City in 1999, where he has been a broadcaster for the Royals ever since.
Joe Bitker was drafted by Minnesota in the sixth round in the 1984 January draft, but he did not sign.
This is a great day for players with colorful nicknames. In addition to those listed above, we have Sweetbread Bailey (1895), Kiddo Davis (1902), Dutch Dietz (1912), and Monk Dubiel (1918).
...of Arizona. After countless phone calls and holdups, I was told I got the job in Eagan. I don't have a start date yet, but I hope to be in Target Field for the home opener this year, and whatnot. What a long process it was.
The Milkmaid is poised to steal my thunder, as she is being eyed by Target's corporate office for a job that would represent an insane 40% increase (as the one who didn't waste time in show business, she already makes more than I do).
The good Dr. and I survived another mardi gras, now about that diet...
