Babe Dahlgren (1912)
Bernice Gera (1931)
Mario Cuomo (1932)
Billy Williams (1938)
Ty Cline (1939)
Bruce Dal Canton (1941)
Champ Summers (1946)
Ken Henderson (1946)
Dusty Baker (1949)
Lance Parrish (1956)
Brett Butler (1957)
Wade Boggs (1958)
Ramiro Mendoza (1972)
Tony Clark (1972)
Andy Pettitte (1972)
Tim Lincecum (1984)
Trevor Plouffe (1986)
Former New York Governor Mario Cuomo was an outfielder for the Brunswick Pirates of the Georgia-Florida League in 1952.
Is it called the ides of June, or is that just a May um, March thing? (Oh, all months that start with M are the same) Anyway, if you haven't noticed yet, the Lexicon is above and as of yet has just a handful of entries. If you'd like to add to it and don't have the permissions, email me.
It wouldn't seem right to have a cheaptoy week and not play some Iron Maiden.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MjAQSlTVcYI&feature=related
For fun, the same song as sung by original lead singer Paul Di'anno after the jump.
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Let's warm up for the first game of the series against the White Sox with a miniature version of The Nation Has Problems, sound good? Great.
On Saturday a Twins starter retired the first 12 batters he faced.
On Sunday a Twins starter retired the first 19 batters he faced.
The last time the Twins opened a series on a Tuesday against the Chicago White Sox the Twins starter did not allow a single hit.
How many batters will the Twins starter, Carl Pavano, face before allowing a hit tonight?
Sadly, there is no spoiler button for when you are writing a post. It seems each of you will have to watch 9 innings of baseball to find out. Oh crap, I hope I didn't give it away.
Let's keep this streak of butt-kicking alive. Win Twins.
No game wrap this week, but that doesn't mean we can't have an installment of View from the Ballpark:
If you ask me, what has been done with this ballpark should have been done to Tiger Stadium.
photo by Flickr user Josh Self
Remember, no embiggening.
Toledo 2, Rochester 1 in Toledo. The Mud Hens scored two in the fourth and it was all they needed. Tsuyoshi Nishioka had two of the four Red Wings hits. Jeff Bailey had the other two, a single and a double. Kyle Gibson took a tough loss, allowing two runs on seven hits and three walks while striking out six in six innings. Carlos Gutierrez struck out two in two perfect innings.
New Britain. No games scheduled.
Ft. Myers 5, Bradenton 3 in Ft. Myers. The Miracle scored three in the first and never lost the lead. Nick Romero singled and doubled, while Ramon Santana hit a home run. Joe Mauer was 1-for-4 and scored once. Logan Darnell got the win, giving up three runs on seven hits and a walk in 5.2 innings. Jhon Garcia struck out five in 2.1 scoreless innings, giving up three hits but no walks. Matthew Tone walked one in a scoreless ninth to get the save.
Beloit. No games scheduled.
DSL Diamondbacks 1, Twins 0 at Twins. Two singles and an error led to a Diamondbacks run in the first inning and it was all they needed. The Twins managed only three singles and one walk. Jose Jimenez took the loss, giving up an unearned run on three hits while striking out four in four innings. Yeison Florentino gave up two hits in three shutout innings and Ezequiel Zarzuela gave up one hit in two shutout innings. Twins pitchers did not walk anyone in the game.
The Bruins lead the Canucks 19-8 in goals scored, and yet somehow, there's a game seven tomorrow.
Charlie Buffinton (1861)
Harvey Watkins (1869)
Charles Barrett (1871)
Don Newcombe (1926)
Bill Fahey (1950)
Greg Brock (1957)
Mike Laga (1960)
George Tsamis (1967)
After yesterday's vocal quality disaster (although I felt the band was pretty tight, at least.) I made sure to listen to this one all the way through. The sound quality isn't the greatest, but the performance is far better.
Anyway, all that anyone really needs to take away from this is that Russell Allen and Michael Romeo are awesome.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dbWWsOIID60&feature=related
Continue reading Symphony X – Set the World on Fire
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Normally, I will just right into my post, but since this is the first post in the series, I'll start out talking about what this series is going to be about and what I want to do with it.
The main point will be for me to introduce you some interesting "math" problems. I put math in quotes, because as a newly appointed doctor of mathematics, my ideas about what constitutes a math problem differs greatly from someone in the general population (more on this in a bit). Normally, I'll break these posts into 3 parts:
Since there is no previous volume to recap today, I'm going to lay the ground rules about what it expected from those that participate. First off, the purpose of these things is for enjoyment. I'm not going to be keeping track of how many problems you get right, so if you want to cheat and search the internet, I'm not going to try and stop you, but please be respectful and don't immediately post solutions right below the text for everyone to see. That being said, I don't want to discourage discussion either! The point is to have fun and discussing interesting problems is fun!