This list is through early Friday morning. If something happened since then, we'll pick it up next week. Or, feel free to note things in the comments.
July 27, 2013: Wire to Wire
Full day today, guys. I have to run a morning meeting at work, then immediately head to Flagstaff with my wife for Flagstaff Extreme (a ropes course up in the trees), and spend the three-hour drive back judging for my Survivor game. Normally on a day off I beg for the opportunity to do nothing, but I'm pretty excited about all of this.
Happy Birthday–July 27
Davy Force (1846)
Joe Tinker (1880)
Rube Walberg (1896)
Biz Mackey (1897)
Benny Bengough (1898)
Zack Taylor (1898)
Leo Durocher (1905)
Kazuto Tsuruoka (1916)
Ray Boone (1923)
Harry Wendelstedt (1938)
Larry Biittner (1945)
Bump Wills (1952)
Rich Dauer (1952)
Brian Kingman (1954)
Shane Rawley (1955)
Len Barker (1955)
Dave Dombrowski (1956)
Tom Goodwin (1968)
Shane Bowers (1971)
Enrique Wilson (1973)
Alex Rodriguez (1975)
Tsuyoshi Nishioka (1984)
Biz Mackey was a star in the Negro Leagues from 1923-1945.
Kazuto Tsuruoka was a star in Japan from 1939-1952 and was a very successful manager from 1953-1966.
Harry Wendelstedt was a National League umpire from 1966-1998.
Dave Dombrowski has been the general manager of the Montreal Expos, the Florida Marlins, and the Detroit Tigers.
We would also like to wish a very happy anniversary to Mr. and Mrs. Rowsdower.
Wilco, Nick Lowe, and Mavis Staples – The Weight
this song has shown up in several incarnations on the .org (even with some of these members), but i don't believe we've this seen version yet.
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Finally a game I will be able to stay up late enough to watch. Except I will be at the end of a move and internet access may or may not be enabled yet. I hope to come back to an awesome gamelog.
Minor Details: Games of 7/25
Liam Hendriks has pitched well in four of his last five starts. Trevor May pitched well, too. Byron Buxton gets two hits for the third consecutive game.
July 26, 2013: Lost Day
The worst thing about yesterday's shift is that I had to go a second straight day without talking to my daughters, who were asleep (at my mom's cabin in Minnesota) by the time I got home.
[Rhu_Ru:] The second worst thing? Leaving the Co'C in draft mode. TGIF
Friday Music Day: July 26, 2013
In my "Best of 2012" column, I mentioned one album and one track that I though maybe should be there, but of which I had just learned. Well, upon 7 months reflection, and finally getting it on CD, Aaron Dilloway's Modern Jester is my 2012 album of the year. I've been listening a lot on headphones and computer speakers at the office, but listening to it loud was something else. I think he's done something with the sound waves and cancellation like Ryoji Ikeda where turning your head makes it sound different, that just doesn't register on headphones. This album is the kind of thing that's gonna ruin my life listening to tons of absolute crap that sounds similar but isn't actually very good (it already has and now I've got to re-try them all loudly). The genre tags at the bandcamp site are pretty descriptive: "crude drone electronic experimental junk modern classical musique concrete noise sound art synthesizer tape music Ohio." Continue reading Friday Music Day: July 26, 2013
Happy Birthday–July 26
Sam Breadon (1876)
Sad Sam Jones (1892)
Brick Eldred (1892)
Larry Woodall (1894)
Paul Gallico (1897)
Fat Freddie Fitzsimmons (1901)
Alex Radcliffe (1905)
Sam Leslie (1905)
Ellis Kinder (1914)
Jimmy Bloodworth (1917)
Sibby Sisti (1920)
Hoyt Wilhelm (1922)
Norm Siebern (1933)
Pete Ward (1937)
Ken Kaiser (1945)
Jody Reed (1962)
Greg Colbrunn (1969)
Joaquin Benoit (1977)
Alex Burnett (1987)
Sam Breadon owned the St. Louis Cardinals from 1917-1947.
Brick Eldred got over two thousand hits in the Pacific Coast League, playing there thirteen years.
Paul Gallico was a sportswriter from 1919-1936. He went on to become a noted writer and is best known as the author of The Poseidon Adventure.
The brother of Double Duty Radcliffe, Alex Radcliffe played in the Negro Leagues from 1932-1946 and played in eleven all-star games.
Ken Kaiser was an American League umpire from 1977-1999.
Dessa – Mineshaft
i'm still very undecided on dessa. what does the nation think?
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