When I was in school over there, this song was all over the place. Good times...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u0dZbpZ6OhQ
Any music majors know which scale she's climbing up in the chorus there?
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Loading... VENEZUELAN LEAGUE
LA GUAIRA 4, ARAGUA 2 IN ARAGUA
Jose Castllo's RBI single in the ninth broke a 2-2 tie and a wild pitch brought home an insurance run. Castillo was 3-for-4 with a walk.
That sets up the semi-final round, with La Guaira playing Lara and Zulia playing Anzoategui. Both series are best-of-seven.
DOMINICAN LEAGUE
AGUILAS 6, LICEY 0 IN LICEY
Orlando Calixte's two-run triple capped a three-run first and the Aguilas led all the way. Danny Santana was 2-for-4 with a triple for the Aguilas, scoring once and driving in two. Chris O'Grady struck out six in five shutout innings for the Aguilas, giving up five hits and four walks.
ESCOGIDO 4, GIGANTES 2 AT GIGANTES
Escogido trailed 2-0 after four but scored one in the fifth, two in the sixth, and one in the seventh to win. Jorge Polanco was 0-for-4 with a walk and scored once for Escogido. Eury Perez hit a home run for Escogido.
STANDINGS
Aguilas, 10-2
Licey, 5-7
Escogido, 5-8
Gigantes, 4-7
PUERTO RICAN LEAGUE
CAGUAS 1, MAYAGUEZ 0 IN CAGUAS
The game's lone run was scored in the fourth on a hit batsman, a walk, a single, and another walk. There were only seven hits in the game, four by Mayaguez and three by Caguas. Eddie Rosario was 0-for-4 for Mayaguez. Kennys Vargas was 0-for-3 with a walk for Mayaguez. Benji Gonzalez was 1-for-3 for Mayaguez. John Brownell pitched seven shutout innings for Caguas, giving up three hits and a walk.
Caguas wins the series 4-2. That sets up the finals, which will be a best-of-nine series between Caguas and Santurce.
MEXICAN LEAGUE
LOS MOCHIS 5, CULIACAN 0 IN LOS MOCHIS
Los Mochis put together a single, a walk, and three more singles in the sixth, scoring three runs to take a 4-0 lead. Manny Barreda struck out ten in eight shutout innings for Los Mochis, giving up two hits and two walks. Leandro Castro was 3-for-3 with a home run for Los Mochis, scoring twice and driving in two.
Los Mochis leads the best-of-seven series 1-0.
MEXICALI 8, HERMOSILLO 7 IN MEXICALI
Hermosillo built a 7-2 lead through seven and a half, but Mexicali scored six runs in the eighth to win. Luis Juarez hit a three-run homer in the inning and the go-ahead run scored on a Yuniesky Betancourt single.
Mexicali leads the best-of-seven series 1-0.
AUSTRALIAN LEAGUE*
MELBOURNE 11, CANBERRA 1 IN CANBERRA
Allan de San Miguel hit a two-run homer in a four-run first and Melbourne cruised to an easy win. Mark Hamburger pitched a complete game for Melbourne, giving up one run on eight hits and a walk with seven strikeouts. de San Miguel was 5-for-5 with a double in addition to his home run, scoring twice and driving in six.
ADELAIDE 5, PERTH 1 IN ADELAIDE
Adelaide hit three home runs in a four-run sixth, giving it a 4-1 lead. Stefan Welch, Karl Hoschke, and Connor O'Gorman all had home runs in the inning. Zach Cooper struck out seven in six innings for Adelaide, giving up one run on five hits and two walks.
BRISBANE 9, SYDNEY 4 IN BRISBANE
Brisbane turned six singles into a five-run sixth that gave it a 6-0 lead. Aaron Whitefield was 2-for-5 and is batting ,345 for Brisbane. Logan Wade was 1-for-5 with a run and is batting .309 for Brisbane. Kramer Champlin pitched seven inning for Brisbane, giving up one run on three hits and no walks with six strikeouts. David Sutherland was 3-for-4 with two runs and two RBIs for Brisbane. Mitch Nilsson hit a home run for Brisbane.
*Games played January 12. It's timey-wimey.
VENEZUELAN LEAGUE
ZULIA 3, ANZOATEGUI 2 IN ANZOATEGUI
Three walks and an error plated two runs for Zulia, breaking a 1-1 tie and putting Zuila ahead to stay. Reynaldo Rodriguez was 0-for-3 with a walk for Zulia. Wilfredo Boscan pitched four innings for Zulia, giving up one run on four hits and a walk with two strikeouts. Anzoategui out-hit Zulia 10-2. The first two Zulia batters got hits, and Zulia did not get another hit the rest of the game.
Zulia leads the best-of-seven series 1-0.
LA GUAIRA 7, LARA 6 IN LARA
La Guaira took a 5-0 lead in the first, but needed an RBI double by Heiker Meneses in the ninth to get the win. Alcides Escobar hit two home runs for La Guaira.
La Guaira leads the best-of-seven series 1-0.
DOMINICAN LEAGUE
LICEY 4, GIGANTES 1 IN LICEY
Jason Rogers had a two-run single in a three-run third that put Licey in the lead to stay. Cesar Valdez struck out six in 5.2 innings for Licey, giving up one run on five hits and a walk.
STANDINGS
Aguilas, 10-2
Licey, 6-7
Escogido, 5-8
Gigantes, 4-8
PUERTO RICAN LEAGUE
No games scheduled.
MEXICAN LEAGUE
LOS MOCHIS 14, CULIACAN 2 IN LOS MOCHIS
Already leading 3-1, Los Mochis scored seven in the seventh to put the game out of reach. They had four home runs in the inning, solo shots by Juan Carlos Gamboa, Eugenio Velez, and Yosmany Guerra, and a three-run homer by Saul Soto. Leandro Castro was 2-for-4 with two runs and an RBI for Los Mochis. Luis Niebla pitched six shutout innings for Los Mochis, giving up five hits and two walks with three strikeouts. Velez and Gamboa were each 3-for-4 and each scored twice.
Los Mochis leads the best-of-seven series 2-0.
MEXICALI 16, HERMOSILLO 6 IN MEXICALI
Leading 1-0, Mexicali had an eight-run inning in the third to take control early. Yordanys Linares was 4-for-6 with a triple and a double for Mexicali, scoring three times and driving in two. C. J. Retherford was 3-for-5 with a home run and a walk for Mexicali, scoring twice and driving in two. Luis Juarez was 3-for-4 with a walk and two runs for Mexicali. Xorge Carrillo was 3-for-4 with a double and a walk for Mexicali, scoring once and driving in four.
Mexicali leads the best-of-seven series 2-0.
AUSTRALIAN LEAGUE*
MELBOURNE 12, CANBERRA 6 IN CANBERRA
Melbourne lost leads of 3-0 and 6-3, but scored two runs in the fifth on three walks, a sacrifice fly, and a wild pitch to take the lead for good. Brad Harman was 3-for-4 with a home run, a double, and a walk for Melbourne, scoring twice and driving in three. Liam Bedford 3-for-3 with a walk for Melbourne, scoring twice. Mike Walker hit a three-run homer for Melbourne.
SYDNEY 10, BRISBANE 9 IN BRISBANE
Sydney led 5-0 and 8-3, fell behind 9-8, and got a two-run single from Tucker Neuhaus in the eighth to go ahead 10-9. Aaron Whitefield was 1-for-2 with a run and is batting .347 for Brisbane. Logan Wade was 0-for-4 with a walk for Brisbane. Todd Van Steensel struck out two in a perfect inning for Sydney. Neuhaus was 4-for-5 with two doubles, scoring once and driving in seven for Sydney.
PERTH AT ADELAIDE
Rained out.
*Games played January 13. it's timey-wimey.
I feel like I tend to do a lot of cooking in these brutal winter months. I'm sure I don't actually cook more (maybe I bake more?), but something about it seems to... fill the time in a way it doesn't in the summer. Summer cooking is easy. Winter cooking feels more purposeful. In the summer, I can put on whatever tunes I need for cooking to, because anything can fit. In the winter? I'm not quite sure. I often still use the same old Rat Pack songs, but those are happier, lighter, summery songs. I'm sure I'll be doing some baking of some sort this weekend, so help me out... what music should I be cooking to in the winter? Is it different for you too?
Date: Tuesday, July 28.
Batting stars: Kent Hrbek was 1-for-3 with a walk. Gary Gaetti was 1-for-3 with a walk.
Pitching star: Juan Berenguer pitched a scoreless inning, giving up two hits while striking out one.
Opposition stars: Mike Morgan pitched a complete game, giving up one run on four hits and three walks with no strikeouts. Phil Bradley was 4-for-4 with a double and a stolen base (his twenty-seventh), scoring twice and driving in two. Gary Matthews was 1-for-4 with a two-run homer, his second.
The game: Matthews hit his two-run homer in the third, giving the Mariners a 3-1 lead. Seattle added single runs in the fifth, seventh, and eighth. The Twins had only four hits.
Of note: Kirby Puckett was 1-for-4 with an RBI, making his average .326...Al Newman started at shortstop in place of Greg Gagne and batted second...Randy Bush was in right field and Tom Brunansky was out of the lineup...Joe Niekro started for the Twins and pitched six innings, allowing five runs on eleven hits and no walks...As unusual as complete games are these days, I would think a complete game with zero strikeouts is a fairly rare thing.
Record: The Twins were 55-47, in first place by two games over Oakland.
Player profile: Due to personal time constraints, the player profiles are taking a few days off.
Ernie Calbert (1887)
Fred Schulte (1901)
Ron Brand (1940)
Makoto Matsubara (1944)
Mike Tyson (1950)
Bob Forsch (1950)
Odell Jones (1953)
Gene Roof (1958)
Kevin Mitchell (1962)
Kevin McClatchy (1963)
Elmer Dessens (1971)
Ernie Calbert won six minor league home run titles. He also once pitched a minor league no-hitter.
Makoto Matsubara was an eleven-time all-star in Japan.
Kevin McClatchy was the CEO of the Pittsburgh Pirates from 1996-2007.
When Elmer Dessens made his major league debut in 1996, he was the first big leaguer in thirty-five years to have the first name "Elmer".
There do not appear to be any players with connections to the Minnesota Twins who were born on this day. The closest we come is Gene Roof, whose brother, Phil, played for the Twins.
We would, however, like to wish a happy birthday to The Dread Pirate.
These guys have a new album dropping in a couple of weeks. No great vids of new songs yet that I can find, so here's an old one till they start popping up.
(2 votes, average: 8.00 out of 10)Loading... My speakers arrived today. They're glorious. Unfortunately, I can't use them until my receiver arrives. Damn wiener logistics.
Gonna be a lot of folks working from home here on Friday and keeping to themselves over the weekend.
Date: Monday, July 27.
Batting stars: Steve Lombardozzi was 1-for-4 with a three-run homer, his fourth. Greg Gagne was 2-for-3 with a double and a run. Gary Gaetti was 1-for-4 with a home run, his twentieth.
Pitching stars: Frank Viola pitched eight innings, giving up three runs on six hits and no walks with seven strikeouts. Jeff Reardon pitched a scoreless inning, giving up two hits while striking out one.
Opposition stars: Mark Langston pitched eight innings, giving up three runs on four hits and two walks with seven strikeouts. Jim Presley was 1-for-4 with a two-run homer, his sixteenth. Donell Nixon was 3-for-4 with two stolen bases (his twelfth and thirteenth) and a run.
The game: Harold Reynolds opened the scoring with a home run in the third and Presley hit a two-run shot in the sixth to give the Mariners a 3-0 lead. It looked like that would be enough, as Langston blanked the Twins for eight innings. In the ninth, however, Gagne led off with an infield single, Dan Gladden walked, and Lombardozzi hit a three-run homer to tie the score. Langston left and Edwin Nunez came in. He retired Kirby Puckett on a fly ball, but Gaetti homered to put the Twins in front. Seattle did not go quietly in the ninth. Reardon retired the first two batters, but Dave Valle doubled. Manager Dick Williams did not pinch-run for his catcher and it may have cost him, because Rey Quinones singled to center and Valle was thrown out at the plate by Puckett, ending the game. I don't know how fast Valle was, but he had five career stolen bases in thirteen seasons.
Of note: Lombardozzi was in the second spot in the order...Puckett was back in center field...Gene Larkin was used as the DH...All seven runs in this game were scored on home runs. I wonder what the highest number of runs is in a game in which all the runs came on home runs.
Record: The Twins were 55-46, in first place by two games over Oakland.
Player profile: Due to personal time constraints, there will be no player profiles for a couple more days.
Henry Larkin (1860)
Tom Kinslow (1866)
George Browne (1876)
Joe Hauser (1899)
Lee Allen (1915)
Alfredo Ortiz (1944)
Ron Polk (1944)
Paul Reuschel (1947)
Randy Jones (1950)
Terry Whitfield (1953)
Tim Hulett (1960)
Mike Marshall (1960)
Casey Candaele (1961)
Andy Fox (1971)
Luis Ayala (1978)
Dontrelle Willis (1982)
Joe Hauser twice hit over 60 home runs in a season in AAA.
Historian and writer Lee Allen contributed much to the Hall of Fame and to the first edition of the Baseball Encyclopedia.
Alfredo Ortiz won 287 games in the minor leagues, mostly in the Mexican League, and 104 more in the Mexican Winter League.
Ron Polk was a very successful college baseball coach, most notably at Mississippi State.
The Mike Marshall listed above is the outfielder/first baseman who played mostly for the Dodgers.
