Couple of fun wins from the Wild and Wolves last night. I think I heard though that this was the 7th straight two goal lead the Wild have blown. Not a good sign as we head into the dreaded 2nd half.
Monthly Archives: January 2017
Winter Wonderland: Games of January 24
VENEZUELAN LEAGUE
ZULIA 8, LARA 7 IN ZULIA (10 INNINGS--COMPLETION OF SUSPENDED GAME)
Well, that didn't take long. When we left this game yesterday, it was 7-7 and Zulia had men on first and third with two out in the bottom of the tenth. The first batter once the game was resumed, Ali Castillo, singled to bring home the winning run. Carlos Hernandez struck out seven in 6.2 innings for Zulia, giving up three runs (two earned) on five hits and no walks. Mario Lisson and Ronny Cedeno each homered for Zulia.
Zulia leads the best-of-seven series 3-0.
LARA 3, ZULIA 1 IN ZULIA (SCHEDULED GAME--11 INNINGS)
Ildemaro Vargas delivered a two-out two-run single in the eleventh to keep Lara alive. Omar Bencomo pitched five innings for Lara, giving up one run on four hits and no walks with three strikeouts. Denis Phipps was 4-for-5 with a double and a run for Lara. Carlos Rivero hit a home run for Lara.
Zulia leads the best-of-seven series 3-1.
DOMINICAN LEAGUE
LICEY 7, AGUILAS 0 AT AGUILAS
Juan Francisco homered to start a three-run Licey second and that was all they needed. Kennys Vargas was 2-for-3 for the Aguilas. Danny Santana was 0-for-4 for the Aguilas. Cesar Valdez pitched 6.1 scoreless innings for Licey, giving up three hits and two walks with four strikeouts. Donovan Solano was 3-for-5 with a double and a run for Licey. Francisco was 3-for-5 and also had a double, driving in three.
Licey leads the best-of-nine series 3-2.
PUERTO RICAN LEAGUE
No games scheduled. Caguas leads the best-of-nine series over Santurce 4-3.
MEXICAN LEAGUE
LOS MOCHIS 6, MEXICALI 5 IN MEXICALI (11 INNINGS)
Los Mochis scored four in the seventh to take a 4-1 lead, but Mexicali got three in the eighth to tie it 4-4. Saul Soto's two-run single in the eleventh put Los Mochis up 6-4. Mexicali got one in the bottom of the eleventh and had the tying run on base with none out, but could not advance him past second. Leandro Castro was 2-for-5 with a double and a walk for Los Mochis, scoring once and driving in one. Roy Merritt pitched seven innings for Los Mochis, giving up one run on four hits and a walk with five strikeouts.
Los Mochis leads the best-of-seven series 2-1.
AUSTRALIAN LEAGUE
No games scheduled.
1987 Rewind: Game One Hundred Fourteen
MINNESOTA 7, CALIFORNIA 2 IN MINNESOTA
Date: Tuesday, August 11, 1987.
Batting stars: Gary Gaetti was 2-for-4 with a home run (his twenty-fourth) and two runs. Mark Davidson was 2-for-3 with a double, scoring once and driving in two. Tom Brunansky was 2-for-4 with a double, scoring once and driving in two.
Pitching stars: Frank Viola pitched eight innings, giving up two runs on nine hits and one walk with six strikeouts. Keith Atherton pitched a perfect inning with two strikeouts.
Opposition star: George Hendrick was 2-for-3 with a double and a walk, driving in two.
The game: An RBI double by Brunansky and a two-run double by Davidson put the Twins up 3-0 in the second. Greg Gagne tripled home a run in the fourth to make it 4-0. Hendrick had a two-run double in the sixth to cut the lead to 4-2, but Gaetti homered leading off the seventh to make it 5-2. RBI singles by Al Newman in the seventh and Brunansky in the eighth rounded out the scoring. Viola started the ninth inning, but after giving up a walk and a single to the first to batters was replaced by Atherton.
Of note: Dan Gladden was back in the leadoff spot and was apparently recovered from whatever was wrong with him...Newman batted second and played second in place of Steve Lombardozzi...Gene Larkin was at first base, replacing Kent Hrbek...Brunansky was the DH, with Davidson in right field...John Candelaria started for California, going five innings and giving up four runs on six hits and no walks with one strikeout...The win was the Twins' fifth in a row...This was the third consecutive series the Twins played against one of their top two challengers.
Record: The Twins were 62-52, in first place, 4.5 games ahead of California and Oakland.
Happy Birthday–January 25
Danny Richardson (1863)
Les Nunamaker (1889)
Kenichi Zenimura (1900)
Ernie Harwell (1918)
Bill Lucas (1936)
Jake O’Donnell (1939)
Wally Bunker (1945)
Vern Ruhle (1951)
Kerry Taylor (1971)
Dan Serafini (1974)
Kenichi Zenimura was a long-time player and manager in Japan as well as an ambassador of the game of baseball. He helped organize Babe Ruth's tour of Japan in 1934 and is known as the Father of Japanese Baseball.
Ernie Harwell was a major league baseball broadcaster from 1948-1991 and 1993-2002, mostly for the Detroit Tigers.
Bill Lucas was the first African-American general manager, holding the position for the Atlanta Braves from 1976-1979.
Better known as an NBA referee, Jake O’Donnell was an American League umpire from 1969-1972. He is the only person to have officiated both an NBA all-star game and a major league baseball all-star game.
Elvis Costello and the Attractions – Waiting For The End Of The World
We had a good run.
2 Jul 1978
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Winter Wonderland: Games of January 23
VENEZUELAN LEAGUE
LARA 7, ZULIA 7 (10 INNINGS--SUSPENDED)
Zulia led 4-0 after two, but needed a homer by Mario Lisson in the eighth to tie it 5-5. Lara got two in the top of the tenth, but Zulia got two in the bottom of the tenth to re-tie the score. When the game was suspended, Zulia was still batting in the bottom of the tenth with two out and runners on first and third. Ali Castillo is the next scheduled batter for Zulia. The pitcher is Hassan Pena, although Lara could obviously make a change.
The game will be completed prior to tonight's regularly scheduled game. Zulia leads the best-of-seven series 2-0, so the series could possibly end tonight.
DOMINICAN LEAGUE
No games scheduled. Licey and the Aguilas are tied 2-2 in the best-of-nine series.
PUERTO RICAN LEAGUE
No games scheduled. Caguas leads the best-of-nine series 4-3 over Santurce.
MEXICAN LEAGUE
No games scheduled. Los Mochis and Mexicali are tied 1-1 in the best-of-seven series.
AUSTRALIAN LEAGUE
No games scheduled.
1987 Rewind: Game One Hundred Thirteen
MINNESOTA 7, OAKLAND 5 IN MINNESOTA
Date: Sunday, August 9.
Batting stars: Kent Hrbek was 1-for-4 with a three-run homer, his twenty-seventh. Tim Laudner was 1-for-3 with a two-run homer, his fourteenth. Tom Brunansky was 1-for-3 with a home run (his twenty-third) and a walk.
Pitching stars: Bert Blyleven pitched six innings, giving up three runs on seven hits and a walk with five strikeouts. Keith Atherton struck out two in a perfect inning.
Opposition stars: Alfredo Griffin was 2-for-3 with a double and a walk, scoring once and driving in two. Carney Lansford was 2-for-5 with two doubles, scoring once and driving in two. Tony Bernazard was 3-for-4 with a double and two runs.
The game: Oakland got on the board in the first, but Hrbek hit a three-run homer in the third to put the Twins ahead 3-1. Brunansky homered in the fourth to make it 4-1. Oakland got one back in the fifth, but Laudner hit a two-run homer in the sixth to put the Twins ahead 6-2. Oakland scored one in the seventh to cut the lead to 6-3, but Gaetti got the run back with a home run in the eighth. Carney Lansford hit a two-out two-run homer in the ninth to bring the tying run up to bat, but Jose Canseco grounded out to end the game.
Of note: Kirby Puckett was 2-for-4 with a run to raise his average to .324...Randy Bush was in right field and in the leadoff spot, with Brunansky in left...Steve Ontiveros pitched a complete game, giving up seven runs on seven hits and three walks with four strikeouts. I'm sure that's nowhere near the record, but seven runs is a lot to give up in a complete game...This gave the Twins a four-game sweep of Oakland. The two teams had been tied for first going into the series.
Record: The Twins were 61-52, in first place, 3.5 games ahead of California.
2017 Guest DJs and FKB Contributors
Sorry, late start on this. If anyone has any objections or requests (date switches, etc), just let me know. Again, hopefully I'll get some sort of automated reminders set up, but failing that, these schedules will be noted in the Features page.
FATHER KNOWS BEST
Didn't get the full year here, but we can re-up again later. As per usual, lineup courtesy of random.org:
JAN [whenever]: nibbish
FEB 17: Beau
MAR 16: Philosopher
APR 20: CarterHayes
MAY18: The Dread Pirate
JUN 15: Pepper
JUL 20: Mags
AUG 17: Algonad
SEP 21: freealonzo
GUEST DJs
Not a huge turnout this year, so pretty much everyone got in. Only 12 volunteers for 11 months (no December). 6 volunteers didn't go last year, so they're all in, then random.org figured out the rest.
JAN 30-(FEB) 3: Algonad (sorry for the short notice)
FEB 20-26: Beau
MAR 20-26: davidwatts
APR 17-23: freealonzo
MAY 22-28: Jeff A
JUN 12-19: Mags
JUL 17-23: meat
AUG 14-20: nibbish
SEP 18-24: Pepper
OCT 16-22: Philosopher
NOV 13-19: Zack
DECEMBER: Best of 2017
And for anyone curious, here's the Guest DJ history:
| Duder | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 |
| Algonad | - | X | - | - | - | - | X |
| AMR | X | X | - | X | - | X | - |
| Beau | X | - | - | X | - | - | X |
| bjhess | - | - | - | - | X | - | - |
| brianS | - | X | - | - | - | - | - |
| Can of Corn | X | - | X | - | - | X | - |
| CarterHayes | - | X | - | - | - | X | - |
| cheaptoy | X | - | X | - | X | - | - |
| Daneeka's Ghost | X | - | - | X | X | - | - |
| davidwatts | - | - | X | - | - | X | X |
| DK | X | X | - | X | - | X | - |
| E-6 | - | X | - | - | X | - | - |
| freealonzo | X | - | X | - | - | X | X |
| FT'hm'LT | - | - | X | - | - | - | - |
| GreekHouse | - | - | - | X | - | - | - |
| Jeff A | - | - | X | - | - | - | X |
| MagUidhir | X | - | X | - | X | - | X |
| meat | - | - | - | - | - | X | |
| New Britain Bo | - | X | - | X | - | X | - |
| nibbish | - | X | - | X | - | X | X |
| Pepper | - | - | - | - | X | X | X |
| Philosofer | - | - | X | - | X | - | X |
| punmanbowler | - | - | - | X | - | - | - |
| Rhubarb_Runner | X | X | - | X | - | X | - |
| Rowsdower | - | - | X | - | - | - | - |
| Sheenie | - | - | X | - | - | - | - |
| spookymilk | - | X | - | X | - | X | - |
| The Dread Pirate | - | X | - | X | - | - | - |
| Twayn | X | - | X | - | X | - | - |
| Yickit | - | - | - | - | X | - | - |
| Zack | X | - | X | - | X | - | X |
Well, I think that about wraps it up. Thanks to the volunteers!
Happy Birthday–January 24
Dave Brain (1879)
Pinch Thomas (1888)
Cliff Heathcote (1898)
Flint Rhem (1901)
Jean Yawkey (1909)
Johnny Dickshot (1910)
Ray Kelly (1914)
Jack Brickhouse (1916)
Walter Haas (1916)
Dick Stigman (1936)
Sandy Valdespino (1939)
Jumbo Ozaki (1947)
Tim Stoddard (1953)
Atlee Hammaker (1958)
Neil Allen (1958)
Rob Dibble (1964)
Scott Kazmir (1984)
Franklin Morales (1986)
Jean Yawkey was the wife of Tom Yawkey and was owner of the Boston Red Sox from 1978 until her death in 1992.
Ray Kelly was a baseball writer in Philadelphia for fifty years.
Jack Brickhouse was a broadcaster for the Chicago Cubs from 1948-1981.
Walter Haas was the owner of the Oakland Athletics from 1980 until his death in 1995.
Better known as a professional golfer, Jumbo Ozaki played professional baseball in Japan for three seasons, pitching for two seasons and playing outfield for one.
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – Jesus Alone
Okay, so I mentioned this album and song here yesterday, however, I had thought no live performances existed. This track is the "official video", but after comparing it to the album version, I'm relatively sure this is live. Okay, well, it's kind of liveish (the strings at least seem to have been recorded after the fact).
Anyway, yeah, the opening track from the most recent Bad Seeds:
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