Alex Ferguson (1897)
Parnell Woods (1912)
Creepy Crespi (1918)
Atsushi Aramaki (1926)
Bobby Darwin (1943)
Terry Crowley (1947)
Bob Didier (1949)
Glenn Abbott (1951)
Jerry Hairston (1952)
Barry Foote (1952)
Bill Pecota (1960)
Eric Bullock (1960)
Dwayne Henry (1962)
Jerome Bettis (1972)
Eric Byrnes (1976)
Better known as an NFL running back, Jerome Bettis is a part-owner of the Altoona Curve and the State College Spikes.
Like great brass? Rocking violin solos? Relentless guitars? A tight rhythm section? Belted vocals? This track's got it all, ladled on nice and thick.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZKxXEKdBj0
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(5 votes, average: 7.80 out of 10)
Loading... The Charlotte Bobcats are a bad team. They are 3-25 on the year and are on a 15 game losing streak and their last win was a month ago. They havent scored a 100 points since that win, and have only score 90+ twice on this losing streak. But, the Timberwolves are playing a stretch of bad basketball (4 straight losses) with tons of turnovers (20.5 p/g in that streak) and relatively poor shooting (41% down from their 42% season average...I was shocked that its 41%, but I am guessing Pek!'s high shooting percentage makes up for what seems like 100 misses from outside of 10 feet).
I guess my point is that the Wolves should win this one easily, but the Wolves are not a good enough team to commit 25 turnovers and win the game, even against the crappiest team in the league. Also, you might need a roster list because a bunch of their players are 'really, they are still in the league?!' and Kemba Walker
Thanks to suddenly disabled embedding on my original video, The Band performing "The Weight" with The Staple Singers (check out the performance on YouTube anyway, it's really great), I've called an audible. Check out the great Buddy Cage pedal steel solo on this NRPS cut. CCR also did a great cover of this song on their Mardi Gras album, which was released the same year as this cover was released on Powerglide, the second New Riders album. I'm guessing this video was probably a recording of a live performance in support of that new album.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oItMfsNNpYw
(4 votes, average: 7.75 out of 10)Loading... With the winter leagues completed, a final look at how Twins players fared. We did the batters yesterday; we do the pitchers today.
The good: Cole DeVries (Mesa) was 2-1, 3.12, 0.92 with 19 strikeouts in 26 innings. Terry Doyle (Mesa) was 4-0, 1.98, 0.62 with 22 strikeouts in 27.1 innings. Nelvin Fuentes (Mayaguez) was 1-0, 2.49, 0.83 with 16 strikeouts in 21.2 innings. Deolis Guerra (Magallanes) was 2-1, 3.71, 1.05 with 23 strikeouts in 26.2 innings. Pedro Guerra (Magallanes) was 1-1, 3.67, 1.25 with 32 strikeouts in 34.1 innings. Lester Oliveros (Anzoategui) was 1-1, 1.33, 1.33 with 18 strikeouts in 20.1 innings. Luis Perdomo (Aguilas) was 0-0, 2.11, 0.80 with 16 strikeouts in 21.1 innings. Anthony Slama (Mazatlan) was 0-1, 1.76, 0.85 with 19 strikeouts in 15.1 innings. Todd Van Steensel (Sydney) was 0-0, 3.32, 1.06 with 25 strikeouts in 21.2 innings.
The average: Casey Fien (Guasave) was 4-2, 4.40, 1.27 with 31 strikeouts in 30.2 innings. Deinys Suarez (Ponce) was 1-1, 3.56, 1.68 with 19 strikeouts in 30.1 innings.
The bad: Tim Atherton (Canberra) was 0-1, 9.53, 1.59 with 8 strikeouts in 11.1 innings. Cesar Ciurcina (Aragua) was 0-0, 5.74, 1.79 with 7 strikeouts in 15.2 innings. Brett Jacobson (Mesa) was 1-2, 6.94, 1.17 with 12 strikeouts in11.2 innings. Bruce Pugh (Mesa) was 0-1, 12.21, 2.93 with 13 strikeouts in 14 innings. Aaron Thompson (Este) was 0-1, 6.10, 1.84 with 3 strikeouts in 10.1 innings. Dakota Watts (Mesa) was 0-1, 5,65, 1.74 with 9 strikeouts in 14.1 innings.
The insignificant: Samuel Deduno (Aguilas) was 0-0, 1.50, 1.67 with 13 strikeouts in 6 innings. Sam Gibbons (Melbourne) was 0-1, 9.00, 1.89 with 5 strikeouts in 9 innings. Yorman Landa (La Guaira) was 0-0, 6.75, 2.25 with 1 strikeout in 2.2 innings. Francisco Liriano (Domincan Republic) was 1-0, 0.00, 1.60 with 5 strikeouts in 5 innings. Gonzalo Sanudo (Culiacan) was 0-0, 0.00, 1.50 with 3 strikeouts in 2 innings. Markus Solbach (Melbourne) was 0-0, 6.35, 1.76 with 4 strikeouts in 5.2 innings. Manuel Soliman (Escogido) was 0-0, 0.00, 3.30 with 3 strikeouts in 3.1 innings. Junior Subero (Carolina) was 0-0, 9.00, 3.00 with 0 strikeouts in 1 inning. Esmerling Vasquez (Estrellas) was 1-1, 3.00, 1.56 with 5 strikeouts in 9 innings. Brendan Wise (Perth) was 0-0, 0.00, 1.00 with 2 strikeouts in 4 innings.
Cub Stricker (1860)
Sliding Billy Hamilton (1866)
Charlie Irwin (1869)
Jimmy Ring (1895)
George Earnshaw (1900)
Larry Goetz (1900)
Lorenzo Ponza (1915)
Chuck Estrada (1938)
Ron Cey (1948)
Rick Auerbach (1950)
Joe Hesketh (1959)
Mark Davidson (1961)
Melido Perez (1966)
Ugueth Urbina (1974)
Alex Gonzalez (1977)
Luis Ugueto (1979)
Lorenzo Ponza invented the modern pitching machine.
Unless something gets in the way, the house of Milk will be in Minnesota from March 28th-April 4th. I have a lot of people to see in that timeframe - which seems criminally short - but surely a caucus is in order.
Check it out: Rick Danko's playing a fretless Ampeg bass in this cut, and for some reason he looks (and sounds?) like Dennis Hopper when he's singing his solo. The solos from Mavis and Pops are treasures. From The Last Waltz concert, filmed by Martin Scorsese.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-w9OclUnns
(5 votes, average: 9.20 out of 10)Loading... There was some consensus behind sponsoring a player on baseball-reference.com. There's enough money in the WGOM piggy bank that if the community wants it, we could sponsor a player or two.
First, a poll whether the community wants to do it. I'm thinking the total amount spent on sponsoring pages will be $50.
Should we sponsor some pages on B-R.com?
Total Voters: 28
Loading ...While we're here, we should also discuss who or what to sponsor. Nominate your choices below and in a few days, I'll put up another poll to vote on what will actually be sponsored. Also, don't forget the message that will be displayed with the sponsoring. We have 255 characters to abuse.
With the winter leagues completed, a final look at how Twins players fared. We’ll do the batters today and the pitchers tomorrow.
The good: Aaron Bates (Caguas) hit .356/.396/.556 in 45 at bats. Sean Burroughs (Margarita) hit .316/.396/.382 in 136 at-bats. Alexi Casilla (Cibao) hit .336/.419/.412 in 119 at-bats. Brian Dozier (Mesa) hit .296/.358/.454 in 108 at-bats. Pedro Florimon (Escogido) hit .300/.413/.400 in 90 at-bats. Chris Herrmann (Mesa) hit .380/.456/.620 in 50 at-bats. Aaron Hicks (Mesa) hit .294/.400/.559 in 102 at-bats. Luke Hughes (Perth) hit .344/.500/.656 in 64 at-bats.
The average: Joe Benson (Aragua) hit .216/.355/.373 in 51 at-bats. Darin Mastroianni (Zulia) hit .255/.369/.363 in 102 at-bats. Daniel Ortiz (Mayaguez) hit .246/.246/.404 in 57 at-bats. Jairo Perez (Lara) hit .231/.375/.269 in 26 at-bats. Wilkin Ramirez (Este) hit .247/.307/.358 in 81 at-bats. Dereck Rodriguez (Caguas) hit .273/.273/.364 in 11 at-bats. Jacob Younis (Sydney) hit .252/.319/.290 in 131 at-bats.
The bad: Matt Carson (Estrellas) hit .115/.233/.192 in 26 at-bats. Estarlin De Los Santos (Cibao) hit .158/.200/.211 in 19 at-bats. Joshua Hendricks (Melbourne) hit .118/.211/.118 in 17 at-bats. Angel Morales (Ponce) hit .220/.313/.305 in 59 at-bats. Rory Rhodes hit .170/.284/.330 in 100 at-bats. Rene Rivera (Carolina) hit .211/.242/.267 in 90 at-bats. Deibinson Romero (Escogido) hit .176/.300/.176 in 17 at-bats. Eddie Rosario (Mayaguez) hit .214/.313/.286 in 42 at-bats. Rene Tosoni (Lara) hit .195/.283/.195 in 41 at-bats.
The insignificant: Oswaldo Arcia (Aragua) was 0-for-2. Josmil Pinto (Aragua) was 1-for-5. Ramon Santana (Este) was 0-for-7.