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Chris and Morgane Stapleton – You Are My Sunshine

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This song has been around for 80 or so years, performed by everyone from Lawrence Welk, Bing Crosby and Gene Autry to Johnny Cash, Brian Wilson and Low. This version took my breath away. Producer Dave Cobb (known for his work with WGOM favorites Sturgill Simpson & Jason Isbell as well as Shooter Jennings and Stapleton) put together a compilation album this year called Southern Family which is where this tune can be found.

I heard an even cleaner performance of this on Fallon last month, but I could not find it online.

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Keeping Track

Winter Wonderland: Games of December 24-26

GAMES OF DECEMBER 24

The only game played in any of the winter leagues was in the Dominican League.  It was a makeup game and it was the last game of their regular season.

DOMINICAN LEAGUE

GIGANTES 5, ORIENTE 3 AT GIGANTES

A four-run sixth broke open a 1-1 tie and put the Gigantes in the lead to stay.  All the damage came with two out and no one on, as Oriente made two errors in the inning.  Aderlin Rodriguez was 3-for-4 with a run for the Gigantes.

GAMES OF DECEMBER 25

The only winter league to play games on December 25 was the Mexican League.

MEXICAN LEAGUE

OBREGON 6, MEXICALI 4 IN OBREGON

A three-run fourth put Obregon up 6-1 and the score stayed there until the ninth.  Mexicali scored three in the ninth and got the tying run up to bat with one out but could do no more.  Fabio Castro pitched 5.2 innings for Mexicali, giving up one run on three hits and four walks with four strikeouts.

JALISCO 10, NAVOJOA 1 IN NAVOJOA

Leading 1-0, Jalisco scored nine runs in the fifth to put the game out of reach.  Daniel Guerrero struck out five in five shutout innings for Jalisco, giving up five hits and two walks.  Jose Manuel Rodriguez was 3-for-4 with a double, scoring once and driving in two for Jalisco.

CULIACAN 2, MAZATLAN 1 IN CULIACAN

Mazatlan scored one in the third and it held up until the ninth.  A walk and a single-plus-error tied the score and put the winning run on third.  Joey Meneses then singled home that winning run.  Edgar Gonzalez pitched eight innings for Culiacan, giving up one run on eight hits and no walks with two strikeouts.

GAMES OF DECEMBER 26

VENEZUELAN LEAGUE

ANZOATEGUI 5, MARGARITA 4 IN ANZOATEGUI

Trailing 5-2 after seven, Margarita scored two in the eighth and had the bases loaded with two out but could not get the tying run home.  Yeiper Castillo pitched five shutout innings for Anzoategui, giving up one hit and two walks with four strikeouts.

ARAGUA 5, CARACAS 1 IN ARAGUA

Renato Nunez hit a two-run homer in the first for Aragua and they led the rest of the way.  Eduardo Escobar was 0-for-4 for Aragua.  Yohan Pino pitched 4.1 innings for Aragua, giving up one run on seven hits and one walk with one strikeout.  Nunez' homer was his eleventh.

LA GUAIRA 6, MAGALLANES 3 IN LA GUAIRA

Jose Martinez hit a two-run double in a four-run third that broke a 1-1 tie and put LaGuaira in control of the game.  Edgmer Escalona pitched five innings for La Guaira, giving up two runs on six hits and a walk with four strikeouts.  Heiker Meneses was 4-for-4 with a triple and a double for La Guaira, scoring once and driving in two.

PUERTO RICAN LEAGUE

AGUADILLA 6, CAGUAS 3 IN AGUADILLA

Ricardo Bautista's three-run homer in the bottom of the eighth broke a 3-3 tie.  Efrain Nieves pitched six innings for Aguadilla, giving up one run on four hits and a walk with four strikeouts.  Bautista's homer was his second.

CAROLINA 3, SANTURCE 1 IN CAROLINA

Carolina scored two in the sixth to break a scoreless tie.  Mario Santiago pitched 8.1 innings for Carolina, giving up one run on seven hits and a walk with five strikeouts.

MEXICAN LEAGUE

MEXICALI 4, OBREGON 1 IN OBREGON

Luis Juarez hit a two-run homer in the fourth to put Mexicali ahead 2-1.  Juarez hit another homer in the seventh, as did C. J. Retherford.  Edgar Osuna pitched six innings for Mexicali, giving up one run on four hits and a walk with two strikeouts.  Juarez' homers were his fourth and fifth and Retherford's was his twelfth.

LOS MOCHIS 1, HERMOSILLO 0 IN HERMOSILLO

J. C. Linares' RBI double in the third produced the game's only run.  Manny Bareda struck out nine in six no-hit innings for Los Mochis, walking three.  Hermosillo's only two hits came in the eighth.

NAVOJOA 3, JALISCO 2 IN NAVOJOA

Tony Thomas tied it with an RBI triple in the fifth and scored the go-ahead run later in the inning.  Ruddy Acosta pitched five innings for Navojoa, giving up two runs on four hits and three walks with three strikeouts.  Yosmany Guerra was 3-for-4 with a walk for Navojoa, scoring once.  Lance Zawadski hit a home run for Navojoa.

CULIACAN 5, MAZATLAN 4 IN CULIACAN (13 INNINGS)

With a man on second and one out, a wild pitch-plus-error allowed the winning run to score.  Jose Manuel Orozco hit a home run for Culiacan, his fifth.

AUSTRALIAN LEAGUE

No games scheduled.

Keeping Track

1987 Rewind: Game Eighty-five

NEW YORK 13, MINNESOTA 4 IN NEW YORK

Date:  Wednesday, July 8.

Batting stars:  Dan Gladden was 3-for-4 with a home run, a double, and a walk, scoring three times.  Al Newman was 2-for-5 with a stolen base (his sixth) and a run.  Gary Gaetti was 2-for-4 with an RBI.

Pitching stars:  Dan Schatzeder and Jeff Reardon each pitched a perfect inning.

Opposition stars:  Don Mattingly was 2-for-3 with two home runs (his ninth and tenth) and a walk, scoring three times and driving in four.  Rickey Henderson was 4-for-6 with a double, scoring once and driving in two.  Mike Pagliarulo was 1-for-4 with a two-run homer (his fifteenth) and a walk, scoring twice and driving in two.

The game:  Mattingly hit a three-run homer in the first inning to give the Yankees a 3-1 lead.  The Twins came back, and when Roy Smalley delivered a two-run single in the fifth they led 4-3.  It didn't last long.  Claudell Washington's RBI double in the bottom of the fifth tied it 4-4 and Mark Salas made the Twins pay by hitting a three-run homer later in the inning put the Yankees ahead to stay.  They added six more runs in the sixth to put an exclamation point on the win.

Of note:  Kirby Puckett was 1-for-4 with a walk and was batting .343...Roy Smalley was 1-for-5 with two RBIs and was batting .317...Sal Butera was 1-for-4 to raise his average to .200...Mike Smithson pitched four innings and gave up five runs on eight hits and a walk with four strikeouts...New York starter Rick Rhoden pitched five innings, giving up four runs on six hits and five walks with two strikeouts.

Record:  The Twins were 47-38 and remained in first place by one game over Kansas City.

Notes:  Newman was at shortstop in place of Greg Gagne and batted second.

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YOUNG THUG – HARAMBE

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Young Thug's Jeffery was my favorite album of 2016, and Harambe was my favorite song. To me it's a perfect embodiment of the year that was... a bipolar drumbeat of aggression that's also a gasping, heartfelt paean to love, all in honor of one of the year's most prominent memes... it's perfect.

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Japanese Breakfast – “The Woman That Loves You”

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As the year goes on, I keep finding myself coming back to Psychopomp. It's an album that is over way too fast, but it's impactful over that short running time. I'm glad I got to see them this summer. They were killer live. I have another song below the cut because the video is awesome.

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1987 Rewind: Game Eighty-four

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NEW YORK 12, MINNESOTA 7 IN NEW YORK

Date:  Tuesday, July 7.

Batting stars:  Dan Gladden was 3-for-5 with a stolen base (his fourteenth), scoring twice and driving in one.  Tim Laudner was 1-for-3 with a home run (his eleventh) and a walk, scoring twice.  Steve Lombardozzi was 2-for-3 with two runs.

Pitching star:  Joe Niekro pitched 6.1 innings, giving up one run on five hits and a walk with two strikeouts.

Opposition stars:  Claudell Washington was 2-for-5 with a home run (his fifth), scoring twice and driving in four.  Rickey Henderson was 1-for-3 with a two-run homer (his eleventh) and two walks, scoring twice.  Don Mattingly was 3-for-5 with a double, scoring twice and driving in one.

The game:  It looked good for quite a while.  The Twins got two in the first to go ahead 2-0.  Laudner homered and Mark Davidson had an RBI single in the fifth to make it 4-0.  The Twins added three in the seventh to make it 7-0.  Then the roof fell in, or at least that would be appropriate if they'd been playing in the Metrodome.  Mike Pagliarulo hit a solo homer with one out in the seventh to get the Yankees on the board.  Niekro gave way to Dan Schatzeder.  Rick Cerone reached on an error, Wayne Tolleson fanned, and Henderson hit a two-run homer to make it 7-3.  A walk was followed by three consecutive singles, making it 7-5 and bringing in Keith Atherton.  Another single tied it 7-7.  In the eighth the Yankees started with a walk, a bunt, and another walk.  Juan Berenguer came in and uncorked two wild pitches (wild pitches are always uncorked), a walk, a single, and (following a popup) a three-run homer to Washington, putting the Yankees up 12-7.

Of note:  Kirby Puckett was 1-for-4 with two RBIs, making his average .345...New York starter Tommy John pitched 6.1 innings, giving up

Record:  The Twins were 47-37, in first place by a game over Kansas City.

Notes:  Davidson started in center field and batted second.  Puckett was the DH, with Roy Smalley out of the lineup...By game scores, this was tied for Niekro's best start as a Twin.  In both cases, the Twins lost the game.