33 thoughts on “June 27, 2016: Thieves in the Temple”

  1. Well, I'm back. If you want to know what I've been doing, you can go here and read my blog post about it.

    We'll keep Minor Details on hiatus for a few more days because a) I have a lot of stuff to catch up on, b) I'm planning to be gone again on Wednesday, although just for the day, and c) Mrs. A's uncle had a major stroke last week and may already have passed by now. I'll be accompanying her to the funeral if I can, but I have a wedding planned for this weekend, so we'll see how things go.

      1. Thank you. As I like to say, everything always works out one way or another. It's just that sometimes you want them work out one way, and they work out another.

  2. Still working up to a 5K end of next week; 2.4 miles today. I had a little chat with an 85-yr old who walks a couple miles at a time on the Y's track, and he says his pacemaker is doing great for him. Also shared the track with an 81-yr old "jogging" a few laps, too, and the two of them were good incentive for me.

        1. Will do.

          I have had an Urban Chestnut beer but I don't think I have visited the location.

    2. Incentive is right!

      I participated in the Tri-Loppet Off-Road Triathlon (7K paddle through the Mpls chain of lakes, 5K run and 13K mountain bike on & off trails through Theo Wirth) this past weekend.

      There was no division for 70+, but in the Men's ages 40-49, 50-59 & 60-69 divisions, there were 96 total participants. I, in the age 30-39 division, finished ahead of only 21 of those (including 6 of whom did not finish).

      1. I have some mental goals for the 5K, but just finishing is my main goal. Thankfully they're not testing for ibuprofen, because I'm definitely going to be using.

        1. but just finishing is my main goal.

          heh. That's the recurring goal for all of my races.

      2. Congrats! I did the tri-loppett two years ago and finished in bottom 20 percent overall a little better than that in age 50 group. I was happy with my result. I definitely want to do it again some day.

        1. Thanks! Weather-wise, it wasn't a great day for that kind of exertion, but I finished and had a good time doing it.
          Also, note to self - training for a half marathon on pavement ≠ training for trail running & pedaling.

          1. I really wanted to do it, but I had Pride stuff instead.

            Actually, I ended up out of town with the PR for her work, but I didn't sign up because I thought I'd be at the rugby booth .

            Maybe next year.

  3. Had fun on Saturday at the College World Series and saw Coastal Carolina upend TCU. Watching the game however, made me think how much baseball needs to do to get African Americans playing and even caring about baseball. Even though the teams were from South Carolina and Texas there was only one African-American starter among the two teams, with very few if any African American bench players too. Plus the crowd was about as white as the clientele found at the Lakeville Mills Fleet Farm on a Saturday night.

    1. Second time in a week England booted out of Europe by a small white country.

  5. My dad called a bit ago. Told me that his mother received last rights this morning.
    She's the one with Alzheimer's. It's weird, I don't really feel much mourning or loss. She's slowly faded away from us over the past decade.
    She was at the funeral for my mother's stepfather when I first noticed it. She asked me how I was doing three times within five minutes. Was that 2003?

    It was already planned to go to NU this weekend for a cousin's wedding. EAR is music minister for VBS through Thursday. Maybe I could catch a ride with relatives?

    1. When my grandmother died, it didn't feel like a huge loss. She had lost her cognition about 8 months prior, and I had been grieving the whole time. Her passing hurt, but not nearly as bad as the previous eight months. Grief is weird.

  6. Nick Cafardo of the Boston Globe includes stuff on trade possibilities of Twins:

    5. Joe Mauer, 1B/DH, Twins — Of course, he’s Mr. Twin and has no-trade protection. He’s got two more years at $23 million per after this season. But for anyone needing a pure hitter? And would Mauer himself like a more competitive situation? Would the Twins even consider dealing the face of the franchise? The likelihood is no, but it was a fun name to include.

    13. Eduardo Nunez, SS, Twins — His average is coming down (.316), but he’s hit nine homers and knocked in 26 runs. He’s not a great defender anywhere in the infield, but for a righthanded bat with some pop teams have inquired about him.
    14. Trevor Plouffe, 3B, Twins — He’s battling a groin injury, but Plouffe has always been intriguing for his potential to be an offensive force. He hasn’t been what the Twins had hoped, but he’s still a threat from the right side.

    3. Ervin Santana, RHP, Twins — Santana is seen as perhaps the most viable trade deadline pickup on the market. The veteran can help a team immediately, perhaps not at the front end, but “he’s the one guy out there who could be a sure thing in the middle of the rotation. Teams like Boston, Toronto, Baltimore need that guy,” according to an American League assistant GM. Santana had some rough starts in early June, but on June 19 against the Yankees he went 7⅓ innings and allowed just two earned runs, looking more like himself. Santana is making Clay Buchholz money, $13.5 million a year through 2018.

    2. Santana had some rough starts in early June, but on June 19 against the Yankees he went 7⅓ innings and allowed just two earned runs, looking more like himself.

      what is looking like "himself"? Santana hasn't generated an rWAR above 1.6 since 2013 (2.9 with KC), and he was -1.3 in 2012. * He hasn't earned Buchholtz money for several years.

      *fWAR likes him better; +2.9 in 2014, +2.5 in 2013, -1.0 in 2012.

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