So let's keep plugging away at a snail's pace. I think I'll be more motivated once we break the color barrier.
Continue reading Half-Baked Hall: 1946-1947 (plus some we forgot)
Monthly Archives: May 2016
Game 46(?) In Progress
1st inning HR derby
Daddy Yankee – Rompe (Remix)
hj: Busy at work. Dug deep in the cupboard and found this in the Drafts folder. This is NBB's post from sometime in 2012. Figured it would at least be interesting. Enjoy!
Moving southwards, we hit
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Minor Details: Games of May 24
Again the only good news is from Cedar Rapids. Sean Burnett makes a successful debut in the Twins organization. Randy LeBlanc continues to dominate the Midwest League.
Happy Birthday–May 25
Al Reach (1840)
Lip Pike (1845)
Tip O’Neill (1858)
Joe Judge (1894)
Martin Dihigo (1905)
Lindsey Nelson (1919)
Bill Sharman (1926)
Jim Marshall (1931)
W. P. Kinsella (1935)
Glenn Borgmann (1950)
John Montefusco (1950)
Bob Knepper (1954)
Kerwin Danley (1961)
Dave Hollins (1966)
Bill Haselman (1966)
Joey Eischen (1970)
Todd Walker (1973)
Miguel Tejada (1974)
Chris Young (1979)
Scott Hairston (1980)
Jason Kubel (1982)
Pat Dean (1989)
Al Reach played major league baseball from 1871-1875. He later founded the A. J. Reach Company, which was the largest sporting goods company in the United States at one time (it eventually merged with Spalding). This company also published the Reach Guide, an influential baseball publication, from 1883-1927.
Martin Dihigo was a star in the Negro Leagues, winning 250 games as a pitcher and also winning two batting titles.
Lindsey Nelson was one of the most famous broadcasters in the country at one time. He broadcast New York Mets games from 1962-1978 and San Francisco Giants games from 1979-1981.
Basketball Hall of Famer Bill Sharman was a minor league outfielder from 1950-1953 and in 1955, reaching AAA with St. Paul.
W. P. Kinsella has written several books on baseball, most notably "Shoeless Joe" the book on which the movie "Field of Dreams" was based.
Kerwin Danley has been a major league umpire since 1998.
May 25, 2016: Fall into the Gap
Stupid '90s commercials getting stuck in my head...
Game 45 in progress
Lets remember the good times. Here is Jim Thome just after mashing some taters for Philly.
Minor Details: Games of May 23
The Lookouts don't score at all. The Miracle doesn't score after the first inning. Zander Weil comes through with a walkoff for Cedar Rapids.
Happy Birthday–May 24
Fred Jacklitsch (1876)
Jack Pfiester (1878)
Joe Oeschger (1892)
Willy Miranda (1926)
Ellie Rodriguez (1946)
Rob Ducey (1965)
Carlos Hernandez (1967)
Todd Rizzo (1971)
Danny Bautista (1972)
Bartolo Colon (1973)
Brad Penny (1978)
Adam Conley (1990)
Adam Conley was drafted by Minnesota in the thirty-second round in 2008 but did not sign.
May 24, 2016: Kim
Yesterday was Kim's birthday. I put together a post about her, but couldn't get it right and I scrapped it.
Kim was my sort-of girlfriend who died a couple of weeks shy of her 17th birthday in a car crash. Yesterday while I was typing, I realized this past May 5th was the 20th anniversary of her death and I just couldn't deal with it. She's been gone longer than she was here, and I wonder how many people think of her on her birthday anymore.
Kim and I wouldn't have made it as a couple because I was off to college in June, but all the same, we were (sort-of) together when she left this world, and every time I think of her, it still hurts.