Happy Birthday–September 13

Mike McNally (1893)
Dutch Reuther (1893)
Pat Collins (1896)
Eddie Rommel (1897)
Rabbit Warstler (1903)
Thornton Lee (1906)
Ed Sudol (1920)
Rick Wise (1945)
Rick Dempsey (1949)
Jim Obradovich (1949)
Mike Fischlin (1955)
Erik Bennett (1968)
Bernie Williams (1968)
Denny Neagle (1968)
Brent Brede (1971)
Armando Rios (1971)
Daisuke Matsuzaka (1980)
Rickie Weeks (1982)
Andy Wilkins (1988)

Ed Sudol was a minor league first baseman from 1940-1953, never getting higher than AA.  He then became an umpire and was National League ump from 1957-1977.

We would also like to wish a very happy birthday to Papa Beau.

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Minor Details: Game of September 10

Ryan Costello and Edwar Colina lead Fort Myers to the championship!

FORT MYERS 8, DAYTONA 5 IN DAYTONA (LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES GAME 4)

The Tortugas opened the scoring with three in the second, helped by two errors.  The Miracle came back with five in the third, getting RBI singles from Jose Miranda and Travis Blankenhorn and a three-run homer by Ryan Costello.  They added three more in the fifth, two scoring on a single by Shane Carrier.  Ibandel Isabel hit a two-run homer for Daytona in the eighth to cut the margin to 8-5, but that was as close as they came.

Costello was 2-for-4 with a three-run homer.

Edwar Colina pitched 6.2 innings, giving up three unearned runs on two hits and four walks and striking out six.  Hector Lujan pitched a scoreless inning, giving up one hit.

Fort Myers wins the best-of-five series 3-1 and wins the Florida State League Championship!

September 12, 2018: Monthly Features

I'm going to repost this LTE from yesterday as we're still looking to fill a few spots. And perhaps some rebranding.

THE NATION HAS AN APPETITE*: What does everyone think about turning this into a monthly rotating author cooking post? It could be a recipe, or a style, or a particular piece of equipment or ingredient, whatever. I'm thinking second Monday of the month as we have an opening there. Any volunteers?

September (whenever): meat
October 8: brianS
November 12: Pepper
December 10:

(* Same name? Name change? Like "America's Half-Baked Kitchen" or something?)

FATHER KNOWS BEST: I'm thinking to move this to 4th Monday so it's evenly dispersed with the other features. Also need volunteers and probably a new name as well. I like the joke, but it just feels like it should be called something different, right?

September 24: Mike
October 22: Zack
November 26: zooom.x
December 24: (xmas theme?)