61 thoughts on “November 30, 2017: Remember Winter?”
It takes a special kind of jerk to make frickin french roast and decaf before regular in the morning.
As a rule, I try to not ascribe to malice that which is explained by stupidity.
Wait, what's wrong with French Roast?
This.
Wait, what's wrong with French Roast?
it's coffee.
Co-sign
Tangent
I like this angle.
Secanted
less caffeine.
At least it doesn’t contain chicory where y’all live.
I mean, I appreciate the work it takes to roast every individual bean over a lit cigarette, but since I don't smoke its not for me.
by far the best response!
I looked at the Jimmy Buffet/Eagles Target field tickets this morning and for 2 seats prices were ridiculous. 1 seat for approx 100 two together were 10 fold higher.
There is $50 surcharge that goes to Kenny Chesney for giving up his dates.
So wait, they'll pay you $100 to go? Hmm, still don't think I'd do it.
I lolz’d
And yet, it will be a packed house. Even if I had that kind of disposable income, I'm not sure I could pull the trigger.
Add them to the list of performers I'll likely never see live because I don't want to spend that sort of dough (recent examples):
- Springsteen
- Tool
- McCartney
- Chris Stapleton
- Stones
Maybe it's a good thing I never bought that game-used (bargain bin) Bret Boone Twins Jersey.
At least Julio DePaula will never make headlines for that.
I saw Bret Boone making an azz of himself yesterday and I thought, hey what was the nickname I had for him back in 2006? Can anyone remember?
I cannot. Something having to do with All-Star?
I'm actually in tune with Minnesota weather right now as it's pledge week in Chicago so I'm rocking the MPR app (just in time for all the scandals!). I've noticed MPR spends way more time on their weather segments than WBEZ. They're all practically mini-science lectures.
Paul Huttner is incredible. I can't believe how much I learn from catching him on the air.
Exactly. As I heard him explain twice yesterday, I didn't realize the jet stream can hop the North Pole from Siberia. Have fun with that!
Siberian Express!! The Chinook and the Alberta Clipper pale in comparison
Wait, there is an mpr app? I’m a fool.
Yep. You can run the Current and their other stations through it too. Thankfully MN and CHI are on different pledge drive schedules so I can retreat to MPR when necessary.
Today I am exactly as old as Johnny Cash was the day he sang at Folsom Prison: 13,105 days old.
Are you gonna head over to Oak Park Heights and sing at the max facility there?
Here's a fun question from the Book of Face. Who is the player closest to you in age?
For example, Dontrelle Willis is one day older than I.
I'm older than Chien-Ming Wang by four days, and younger than Neal Cotts* by two days.
couldn't place him, then realized he'd finished his MLB career with the Twins!
Brent Lillibridge and I were born on the same day. I'm one day older than John Jaso, who at least is doing me the favor of being an active player.
I'm exactly the same age as Glenn Wilson.
I'm one day older than someone I've never heard of (Jordan De Jong) and three days younger than Dane Sardinha (also never heard of) and Jeremy Guthrie. I'm also four days younger than Adrian Beltre.
I was born the same day as Chad Orvella. He's been out of the league since 2007
I share a birthday with Jeremy Accardo (?) who probably Jeremy'd the Twins a time or two, I'd imagine. As for active players, I am two days older than Big Game James.
Pedro Strop was born on the same day I was.
I share a birthday with former Red & White Sox Brian Anderson. As far as active players go, I'm 10 days older than Aaron Hill.
As far as active players go, I assume the player closest to me is Bartolo Colon.
You and me both. And a lot of us, actually.
Closest "active" player to me is K-Rod. Closest who was on a roster at the end of the season was Nori Aoki.
I resemble that remark.
Yep.
Exact same birthday as Jimmy Key. Also, the Minnesota Twins played their first ever home game the day before my birth, so I have that going for me, which is nice.
Justin Morneau was 2 days older than myself.
Josh Hamilton is still listed as active by B-R, and is 4 days younger. Ben Zobrist is actually still active, and is 9 days younger.
Pitcher Jim Corsi is two days older than me, the only one within five days either side of my birthday.
hmmm -- he's also listed at my height, and only 2 lbs heavier, so that's a match as well.
Glenn Wilson is a half-inch taller, and is listed at a weight that I was not that long ago, although I'm about ten pounds lighter now.
I would have guessed you were several inches taller than he.
they just replaced the hips, they didn't rachet up the femurs as well. Although I did gain 3/4"
John Dopson is a day older, Bobby Thigpen two days younger.
I couldn't tell Weezer from anyone else, but "Happy Hour" came on the college station on my drive last night, and have to say I enjoyed it a lot.
This just in, Jim Nabors dead at 87. Suprise, Suprise, Suprise.
Seriously, there are some things to like about him. Yes, he's listed at 5'9", 225, but in addition to catching he's played some corner infield, some corner outfield, and even a handful of games at second base, so he may be more athletic than that build sounds like he'd be. And he did hit .342/.370/.558 in AAA last year. Yes, it was at Reno and yes, he was twenty-five last year, but he still did it, and it's not like everybody on the team was hitting like that. Plus, he pitched two shutout innings, only giving up one hit, so he can fill the Chris Gimenez role. I'm obviously not predicting stardom for him, but there are worse guys you could sign to a minor league contract. He may not look like a ballplayer, but there's at least a small chance that he might actually be one.
It takes a special kind of jerk to make frickin french roast and decaf before regular in the morning.
As a rule, I try to not ascribe to malice that which is explained by stupidity.
Wait, what's wrong with French Roast?
This.
Wait, what's wrong with French Roast?
it's coffee.
Co-sign
Tangent
I like this angle.
Secanted
less caffeine.
At least it doesn’t contain chicory where y’all live.
I mean, I appreciate the work it takes to roast every individual bean over a lit cigarette, but since I don't smoke its not for me.
by far the best response!
I looked at the Jimmy Buffet/Eagles Target field tickets this morning and for 2 seats prices were ridiculous. 1 seat for approx 100 two together were 10 fold higher.
There is $50 surcharge that goes to Kenny Chesney for giving up his dates.
So wait, they'll pay you $100 to go? Hmm, still don't think I'd do it.
I lolz’d
And yet, it will be a packed house. Even if I had that kind of disposable income, I'm not sure I could pull the trigger.
Add them to the list of performers I'll likely never see live because I don't want to spend that sort of dough (recent examples):
- Springsteen
- Tool
- McCartney
- Chris Stapleton
- Stones
Maybe it's a good thing I never bought that game-used (bargain bin) Bret Boone Twins Jersey.
At least Julio DePaula will never make headlines
for that.I saw Bret Boone making an azz of himself yesterday and I thought, hey what was the nickname I had for him back in 2006? Can anyone remember?
I cannot. Something having to do with All-Star?
I'm actually in tune with Minnesota weather right now as it's pledge week in Chicago so I'm rocking the MPR app (just in time for all the scandals!). I've noticed MPR spends way more time on their weather segments than WBEZ. They're all practically mini-science lectures.
Paul Huttner is incredible. I can't believe how much I learn from catching him on the air.
Exactly. As I heard him explain twice yesterday, I didn't realize the jet stream can hop the North Pole from Siberia. Have fun with that!
Siberian Express!! The Chinook and the Alberta Clipper pale in comparison
Wait, there is an mpr app? I’m a fool.
Yep. You can run the Current and their other stations through it too. Thankfully MN and CHI are on different pledge drive schedules so I can retreat to MPR when necessary.
Today I am exactly as old as Johnny Cash was the day he sang at Folsom Prison: 13,105 days old.
Are you gonna head over to Oak Park Heights and sing at the max facility there?
Here's a fun question from the Book of Face. Who is the player closest to you in age?
For example, Dontrelle Willis is one day older than I.
I'm older than Chien-Ming Wang by four days, and younger than Neal Cotts* by two days.
Brent Lillibridge and I were born on the same day. I'm one day older than John Jaso, who at least is doing me the favor of being an active player.
I'm exactly the same age as Glenn Wilson.
I'm one day older than someone I've never heard of (Jordan De Jong) and three days younger than Dane Sardinha (also never heard of) and Jeremy Guthrie. I'm also four days younger than Adrian Beltre.
I was born the same day as Chad Orvella. He's been out of the league since 2007
I share a birthday with Jeremy Accardo (?) who probably Jeremy'd the Twins a time or two, I'd imagine. As for active players, I am two days older than Big Game James.
Pedro Strop was born on the same day I was.
I share a birthday with former Red & White Sox Brian Anderson. As far as active players go, I'm 10 days older than Aaron Hill.
As far as active players go, I assume the player closest to me is Bartolo Colon.
You and me both. And a lot of us, actually.
Closest "active" player to me is K-Rod. Closest who was on a roster at the end of the season was Nori Aoki.
I resemble that remark.
Yep.
Exact same birthday as Jimmy Key. Also, the Minnesota Twins played their first ever home game the day before my birth, so I have that going for me, which is nice.
Justin Morneau was 2 days older than myself.
Josh Hamilton is still listed as active by B-R, and is 4 days younger. Ben Zobrist is actually still active, and is 9 days younger.
Pitcher Jim Corsi is two days older than me, the only one within five days either side of my birthday.
hmmm -- he's also listed at my height, and only 2 lbs heavier, so that's a match as well.
Glenn Wilson is a half-inch taller, and is listed at a weight that I was not that long ago, although I'm about ten pounds lighter now.
I would have guessed you were several inches taller than he.
they just replaced the hips, they didn't rachet up the femurs as well. Although I did gain 3/4"
John Dopson is a day older, Bobby Thigpen two days younger.
I couldn't tell Weezer from anyone else, but "Happy Hour" came on the college station on my drive last night, and have to say I enjoyed it a lot.
This just in, Jim Nabors dead at 87. Suprise, Suprise, Suprise.
Go-o-olly.
Sha-zam.
Cue up the WGOM videos.
May not amount to much, but the Twins picked up a weird one.
That isn't working from my phone for some reason. Just in case:
https://www.vivaelbirdos.com/2017/11/30/16709008/willians-astudillo-free-agent-twins-please-i-dont-ask-for-much
I love it.
Ditto.
Seriously, there are some things to like about him. Yes, he's listed at 5'9", 225, but in addition to catching he's played some corner infield, some corner outfield, and even a handful of games at second base, so he may be more athletic than that build sounds like he'd be. And he did hit .342/.370/.558 in AAA last year. Yes, it was at Reno and yes, he was twenty-five last year, but he still did it, and it's not like everybody on the team was hitting like that. Plus, he pitched two shutout innings, only giving up one hit, so he can fill the Chris Gimenez role. I'm obviously not predicting stardom for him, but there are worse guys you could sign to a minor league contract. He may not look like a ballplayer, but there's at least a small chance that he might actually be one.