The Milkmaid is gone as of last night for four days (which didn't dawn on me until about four hours before I had to take her to the airport...I'm occasionally poor with dates...). I look forward to finding out which little things I forget to do to keep operations running smoothly.
Happy Birthday–February 20
Sam Rice (1890)
John Wesley Donaldson (1892)
Muddy Ruel (1896)
Pete Monahan (1902)
Tommy Henrich (1913)
Frankie Gustine (1920)
Jim Wilson (1922)
Roy Face (1928)
Shigeo Nagashima (1936)
Clyde Wright (1941)
Bill Gullickson (1959)
Shane Spencer (1972)
Livan Hernandez (1975)
Justin Verlander (1983)
Jose Morales (1983)
John Wesley Donaldson pitched in the Negro Leagues and averaged nearly twenty strikeouts per game for the All Nations team in the 1910s. He pitched three consecutive no-hitters in 1913.
Pete Monahan played in the minors from 1921-1940, batting .301 and collecting 2,462 hits, but never played in the major leagues.
Third baseman Shigeo Nagashima played for the Yomiuri Giants from 1958-1974 and is considered by some to be the greatest player in the history of Japanese baseball.
February 20, 2013: True Day Off
I'm off work, I'm dead in Werewolf and I'm pretty well caught up in the work I have to do for the iPad app. I'll take suggestions for my day, I guess.
White Rabbits – Kid On My Shoulder
this one's for the kooch.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PcUqB2M8lCw
i only have their first album so far, but damn if it isn't catchy.
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Happy Birthday–February 19
John Morrill (1855)
Dick Siebert (1912)
Hub Kittle (1917)
Russ Nixon (1935)
Dave Niehaus (1935)
Jackie Moore (1939)
Walt Jocketty (1951)
Dave Stewart (1957)
Keith Atherton (1959)
Alvaro Espinoza (1962)
Miguel Batista (1971)
Juan Diaz (1974)
Hub Kittle’s baseball career spanned 68 years. In 1980, he became the oldest player to appear in organized baseball, pitching a perfect inning for AAA Springfield on August 27 at age 63½.
February 19, 2013: Well, They’re Seasonal
The apartment above us is corporately owned and only occupied about three months out of the year. The guy is here now, and he may as well be tap dancing in combat boots. These walls are so thin I expect his leg to come crashing through my ceiling one of these days.
My Bloody Valentine – Soon
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AiObtL49uls
My Bloody Valentine has a new album out. You should buy it. Live from Japan 2008.
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The All-Jeff Team
I was reading a note about Jeff Burroughs the other day when it occurred to me that there have not been a whole lot of great ballplayers named "Jeff". So, with the help of baseball-reference.com, I put together my all-Jeff team.