29 thoughts on “June 13, 2018: Trash Panda”

1. If you’re ever on your way through Richmond, do yourself a big favor and stop at Mama J’s. I sat at the bar, but other than that, it really felt like dinner with the best cook in your family. I grew up eating plenty of catfish on the river, and the state where I live now certainly knows how to fry fish, but Mama J’s served me the best fried catfish I’ve ever had. A perfectly seasoned & crisp crust enclosed tender, moist filets. My side of candied yams was excellent. My buddy Nick’s fried chicken — wow. Crunchy, juicy, & just a touch greasy. The strawberry cake was a bit of a let down (the Beauty Shop in Memphis might’ve ruined me on strawberry cake for life), but I couldn’t eat more than a couple bites at Mama J’s, and didn’t dig in on my slice until stopping for the night in Rocky Mount.

2. The details for anyone interested in a World Cup fantasy league.

3. Brian Dozier in "close and late" spots:
   2014 - .177 AVG
   2015 - .229 AVG
   2016 - .177 AVG
   2017 - .176 AVG
   2018 - .159 AVG
   Career - .195 AVG

   Not only is his .195 AVG the worst in Twins history, it's the worst in MLB history among all players with at least as many plate appearances.

   — Aaron Gleeman (@AaronGleeman) June 12, 2018

   1. That makes it somewhat of a miracle that he has the only professional walk-off home run I've ever seen in person.

   2. Ok, but how does this confirm that Mauer is unclutch?

      1. Do you even eye test, bro?

   3. I'm guessing this is a response to a Top Jimmy column.

4. Hey, meat or Pirate, I could use some guidance on the pronunciation of Tchoupitoulas. Merci beaucoup!

   1. Chop-uh-too-less. Emphasis on the first syllable.

      1. Yup. Chop it two lass will also get the job done.

         1. speaking of new avatars...

      2. Merci, les mecs. 😘

5. I feel like I missed out yesterday, but at least it inspired me to change my gravatar.

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6. Hello again.

   Two days in a row. BOOM!

   There's some GIS jobs open with the State. Anyone got any contacts at MNIT or MnDOT that I might be able to network with?

   1. I have some contacts in both agencies .... do you know where (division, office, etc.) those positions are within the organizations?

      1. MnIT says "Central Unit"

         MnDOt says:

         
         Hiring Agency/Seniority Unit: Transportation Dept / Transportation-MAPE
         Division/Unit: Land Management / Land Management

   2. Shoot me an email about MnDOT

7. This is all kinds of amazing.

   Dear @MLB, give us every mic’d up ejection for the rest of eternity.

   Sincerely, Everyone. https://t.co/l0rttuYHb2

   — Steve Perrault (@Steve_Perrault) June 13, 2018

   Very NSFW.

   1. If I ever get into a situation like I got into this past Saturday night (out at the bar when my way too drunk neighbor allegedly punched someone in the face and I ended up being the umpire up there to Terry Collin's drunk guy, except that drunk guy and his friends were trying to punch my neighbor), I'm gonna start it off with "Terry, get a handle".

      1. And make sure to let them know that your ass is in a jackpot.

         1. I'm still kind of scratching my head at that one.

   2. Pretty great.

8. Co-worker and I sat next to a guy from KC that grew up in Detroit; had a Tigers logo tattooed on his right shoulder. Had a good visit. He is really enjoying Gardy as manager.

9. Things aren't looking good with Opportunity right now.

   1. I saw they don't expect the temperature to get too cold. Even if the battery completely drains, it can still recover if it doesn't get too cold.

      1. Oh, they haven't declared death, but it doesn't look promising

10. TIme to turn one here...

11. Lucky call on Castellanos. Dude has street cred.

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