Another big day for Matt Carson. A grand slam for Michael Gonzales. The Snappers can’t play in Peoria.
Messing Around with the 1987 Bill James Abstract
Last November, Sheenie and I were in Duluth for a wedding and wandered around town. We stumbled upon an antique store that had a massive collection of books on the second floor. Eventually, we ended up leaving with about $40 in books (which mean about fifteen books). Among the ones I snagged was The Bill James Baseball Abstract 1987. I slowly flipped through it in recent months and found a few items particularly interesting.
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Happy Birthday–July 30
Casey Stengel (1890)
Frankie Pytlak (1908)
Tony Lucadello (1912)
Joe Coleman (1922)
Paul Minner (1923)
Joe Nuxhall (1928)
Gus Triandos (1930)
Bud Selig (1934)
Bob Barton (1941)
Pat Kelly (1944)
Doug Rader (1944)
Jim Spencer (1946)
Ellis Valentine (1954)
Clint Hurdle (1957)
Steve Trout (1957)
Scott Fletcher (1958)
Tom Pagnozzi (1962)
Scott Diamond (1986)
July 30, 2012: Recovery
Skim is about back to normal after yesterday's scorpion sting that made her look like death warmed over for six hours. I never, ever want to have to see her in that state again.
Neil Young – Silver & Gold
huh. apparently, f*** [1/2] week wasn't nearly as popular as we'd thought it might be.
1992
i always thought silver & gold was underrated, but i didn't know that most of it had been written long before its release.
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Mountie hit a bomb. Duensing filled in admirably for Frankie "White Sock" Liriano with 6 innings of 5 hit, 1 run baseball. Twins finish the sweep.
2012 Game 101: Cleveland at Twins in the Post-F-Bomb Era
I'll put a quickie here because I don't know how long I'll be at the hospital today with my daughter (scorpion sting...ugh).
Ubaldo vs. The Dunce.
Cup of Coffee – Frankie’s Off
Minor Details: Games of 7/28
The top three teams all lose, the lower teams all win. Matt Carson has a big day in defeat. Jose Berrios does well in his first start.
Happy Birthday–July 29
Earl Moore (1877)
George Cutshaw (1886)
Cedric Tallis (1914)
Felix Mantilla (1934)
Don Wert (1938)
Bill Whitby (1943)
Hisashi Yamada (1948)
Dan Driessen (1951)
Greg Minton (1951)
Dave LaPoint (1959)
Luis Alicea (1965)
Mike Williams (1968)
Seth Greisinger (1975)
Ryan Braun (1980)
I had completely forgotten that there was a Ryan Braun who pitched for Kansas City in 2006 and 2007, but it's his birthday today.