Fives were wild for A. J. Murray. Some more close games, but we came out on the right side of more of them.
Happy Birthday–May 14
J. L. Wilkinson (1878)
Ed Walsh (1881)
Alex Pompez (1890)
Earle Combs (1899)
Bob Thurman (1917)
Les Moss (1925)
Dick Howser (1936)
Tony Perez (1942)
Dick Tidrow (1947)
Dave LaRoche (1948)
Dennis Martinez (1955)
Hosken Powell (1955)
Pat Borders (1963)
Joey Cora (1965)
Larry Sutton (1970)
Roy Halladay (1977)
J. L. Wilkinson was the long-time owner of the Kansas City Monarchs.
Alex Pompez was the long-time owner of the New York Cubans.
We would also like to wish a very happy anniversary to Lucy and SBG.
Minor Details: Games of May 12
All four games were decided by one run. Three of them went the wrong way.
Game 34. What is baseball?
The Twins are 1-11 in their last 12 games. Yuck. The Twins are on a 7 game losing streak and thats not even their longest losing streak of the season. Yuck. The Twins are 5 wins behind the second worst team in the American League. yuck. Why am I still watching? Well I'd rather be golfing but its 40 degrees outside and the river has flooded wiping out some holes. So Its brutal baseball. Yuck.
FMD: Yep, still mine.
I have a game I play (using Last.fm) where I try to have listened to an album's worth of music from 15 artists on any given week. A little over two albums a day (one on the commute, one either at home or at work) from a variety of people keeps things fresh.
It's been sort of difficult to keep up with lately. I've been running all over the place, and I don't listen to nearly as much music at home as I used to (as mentioned in a previous week's post). I might have to bump it down to 10.
The new White Lung album it lots of fun. The new Kanye, not so much. I was discussing it with a friend, trying to be devil's advocate for it, but there really isn't much there that I keep coming back to.
Anyways, sorry about the late post. I had something written up on my home PC, but forgot to copy it over this morning.
Thao & The Get Down Stay Down – Astonished Man
The clever name got my interest, but the music got my attention. Here's one from the new album.
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May 13, 2016: Jadon Lives
Typos make him sound less threatening.
Happy Birthday–May 13
Jimmy Archer (1883)
Larry Gardner (1886)
Babe Dye (1898)
Bill McKinley (1910)
Bill Kinnamon (1919)
Dusty Rhodes (1927)
Johnny Roseboro (1933)
Leon Wagner (1934)
Juan Beniquez (1950)
Bobby Valentine (1950)
Lenny Faedo (1960)
Sean McDonough (1962)
Jose Rijo (1965)
Jack Cressend (1975)
Trajan Langdon (1976)
Barry Zito (1978)
John Ryan Murphy (1991)
Hockey Hall of Famer Babe Dye was a minor league outfielder from 1919-1926, spending much of his career in the American Association. In 811 games, he hit .311, slugged .443, and stole 118 bases.
Bill McKinley was an American League umpire from 1946-65.
Bill Kinnamon was an American League umpire from 1960-69.
Sean McDonough has been a baseball broadcaster since 1988.
College basketball star Trajan Langdon was a third baseman in the low minors for three seasons.
Minor Details: Games of May 11
Max Kepler and Byron Buxton lead the Red Wings. Tyler Jay keeps it going. Nick Gordon returns.
May 12, 2016: Customers!
I saw a few yesterday!