The nice thing about this new home run calling game is there's plenty of chances to go around.
Monthly Archives: June 2019
Happy Birthday–June 8
Cub Stricker (1859)
Van Lingle Mungo (1911)
Del Ennis (1925)
Eddie Gaedel (1925)
George Brunet (1935)
Joe Grzenda (1937)
Pete Magrini (1942)
Mark Belanger (1944)
Lenn Sakata (1954)
Don Robinson (1957)
Carmelo Castillo (1958)
Britt Burns (1959)
Kevin Gross (1961)
John Gibbons (1962)
Kevin Ritz (1965)
Dave Mlicki (1968)
Sadly, Cub Stricker never played for the Cubs.
3' 7" Eddie Gaedel is the shortest person to play in a major league game, walking in his only plate appearance as part of a Bill Veeck promotion. His great-nephew, Kyle Gaedele, was an outfielder in the Padres organization from 2011-15, reaching AA. Kyle is listed at 6' 3".
Doves – The Cedar Room
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Game 62: Twins at Tigers
Tonight the Twins start the final leg of their long road trip with the first of 3 in Detroit. A year ago we probably would have looked at that series in Cleveland and thought it showed promise - they had a chance to win all three games! This year... it feels like a let down. Hopefully they can turn things around against the Tigers (well, hopefully they turned it around last night with the win...).
Pineda has been called up from the IL, and hopefully he's able to quickly find his stuff again, because the Twins are facing Matthew Boyd, who has some pretty impressive numbers. Of course, he gets beat when he gives up the long ball, and the Twins... they hit those. So maybe you'll want to add multiple names to your HR guess list tonight.
In other news, Philosofette's surgery went well, and she's home and on the mend, though that'll be a long process. Hopefully the Twins can help keep her spirits up!
Dr. John, Professor Longhair, Earl King, and The Meters – Big Chief
h/t meat
1974
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Friday Music Day — Chicago
I’m going to Chicago this weekend to spend some time with the kiddo. We are doing typical Chicago stuff: A street festival in Andersonville (pride-related), Architectural tour, Cubs-Cardinals game at Wrigley, Gospel Brunch at House of Blues.
The trip got me thinking that for being the County’s 3rd largest City, Chicago isn’t as well known for musical genre’s as other Cities. Of course the Chicago Blues is well known from perhaps the 40’s and 50’s, mostly fueled by the great black migration. Some hip-hop artists recently have become well known, such as Chance the Rapper. And of course Wilco is based in Chicago too.
Back in the 80’s there was a thriving punk scene, but it didn’t really break much nationally. In fact there is documentary on that era unironically called “You Weren’t There” that looks at these 80s Chicago punk bands. It includes the band Da! which was kind of an arty punk band, maybe inspired by The Gang of Four. A good friend of mine was the guitarist.
Anyway what other artists do you think of when (or if) you think of Chicago music?
Also, drop ‘em if you got ‘em.
June 7, 2019: School’s Out
Well that year flew by.
Happy Birthday–June 7
Bones Ely (1863)
Ed Wells (1900)
Dusty Boggess (1904)
Rosey Gilhousen (1913)
Herb Score (1933)
Roger Nelson (1944)
George Mitterwald (1945)
Don Money (1947)
Thurman Munson (1947)
Bobby Marcano (1951)
Bill Hohn (1955)
Tim Laudner (1958)
Heathcliff Slocumb (1966)
Donaldo Mendez (1978)
Virgil Vasquez (1982)
Mark Lowe (1983)
Dusty Boggess was a National League umpire from 1944-62.
Rosey Gilhousen was a long-time scout who is credit for signing George Brett and Dan Quisenberry.
Bobby Marcano was an all-star in Japan.
Bill Hohn was a major league umpire since 1989-99 and 2002-10.
Half-Baked Hall: 2004
We have two new members of the Half-Baked Hall!
Bert Blyleven: 100%
Gary Carter: 88%
We also have one player who will be kept on for a Veteran's ballot.
Willie Randolph: 44%
Meanwhile, Pedro Guerrero garnered one vote. He was a damn fine hitter. Too bad he was an absolute butcher in the field. Jesse Barfield, Jack Clark, Brian Downing, and Carney Lansford all got shut out.
2004 Ballot
Q.E.D?
- Roberto Alomar (32%, 9 Votes)
- Barry Larkin (32%, 9 Votes)
- Edgar Martinez (32%, 9 Votes)
- None Of Them! (4%, 1 Votes)
- Kevin Appier (0%, 0 Votes)
- Ellis Burks (0%, 0 Votes)
- Fred McGriff (0%, 0 Votes)
- Robin Ventura (0%, 0 Votes)
Total Voters: 10
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2019 Game 61: Minnesota Twins at Cleveland Indians
Another game to play in this series to salvage something.
Kepler started the game off right with a home run. Berríos on the mound opposite of Bauer. I don't expect him to be with the team in August.