They're looking mighty fine.
Happy Birthday–October 14
Joe Start (1842)
Paul Radford (1861)
Ivy Olson (1885)
Oscar Charleston (1896)
Harry Brecheen (1914)
Ken Heintzelman (1915)
Tom Cheney (1934)
Tommy Harper (1940)
Al Oliver (1946)
Frank Duffy (1946)
Ed Figueroa (1948)
Kiko Garcia (1953)
Willie Aikens (1954)
Jesus Vega (1955)
Joe Girardi (1964)
Midre Cummings (1971)
Ryan Church (1978)
Boof Bonser (1981)
Carlos Marmol (1982)
Nick Moss and Lurrie Bell – Chicago Bound
looking forward to a goo goo saturday.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NiGgZswKNHk
CS, Games Five and Four
Rangers (3) at Tigers (1)
C.J. Wilson vs. Justin Verlander
Brewers (1) at Cardinals (2)
Randy Wolf vs. Kyle Lohse
An hour and a half late on my own day?! Dumb.
Edit: and then I didn't post it immediately and it just sat here. Damn it.
Tigres Tales
Hector Gimenez homered with two out in the bottom of the ninth to give Aragua a 2-1 victory over Lara.
Alex Nunez scored the other Tigres run, getting a double and a triple. Joe Benson was 0-for-3. Rich Rundles (St. Louis) got the win in relief, retiring both batters he faced.
For the Cardinales, Luis Antonio Jimenez (Seattle) had two hits and scored the only Lara run. Starter Jarrett Grube (Seattle) pitched six innings, giving up a run on three hits and striking out seven. Moises Hernandez (Seattle) took the loss in his second inning of relief.
Aragua hosts Margarita tonight.
Solar Sox Summary
Mesa's winning streak ended at one yesterday as Peoria took a 6-2 victory over the Solar Sox.
Scooter Gennett (Milwaukee) led the Javelinas with two singles and a double. Juan Lagares (Mets) singled and homered. Kentrail Davis (Milwaukee) singled and tripled. Jefry Marte (Mets) had two hits. Nick Franklin (Seattle) hit a home run. The win went to Anthony Bass (San Diego), who allowed both runs on three hits and a walk in four innings. Robert Carson (Mets) worked two shutout innings of relief.
Mesa was led by Junior Lake (Cubs), who had two of the four Solar Sox hits. Aaron Hicks was 0-for-3. Bruce Pugh took the loss, allowing three runs (two earned) on four hits and a walk in 1.1 innings. Dakota Watts worked 1.2 perfect innings.
Mesa travels to Peoria today.
Happy Birthday–October 13
Charles Somers (1868)
Bill Donovan (1876)
Rube Waddell (1876)
Pickles Dillhoefer (1893)
Frankie Hayes (1914)
Lou Saban (1921)
Charlie Silvera (1924)
Eddie Yost (1926)
Eddie Mathews (1931)
Bob Bailey (1942)
Randy Moffitt (1948)
Dick Pole (1950)
Frank LaCorte (1951)
George Frazier (1954)
Bryan Hickerson (1963)
Chris Gwynn (1964)
Trevor Hoffman (1967)
Damian Miller (1969)
Better known as a football coach, Lou Saban was the president of the New York Yankees in 1981 and 1982.
October 13, 2011: Jason Almost Lives
I had something ready to go about it being Friday the 13th of October. Then I remembered that it's Thursday. Never mind.
Neneh Cherry – Buffalo Stance
I can play this game, too, jobu.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8Es0bvgTno
Please don't make me play a Goo Goo Dolls song on Saturday.
CS, Games four and three
Rangers (2) at Tigers (1)
Matt Harrison vs. Rick Porcello
Brewers (1) at Cardinals (1)
Yovani Gallardo vs. Chris Carpenter
Sooooo, no sweeps this year yet. Cool.