Annnnnnnnd we're back! Here are a few things I am looking for in the back half of the season:
Will Joe Mauer finish + .275 batting average?
Will Brian Dozier hit 25+ home runs?
If he stays with the team, will Eduardo Nunez finish with more home runs than walks? (he has 12 of each)
Will the pitching be enough to not drive everyone batty?
Enjoy the games!
Not sure who's supposed to go, so here's this.
Out of curiosity, what was your favorite song (not nominated by yourself) from the Summer Mix? Mine might actually be Horse Lords. "Sister Cities" is probably my actual favorite, but it's not like I was actually a convert.
It's my birthday, damnit. I want to believe in a better world. I can't even lube this.
One love, one heart
Let's get together and feel all right
Hear the children crying (One love)
Hear the children crying (One heart)
Sayin', "Give thanks and praise to the Lord and I will feel all right."
Sayin', "Let's get together and feel all right."
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa
Let them all pass all their dirty remarks (One love)
There is one question I'd really love to ask (One heart)
Is there a place for the hopeless sinner
Who has hurt all mankind just to save his own?
Believe me
Grab your books and head to the beach! Or . . . not. I've read on a beach once exactly once in the past six years. The book? Infinite Jest.
In theory, summer is supposed to be a time for fun, breezy reads. I don't know that this is true for me. (But then again, I have a particular tendency to gravitate toward overly serious things. The summer after eighth grade, I read Hamlet. But don't worry--I didn't understand it.) As a kid, my favorite thing about summer was that I could pick anything I wanted to read. And to be sure, I went through my fair share of Choose Your Own Adventure books along with those that were out of my league.
As an adult, I haven't noticed that my reading habits change much with the seasons. But perhaps I'm anomaly. Do you gravitate toward different reading material in the summer? If so, what?
The Red Wings come back from the all-star break. A comeback win for the Lookouts. Nick Gordon has been on a tear lately. Lachlan Wells is off to a good start.
John Clapp (1851)
Dan McGann (1871)
Bubbles Hargrave (1892)
Shirley Povich (1905)
Jake Powell (1908)
Bruce Edwards (1923)
Donn Clendenon (1935)
Mike Shannon (1939)
Kirt Manwaring (1965)
Brett Merriman (1966)
James Baldwin (1971)
Miguel Olivo (1978)
Chris Denorfia (1980)
Shirley Povich was a sportswriter for the Washington Post from 1923-1993. He continued to write for them for twenty-five years after he "retired".
We would also like to wish a very happy birthday to brianS, kg2005, and Mom Beau.
Yay, baseball's back.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IBbXhafVdhg
Fun fact: 7 different women played the role of "Peaches".
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Loading... A fine game by Kohl Stewart. Jaylin Davis hits a grand slam to lead the Kernels. Alex Kirilloff continues to hit well.
The first place I heard Rakim's voice was on Nick Rocks, on the M|A|R|R|S video.
Jesse Tannehill (1874)
Happy Chandler (1898)
Johnny Murphy (1908)
Robert Creamer (1922)
Ralph Rowe (1924)
Bob Purkey (1929)
Billy McCool (1944)
Steve Stone (1947)
Danny Walton (1947)
Vic Rodriguez (1961)
Robin Ventura (1967)
Derrick May (1968)
Jose Hernandez (1969)
Tim Hudson (1975)
Albert "Happy" Chandler was the commissioner of baseball from 1945-1951.
Author Robert Creamer wrote a biography of Babe Ruth which is still considered to be one of the best baseball books ever.
Ralph Rowe was a coach for the Twins from 1972-1975.
