So the Red Wings fall in the playoffs and we get to see The Replacements tonight as the Twins call up seven players from Rochester for a September cup of coffee. I'd suggest getting that coffee to go, boys. Something about the barely replacement-level quality of this team and these call-ups is leaving me feeling so...unsatisfied.
Pedro Hernandez (3-1, 5.19 ERA) vs. Jered Weaver (9-8, 3.33 ERA) in a makeup game from April. Aside from the chance of getting shut out, I don't much like our chances tonight. Play ball (anyway)!
After taking two of three from the AL West leading Texas Rangers and coming tantalizingly close to a sweep, the Twins mosey on over to Houston for a three-game set with the Astros. You think the Twins season is en route to hell in a hand basket? The Astros have already lost 91 games and are likely on their way to losing 100+. That's a heaping helping of futility right there. Both teams are sending out youngsters to pitch today, Albers (2-2, 2.92 ERA) for Minnesota and Paul Clemens (4-4, 5.81 ERA) for Houston. Alex Presley will be back out in center field, he went 3-4 with an RBI in his Twins debut yesterday. Buy American, look for the union label, and play ball!
Didn't see a game log so here you go. Liam Hendriks, 0-1, 3.94 ERA, is looking to notch his second career win tonight. Zach McAllister, 6-7, 3.59 ERA, will pitch with his right hand for Cleveland. Play ball.
Remember when it snowed in the middle of April and the final game of the Twins series against the Mets got postponed and it seemed like winter was never going to end and a few days later it snowed again and I got appendicitis and shoveled snow anyway and my appendix ruptured and it hurt like bloody hell and I had to have emergency surgery? Well, it happened whether you remember it or not, and I've got the scars to prove it. Today the Twins and Mets are going to play that postponed game and the Mets have a chance to sweep a series that they won more than four months ago by taking the first two games at Target Field. The Twins send Kyle Gibson to the mound. If he sucks again, I'm demanding an immediate MRI. The Mets counter with Dillon Gee, who doesn't suck but doesn't exactly sparkle like unicorn farts, either.
From the 1983 ARMS (Action into Research for Multiple Sclerosis) charity concert at the Royal Albert Hall. Eric Clapton, Jimmy Page, Jeff Beck, Steve Winwood, John Paul Jones, Bill Wyman, Charlie Watts, et cetera, et cetera. This was the first time all three of The Yardbirds lead guitarists played together in public.
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When I was in junior high school in Indiana, R.E.O. Speedwagon was touring hard, making a name playing armories and field houses in cities and towns all over the Midwest. Long before Kevin Cronin turned them into a pussy commercial pop band, R.E.O. rocked with the best American bands of the 70's. Back then lead guitarist Gary Richrath was the band's driving creative force, and that dude could shred.
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My big brother had an awesome record collection when I was a kid. He'd get jobs flipping burgers or whatever so he could spend the money on albums. When he was out working or at football or band practice, I'd sneak into his room and listen to them. I got acquainted with a lot of great music that way. Thanks, Bro. And sorry about the sneakin'.
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This is the time of year when teams are either playing to make the playoffs or playing spoiler. Tonight's series opener against the Cleveland Clevelanders at Target Field pits the former against the latter. Cleveland is seven games out of first place in the division but just four games back in the wild card race. Picking up one game a week on Detroit positions them for a shot at the division title, while picking up just a half game a week in the wild card race puts them within spitting distance of a playoff slot.
I remember watching John Hartford pick the banjo and guitar on the old Glen Campbell show as a kid. The running gag on the show was that John never really spoke, he just let his music do the talking. Sometime around 1980 or so I went to see him at the old Guthrie Theater with some friends. He sang this song that night. It's been one of my very favorites ever since, and it takes on more poignancy with each passing year. You youngsters can check out a David Mayfield tribute cover here, and a Gregory Alan Isakov version here.
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