None of us were around 71 years ago, but a lot of us know someone who knows someone who died in or was affected by the Pearl Harbor bombing. Let's be a more peaceful world out there in the next 71 years.
Happy Birthday–December 7
Deacon White (1847)
Denny Galehouse (1911)
Dick Donovan (1927)
Hal Smith (1930)
Don Cardwell (1935)
Bo Belinsky (1936)
Alex Johnson (1942)
Johnny Bench (1947)
Ozzie Virgil (1956)
Shane Mack (1963)
Tino Martinez (1967)
Saul Rivera (1977)
Eric Chavez (1977)
Ghost Poet – Us Agenst Whatever
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y21vWkDQjPk
British Hippity Hoppity.
Puerto Rican Palaver: Games of 12/5
A good appearance for Josue Montanez.
Dominican Digest: Games of 12/5
A Kevin Slowey sighting!
Mexican Matchups: Games of 12/5
Chris Colabello keeps his average well over .300.
Venezuelan View: Games of 12/5
After a slow start, Oswaldo Arcia has gotten hot lately.
December 6, 2012: Unexpected Benefit
These all-week meetings I'm going to are really, really fun. If these meetings were the job, I would always love going. Of course, if these meetings were the only part of the job, there would be no use for the meetings.
Happy Birthday–December 6
Jocko Conlan (1899)
Tony Lazzeri (1903)
Stan Hack (1909)
Dan Dobbek (1934)
Tony Horton (1944)
Larry Bowa (1945)
Tim Foli (1950)
Chuck Baker (1952)
Gary Ward (1953)
Juan Carlos Oliva (1954)
Steve Bedrosian (1957)
Larry Sheets (1959)
Kevin Campbell (1964)
Kevin Appier (1967)
Jose Contreras (1971)
Chris Basak (1978)
Jason Bulger (1978)
The younger brother of Tony Oliva, Juan Carlos Oliva was a star pitcher in Cuba and later became a successful pitching coach there.
The Dave Brubeck Quartet – Three To Get Ready
obligatory...
that said, dave brubeck, in all his incarnations, is (not was) one of my favorite jazz musicians. he seemed to have this mad scientist approach to jazz; this strange mathematical deconstruction of the music. an innovator in key structure and time signatures (i'm still not 100% sure which time this is in... 6/8?), he deserves all the credit he received and will receive in the coming days.
here's a cut from the quintessential brubeck album time out. you will be missed.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KuPwLP8wGi4
1964
one of my favorite cuts after the jump...
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