I decided to take some time off from drinking, and so far the extra time and focus has paid huge dividends. I’ve got my next tabletop game release figured and I’m working on a couple of scripts. Feels a tad more productive than downing four or five beers and watching a movie.
Monthly Archives: April 2018
Minor Details: Games of April 21
Twins affiliates are swept. The Red Wings lose in extra innings. The Miracle loses due to errors. The Lookouts and the Kernels lose due to big innings.
Minor Details: Games of April 20
A big first inning carries the Red Wings. Not much offense for the Lookouts. A sacrifice fly in the ninth lifts the Miracle. Akil Baddoo goes deep for the Kernels. We hope to get caught up on minor league games later today.
2018 Game 16 – Twins vs. Rays
In baseball, there are real-deals, wannabes, and has-beens. But some players fall into a different category, the what-could-have-beens. After nearly a year on the disabled list, Phil Hughes makes his return to a major league mound today. One can't help but wonder what his career would have been like had he not been plagued with injuries. When healthy, he's been very, very good, but his career feels like one long series of rude interruptions. 2014 was without a doubt his best year; he won 16 games with a 3.52 ERA and a thoroughly ridiculous 11.67 K/BB ratio while garnering seven Cy Young award votes. I'm too old and jaded to expect Hughes to return to his 2014 form, I don't think anyone does. But if he can stay healthy and throw 160 innings or so he can still be a significant rotation asset for this team. Tampa sends right-hander Yonny Chirinos to the hill, he's got an ERA of 2.70 and 15 strikeouts, but he got touched for five runs in his last outing after pitching 14.1 scoreless frames over his first three starts. Play ball!
Bill Evans Trio – Waltz For Ricky Debby
Very good on the Wolves for their definitive win against the Rockets last night, but I'll join the rest of the gang that's missing Rubio. Here's a solid jazz performance for the solid Jazz performance that was lead by that dashing Spaniard and his dazzling triple double.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XMHsz5VqLhM
19 Mar 1965
April 22, 2018: Mashups
So, Sting and Shaggy did an album together. Who had that in the collaboration prediction pool?
Happy Birthday–April 22
Bob Smith (1895)
Taylor Douthit (1901)
Ray Benge (1902)
Lew Riggs (1910)
Mickey Vernon (1918)
John Orsino (1938)
Steve Jones (1941)
David Clyde (1955)
Moose Haas (1956)
Dave Schmidt (1957)
Terry Francona (1959)
Jimmy Key (1961)
Jack Savage (1964)
Mickey Morandini (1966)
George Williams (1969)
We would also like to wish a very happy birthday to rowsdower.
Game 15: twins @ rays
I'm in the midst of staining the deck, so I'll keep this brief.
Gibson vs. Snell.
Twins have their "off day" lineup, with Garver, Adrianza and LaMarre rotated in the tough lefty Blake Snell.
April 21, 2018: Waning Enthusiasm
You know, with the current track record of the Wild and T'Wolves, I'm not too sure how much I really want to watch the basketball game tonight.