Bill Armour (1869)
Mike Kahoe (1873)
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Ed Konetchy (1885)
Willie Cornelius (1906)
Eddie Stanky (1915)
Morrie Martin (1922)
Steve Boros (1936)
Alan Bannister (1951)
Rene Gonzales (1960)
Dave Clark (1962)
Ced Landrum (1963)
Eric Plunk (1963)
Luis Gonzalez (1967)
Chad Fox (1970)
Matt Capps (1983)
Carl Edwards (1991)
Bill Armour managed Cleveland from 1902-1904 and Detroit from 1905-1906. He also managed in the minor leagues for several years.
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Loading... At the end of 2017, I read Autumn by Ali Smith and really enjoyed it. It was the first book of a planned quartet named after each season, and I made a mental note to keep an eye out for the other books in the series.
A few years later, I was in a bookshop in White Bear Lake and I saw they had multiples of the other books in the series - I hadn't gotten around to keeping up with the books, so I had still only read one book and bought another, so I picked up two books from the store and then eventually realized that at this point I had two copies of Winter and no copies of Spring. Understandably, this did not inspire me to finish reading this set of books.
So now it's 2024, and I'm trying to read the books on my shelf, but I still have an incomplete mish-mash of books from this series. But! I was in Half-Price Books and Spring was on the shelves, but it was the hardcover, and my other three books were paperback. The header image gives away my decision, but I did have to take a moment and think about whether the matching set was important, or was a complete set enough for me?
So far, this set hasn't been too off-putting, so I'm happy with my decision. Now I just have to get around to reading these.
I read one of the books that I bought last month, and bought two more books this month:
Spring by Ali Smith - see above
Pnin by Vladmir Nabokov - see below
I also read two books that have been on my shelves for a while, so it's another month where small progress is being made toward having read most books in my house.
One of those books was The Remembered Part by Rodrigo Fresan. See the picture above and explain to me why the publisher didn't keep books 2 and 3 of this trilogy consistent in design? It's fine. I'm trying not to be bothered by it.
Reading this book was an experience. 800 pages that all take place in the mind of the character as they think about literature and life and culture. It's not an exciting read, and it takes some time to accept the fact that although there are recurring events, there is no plot and there are no answers coming. Fresan is incredible at keeping countless plates spinning as we cartwheel through the mental carnival of the narrator, and as I got closer and closer to the end I realized that I was going to miss sitting down and spending 30 or 40 pages in the head of the narrator every day.
The book is nominally about memory, but it's also about Dracula and 2001: A Space Odyssey and about fatherhood. I really enjoyed it, but I am positive that this is a book that is impossible to recommend. Read the whole trilogy if you want almost 2000 pages of rumination.
For about 200 pages in the middle of the book Fresan goes on a digression about Nabokov, the narrator's favorite writer. I remember reading an excerpt of Pnin in an issue of The New Yorker that was in my landlady's house way back in grad school and liking it, so inspired a little bit by Fresan, I bought that book as well, and since I'm missing that dense, fully crafted style of The Remembered Part, maybe I can get a shorter shot of it from Nabokov.
What have you read? What are you about to read? What book series do you have that don't quite make up a matched set of consistent design or format?
Hope all the citizens have a safe holiday.
ST. PAUL SAINTS 4, OMAHA STORM CHASERS 3 IN OMAHA
Omaha scored three in the first, but St. Paul came back with two in the fifth and two in the seventh.
Multi-hit games: None.
Home runs: None.
Multi-RBI games: Diego Castillo 2 (45).
Stolen bases: None.
Pitching prowess: Jeff Brigham struck out three in two shutout innings, giving up one hit. Giovanny Gallegos pitched a perfect inning, striking out one. Hobie Harris struck out two in a perfect inning.
Win: Brigham (1-3).
Save: Harris (5).
Opposition standout: Anthony Simonelli struck out four in two perfect innings.
Record: St. Paul is 25-32, in ninth place, 12.5 games behind Columbus.
SPRINGFIELD CARDINALS 5, WICHITA WIND SURGE 2 IN WICHITA
Springfield scored two in the sixth and two in the eighth to take a 4-0 lead.
Multi-hit games: Tanner Schobel was 2-for-4 with a double. Kala'i Rosario was 2-for-5.
Home runs: None.
Multi-RBI games: Alex Isola 2 (2).
Stolen bases: None.
Pitching prowess: Pierson Ohl pitched five shutout innings, giving up two hits and striking out one.
Loss: John Stankiewicz (2-5).
Opposition standout: Benito Garcia pitched four shutout innings, giving up a hit and a walk and striking out three.
Record: Wichita is 23-34, in fifth (last) place, thirteen games behind Springfield. Wichita is eliminated from the playoffs.
LAKE COUNTY CAPTAINS 6, CEDAR RAPIDS KERNELS 3 IN LAKE COUNTY
Travis Bazzana homered in the fifth to break a 3-3 tie and Lake County added two in the sixth.
Multi-hit games: Rixon Wingrove was 2-for-4 with a double.
Home runs: Jose Salas (4); Kyle Hess (2).
Multi-RBI games: None.
Stolen bases: None.
Pitching prowess: Rafael Marcano pitched a scoreless inning, giving up a hit and a walk and striking out one. Xander Hamilton struck out two in a perfect inning.
Loss: Ricky Castro (1-4).
Opposition standout: Bazzana was 2-for-4 with a home run, a walk, and two RBIs.
Record: Cedar Rapids is 27-33, in fifth place, seven games behind Quad Cities. Cedar Rapids is eliminated from the playoffs.
CLEARWATER AT FORT MYERS (2)
Both games were rained out and will not be made up.
Record: Fort Myers is 33-21, in first place, 1.5 games ahead of Lakeland.
TODAY'S TILTS
4:07 Iowa at St. Paul (Caleb Baragar, 1-2, 4.76)
6:05 Wichita (TBD) at Frisco
(1 votes, average: 8.00 out of 10)Loading... Al Spalding (1850)
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We would also like to wish a happy birthday to bjhess.
OMAHA STORM CHASERS 9, ST. PAUL SAINTS 1 IN OMAHA
It was 4-1 through six. Omaha then scored two in the seventh and three in the eighth.
Multi-hit games: None.
Home runs: Patrick Winkel (6).
Multi-RBI games: None.
Stolen bases: Yunior Severino (4).
Pitching prowess: None.
Loss: Aaron Rozek (0-5).
Opposition standouts: Noah Cameron struck out ten in seven innings, giving up one run on five hits. Cam Devanney was 4-for-4 with three doubles and six RBIs.
Record: St. Paul is 24-32, in ninth place, 13.5 games behind Columbus.
WICHITA WIND SURGE 6, SPRINGFIELD CARDINALS 1 IN WICHITA
Dalton Shuffield hit a three-run homer in a five-run fifth that gave Wichita a 6-0 lead.
Multi-hit games: Jorel Ortega was 2-for-3 with a walk. Ben Ross was 2-for-4 with a double. Alex Isola was 2-for-4.
Home runs: Shuffield (4).
Multi-RBI games: Shuffield 3 (18); Jake Rucker 2 (65).
Stolen bases: Ross (18); Ortega (11).
Pitching prowess: Cory Lewis struck out six in 5.1 scoreless innings, giving up one hit and three walks. Ricardo Velez struck out two in 1.2 scoreless innings, giving up one hit. Mason Fox pitched two innings, giving up an unearned run on a hit and a walk and striking out one.
Win: Lewis (2-4).
Opposition standout: Leonardo Bernal was 2-for-4.
Record: Wichita is 23-33, in fifth (last) place, twelve games behind Springfield.
LAKE COUNTY CAPTAINS 4, CEDAR RAPIDS KERNELS 3 IN LAKE COUNTY
Rubel Cespedes doubled home a run in the top of the ninth to tie it 3-3, but Kevin Rivas singled home the deciding run in the bottom of the ninth.
Multi-hit games: None.
Home runs: Kaelen Culpepper (1).
Multi-RBI games: None.
Stolen bases: None.
Pitching prowess: Connor Prielipp struck out five and walked one in three shutout innings.
Loss: Gabriel Yanez (4-4).
Opposition standout: Carter Spivey struck out six in six innings, giving up two runs on three hits and two walks.
Record: Cedar Rapids is 27-32, tied for fourth with Beloit, six games behind Quad Cities.
CLEARWATER THRESHERS 5, FORT MYERS MIGHTY MUSSELS 2 IN FORT MYERS (7 INNINGS--COMPLETION OF SUSPENDED GAME)
Joel Dragoo's two-run double in the sixth broke a 1-1 tie, and Clearwater added two in the seventh.
Multi-hit games: Jay Thomason was 2-for-3.
Home runs: None.
Multi-RBI games: None.
Stolen bases: Khadim Diaw (4); Caden Kendle (2).
Pitching prowess: Anthony Narvaez pitched two shutout innings, striking out one and walking one.
Loss: Jose Olivares (2-2).
Opposition standout: Dragoo was 1-for-2 with a double and two RBIs.
CLEARWATER THRESHERS 7, FORT MYERS MIGHTY MUSSELS 3 IN FORT MYERS (SCHEDULED GAME--7 INNINGS)
Eduardo Tait's two-run single in the fourth game Clearwater a 4-3 lead.
Multi-hit games: Jaime Ferrer was 2-for-3 with a double and two RBIs. Brandon Winokur was 2-for-4 with a double.
Home runs: None.
Multi-RBI games: Ferrer 2 (7).
Stolen bases: Winokur (23); Kyle DeBarge (13).
Pitching prowess: Tyler Stasiowski pitched 1.2 scoreless innings in his professional debut, striking out one and walking one.
Loss: Cleiber Maldonado (0-1).
Opposition standout: Tait was 2-for-4 with a walk and two RBIs.
Record: Fort Myers is 33-21, in first place, one game ahead of Lakeland.
TODAY'S TILTS
11:05 Clearwater at Fort Myers (Ross Dunn, 1-4, 6.03 and TBD)--2
12:00 Cedar Rapids (Ricky Castro, 1-3, 4.30) at Lake County
1:05 Springfield at Wichita (TBD)
2:05 St. Paul (TBD*) at Omaha
*milb.com lists Aaron Rozek as the starter, but as he pitched yesterday, that seems unlikely.
I don't get these whole "people gave a [#] minute standing ovation" to people at film festival stories. First of all, I never want to be in an audience where that's expected of me. Secondly, I feel like this is going towards that thing where they started publishing CEO pay and such. Everyone knows it's not good, but they feel like they need to break the record.
Jim O’Rourke (1850)
Joe Brown (1918)
Joe Astroth (1922)
Cloyd Boyer (1927)
Rico Carty (1939)
Craig Skok (1947)
Garry Maddox (1949)
Rob Wilfong (1953)
David West (1964)
Joe Brown was the general manager of the Pittsburgh Pirates from 1956-1976.
Craig Skok was drafted by Minnesota in 1967, but did not sign.
