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DOMINICAN LEAGUE

Escogido 8, Aguilas 4 in Aguilas.  Pedro Florimon was 0-for-2 with two walks and a run for Escogido.

Cibao 3, Licey 2 in Licey.  Alexi Casilla was 1-for-5 for Cibao. 

VENEZUELAN LEAGUE

Magallanes 11, Zulia 2 in Magallanes.  Pedro Guerra struck out the only man he faced for Magallanes.

AUSTRALIAN LEAGUE

Perth 3, Canberra 1 in Canberra.  Luke Hughes was 1-for-4 with a double and an RBI for Perth.

Adelaide 6, Sydney 1 in Sydney.  Jacob Younis was 0-for-4 for Sydney.

Brisbane 7, Melbourne 3 in Brisbane.  Rory Rhodes was 0-for-4 for Brisbane.  Sam Gibbons struck out two in a perfect inning for Melbourne.  Markus Solbach walked one in a scoreless inning for Melbourne.

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Game Logs, NBA

2012 Game Logs: Game 11 Timberwolves @ NOLA

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Minnesota is a 1.5 point favorite on the road tonight. I know the nation may not be filled with gamblers but it doesn't take the wagering type to know that it isn't every day the Wolves are favored on the road.

Eric Gordon is out tonight for the Hornets. The Wolves will be without Beasley. So I figure that is about even.  Or not.

Below some information from covers.com

Matchup Edge

MIN Edge in: NO
Points/Game
Field Goal %
Free Throw %
Defense
Rebounding
Turnovers
Bench

 

NOLA is averaging .5 boards more per game than the Wolves. Let's see is Kevin Love close that gap a little bit tonight.

Offense

Season Stats Rank
Points/G 95.4 12
Field Goal % 43.1 22
3-Point % 35.3 11
Free Throw % 71.7 22
Rebounds/G 44.1 7

Defense

Season Stats Rank
Points/G 95.1 18
Field Goal % 43.8 12
3-Point % 31.5 10
Free Throw % 79.0 29
Rebounds/G 42.1 17

There are still a lot of improvements to be made but this team is a lot better than last season.  Or at least it feels a lot better than a 3-7 team.

 

Keeping Track

This Week in Ex-Twins

Baltimore re-signs Willie Eyre to a minor league contract.
Baltimore signs Allan de San Miguel to a minor league contract.
Cincinnati agrees to terms with Corky Miller on a minor league contract.
Kansas City names Brian Buchanan manager of Kane County in the Midwest League (A).
Angels agree to terms with Doug Deeds on a minor league contract.
Milwaukee agrees to terms with Carlos Gomez on a one-year contract.

Keeping Track

Spanning the Globe

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DOMINICAN LEAGUE

Cibao 6, Aguilas 4 in Aguilas.  Alexi Casilla was 2-for-4 with a walk, a double, and a run for Cibao.

PUERTO RICAN LEAGUE

Mayaguez 4, Ponce 1 in Ponce.  Daniel Ortiz struck out in his only trip to the plate for Mayaguez.

VENEZUELAN LEAGUE

Anzoategui 7, La Guaira 4 in Anzoategui.  Lester Oliveros allowed a run on hit and a walk while striking out one in one inning for Anzoategui.

AUSTRALIAN LEAGUE

Perth 10, Canberra 5 in Canberra.  Luke Hughes was 2-for-4 with a home run and a walk, scoring twice and driving in three for Perth.

Sydney 12, Adelaide 7 in Sydney.  Jacob Younis was 2-for-5 with a run and an RBI for Sydney.  Todd Van Steensel walked one and struck out one in two-thirds of an inning, giving up no runs for Sydney.

Melbourne 8, Brisbane 3 in Brisbane.  Rory Rhodes was 0-for-2 with two walks for Brisbane.

Friday Music Day

FMD: Jan 13, 2012

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Ten random musical thoughts:

1. Lana Del Rey is this weekend’s musical guest on SNL. I’ll be watching. I’m scared, because her other televised appearances (from Europe via youtube) have been spotty, at best. If she tanks, she might become an over-culture punchline before her album is even released. I hope her major-label handlers have taken this into consideration, and prepped her like an American Idol finalist about to go on tour. Alternately, if she’s good, she might get too big too soon and end up like Katy Perry or something.

2. At first, I didn’t really like her newest single, “Born to Die”, but I tried it a few times and it grew on me. Now, if only her big-budget video would have spent its money on video-clip clearance for a legally acceptable video-as-tumblr cut&paste composition rather than cinematic production.

3. If you've got $300 laying around, you can have Bobby Bare Jr. write a song about whatever you want and four quarters.

4. Should we pool some money and get BBJ to write the official WGOM.org theme?

5. Black Dice have a new song that is free for you to stream or download. I think this is their poppiest tune yet, and I think it's great. Soundcloud says it has 9000 plays, and youtube 11000 views. I'm probably more than 1% of each.

6. I think I may be as excited to hear the new Black Dice album as I am the new Lana Del Rey.

7. I gotta back off the Lydia Loveless. I've got like 14 songs of hers I keep playing over and over and I'm getting burned out on them but still don't want to listen to anything else.

7. Parental Joy: driving around with 6yo HPR. He's bored with whatever music's playing (I think it was Lydia Loveless for the 8th straight time), so he asks for the guy that goes "weedle-weedle-weedle" (Only with a cute 6yo, missing two front teeth lisp). He means Colin Stetson!

8. So I put it in and skip forward to "Red Horse" (cos I know that's one of his favorites), and I hear HPR "singing" from the backseat on the parts of the song where Stetson vocalizes through his horn. HPR's sound is in between a growl and a grunt.

9. I'm pretty sure I had about ten random thoughts when I sat down to type.

T. If I had ten thoughts, I guess I lost a few.

B. Damn!!!

Remodeled basement. Same half-baked taste.