I fell asleep at about 8:45 last night, surprising my wife and myself. What do people do at 5 in the morning?
Monthly Archives: December 2016
Happy Birthday–December 14
John Anderson (1873)
Lefty Tyler (1889)
Bob Weiland (1905)
Eddie Smith (1913)
Rusty Peters (1914)
Bobby Adams (1921)
Sad Sam Jones (1925)
Bob Clear (1927)
Pete Whisenant (1929)
Jim Roland (1942)
Jerry May (1943)
Greg Goossen (1945)
Bill Buckner (1949)
Craig Biggio (1965)
Ken Hill (1965)
Scott Hatteberg (1969)
Marcus Jensen (1972)
Billy Koch (1974)
Rodrigo Lopez (1975)
Dave Gassner (1978)
Bob Clear was in baseball from 1945-1987 as a minor league player and manager, major league coach, and as a scout.
Nisennenmondai – B-1′
Live on NTS (London, UK), 2015
Continue reading Nisennenmondai – B-1′
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December 13, 2016: BRRRR
So, I hear it's supposed to get a little cold this week.
Winter Wonderland: Games of December 12
VENEZUELAN LEAGUE
LARA 6, CARACAS 2 IN CARACAS
Lara scored four in the fourth to go ahead 4-1 and they were never threatened after that. Jairo Perez was 4-for-5 with a run and an RBI for Lara. Jesus Montero was 3-for-4 with two doubles and a run for Lara.
DOMINICAN LEAGUE
ESCOGIDO 4, ESTE 0 IN ESTE
Three walks and two singles produced three runs for Escogido in the sixth, and that was all they would need. Jorge Polanco was 1-for-3 with a walk and a run for Escogido.
ORIENTE 3, GIGANTES 2 AT GIGANTES
Junior Lake's RBI double tied it 2-2 in the eighth and a wild pitch scored the go-ahead run in the ninth. Chris O'Grady pitched 5.2 innings for Oriente, giving up one run on four hits and a walk with three strikeouts. Orlando Calixte was 3-for-4 with a double and an RBI and Aneury Tavarez was 3-for-5 with a run, both for Oriente.
PUERTO RICAN LEAGUE
No games scheduled.
MEXICAN LEAGUE
No games scheduled.
AUSTRALIAN LEAGUE
No games scheduled.
1987 Rewind: Game Seventy-one
MINNESOTA 4, CLEVELAND 3 IN MINNESOTA
Date: Thursday, June 25.
Batting stars: Roy Smalley was 3-for-4 with a home run, his fifth. Dan Gladden was 2-for-4 with a home run, his fourth. Kent Hrbek was 1-for-4 with a two-run homer, his eighteenth.
Pitching stars: Bert Blyleven pitched six innings, giving up three runs on eight hits and five walks with four strikeouts. Jeff Reardon struck out four in two perfect innings.
Opposition stars: Phil Niekro pitched a complete game, giving up four runs eight hits and a walk with four strikeouts. Niekro was in his last year in the majors at age forty-eight. Chris Bando was 2-for-4 with a home run (his third) and three RBIs. Julio Franco was 2-for-3 with a walk and two stolen bases (his fifteenth and sixteenth).
The game: Gladden hit a solo homer and Hrbek a two-run shot in the first inning, putting the Twins up 3-0. Bando singled in a run in the second, but Smalley homered leading off the fourth to give the Twins a three-run lead again at 4-1. In the sixth, Blyleven left a pitch up to Bando, who hit a two-run homer to make it 4-3. The Indians did not get a hit after that, though, as George Frazier pitched a scoreless inning, giving up only a walk, and Reardon gave up absolutely nothing in the last two innings.
Of note: Kirby Puckett was 1-for-4 with a run and was batting .338...Reardon got his ERA below six for the first time since May 7, at 5.79.
Record: The Twins had won four in a row and were 42-29, in first place, 4.5 games ahead of Oakland.
Notes: Al Newman was at shorstop, replacing Greg Gagne, and batted second. He went 0-for-4, making his average .205.
Player profile: Sal Bando's brother, Chris Bando had a fairly substantial career as a part-time catcher. The Indians drafted him in the second round in 1978. He came to the big leagues in August of 1981 and was there to stay with the exception of a couple of months in 1984. Oddly, 1984 would be his best year, as he batted .291/.377/.505 with twelve home runs, more than double the number he hit in any other season and nearly half of his career total. He would usually have between 150 and 250 at-bats in a season, with his highest total being 254 in 1986. He was with the Indians until August of 1988, when he was released. He would play two more games in the majors, one with Detroit in 1988 and the other with Oakland in 1989. He was a minor league manager for ten seasons and also has coached in college, spending several seasons at San Diego Christian College. At last report, he was helping coach at Southwestern College and was coaching the Action Baseball Club. He also is the founder of Athletes Abroad for Christ, whose goal is to "glorify God through the arena of athletics, by preaching the Gospel and encouraging a faithful commitment to a local church”.
Michael Kiwanuka – Black Man in a White World
Michael Kiwanuka's Love & Hate is one of my favorite albums of the year, and the above cut seems particularly apt social commentary and a fitting spin after Pepper's selection yesterday. If you're inclined, the live studio track below is excellent, but I didn't think it qualified by the (unofficial?) live recording convention for WGOM videos.
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Happy Birthday–December 13
Jack Taylor (1873)
Hank Majeski (1916)
Larry Doby (1923)
Shotgun Shuba (1924)
Carl Erskine (1926)
Billy Loes (1929)
Bubba Morton (1931)
Lindy McDaniel (1935)
J. C. Martin (1936)
Ron Taylor (1937)
Ferguson Jenkins (1942)
Paul Boris (1955)
Dale Berra (1956)
Mike Mordecai (1967)
Matthew LeCroy (1975)
Ricky Nolasco (1982)
We would also like to wish a very happy birthday to spookymilk's mom.
Winter Wonderland: Games of December 11
VENEZUELAN LEAGUE
MAGALLANES 12, LA GUAIRA 6 IN LA GUAIRA
Magallanes scored three in the second to take a 5-1 lead and was in control the rest of the way. Luis Arraez was 1-for-5 with a walk and two runs for Magallanes and is batting .335.
DOMINICAN LEAGUE
AGUILAS 3, LICEY 2 IN LICEY
Two errors resulted in an Aguilas run in the fourth that broke a 2-2 tie. Licey had only one hit after the second inning. Danny Santana was 0-for-5 for the Aguilas.
ESCOGIDO 4, ESTE 1 IN ESTE
Wilkin Castillo singled in a run in the sixth to break a 1-1 tie and Escogido added two insurance runs in the eighth. Jorge Polanco was 1-for-4 with a walk and a run for Escogido.
ORIENTE AT GIGANTES
Rained out.
PUERTO RICAN LEAGUE
No games scheduled.
MEXICAN LEAGUE
LOS MOCHIS 5, JALISCO 2 IN LOS MOCHIS
Jake Fox' three-run double with two out in the eighth broke a 2-2 tie. Jon Sintos pitched six innings, giving up two runs on eight hits and three walks with three strikeouts for Los Mochis. Rodolfo Amador was 3-for-3 with a run and an RBI for Los Mochis. Fox was 2-for-4 with a home run (his second) in addition to the double.
MEXICALI 5, CULIACAN 3 IN MEXICALI
Five first-inning singles produced three runs for Mexicali and they never trailed. Xorge Carrillo was 3-for-4 with a home run (his third) for Mexicali, scoring twice and driving in two. Yuniesky Betancourt was 3-for-4 with a double and a run for Mexicali.
MAZATLAN 2, NAVOJOA 0 IN MAZATLAN
Brian Hernandez drove in two runs with a fifth-inning double for the only runs of the game. Walter Silva struck out seven in seven shutout innings for Mazatlan, giving up two hits and no walks. Jeremias Pineda was 3-for-4 with a triple and a run for Mazatlan.
OBREGON 4, HERMOSILLO 3 IN OBREGON
The scoring was efficient, with Obregon getting all four in the fourth and Hermosillo all three in the sixth. Rolando Valdez pitched 5.1 innings, giving up one run on five hits and a walk with three strikeouts.
AUSTRALIAN LEAGUE
BRISBANE 5, SYDNEY 1 IN SYDNEY
Kevin Padlo hit a three-run triple in the first inning and that was all Brisbane needed. Aaron Whitefield was 1-for-4 for Brisbane and is batting .317. Logan Wade was 3-for-4 with two runs and an RBI and is batting .339 for Brisbane.
CANBERRA 2, MELBOURNE 1 IN MELBOURNE
Kyle Perkins singled in a run in the ninth to break a 1-1 tie. Sean Guinard pitched four innings for Canberra, giving up an unearned run on one hit and three walks while striking out one. Boss Moanaroa was 3-for-4 for Canberra. By the way, Boss Moanaroa's given name is Crew Tipene Moanaroa.
12 December 2016 – The End
Of my tonsils. Those PITA* are coming out this morning.
*Abbreviated as "pains in the ass", not PITAs which would be "pain in the asses"