Ramon Hernandez drives in six as Magallanes takes the series.
January 29, 2014: Round Two, FIGHT
The WGOM Cribbage Tournamenf continues with quarterfinal action:
Philosofer vs. Beau
meat vs. spookymilk
AMR vs. daneekasghost
bhiggum vs. brianS
We'll try to get these done within a week again.
Happy Birthday–January 29
Ray Hayworth (1904)
Pancho Coimbre (1909)
Bill Rigney (1918)
Hank Edwards (1919)
Frank Gravino (1923)
Bobby Bolin (1939)
Sergio Ferrer (1951)
Steve Sax (1960)
Mike Aldrete (1961)
John Habyan (1964)
Jason Schmidt (1973)
Pancho Coimbre was a star in the Caribbean Leagues and the Negro leagues in the 1940s. Roberto Clemente said that Coimbre was a better player than Clemente was. Coimbre played two full seasons in the Puerto Rican League in which he did not strike out.
Frank Gravino played in the minors from 1940-1942 and 1946-1954. He has been called the greatest slugger in Northern League history, hitting 108 home runs in two seasons there.
Australian League Playoff Preview
For once, I get a playoff preview done before the playoffs start.
January 28, 2014: Chicken or the Egg
Yesterday an MLB middle reliever that I've gotten to be sort-of friends with came in the store, and we joked about how middle relievers go on forever waiting for some team to realize that you only create "proven closers" by taking a chance on unproven closers. He confirms the love affair management has with the Save stat, even with years now of folks pointing out how bad it is. Ah, baseball...so great, and so slow to adapt sometimes.
Dominican Digest: Game of 1/27
Felix gives an Oscar-worthy performance as Licey takes the series lead.
Happy Birthday–January 28
George Wright (1847)
Ducky Holmes (1869)
Bill Doak (1891)
Lyn Lary (1906)
Bob Muncrief (1916)
Pete Runnels (1928)
Harry Dunlop (1933)
Bill White (1934)
Fredi Gonzalez (1964)
Kevin Tolar (1971)
Jermaine Dye (1974)
Magglio Ordonez (1974)
Lyle Overbay (1977)
Harry Dunlop caught in the minors for fourteen years and was a coach for seventeen years. He caught the minor league no-hitter in which Ron Necciai struck out twenty-seven batters and the back-to-back minor league no-hitters of Bill Bell.
Fredi Gonzalez managed the Florida Marlins from 2007-2010 and has managed the Atlanta Braves since 2011.
Yann Tiersen – The Gutter
If I had one and was proficient at it, I would break out my bass clarinet every chance I got.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_DsNFGd90A&showinfo=0
Wolves in Chicago. 7pm
A game on local tv at a reasonable time!
Australian Audit: Games of 1/26
A couple of back-and-forth games. One shutout.