Due to personal time constraints, this is a reprint from last year which has not been updated.
Charlie Hickman (1876)
Jack Tobin (1892)
John Tsitouris (1936)
Rene Lachemann (1945)
Ken Oberkfell (1956)
Rick Leach (1957)
Tim Tschida (1960)
Eddie Perez (1968)
Joe Borowski (1971)
Miguel Cairo (1974)
Ben Grieve (1976)
Jason Michaels (1976)
Ryan Jorgensen (1979)
Matt Tolbert (1982)
Kevin Slowey (1984)
St. Paul native Tim Tschida was a major league umpire from 1986-2012.
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I started reading Anna Karenina.
I wasn't really planning on it, but Becca Rothfeld invited people to tackle a big long book and have a discussion group with her. Well, I find Rothfeld to be interesting and someone that has a different perspective. A big novel? A group of interesting thoughtful readers? Sign me up!
And then they chose Anna Karenina.
I read the first 10 pages in high school and never really had any inclination to go back to it, but I had recently read that George Saunders book about Russian short stories. And I had enjoyed The Master and Margarita and The Idiot in recent years, so maybe Russian literature could be my thing.
I'm not sure it's my thing. I'm 550 pages in, I've got 250 to go, and it's a little bit of a slog for me. The reading group is not quite as interesting of a group as I had hoped (there are some true literature snobs in there - George Saunders is not a serious enough writer for some in this group). So now I will finish the book this month. There are parts of it that are really really good. I liked the observation someone made about how Tolstoy is pre-Freudian so he could not care less about anyone's backstory or childhood. That tickled me a bit.
Alright, what literature classics have you been accidentally roped into agreeing to read this month? Share it all below.
Want to vote for some Minnesota Wild end-of-season awards?
⚠️ Hey #mnwild Fans! We need your help! ⚠️
This Thursday (May 6), we will be giving out our fan-voted #mnwild Player Awards for the 2021 season! But in order to have fan-voted awards, we need fans to vote!
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Games this week:
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The last four home games of the regular season. The Wild have really dominated when at home (18-5-1, .771, +29 goal differential). The only question now is whether these games will matter.
With the win over St. Louis on Saturday, the Wild have guaranteed that they will finish no lower than 3rd in the division. Getting home ice in the playoffs would require the Wild to either...
The only way these remaining games matter is if the Wild knock out two regulation wins against Vegas. Anything else means the playoffs will start on the road.
Current Standings:
| Rank | Team | GP | Pts | Magic Number |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vegas | 53 | 77 | 5 (division) - 2 (R1 home ice) |
| 2 | Colorado | 52 | 74 | 6 (R1 home ice) |
| 3 | Minnesota | 53 | 73 | 0 |
| 4 | St. Louis | 52 | 57 | #4 seed clinched |
| 5 | Arizona | 55 | 52 | eliminated |
| 6 | Los Angeles | 52 | 48 | eliminated |
| 7 | San Jose | 54 | 48 | eliminated |
| 8 | Anaheim | 55 | 42 | eliminated |
St. Louis will be the #4 seed and will start the playoffs against the division winner.
Kirill Kaprizov Corner
**screams**
.@KaprizovKirill sends the game to OT! pic.twitter.com/3RRpovRQDm
— NHL GIFs (@NHLGIFs) April 30, 2021
Kirill is playing ministicks with Spurgeon and his kids. I am dying. pic.twitter.com/KvfNnCV60r
— Hockey Wilderness (@hockeywildernes) May 3, 2021
Leaderboards
| Player | G | Player | A | Player | Pts | Player | xGAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kaprizov | 27 | Greenway | 25 | Kaprizov | 49 | Kaprizov | 15.2 |
| Fiala | 20 | Kaprizov | 22 | Fiala | 39 | Eriksson Ek | 12.9 |
| Eriksson Ek | 19 | Zuccarello | 22 | Zuccarello | 33 | Spurgeon | 9.4 |
| Zuccarello | 11 | Fiala | 19 | Greenway | 31 | Sturm | 8.9 |
| Foligno/Sturm | 10 | Spurgeon | 18 | Eriksson Ek | 30 | Foligno | 8.8 |
George Gore (1857)
Garry Herrmann (1859)
Eppa Rixey (1891)
Red Ruffing (1905)
Goose Tatum (1921)
Chuck Hinton (1934)
Chris Cannizzaro (1938)
Davey Lopes (1945)
Dan Iassogna (1969)
Darren Dreifort (1972)
Ryan Dempster (1977)
Homer Bailey (1986)
Ben Revere (1988)
Mike Morin (1991)
Edwar Colina (1997)
Garry Herrmann was the president of the Cincinnati Reds from 1903-1920 and was chair of the National Commission from its creation in 1903 until the commissioner's office was created in 1920. It is puzzling that he is not in the Hall of Fame.
Better known as a member of the Harlem Globetrotters, Goose Tatum played in the Negro Leagues for several years in the 1940s.
Dan Iassogna has been a major league umpire since 1999.
Another Sunday game, another rubber match. The Royals and Twins have matching 8-run wins so far in this series. This game won't have to be all that close to be the biggest nail-biter of the series.
Jose Berrios v. Brad Keller
The fact that Alex Kirilloff is already getting comfortable against the Royals fills me with gladness. Here's to many long years of constant dingers against a division rival.
So much for that warm, fuzzy feeling about the Twins.
I spun this album and Silent Alarm a lot back in the day
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