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Please note the name of today’s prairie bike ride route. It was the most accurate description I could come up with. I’ll try to not get shot or hit...
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Happy birthday Maru I love you.
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Snoop Dog Throws Out The First Pitch At Tonight’s Twins - White Sox Game via Mark Gonzales
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This is a story about a former New York Yankee.
Yesterday evening Tara and I were riding the G train home from the park and a visibly intoxicated man...
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Ricky goes for a January walk in Minneapolis.
Uh guys this is like right outside my apartment. :|
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Liriano has something going…(and mlb.com is offering a free look in)
UPDATE: Adrian Beltre, who hates history so much that he once punched his AP American Studies professor square in the jaw*, singled up the middle to start the eighth inning.
*May or may not be true.
True.
(Blindingly Fast Butera captured by NJ Baseball)
In the Twins 3-2 victory against the White Sox earlier today, Drew Butera got a hit to break his 0-for-22 slump. Or you could say that he is still mired in his 6-for-54 slump, though he has added two walks to his ledger. You have to give him that because do otherwise would be cruel.
Butera is now hitting a robust .111 on the season for the Twins who are now 9.5 games out of first place. The good news for Butera is that there is no non-pitcher in the last 50 years with more than 50 at-bats who hit for such a low average. The bad news is that if Drew Butera’s season ended today, he would be the first. Think the Twins miss Joe Mauer or Wilson Ramos much?
John Danks (8 IP, 3 ER) unfortunately took the loss and is now 0-5 despite a 3.83 ERA and 36/14 K/BB ratio.
Pics or it didn’t happen.
Watched game 163 last night and this morning, and finally saw myself on tv (red hoodie blue hat). Here’s the screen capture. Sorry Murphy, I can’t get one with you in it, it fades out right as you come into picture.
Some people seem to think that because I am now focusing so much attention on Tim Raines that I have in some way forgotten about my outrage over Bert Blyleven STILL not being in the Hall of Fame. Well, I have not. Look for lots of little posts this Christmas week …
I realize that the game has changed a lot since Blyleven’s day.
Still. Did you know: That Bert Blyleven has more shutouts than:
– Randy Johnson and Pedro Martinez. Combined.
– Roger Clemens and Chris Carpenter. Combined.
– Greg Maddux, John Smoltz and Mark Buehrle. Combined.
– Tom Glavine, Mike Mussina and Brandon Webb. Combined.
– Orel Hershiser, Curt Schilling, Johan Santana and Bartolo Colon. Combined.
– Dave Stieb and Jack Morris. Combined.
– The New York Yankees have had since 1988. Combined.
– The entire American League in 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006 and … every year going back to 1992.
He also has more shutouts than every single pitcher of his era except Tom Seaver and Nolan Ryan, Hall of Famers who each have exactly ONE more shutout than Bert Blyleven.
(via Joe Posnanski)
The security guard taking a digger is the best part.
Last game at Metrodome, guy runs on field 2009 ALDS (postseason)
“That’s the Metrodome. You think you’ve killed it, but no, it will not die. It will keep coming back, again and again, shoving itself into the limelight like a frustrated chorus girl. The last game in the Metrodome was supposed to be Sunday. The touching eulogies were written — yes, even the villains get touching eulogies. But the old barn had one more glorious day — deafening noise, twirling hankies, a big home victory. Now, today, we get a one-game playoff — Twins vs. Tigers — and once again it could be the last day of baggie baseball. But don’t bet on it. The creepy music plays. The phone lines have been disconnected. The Metrodome is looking like it might stick around for a while.”
This is just a small portion of a very good read from the best baseball writer around Joe Posnanski.
