A terrible, horrible, no good, awful day in the minors. Only the Red Wings kept it close. Two teams made four errors.
Happy Birthday–May 21
Fred Dunlap (1859)
Eddie Grant (1883)
Earl Averill (1902)
Hank Johnson (1906)
Mace Brown (1909)
Monty Stratton (1912)
Larry Napp (1919)
Ed Fitz Gerald (1924)
El Tappe (1927)
Moe Thacker (1934)
Barry Latman (1936)
Kent Hrbek (1960)
Bryce Florie (1970)
Tom Martin (1970)
Chris Widger (1971)
Mark Quinn (1974)
Josh Hamilton (1981)
Matt Wieters (1986)
El Tappe had a twin brother, Mel Tappe, who played in the minors.
May 21, 2012: Programming Note
Third Monday Movie Day will be on Tuesday this week, because I'll be around on Tuesday. In the meantime, talk about the NBA playoffs or Drew Butera striking out Carlos Gomez.
Ben Kweller – Penny on the Train Track
It's Algonad week! The best week of the year!!!!
I have to admit it, I don't understand the music industry. I primarily listen to rock/pop. It can have a little country flavor or a little bit of soul, but it is primarily rock. There are a lot of songs out there where I just can't understand why they aren't mainstream hits.
I decided to make that my theme for the week. These aren't exactly underground songs but they are songs that don't get as much mainstream love as I would think that they should get.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FVsBmyp5tUo
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Loading... 2012 Game 41: Twins at Brewers
Jason Marquis
v
Zack Greinke
[insert nibbish's flawless reasoning from yesterday here]
Minor Details: Games of 5/19
Nishi goes deep. Cole DeVries gets some runs. The Rock Cats win in the ninth.
May 20, 2012: One of a Kind
I have a regular customer at work who's deaf, and talks to himself in sign language. I've never seen anything like it.
Happy Birthday–May 20
Walt Burnham (1860)
Joe Harris (1891)
George Grantham (1900)
Pete Appleton (1904)
Hal Newhouser (1921)
Herman Wedemeyer (1924)
Tom Morgan (1930)
Ken Boyer (1931)
Sadaharu Oh (1940)
Bobby Murcer (1946)
Ralph Bryant (1961)
David Wells (1963)
Todd Stottlemyre (1965)
Ramon Hernandez (1976)
Jayson Werth (1979)
Austin Kearns (1980)
Outfielder Herman Wedemeyer played for Class C Salt Lake City in 1950. He was a star running back in the All-America Football Conference and later appeared in over 300 episodes of the original Hawaii Five-O, playing Sergeant Edward "Duke" Lukela.
Right-hander Tom Morgan was with Washington at the end of 1960, appearing in fourteen games with them. On January 31, 1961, before the franchise played a game in Minnesota, he was sold to the Los Angeles Angels.
Outfielder Ralph Bryant was drafted by Minnesota in the thirteenth round of the January draft in 1981, but he did not sign.
There do not appear to be any other major league players with connections to the Minnesota Twins born on this day.
We would like to wish a very happy birthday to hungry joe.
Roger Bryan and the Orphans – Anchors
One of Buffalo's best, Roger Bryan and his band.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MiMIgANFqkE
Coming tomorrow, a guest week starts featuring algonad.
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Loading... Game 40: Twins @ Brewers
Well, hey. It looks like we've got ourselves a little winning streak here. Let's do some in-depth analysis and see how the odds look for extending it.
PITCHERS
Carl Pavano (2-3, 4.38 FIP, 4.28 xFIP, 0 k/9)
Yovani Gallardo (2-4, 3.89 FIP, 3.96 xFIP, made up name)
Edge: Initially, it would seem that the Brewers have the edge here, but even though Pavano seems to have taken a sacred vow to never strike anyone out ever, I'm going to go with the Twins here. Unless you're Randy Johnson, pitching is 90% luck, 10% facial hair, and Pavano's rebounded nicely after a tough 2011.
HITTERS
I'd be a fool to bet against a lineup that prominently features a catcher sporting a .350/.381/.450 slash line. Twins, it is.
BALLPARK
Miller Park can't possibly hope to match Target Field, so even though they're not playing at Target Field today, I'm giving the advantage to the Twins.
INTANGIBLES
Morneau's radiant good cheer (that is how he won that MVP in 2006, right?) is worth a hundred of whatever the Brewers might have in this department (beer, maybe? brats? Ryan Braun's contaminated urine?)
Adding all of that up (4-0), I'd say it's pretty much a sure thing. The Twins are going to sweep this series!*
* yes, I might be getting ahead of myself here, but with literally every indicator saying that they'll win this game, why wouldn't they win the next one, too?