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Spanning the Globe

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Not much globe to span today.  No games in the Puerto Rican or Australian Leagues, and none of the games in the Mexican or Venezuelan Leagues involved Twins players.

DOMINICAN LEAGUE

Escogido 8, Cibao 2 in Cibao.  Pedro Florimon was 1-for-3 with a run for Escogido.  Alexi Casilla was 3-for-4 with a double and two runs for Cibao.  Wilkin Ramirez pinch hit and was 0-for-1 for Cibao.

At The Movies

Third Tuesday Movie Day

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Movie of the Month: Professor Layton and the Eternal Diva (2009, Masazuku Hashimoto)

Now here's something that isn't on your radar. Based on the mystery and puzzle-based videogame series starring the title character, this film was just recently released on DVD in the states, and I have to say the writing was a damn sight better than it is in the games.

In the games, you're propelled forward because of the challenge of the next puzzle - you can pretty much bail on the story, because try as you might to solve the mystery, the answer is going to be some stupid supernatural BS that was never on the table until that point and couldn't possibly be anticipated.

This movie, though, unravels its mysteries with more panache and begins with a Battle Royale-style (without the blood) smackdown between various puzzle solvers. The ending, admittedly, involves some pretty unlikely science, but the movie plays out like a big-budget action popcorn movie, so no harm done.

I once again mostly finished TV shows this month, or at least trudged forward. Battlestar has hit something of a lull, as has Twin Peaks (it's clear the producers were ill-prepared for life after Laura Palmer). I also finished the first season of Louie, which is sometimes awesome, and sometimes too intentionally shocking to be taken seriously, but never dull.

I also finally bit the bullet and watched James Cameron's Avatar. If you liked it, though, you don't want to hear my thoughts on it.

What have you seen?

Game Logs, NBA

2012 Game Logs: Cowtown @ Wolves

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The Wolves were up by 18 points late in the third quarter Saturday night before the Hawks went on a 24-2 run as Minnesota grabbed defeat from the clutches of victory. Love and Co. look to rebound tonight against a Kings team that looked seriously awful on Saturday night-- Sacramento scored 23 points in the first half Saturday, for real.

Minnesota is a 7.5 point favorite at home, let's see if DeMarcus Cousins is ready to make the Timberwolves pay for drafting Wesley Johnson ahead of him in the 2010 draft. Hopefully he will go easy on Minnesota as Wes himself seems to have taken the lead on punishing the Wolves.

Keeping Track

Spanning the Globe

DOMINICAN LEAGUE

Saturday

Escogido 10, Cibao 6 in Escogido.  Pedro Florimon was 0-for-2 with two walks for Escogido.  Francisco Liriano started for Escogido and pitched two-thirds of an inning, surrendering three runs on four hits and two walks.

Sunday

Aguilas 3, Escogido 2 in Aguilas.  Pedro Florimon was 0-for-3 for Escogido.

Licey 3, Cibao 2 in Licey (10 innings).  Alexi Casilla was 2-for-6 with a run and an RBI for Cibao.

PUERTO RICAN LEAGUE

Saturday

Mayaguez 10, Caguas 1 in Mayaguez.  Daniel Ortiz was 2-for-4 with a double and three RBIs for Mayaguez.  Eddie Rosario pitch hit and struck out for Mayaguez.

Sunday

Caguas 4, Mayaguez 0 in Mayaguez.  Aaron Bates was 0-for-4 for Caguas.  Daniel Ortiz was 1-for-3 for Mayaguez.  Nelvin Fuentes gave up a hit but no runs in two-thirds of an inning for Mayaguez.

VENEZUELAN LEAGUE

Saturday

Magallanes 11, Zulia 10 in Magallanes.  The score was 6-1 after eight; Zulia scored nine in the top of the ninth and Magallanes scored five in the bottom of the ninth.  Pedro Guerra struck out four in 1.2 scoreless innings for Magallanes, giving up a hit and a walk.

Aragua 5, Anzoategui 2 in Anzoategui.  Lester Oliveros allowed an unearned run on a hit and a walk while striking out one in one inning.

Sunday

Aragua 5, Anzoategui 3 in Anzoategui.  Lester Oliveros worked a perfect inning for Anzoategui.

AUSTRALIAN LEAGUE

Saturday

Perth 8, Canberra 7 in Canberra (Game 1—11 innings).  Luke Hughes was 1-for-1 with a walk as a reserve for Perth.

Brisbane 9, Melbourne 3 in Brisbane.  Sam Gibbons struck out one in a scoreless inning for Melbourne, giving up a hit and a walk.

Sunday

Sydney 6, Adelaide 4 in Sydney.  Jacob Younis was 3-for-4 and scored once for Sydney.  Todd Van Steensel struck out three in two perfect innings for Sydney.

Canberra 3, Perth 2 in Canberra.  Tim Atherton struck out five in five shutout innings, giving up just two hits for Canberra.

Keeping Track

Happy Birthday–January 16

Jimmy Macullar (1855)
Art Whitney (1858)
Jimmy Collins (1870)
Ferdie Schupp (1891)
Buck Jordan (1907)
Dizzy Dean (1910)
Jim Owens (1934)
Ron Herbel (1938)
Joe Bonikowski (1941)
Tsuneo Horiuchi (1948)
Dave Stapleton (1954)
Steve Balboni (1957)
Marty Castillo (1957)
Dave Jauss (1957)
Jack McDowell (1966)
Ron Villone (1970)
Jack Cust (1979)
Albert Pujols (1980)
Jeff Manship (1985)

Jimmy Macullar holds the career record for most games by a left-handed-throwing shortstop (325). Oddly, he batted right-handed.

Marty Castillo was drafted by Minnesota in the twenty-first round in 1975, but did not sign.

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