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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Loading... Weekly Winterball Whiparound
The good: Aaron Bates hit .356/.396/.556 in 45 at-bats (Caguas, Puerto Rican). Alexi Casilla hit .343/.427/.422 in 102 at-bats (Cibao, Dominican). Pedro Florimon is hitting .319/.412/.431 in 72 at-bats (Escogido, Dominican). Daniel Ortiz is hitting .269/.296/.577 in 26 at-bats (Mayaguez, Puerto Rican). Nelvin Fuentes is 0-0, 2.63, 0.95 in 13.2 innings (Mayaguez, Puerto Rican). Deolis Guerra is 2-1, 3.71, 1.05 with 23 strikeouts in 26.2 innings (Magallanes, Venezuelan). Luis Perdomo is 0-0, 2.11, 0.80 with 16 strikeouts in 21 innings (Aguilas, Dominican).
The middle: Joe Benson hit .216/.355/.373 in 51 at-bats (Aragua, Venezuelan). Jairo Perez hit .231/.375/.269 in 26 at-bats (Lara, Venezuelan). Wilkin Ramirez is hitting .232/.303/.333 in 69 at-bats (Este, Dominican). Eddie Rosario is hitting .214/.313/.286 in 42 at-bats (Mayaguez, Puerto Rican). Jacob Younis is hitting .273/.377/.303 in 68 at-bats (Sydney, Australian). Pedro Guerra is 0-1, 3.95, 1.39 with 23 strikeouts in 27.1 innings (Magallanes, Venezuelan). Lester Oliveros is 0-1, 1.62, 1.44 with 17 strikeouts in 16.2 innings (Anzoategui, Venezuelan). Deinys Suarez is 1-1, 3.62, 1.61 in 27.1 innings (Ponce, Puerto Rican).
The bad: Matt Carson hit .115/.233/.192 in 26 at-bats (Oriente, Dominican). Estarlin De Los Santos hit .158/.200/.211 in 19 at-bats (Cibao, Dominican). Joshua Hendricks hit .118/.211/.118 in 17 at-bats (Melbourne, Australian). Angel Morales is hitting .186/.286/.256 in 43 at-bats (Ponce, Puerto Rican). Rory Rhodes hit .184/.310/.286 in 49 at-bats (Brisbane, Australian). Deibinson Romero hit .176/300/.176 in 17 at-bats (Escogico, Puerto Rican). Rene Tosoni hit .195/.283/.195 in 41 at-bats (Lara, Venezuelan). Cesar Ciurcina is 0-0, 5.74, 1.79 in 15.2 innings (Aragua, Venezuelan). Aaron Thompson is 0-1, 6.10, 1.84 in 10.1 innings (Este, Dominican).
The insignificant: Oswaldo Arcia is 0-for-2 (Aragua, Venezuelan). Luke Hughes is 1-for-3 (Perth, Australian). Dereck Rodriguez is 1-for-8 (Caguas, Puerto Rican). Ramon Santana is 0-for-7 (Este, Dominican). Samuel Deduno is 0-0, 1.50, 1.67 in 6 innings (Aguilas, Dominican). Sam Gibbons is 0-1, 9.00, 2.25 in 4 innings (Melbourne, Australian). Yorman Landa is 0-0, 6.75, 2.25 in 2.2 innings (La Guaira, Venezuelan). Gonzalo Sanudo is 0-0, 0.00, 1.50 in 2 innings (Culiacan, Mexican). Anthony Slama is 0-1, 3.12, 1.04 with 12 strikeouts in 8.2 innings (Mazatlan, Mexican). Manuel Soliman is 0-0, 0.00, 3.86 in 2.1 innings (Escogido, Domincan). Junior Subero is 0-0, 9.00, 3.00 in 1 inning (Caracas, Venezuelan). Todd Van Steensel is 0-0, 6.75, 1.80 in 6.2 innings (Sydney, Australian). Esmerling Vasquez is 1-1, 3.00, 1.56 in 9 innings (Oriente, Domincan). Brendan Wise is 0-0, 0.00, 1.00 in 1 inning (Perth, Australian).