I know it's President's Day and all, but y'all try not to go too crazy now, okay?
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8QNZeqfXJMY
2012
(2 votes, average: 6.50 out of 10)
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Sliding Billy Hamilton (1866)
Charlie Irwin (1869)
Jimmy Ring (1895)
George Earnshaw (1900)
Larry Goetz (1900)
Lorenzo Ponza (1915)
Chuck Estrada (1938)
Ron Cey (1948)
Rick Auerbach (1950)
Joe Hesketh (1959)
Mark Davidson (1961)
Melido Perez (1966)
Ugueth Urbina (1974)
Alex Gonzalez (1977)
Luis Ugueto (1979)
Lorenzo Ponza invented the modern pitching machine.
Larry Goetz was a National League umpire from 1936-1957.
Forever and ever, amen.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QsG5V-o6uxY
1973
(3 votes, average: 8.00 out of 10)Loading... We've gotten nailed by blizzards the last four Mondays (min 5, max 12"). So even though my half-marathon training has been impacted - not doing early week runs (hate running on a treadmill), we've still been able to get in the Saturday morning long-runs.
Today was our taper (only 5 miles) before next weekend's Half - a cold run at 8F - but no wind. I'm really sore from all of the snow-blowing and shovelling. And we're forecasting to get 8 more inches this evening.
The folks at Hyannis hosting the Half Marathon sent out a notice that it might be cancelled/rescheduled as they already have a bunch of snow on the ground, are getting more today, and are forecasting to get more next weekend - no place for parking, streets difficult to run, safety concerns for volunteers/runners...
Men don't really talk about love very much. I wonder why that is.
Joe Gerhardt (1855)
Arthur Irwin (1858)
Morgan Murphy (1867)
Candy LaChance (1870)
Bob Quinn (1870)
Earl Smith (1897)
Mel Allen (1913)
Red Barrett (1915)
Len Gabrielson (1940)
Ken Levine (1950)
Larry Milbourne (1951)
Will McEnaney (1952)
Dave Dravecky (1956)
Alejandro Sanchez (1959)
John Marzano (1963)
Kelly Stinnett (1970)
Damaso Marte (1975)
Bob Quinn was a long-time executive for the St. Louis Browns, the Boston Red Sox, and the Boston Braves. He was later the director of the Hall of Fame.
Ken Levine has been a broadcaster for Baltimore, San Diego, and Seattle. He has also worked on a number of television programs, notably including "Cheers" and "Frazier".
John Marzano was drafted by Minnesota in the third round in 1981, but he did not sign.
We would also like to wish a very happy birthday to Mother 6.
Here's the D-man reinterpreting one of his own songs. Good show, yo.
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1972
(3 votes, average: 7.33 out of 10)Loading... After a few ballots in a row with inner-circle players, it appears the early 20's was a time when old players just kept on playing, were permanently banned for gambling, or were killed on the field. There are only two Black Sox on this ballot. And a dude who was named after something he didn't do all that often.
Ballot Due: Tuesday, February 24
Last Time On The Ballot
Jack Beckley
Jimmy Collins
New Hitters
Frank "Home Run" Baker
Donie Bush
Ray Caldwell
Ray Chapman
Larry Doyle
Art Fletcher
Shoeless Joe Jackson
Clyde Milan
Slim Sallee
Hippo Vaughn
New Pitchers
Eddie Cicotte
Ed Konetchy
Smoky Joe Wood
This afternoon, I'm leaving for a weekend getaway for EAR and myself.
Camper Cabins at Afton State Park, my folks are taking the kids.
Sometimes walking in the woods in winter can be good for things like what Saul Williams talks about here:
Not until you've listen to Rakim on a rocky mountain top
Have you heard hip hop
And let a open wide country side illustrate it
Riding in a freight train
In the freezing rain
Listening to Coltrane
My reality went insane
....
The trains and planes can corrupt and obstruct your planes of thought
So you that forget how to walk through the woods
Which ain't good cuz you ain't never walked through the trees
Listenin' to nobody beats the biz and you ain't never heard hip hop
Not often hip-hop though. More techno and industrial. I liked Carl Craig's Paperclip People or Coil.
But the forecast is a high of 4F, and that's too cold for my headphones. The wires stiffen and pull the earbuds right out my ears.
Not that walks through the park with someone are for headphone listening anyways.
