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1. This has long been my favorite Macklemore song from way back when Sheenie and I would catch him at the Entry with about 150 people.
2. This is performed at GW.
3. GW's dancing today!
DANCE! DANCE! DANCE!
httpv://youtu.be/vfc7W6vzp-I
(2 votes, average: 6.00 out of 10)
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When VCU and George Mason both joined the A10, I had no idea that the conference was adding two of the best bands in basketball.
httpv://youtu.be/cf7AKbrKyiU
(3 votes, average: 8.67 out of 10)Loading... The two chat for a few minutes before Seeger starts the singalong about four minutes in. I'm reminded of a joke:
Q: How do you find perfect pitch?
>A: You throw a banjo into a dumpster and it hits an accordion.
httpv://youtu.be/ADtAU43MM14
(5 votes, average: 8.60 out of 10)Loading... When Sheenie and I were in NOLA for JazzFest last year, we went to this show late one night that weekend. Dumpstaphunk covered Parliament all night, then two other bands (I want to say Rebirth was one of them) covered James Brown and Michael Jackson. Sheenie and I left at 3:00am and one of the bands still hadn't even taken the stage. I guess that's New Orleans for you. At one point, I walked to the bar and bumped into John Mayer taking it all in.
httpv://youtu.be/2zw3zF6yN7Q
(4 votes, average: 7.25 out of 10)Loading... Since Grumpy Old Bob Collins seems to have discontinued the Monday Morning Rousers, here's one to get your foot tapping at work.
httpv://youtu.be/7z2GsCOTFP0
(3 votes, average: 7.67 out of 10)Loading... httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=03zQ_ZzGcgE
I think the last show I saw at First Avenue in 2013 was Black Joe Lewis, but I could be forgetting one. He's got a pretty fantastic red guitar.
(5 votes, average: 9.00 out of 10)Loading... The Battle of the Canadian First Basemen
4 swings and misses for Liriano in the top of the first inning. That's about what the average Twins SP had in a week, right?
I used a random number generator to pick a season from the past with the idea that I would quickly highlight the Twins history that occurred today in that year. The generator sent me to the year 2007.
Detroit 8, Twins 0 - BR Boxscore
Somebody named Yorman Bazardo pitched seven shutout innings against the Twins in his second major league start. The Twins were punchless behind Matt Garza. The Tigers led 1-0 in the bottom of the sixth inning but a hit batter, an error, a double, an intentional walk, and two singles chased Garza from the game. Julio (Chuck James before there was Chuck James) DePaula allowed two runs in mop-up work as the game got out of hand. Magglio Ordonez homered and doubled pushing his batting average to .359 while Curtis Granderson hit his major-league leading twenty-third triple.
Continue reading September 25, 2007: Random Day in Twins History
I used a random number generator to pick a season from the past with the idea that I would quickly highlight the Twins history that occurred today in that year. The generator sent me to the year 2008.
Twins 3, White Sox 2 - BR Boxscore
The Twins pieced together four shutout innings of relief to win their second straight game against the White Sox while pulling within a half game of first place in the AL Central. Nick Blackburn allowed two runs in five innings despite pitching around ten baserunners (sound familiar?). Craig Breslow, Boof Bonser (?!), and Jose Mijares each pitched a scoreless inning before Joe Nathan's 1-2-obligatory-4 ninth inning save, the 200th of his career. “You couldn’t ask for anything better than that,” Blackburn said of the bullpen. “They came in, did their job and got those guys out. No drama. It was great.” In Mijares's eighth inning, he retired JI JIM, Paul Konerko, and Ken Griffey, Jr. in order. Continue reading September 24, 2008: Random Day in Twins History
Last November, Sheenie and I were in Duluth for a wedding and wandered around town. We stumbled upon an antique store that had a massive collection of books on the second floor. Eventually, we ended up leaving with about $40 in books (which mean about fifteen books). Among the ones I snagged was The Bill James Baseball Abstract 1987. I slowly flipped through it in recent months and found a few items particularly interesting.
Continue reading Messing Around with the 1987 Bill James Abstract