Everybody still likes CHVRCHES, right?
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Loading... Christmas 2019 - we collaborated with the grandparents who live in Tampa to get tickets for the Twins trip to Tampa in the upcoming 2020 season. It would be the little guy's 8th lifetime MLB ballpark in his eighth year. We were kind of unofficially doing our own little 30 in 30 thing.
Well, the Twins never went to Tampa in 2020. We rescheduled for this series, hoping travel would be prudent and attending a game would be an acceptable risk. It turns out that isn't the case either, so we are watching from home and rescheduling the trip again for 2022 (the Twins visit Tampa in April - can't wait to find out what will postpone it this time). We're still sitting on 7 ballparks and we've kind of lost our momentum. A tentative plan to knock out both LA ballparks next year is in the works, I'll let you all know.
Jorge Polanco is playing against the Rays today. He's got an .808 slugging percentage in his last 7 games and he is currently on pace to finish the season with 31 HR/98 RBI.
Also there's the rest of the Twins. Griffin Jax takes the mound.
Throwback jam for a Sunday. The rhythm section is on point!
(2 votes, average: 8.50 out of 10)Loading... It could be you! I'm out and about, so whoever can get their video up is today's DJ!
Al Orth (1872)
Nap Lajoie (1874)
Lefty Leifield (1883)
Max Bishop (1899)
Merv Shea (1900)
Gene Bearden (1920)
Bill Mazeroski (1936)
Karl Kuehl (1937)
Tom Hallion (1956)
Candy Maldonado (1960)
Jeff Brantley (1963)
Jimmy Haynes (1972)
Rod Barajas (1975)
Randy Choate (1975)
Jason Hart (1977)
Chris Young (1983)
Karl Kuehl was a coach for the Twins from 1977-1982. He was a minor league manager for several seasons and also managed the Montreal Expos in 1976. His minor league managing career started in 1959, when he managed the Salem Senators in the Northwest League at age 21.
Tom Hallion has been a major league umpire from 1986-1999 and 2005-present.
Apparently yesterday was the 15th anniversary of Bert's touching on-air speech that got him in a bit of your water.
Drew Maggi's gifts aren't enough for St. Paul. Stevie Berman makes a good debut for Wichita. Jeferson Morales keeps hitting. So does Christian Encarnacion-Strand.
Tillie Walker (1887)
Eddie Waitkus (1919)
Hawk Harrelson (1941)
Paul Jata (1949)
Doyle Alexander (1950)
Frank White (1950)
Mike Piazza (1968)
Luis Lopez (1970)
Aaron Fultz (1973)
Pat Neshek (1980)
Jordan Schafer (1986)
Cody Martin (1989)
Andrelton Simmons (1989)
Aaron Slegers (1992)
Cody Martin was drafted by Minnesota in the 20th round in 2010, but did not sign.
Man how did I miss this till now
(3 votes, average: 7.67 out of 10)Loading... On the way to school this morning, the Poissonnière was talking about the new game she learned at school yesterday. I told her I learned a similar game when I was a kid, but it was called something else.
Wittgenstein wrote that the limits of one’s language are the limits of their world. I’ve noticed that she pronounces certain words differently than I do, regional subtleties that make it clear we’re from different places. No doubt the color of our language will wash our worlds with unique tinctures.
If she starts calling one of these a “bubbler,” I don’t know what I’m gonna do.
