I tried this at long last, last night. Sorry to get all beery on those of you who don't get into the stuff, but wow.
Happy Birthday–December 23
Mike Grady (1869)
Sam Leever (1871)
Tommy Thomas (1899)
Jerry Koosman (1942)
Dave May (1943)
Raul Cano (1945)
Jerry Manuel (1953)
Keith Comstock (1955)
Tim Leary (1958)
Frank Eufemia (1959)
Rick White (1968)
Brad Lidge (1976)
Jesus Colome (1977)
Victor Martinez (1978)
Hanley Ramirez (1983)
Tom Waits – Christmas Card From A Hooker In Minneapolis
this was the only song i really had in my head to play this week, but the hitman went ahead and played him recently. i'm gonna go ahead and ignore it, and play this track anyway as i'm driving up to the cities today.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UUd_adsUnbM
appropriate lead-in and send-off as well...
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DOMINICAN LEAGUE
Tuesday
Escogido 3, Este 1 in Este. Pedro Florimon was 1-for-2 with two walks for Escogido. Wilkin Ramirez was 1-for-4 with a double and a run for Este.
Cibao 8, Estrellas 5 in Cibao. Alexi Casilla was 2-for-3 with a walk and two runs for Cibao.
Wednesday
Cibao 4, Licey 3 in Licey (10 innings). Alexi Casilla was 1-for-6 for Cibao.
Este 4, Aguilas 2 in Aguilas. Wilkin Ramirez was 1-for-4 with a run for Este.
Escogido 6, Oriente 2 in Oriente. Manuel Soliman pitched a scoreless inning, giving up a hit and a walk, for Escogido.
MEXICAN LEAGUE
Tuesday
Mazatlan 5, Culiacan 4 in Culiacan (10 innings). Anthony Slama worked two shutout innings, giving up only a walk, for Mazatlan.
PUERTO RICAN LEAGUE
Tuesday
Mayaguez 8, Carolina 2 in Mayaguez. Daniel Ortiz was 2-for-3 with a double and two runs for Mayaguez. Nelvin Fuentes pitched a perfect inning for Mayaguez.
Wednesday
Mayaguez 2, Caguas 0 in Caguas. Daniel Ortiz was 1-for-4 for Mayaguez. Nelvin Fuentes faced only three batters in a perfect 1.1 innings for Mayaguez.
VENEZUELAN LEAGUE
Wednesday
Caracas 8, Anzoategui 7 in Anzoategui. Lester Oliveros gave up a hit but no runs in a third of an inning for Anzoategui.
AUSTRALIAN LEAGUE
Tuesday
World All-Stars 8, Team Australia 5. Brendan Wise retired both batters he faced for Team Australia.
December 22, 2011: cheaptoy Rules
One of my Christmases was last night, and the homebrewing kit I received apparently had a lot to do with cheaptoy's help. I will thank him until it's annoying.
Happy Birthday–December 22
Connie Mack (1862)
Matty Alou (1938)
Elrod Hendricks (1940)
Steve Carlton (1944)
Hiroyuki Yamazaki (1946)
Charley Taylor (1947)
Steve Garvey (1948)
Tom Underwood (1953)
Ken Landreaux (1954)
Lonnie Smith (1955)
Glenn Wilson (1958)
George Wright (1958)
Jeff A (1958)
Andy Allanson (1961)
Mike Jackson (1964)
Steve Garvey was drafted by Minnesota in the third round in 1966, but did not sign. Continue reading Happy Birthday–December 22
U2 – Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)
This video would be cooler if Larry Mullen Jr. was actually Keith Moon.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XiSPNaQNGOY
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Cy Williams (1887)
Josh Gibson (1911)
Bob Rush (1925)
Howie Reed (1936)
Paul Casanova (1941)
Elliott Maddox (1947)
Dave Kingman (1948)
Joaquin Andujar (1952)
Tom Henke (1957)
Roger McDowell (1960)
Andy Van Slyke (1960)
Dustin Hermanson (1972)
LaTroy Hawkins (1972)
D’Angelo Jimenez (1977)
Freddy Sanchez (1977)
Philip Humber (1982)
We would also like to wish a very happy birthday to hungry joe’s wife, peckish jane.
December 21, 2011: Breather
Today's my last day off until Christmas. I'll be steeling my heart for the nonstop flow of customers angry about the fact that the popular thing they wanted isn't on shelves anymore just a day before Christmas.
The Who – Christmas
we'll get something in here that ol' grinchy freealonzo will give more than a 6 to.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TG1faQDJJvg
1970
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