The Milkmaid's final interview after a long process is today at 4. I'm losing my mind without her and my girls, so here's hoping.
66 thoughts on “April 7, 2016: Final Interview”
Well, at least we're not Padres fans
One of "we" is. San Diego has been & could be an amazing baseball town. What the Friars have suffered in the last ten years is a real shame.
Just ten years?
I get your point. It was fun to be around when Petco opened and the team was still in that brief window of competitiveness, which, at the time, looked like it could remain open longer. It's hard to believe now, but in 2006 their roster featured Mike Piazza, Adrian Gonzalez, Mike Cameron, Brian Giles, and Jake Peavy. (What's even more wild is that the Friars won the division again in 2007 with only two starters posting over 98 ERA+, but neither of those two was Greg Maddux or David Wells.) The rivalry with the Dodgers was really fun.
But the ownership change debacle and the successive front office oscillations have made for heavy seas & rogue waves.
Padres fans can draw hope from the Twins start last year.
My hometown was named Town of the Week -- see, voting does matter.
Do I get Dr. Dog and/or Explosions in the Sky tickets today? I did just shell out for flights to Spain yesterday, but that was out of the joint account*.
*Mauer, I have a joint account with enough money in it to pay for a wedding and honeymoon. When did I grow up?
Anyone know what this type of jack is called?
I'm trying to find a replacement power cord, but I'm not hitting the right keywords or something because I'm not getting any results.
Mini-DIN-6. Reminded me of S-Video but actually it was PS/2 that I should have recognized it from. I blame it not being green.
Thanks. Unfortunately power cords don't seem that common. I need this for one-off usage, so I don't feel like dropping $25 on the cord. Hmm... ?
I would gladly have helped you out with that price, but unfortunately my company doesn't seem to carry a standalone Mini-DIN cable anymore.
Depending on your confidence with wiring, you could take an old PS/2 keyboard or mouse, steal its cable, and re-wire to fit your needs.
Searching around, I see mentions of this for an external hard drive. I have an old external hard drive and it might use the same connector; I would need to check tonight.
That's exactly what it's for. I have an old hard drive reader, and I'm trying to get crap off an old hard drive.
And no, I have no confidence in wiring. I did find a "USBAF to MD6M" adapter while diving through the storage room. Not sure if I could make that work somehow or not.
Assuming I have the right connector, I would be willing to lend it. The hard drive it's for died I don't know how many years ago and I disassembled the case to act as an IDE-to-USB interface so I don't think I'll be needing it soon.
I have a hard drive enclosure with that type of power connector, and I have the cable for it. I'd be willing to lend it out for a few days.
HJ, I think this is what you need. It's a mini DIN 6 power adapter, this is what I have for my external hard drive and it uses a standard 3-prong electrical power plug.
I almost jumped in with S-Video until I saw the writing, too.
Our local "IT Guy" is pushing 70 and has worked here about 40 years (he usually comes to me for advice, as does the rest of the office in bypassing him). Our storage room is filled with old crap going all the way back to the 70s. Seriously. Was hoping for some luck back there, but kept getting dashed hopes by all the old mice (is "mouses" more acceptable in that context?) and keyboards lying all over the place.
We say "mice," but that's mostly because it's funny.
As would I.
is "mouses" more acceptable in that context?
You rang?
This doesn't seem to take into account the nerds who come in and scoff at our display and say "You can't call them mice."
We love our crazy clientele. I don't work computers, but I once fielded an issue from a guy who wanted to return his laptop because it had 6.66 gigs of ram and he was afraid the devil had a hold of it.
Calling them mouses is ridiculous, IMO. They are referred to as mice by everyone that makes and sells them.
In a less customer-oriented world, you could respond with "Take it up with Logitech, nerd." In Cormac McCarthy's world, you would probably just shoot the guy telling you what you can and can't say.
Yeah, biting one's lip is a skill.
I had a guy interested in a console for his TV, and he opened one of the drawers. "What do you put in here?" he asked.
...
Remotes. Cards. Drugs. I don't care, man. It would be yours.
Ha! That made me laugh.
I've never seen #3 used.
So glad baseball's back. Now to watch this loop for 20 minutes.
It's fun when the batter has a little batter's-box-spasm like that.
I'm a change-up man myself. Prime Johan Santana's change-up was my favorite pitch. Radke's was great, too.
I certainly have nothing against the change-up.
I think on the whole I prefer the change and the curve to a slider, but Liriano's slider of death in 2006 was basically my favorite pitch ever.
Oh, man. I saw one of his particularly nasty starts in an airport bar somewhere (Seattle, maybe?) and sat next to a fan of another team who ended up joining me in watching Liriano pitch instead. We just shook our heads in awe at what he was doing.
I don't know how one would go about doing this, but it would be cool to have a tournament of Twins pitchers' signature pitches.
Santana's change vs. Bert's bender. Lirano's slider vs. Pascual's yakker. Viola's circle change vs. Marshall's screwball. Nathan's slider vs. Aggie's forkball.
I say Tony Fiore's palmball's gotta be in that bracket somewhere
Fiore's palmball vs. Niekro's emeryball knuckler?
Sounds really good to me
Livan's eephus?
vs. Dave Engle's lob back to the mound
Tewksbury threw a better eephus as a Twin. Plus, the threw it to McGwire!
Ok, here's my favorites by pitch:
High Fastball: Baker (I love that he would occasionally just gas one at eye level)
Ordinary Fastball: Berenguer
Change: Santana (although Radke's was also sooooooooooooo good)
Slider: Liriano
Curve: Bert (Booferdoodle a close second, Duffey already in third)
Knuckle: Niekro
Illegal: Niekro
Splitter: Morris
Palmball: Fiore
Forkball: Aguilera
Eephus: Tewksbury
In a way, Radke's change was more impressive because he had less heat than Santana (especially when he was pitching with a busted rotator cuff and torn labrum), but I do think Santana got more movement on his change.
Nathan is kind of an odd duck as far as closers go--usually the really great closers have one phenomenally stand-out pitch, but Nathan seemed to mix it up more than others, like an anti-Rivera.
Also, I love that you have a category for illegal pitch. I believe it was hypothesized by some around here that towards the end of his career, Radke's hair looked mighty greasy, and he didn't mind adjusting his hat.
Aguilera was much the same since he was a former starter. I would say Nathan had better overall stuff, though.
No way was Boof's curve close to Bert's. Bert was basically a two-pitch Hall of Fame pitcher and he didn't have that great of a fastball, especially in the second half of his career. Some have argued that it was the best ever for a RH pitcher.
I love that you have Señor Smoke on your list.
Silva's sinker should be included in this conversation. Is "Mediocre Fastball" a sub-type of heater? That's what is listed as Allan Anderson's #2 pitch in the Neyer/James Guide.
Agreed.
I was just telling someone last week that one of my favorite baseball memories was watching Johan strike out 15 Royals - many of them on embarrassing swings at pitches in the dirt.
Also, there was the 17K game against the Orioles, I think, in which he tipped his cap after 8 innings and basically said he was done and didn't come back with a chance to get 20 in the ninth.
httpv://youtu.be/xK32meADvjg
He had a pretty good mix of fastball, changeup, slider strikeouts that day.
I can't find it now, but I remember reading that he threw only four sliders that game.
that is one yakkity yakker
I love it. Poor Jarrett Parker - "SHIT! It's gonna hit me. No-wait-I should swing. Crap, I'm out."
Listened through once already. Definitely felt some of the Wilson Pickett vibe the reviewer mentioned.
What do we think about the horns?
I love them.
totes balls them
I'm stunned to learn that Abner Doubleday didn't actually invent Base Ball. Who knew.
Danny Valencia is batting cleanup for the A's today. I guess I shouldn't be surprised that they didn't score through the first six innings against the White Sox.
My sister-in-law's nephew, Tucker Barnhart, is the backup catcher for the Reds. He went 3-for-3 with a walk today in a 10-6 win over the Phillies.
Well, at least we're not Padres fans
One of "we" is. San Diego has been & could be an amazing baseball town. What the Friars have suffered in the last ten years is a real shame.
Just ten years?
I get your point. It was fun to be around when Petco opened and the team was still in that brief window of competitiveness, which, at the time, looked like it could remain open longer. It's hard to believe now, but in 2006 their roster featured Mike Piazza, Adrian Gonzalez, Mike Cameron, Brian Giles, and Jake Peavy. (What's even more wild is that the Friars won the division again in 2007 with only two starters posting over 98 ERA+, but neither of those two was Greg Maddux or David Wells.) The rivalry with the Dodgers was really fun.
But the ownership change debacle and the successive front office oscillations have made for heavy seas & rogue waves.
Padres fans can draw hope from the Twins start last year.
My hometown was named Town of the Week -- see, voting does matter.
Do I get Dr. Dog and/or Explosions in the Sky tickets today? I did just shell out for flights to Spain yesterday, but that was out of the joint account*.
*Mauer, I have a joint account with enough money in it to pay for a wedding and honeymoon. When did I grow up?
Anyone know what this type of jack is called?
I'm trying to find a replacement power cord, but I'm not hitting the right keywords or something because I'm not getting any results.
Mini-DIN-6. Reminded me of S-Video but actually it was PS/2 that I should have recognized it from. I blame it not being green.
Thanks. Unfortunately power cords don't seem that common. I need this for one-off usage, so I don't feel like dropping $25 on the cord. Hmm... ?
I would gladly have helped you out with that price, but unfortunately my company doesn't seem to carry a standalone Mini-DIN cable anymore.
Depending on your confidence with wiring, you could take an old PS/2 keyboard or mouse, steal its cable, and re-wire to fit your needs.
Searching around, I see mentions of this for an external hard drive. I have an old external hard drive and it might use the same connector; I would need to check tonight.
That's exactly what it's for. I have an old hard drive reader, and I'm trying to get crap off an old hard drive.
And no, I have no confidence in wiring. I did find a "USBAF to MD6M" adapter while diving through the storage room. Not sure if I could make that work somehow or not.
Assuming I have the right connector, I would be willing to lend it. The hard drive it's for died I don't know how many years ago and I disassembled the case to act as an IDE-to-USB interface so I don't think I'll be needing it soon.
I have a hard drive enclosure with that type of power connector, and I have the cable for it. I'd be willing to lend it out for a few days.
HJ, I think this is what you need. It's a mini DIN 6 power adapter, this is what I have for my external hard drive and it uses a standard 3-prong electrical power plug.
I almost jumped in with S-Video until I saw the writing, too.
Our local "IT Guy" is pushing 70 and has worked here about 40 years (he usually comes to me for advice, as does the rest of the office in bypassing him). Our storage room is filled with old crap going all the way back to the 70s. Seriously. Was hoping for some luck back there, but kept getting dashed hopes by all the old mice (is "mouses" more acceptable in that context?) and keyboards lying all over the place.
We say "mice," but that's mostly because it's funny.
As would I.
is "mouses" more acceptable in that context?
You rang?
This doesn't seem to take into account the nerds who come in and scoff at our display and say "You can't call them mice."
We love our crazy clientele. I don't work computers, but I once fielded an issue from a guy who wanted to return his laptop because it had 6.66 gigs of ram and he was afraid the devil had a hold of it.
Calling them mouses is ridiculous, IMO. They are referred to as mice by everyone that makes and sells them.
In a less customer-oriented world, you could respond with "Take it up with Logitech, nerd." In Cormac McCarthy's world, you would probably just shoot the guy telling you what you can and can't say.
Yeah, biting one's lip is a skill.
I had a guy interested in a console for his TV, and he opened one of the drawers. "What do you put in here?" he asked.
...
Remotes. Cards. Drugs. I don't care, man. It would be yours.
Ha! That made me laugh.
I've never seen #3 used.
So glad baseball's back. Now to watch this loop for 20 minutes.
Curveballs are the world's greatest everything.
It's fun when the batter has a little batter's-box-spasm like that.
I'm a change-up man myself. Prime Johan Santana's change-up was my favorite pitch. Radke's was great, too.
I certainly have nothing against the change-up.
I think on the whole I prefer the change and the curve to a slider, but Liriano's slider of death in 2006 was basically my favorite pitch ever.
Oh, man. I saw one of his particularly nasty starts in an airport bar somewhere (Seattle, maybe?) and sat next to a fan of another team who ended up joining me in watching Liriano pitch instead. We just shook our heads in awe at what he was doing.
I don't know how one would go about doing this, but it would be cool to have a tournament of Twins pitchers' signature pitches.
Santana's change vs. Bert's bender. Lirano's slider vs. Pascual's yakker. Viola's circle change vs. Marshall's screwball. Nathan's slider vs. Aggie's forkball.
the LaRoche LaLob vs. the Booferdoodle
I say Tony Fiore's palmball's gotta be in that bracket somewhere
Fiore's palmball vs. Niekro's
emeryballknuckler?Sounds really good to me
Livan's eephus?
vs. Dave Engle's lob back to the mound
Tewksbury threw a better eephus as a Twin. Plus, the threw it to McGwire!
Ok, here's my favorites by pitch:
High Fastball: Baker (I love that he would occasionally just gas one at eye level)
Ordinary Fastball: Berenguer
Change: Santana (although Radke's was also sooooooooooooo good)
Slider: Liriano
Curve: Bert (Booferdoodle a close second, Duffey already in third)
Knuckle: Niekro
Illegal: Niekro
Splitter: Morris
Palmball: Fiore
Forkball: Aguilera
Eephus: Tewksbury
In a way, Radke's change was more impressive because he had less heat than Santana (especially when he was pitching with a busted rotator cuff and torn labrum), but I do think Santana got more movement on his change.
Nathan is kind of an odd duck as far as closers go--usually the really great closers have one phenomenally stand-out pitch, but Nathan seemed to mix it up more than others, like an anti-Rivera.
Also, I love that you have a category for illegal pitch. I believe it was hypothesized by some around here that towards the end of his career, Radke's hair looked mighty greasy, and he didn't mind adjusting his hat.
Aguilera was much the same since he was a former starter. I would say Nathan had better overall stuff, though.
No way was Boof's curve close to Bert's. Bert was basically a two-pitch Hall of Fame pitcher and he didn't have that great of a fastball, especially in the second half of his career. Some have argued that it was the best ever for a RH pitcher.
I love that you have Señor Smoke on your list.
Silva's sinker should be included in this conversation. Is "Mediocre Fastball" a sub-type of heater? That's what is listed as Allan Anderson's #2 pitch in the Neyer/James Guide.
Agreed.
I was just telling someone last week that one of my favorite baseball memories was watching Johan strike out 15 Royals - many of them on embarrassing swings at pitches in the dirt.
Also, there was the 17K game against the Orioles, I think, in which he tipped his cap after 8 innings and basically said he was done and didn't come back with a chance to get 20 in the ninth.
httpv://youtu.be/xK32meADvjg
He had a pretty good mix of fastball, changeup, slider strikeouts that day.
I can't find it now, but I remember reading that he threw only four sliders that game.
that is one yakkity yakker
I love it. Poor Jarrett Parker - "SHIT! It's gonna hit me. No-wait-I should swing. Crap, I'm out."
Kershaw is painfully good.
mercy!
I did not realize that Tommy Milone homered in his first MLB start with the Reds in 2011. The Dodgers' Maeda did the same thing last night.
Those are red jerseys but Milone has not yet been in the Reds organization.
Whoops. Thanks for the catch. That would be for the Nats, not the Reds.
The new Sturgill is streaming over at NPR if you hadn't seen yet.
Listened through once already. Definitely felt some of the Wilson Pickett vibe the reviewer mentioned.
What do we think about the horns?
I love them.
totes balls them
I'm stunned to learn that Abner Doubleday didn't actually invent Base Ball. Who knew.
Danny Valencia is batting cleanup for the A's today. I guess I shouldn't be surprised that they didn't score through the first six innings against the White Sox.
My sister-in-law's nephew, Tucker Barnhart, is the backup catcher for the Reds. He went 3-for-3 with a walk today in a 10-6 win over the Phillies.