Thanks for the listens this week! I'll leave with music from Nat King Cole and his band.
https://youtu.be/daSlF744KRY
Thanks for the listens this week! I'll leave with music from Nat King Cole and his band.
https://youtu.be/daSlF744KRY
Alex Rodriguez, the series' main antagonist, builds a new fortress and army of robotic henchmen, led by eight new Robot Masters of his design: Dellin Betances, Aaron Hicks, Derek Jeter, Kevin Maas, Thurman Munson, Waite Hoyt, Carl Pavano and Jack chesbro. Ervin Santana is sent by his creator, Paul Molitor, to defeat A-Rod and his Robot Masters.
On this day in 1630, Governor John Winthrop introduced the fork to America. And the obesity epidemic began.
Due to personal time constraints, this is a copy-and-paste from last year. Please put any updates below.
Joe Kuhel (1906)
Don Demeter (1935)
Dick Drago (1945)
Clay Kirby (1948)
Bob Shirley (1954)
Alejandro Pena (1959)
Mike Stanley (1963)
Aaron Sele (1970)
Michael Tucker (1971)
Carlos Delgado (1972)
Aramis Ramirez (1978)
Paul Maholm (1982)
First baseman Joe Kuhel played for the franchise for several years while it was in Washington and later managed the team there. However, there do not appear to be any players with connections to the Minnesota Twins born on this day.
Colin Blunstone and Rod Agent preform this Zombies number. I could play this song 20 times on repeat and not get tired of listening.
I've been so out of the Twins loop lately, I didn't know that Tommy Milone is back with the big league club. What else have I missed?
You know 2016 is a rough year for musicians when even Ralph Stanley can't make it through the first six months. We all know him his stirring rendition of O, Death from from Coen Brothers' O Brother, Where Art Though.
NPR had a great obituary this morning and of course I'm sharing the video.
Due to personal time constraints, this is a copy-and-paste from last year. Please put any updates below.
Billy Nash (1865)
George Harper (1892)
Rollie Hemsley (1907)
Jim Mills (1919)
Wally Yonamine (1925)
Don Mincher (1938)
Ken Reitz (1951)
Doug Jones (1957)
Tom Klawitter (1958)
Doug Bernier (1980)
Phil Hughes (1986)
Jim Mills spent almost his entire adult life involved in baseball in the Carolinas. He played college ball at North Carolina State, played minor league ball for nine seasons in the Carolinas, managed in Carolina minor leagues for six seasons, umpired in the Carolina League for two seasons, was in minor league front offices in the Carolinas from 1956-1971, and was president of the Carolina League for seven years.
Born in Hawaii, Wally Yonamine was a star in Japan from 1951-1962, stealing home eleven times.
My grandfather's 91st birthday is this weekend. He started forgetting the younger grandchildren about a year ago, then me and a couple others last year and his own children here in the last few months. Everyone thinks this is probably his last birthday, and frankly, in the month since it was put together I was wondering whether we'd ever reach this one.
On top of this, this is the side of the family I have very little in common with, and I haven't seen most of them for years. This weekend could be all kinds of difficult.
Ever hear a song in the background of a tv show that you perks your interest and starts a furious Google search? This gem showed up on an episode of The Americans and I instantly went to Amazon and click the purchase button.