Happy Cesar Chavez Day! I am gonna celebrate by sneaking into an empty office to get caught up on some stuff.
Monthly Archives: March 2016
Patti Smith – Heart Shaped Box
We'll close our run with one of the queens. A lot to choose from, but we'll play something the kiddies will recognize.
30 Jun 2000
We now return you to your regularly scheduled programming.
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Happy Birthday–March 31
Bill Hallman (1867)
Jack Stivetts (1868)
Big Jeff Pfeffer (1882)
Brick Owens (1885)
Tom Sheehan (1894)
Carson Bigbee (1895)
Mule Suttles (1900)
Marv Grissom (1918)
Dave Koslo (1920)
Moises Camacho (1932)
Moose Stubing (1938)
Balvino Galvez (1964)
Chien-Ming Wang (1980)
Jeff Mathis (1983)
Josmil Pinto (1989)
Brick Owens was a longtime major league umpire. His first name was Clarence. He got the nickname "Brick" after being hit by one while umpiring a game in Pittsburg, Kansas early in his career.
Mule Suttles is sometimes credited as the all-time Negro Leagues home run leader with 237. He swung a fifty-ounce bat.
One of the top second basemen in the history of the Mexican League, Moises Camacho played there from 1951-1975. He was known as the Rogers Hornsby of Mexico.
Cyndi Lauper- She Bop
Time to 80's it up a little bit. Love them synth sounds.*
1987
*okay, not really.
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March 30, 2016: Game Logs
Here's who we've got so far...
Su: Twayn
M: hungry joe
Tu:
W: spookymilk
Th:
F: davidwatts
Sa: nibbish
Home Run Derby: Usually me, but whatevs
All-Star Game: Rhubarb
Probably interested: CoC
Game recaps have been pretty sparse, of course, but if anyone wants to speak up in favor of scheduled recaps, go ahead. Otherwise, I think that's the kind of thing that can be figured out during the each of the logs themselves.
Happy Birthday–March 30
Tom Burns (1857)
George Van Haltren (1866)
Ripper Collins (1904)
Dick Fowler (1921)
Dick Woodson (1945)
Grady Little (1950)
Jason Dickson (1973)
Jeriome Robertson (1977)
Josh Bard (1978)
Shairon Martis (1987)
Grady Little was the manager of the Boston Red Sox from 2002-03 and the Los Angeles Dodgers from 2006-07.
Josh Bard was drafted by Minnesota in the thirty-fifth round in 1996, but did not sign.
Sarah McLachlan – Angel
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Happy Birthday–March 29
Cy Young (1867)
Duff Cooley (1873)
Bill Dietrich (1910)
Tommy Holmes (1917)
Ferris Fain (1921)
Denny McLain (1944)
Bill Castro (1952)
Tom Hume (1953)
Domingo Ramos (1958)
Mike Kingery (1961)
Billy Beane (1962)
Laz Diaz (1963)
Eric Gunderson (1966)
Brian Jordan (1967)
Alex Ochoa (1972)
Danny Kolb (1975)
Laz Diaz has been a major league umpire since 1999.
Danny Kolb was drafted by Minnesota in the seventeenth round in 1993, but did not sign.
March 29, 2016: Moment of Silence
For Philo's young nephew. Devastated to hear, man.
MARCH 28, 2016: SPRING BREAK
This week and last seem to be when "Spring Break" is falling for the schools around here.
I'm back to work after taking a week off, which is a rare occurrence. We survived our trip to Duluth and are resolved to cautiously explore the possible idea of taking the kids somewhere again in the future.