Glad to see La Russa is doing a great job piloting that ship.
Monthly Archives: July 2021
Fleetwood Mac – Tusk
Somebody choreographed a tap number to Tusk. That one was fun, too. I feel dumb not recognizing music from icons, then just let it go and add to the Spotify playlist.
Happy Birthday–July 22
Pebbly Jack Glasscock (1857)
George Gibson (1880)
Jesse "Pop" Haines (1893)
Doc Cramer (1905)
Jungle Jim Rivera (1922)
Sparky Lyle (1944)
Bill Zepp (1946)
Cliff Johnson (1947)
George Lauzerique (1947)
Tim Johnson (1949)
Scott Sanderson (1956)
Dave Stieb (1957)
Mike Sweeney (1973)
Scot Shields (1975)
Ryan Vogelsong (1977)
We would also like to wish a happy birthday to brianS’ brother.
The pastor who took over for me in the North Sioux City church is a nephew of Jesse Haines.
2021 Game 96: Minnesota Twins at Chicago White Sox
Michael Pineda
vs
Dylan Cease
The Twins hope to split the series by winning the bookends. We meanwhile hope certain relief pitcher(s) show enough improvement to fetch anything in a trade.
Minor Details: Games of July 20
Drew Maggi homers again. Another fine game for Jordan Balazovic. Jair Camargo hits another homer. A good game for Misael Urbina.
The Highwomen – Highwomen
The seniors at the kids' studio had a great number to this one (below). Wife and I agreed, in person it was such a moving song and dance combination. Which is the point, I gather.
July 21, 2021: Greek Freak
The Bucks are your NBA champions.
Happy Birthday–July 21
Johnny Evers (1881)
Howie Shanks (1890)
Moe Drabowsky (1935)
John Bateman (1940)
Denis Menke (1940)
Mike Hegan (1942)
Jim Manning (1943)
John Hart (1948)
Al Hrabosky (1949)
Mike Cubbage (1950)
Dave Henderson (1958)
Mike Bordick (1965)
Lance Painter (1967)
Kimera Bartee (1972)
Brian Buchanan (1973)
Geoff Jenkins (1974)
Willie Eyre (1978)
C. C. Sabathia (1980)
John Hart was the general manager of the Cleveland Indians from 1999-2001 and of the Texas Rangers from 2001-2005.
2021 Game Log 95 – Twins at White Sox
Only five more games with the White Sox! Bailey Ober on the mound for the Twins versus Dallas Keuchel, who has done better than I ever thought he would for the Sox.
First Pitch at 7:10 and looks like a glorious night for baseball in Chicago.
Twins Line up
LF - Arraez
C - Garver
DH - Cruz
3B - Donaldson
2B - Polanco
RF - Kepler
1B - Sano
CF - Celestino
SS - Simmons
Wild Whangdoodle: Drafting
Huge week in the NHL offseason with the Seattle Kraken expansion draft on Wednesday and the entry draft on Friday/Saturday.
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