I don’t know why, but my family loves to come to the city to watch them dye the river green.
Monthly Archives: March 2024
Happy Birthday–March 16
Bud Fowler (1847)
Blondie Purcell (1854)
Jerry Denny (1859)
Patsy Donovan (1865)
Jake Flowers (1902)
Buddy Myer (1904)
Lloyd Waner (1906)
Ken O'Dea (1913)
Tom Gorman (1919)
Clint Courtney (1927)
Hobie Landrith (1930)
Don Blasingame (1932)
Rick Reichardt (1943)
Rick Renick (1944)
Charles Hudson (1959)
Fieldin Culbreth (1963)
Abraham Nunez (1976)
Curtis Granderson (1981)
Stephen Drew (1983)
Brandon League (1983)
Mickey Storey (1986)
Bud Fowler was the first African-American to play professional baseball, playing in the minors in 1878 and from 1884-1894.
Tom Gorman was a National League umpire from 1951-1977. His son Brian was a major league umpire from 1991-2021.
Fieldin Culbreth has been a major league umpire since 1993. His full name is Fieldin Henry Culbreth III.
Mickey Storey was drafted by Minnesota in the 22nd round in 2007, but did not sign.
Hannah Frances – Floodplain
Wasn't expecting to like this as much as I did.
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March 15, 2024: 1K
The Wordle hits 1,000 today, of which we have done many.
Blonde Redhead – Snowman
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Happy Birthday–March 15
Arlie "The Freshest Man on Earth" Latham (1860)
Doc Casey (1870)
Ralph Miller (1873)
Fred Lieb (1888)
Rosy Ryan (1898)
Sid Hartman (1920)
Bob Locker (1938)
Wayne Granger (1944)
Bobby Bonds (1946)
Jim Kern (1949)
Steve Stroughter (1952)
Mickey Hatcher (1955)
Harold Baines (1959)
Mike Pagliarulo (1960)
Kim Batiste (1968)
Robert Fick (1974)
Vladimir Nunez (1975)
Dan Perkins (1975)
Kevin Youkilis (1979)
Jon Jay (1985)
Nick Ahmed (1990)
Max Stassi (1991)
Michael Fulmer (1993)
Sean Poppen (1994)
Ralph Miller was the first major league player to live to be a hundred years old.
Fred Lieb was a sportswriter who covered baseball for seventy years.
Sid Hartman was a sportswriter/broadcaster/sports executive who was involved in Minnesota sports for most of the time that there have been Minnesota sports.
March 14, 2024: Parent Portal
Love that I have access to all of the boy's assignments, missing work, grades, etc. online. Thrilled that such things didn't exist when I was in school.
World Party – Ship of Fools
R.I.P Karl Wallinger. Formally of the Waterboys but really came into his own in late 80s/early 90s with his band World Party. This song has specific resonance with me because I had broken up with a girl and we were driving in the same car after the breakup happened and this song came on the radio. We both sang the chorus at the top of our lungs and then laughed at the absurdity of it all when the song finished.
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Happy Birthday–March 14
Candy Nelson (1849)
Bill Holbert (1855)
Marty McManus (1900)
Jack Rothrock (1905)
Santos Amaro (1908)
Bill Hoskins (1914)
Ron Law (1946)
Dave McKay (1950)
Butch Wynegar (1956)
Steve Lake (1957)
Jerry Willard (1960)
Kirby Puckett (1960)
Kevin Brown (1965)
Brent Gates (1970)
Matt Kata (1978)
Bobby Jenks (1981)
Marwin Gonzalez (1989)
Santos Amaro is the father of Ruben Amaro Sr. and the grandfather of Ruben Amaro Jr. He was a star player in Cuba and in Mexico and is a member of the Salon de la Fama.
Matt Kata was drafted by Minnesota in the twentieth round in 1996, but did not sign.
March 13, 2024: Tone Shift
One weird thing on the Tweeter now is a bunch of my ads are just innocuous statements like "hey everyone whats goin on" or "hello world hi" with no links or any other information.