I think my lack of water intake over the last few years may be contributing to my desire to leave. Damn dry climate.
Happy Birthday–December 14
John Anderson (1873)
Lefty Tyler (1889)
Bob Weiland (1905)
Eddie Smith (1913)
Rusty Peters (1914)
Bobby Adams (1921)
Sad Sam Jones (1925)
Bob Clear (1927)
Pete Whisenant (1929)
Jim Roland (1942)
Jerry May (1943)
Greg Goossen (1945)
Bill Buckner (1949)
Craig Biggio (1965)
Ken Hill (1965)
Scott Hatteberg (1969)
Marcus Jensen (1972)
Billy Koch (1974)
Rodrigo Lopez (1975)
Dave Gassner (1978)
Bob Clear was in baseball from 1945-1987 as a minor league player and manager, major league coach, and as a scout.
MewithoutYou – Red Cow
Nibbish played these guys during his guest DJ week and I spent an awful lot of 2015 listening to their albums. This is off this year's Pale Horses.
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December 13, 2015: Quiet Santa
My son got to meet Santa yesterday in a low sensory environment. Two families, no music, no lines. Santa didn't ho-ho-ho or laugh loudly. He asked my son what he wanted. My son said, "Read books!"
Al Stewart – The Year Of The Cat
We're just gonna go way deep here, cause why not?
11/30/1976
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1965 Rewind: Game Sixty-nine
CHICAGO 17, MINNESOTA 4 IN MINNESOTA
Date: Monday, June 28.
Batting stars: Jimmie Hall was 3-for-4 with a three-run homer (his fourteenth) and two runs. Harmon Killebrew was 1-for-3 with a double and a walk, driving in one. Tony Oliva was 1-for-4 with a double and a run.
Pitching stars: None.
Opposition stars: Danny Cater was 3-for-5 with a home run (his tenth) and a double, scoring twice and driving in three. Don Buford was 2-for-5 with a walk, scoring three times and driving in three. Tom McCraw was 2-for-5 with a grand slam, his second homer.
The game: The Twins actually led for nearly half the game. Jimmie Hall had an RBI single and Killebrew drove in a run with a double in the first to give them a 2-0 lead. Hall's run-scoring single in the third made it 3-0. In the fifth the first two White Sox were retired, but then two singles, a walk, and McCraw's grand slam made it 4-3 Chicago. Hall homered in the bottom of the fifth to tie it 4-4, but the roof fell in in the sixth inning, as the White Sox scored seven times. Cater and John Romano each homered to make it 6-4. That chased starter Dave Boswell and brought in Jerry Fosnow, who walked his first batter, gave up a single, then walked two more to make it 7-4 with the bases loaded. Dick Stigman came in and struck out McCraw but then allowed three consecutive singles that produced four runs. The White Sox added two in the eighth and four in the ninth, all off Mel Nelson, who had started and pitched four innings the previous day.
Of note: Zoilo Versalles was 0-for-3. Sandy Valdespino was 1-for-3 with a run. Boswell struck out six in 5.1 innings but gave up six runs on six hits and a walk.
Record: The loss dropped the Twins to 42-27 and, coupled with a Cleveland win, dropped them all the way to third place, a half game behind both Cleveland and Chicago.
Notes: Hall raised his average to .322. Cater did not start the game, but came on in the second, replacing Floyd Robinson for an unknown reason. It is hard for me to imagine a pitcher now being asked to pitch two innings of mop-up relief after starting and pitching four innings the day before. I know there were fewer pitchers on a staff back then, but it still seems like a lot to ask.
Happy Birthday–December 13
Jack Taylor (1873)
Hank Majeski (1916)
Larry Doby (1923)
Shotgun Shuba (1924)
Carl Erskine (1926)
Billy Loes (1929)
Bubba Morton (1931)
Lindy McDaniel (1935)
J. C. Martin (1936)
Ron Taylor (1937)
Ferguson Jenkins (1942)
Paul Boris (1955)
Dale Berra (1956)
Mike Mordecai (1967)
Matthew LeCroy (1975)
Ricky Nolasco (1982)
We would also like to wish a very happy birthday to spookymilk's mom.
1965 Rewind: Game Sixty-eight
MINNESOTA 6, DETROIT 5 IN MINNESOTA (10 INNINGS)
Date: Sunday, June 27 (Game 2 of doubleheader)
Batting stars: Jimmie Hall was 2-for-5 with a double, scoring twice and driving in one. Joe Nossek was 3-for-5 with a hit-by-pitch, scoring once and driving in one. Tony Oliva was 2-for-3 with a double and a walk.
Pitching stars: Mel Nelson pitched four innings, giving up two runs (one earned) on six hits and one walk with three strikeouts. Jim Perry pitched three innings, giving up one run on two hits and no walks with two strikeouts. Al Worthington pitched a scoreless inning, giving up one walk with one strikeout.
Opposition stars: Al Kaline was 4-for-5 with a double, scoring once and driving in two. Don Demeter was 3-for-5 with a home run (his sixth) and a stolen base, scoring twice. Orlando Pena struck out four in 1.2 scoreless innings, allowing one hit.
The game: Kaline singled in a run in the first, but an RBI double by Hall and a run-scoring single by Jerry Zimmerman put the Twins ahead 2-1 after two. Kaline's run-scoring double tied the score in the third, but Versalles drove in a run with a single in the fourth to put the Twins back in front 3-2. Run-producing singles by Oliva and Killebrew gave the Twins a seemingly safe 5-2 lead after seven, but Demeter led off the eighth with a home run and Willie Horton hit a two-run shot later in the inning to tie it 5-5. The Twins loaded the bases with none out in the ninth, but Bob Allison fouled out and Hall grounded into a double play. In the tenth, Rich Rollins led off with a single and was sacrificed to second. Bernie Allen was walked, Zoilo Versalles flied out, but Nossek singled to center to bring home the winning run.
Of note: Versalles was 2-for-6 with a run and an RBI. Killebrew was 1-for-4 with a walk and an RBI. Hall raised his average to .315.
Record: The Twins improved their record to 42-26, but doubleheader sweeps by Chicago and Cleveland held their lead to a half game over both teams.
Notes: This was the last of Nelson's three starts in 1965. He would pitch in relief the next day and stay in the bullpen the rest of the season. He would make four more starts in his career, all with St. Louis in 1968. It was the next-to-last relief appearance for Perry, who would join the rotation July 5. Nossek raised his average to .315. He played third base, with Rollins playing second, and the way the Twins were searching for infield options you'd think he might have been given a shot there. Apparently Sam Mele didn't think the defensive cost was worth it, though, as he only started at third two more times in 1965 and would make only one more appearance there in his career.
Happy Birthday–December 12
Phenomenal Smith (1864)
Tully Sparks (1874)
Buzzie Bavasi (1915)
Clyde Kluttz (1917)
Ralph Garr (1945)
Gorman Thomas (1950)
Steve Farr (1956)
Alonzo Powell (1964)
Orlando Hudson (1977)
Ervin Santana (1982)
Emil "Buzzie" Bavasi was the general manager of the Dodgers from 1951-1968, San Diego from 1969-1972, and the Angels from 1977-1984.
December 12, 2015: Pulling a Homer
Okay, back to The Simpsons as late-night comfort TV for a while.