The parents are stopping by over the weekend which means an annoying amount of cleaning for a house with two young boys.
Monthly Archives: October 2022
Alvvays – Belinda Says
The new Alvvays record is really, really good. There aren't a whole lot of good live clips from it, yet, but as luck would have it, today's clip was recorded just last night. Thanks, Larry!
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Happy Birthday–October 19
Mordecai Brown (1876)
Fred Snodgrass (1887)
Bob O'Farrell (1896)
Al Brazle (1913)
Walt Bond (1937)
Sandy Alomar (1943)
Al Gallagher (1945)
Mark Davis (1960)
Tim Belcher (1961)
Dave Veres (1966)
Keith Foulke (1972)
Horacio Estrada (1975)
Michael Young (1976)
Randy Ruiz (1977)
Jose Bautista (1980)
Rajai Davis (1980)
J. A. Happ (1982)
Josh Tomlin (1984)
Daniel Descalso (1986)
Jordan Lyles (1990)
The Twins chose Tim Belcher with the first pick of the 1983 draft, but he did not sign.
NLCS Game 1 (and Yankees-Guardians ALDS Game 5)
Two games today as Yankees and Guardians wrap up the ALDS and the Padres and Phillies meet for game 1 of the NLCS.
Yankees host Guardians at 3:00p
Phillies at Padres at 7:00p
Consider this the game log for both.
October 17, 2022: Burned
Didn't everything go downhill after some citizen's glowing endorsement? Shame.
Happy Birthday–October 18
Candy Cummings (1848)
Cliff Carroll (1859)
Walt Wilmot (1863)
Boileryard Clarke (1868)
Hans Lobert (1881)
Burt Shotton (1884)
Charlie Berry (1902)
Skeeter Newsome (1910)
Roy Cullenbine (1913)
Andy Carey (1931)
Bobby Knoop (1938)
Willie Horton (1942)
Ed Farmer (1949)
George Hendrick (1949)
Andy Hassler (1951)
Jerry Royster (1952)
Mike Walters (1957)
Alan Mills (1966)
Doug Mirabelli (1970)
Alex Cora (1975)
David Murphy (1981)
Yoenis Cespedes (1985)
Brad Miller (1989)
Alex Cora was drafted by Minnesota in the twelfth round in 1993, but he did not sign.
We would also like to wish a very happy birthday to AMR.
PUP – DVP
Let's get nibbish week started off belatedly, but also properly.
The lyric video is a treat, too.
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How about a fresh video. Green Day on Letterman
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October 17, 2022: Up And About
I've been bootless for about a week and this weekend pushed the limits of what I should be doing on still healing surgically repaired limbs.
Happy Birthday–October 17
Buck Ewing (1859)
Paul Derringer (1906)
Red Rolfe (1908)
Howie Moss (1918)
Johnny Klippstein (1927)
Jim Gilliam (1928)
Pete Cimino (1942)
Dan Pasqua (1961)
John Mabry (1970)
John Rocker (1974)
Gil Velazquez (1979)
Carlos Gonzalez (1985)
Chris Mazza (1989)
Howie Moss hit 279 minor league homers in a thirteen-year career.