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Sad news. I first heard about Buck from the Ken Burns Baseball doc. His personality and spirit came through so well in the series. I soon after found out about the Negro League Museum in K.C. and have donated to them ever since.

No problem, I even forgot about 2001 and had to edit the post!

What about the 2003 World Series against the Marlins? Quick add: There was also the 2001 W.S. with the Diamondbacks.

I know Hammer works very well in the appropriate context, I just couldn't pass up a chance to make a joke.

Happy birthday!!!

I am also a concerned Twins fan, but I hope the Yankees win, eventually go to the World Series, and get swept by the Met's. That would really f#&k up the mind of Yankees fans!

Happy birthday!!

I had the same reservations. When I see Hammer's name with el p next to it, I get a little nervous.

Thanks Brownie! It should be a pretty mellow 33rd birthday. I am treating myself to the Mulligan Concert Jazz Band Mosaic set. Too bad my Twins couldn't have won the last 2 games, that would have been a great birthday present!

The most recent mailer has them now listed as "Last Chance." I called Mosaic and they said they had 300 Mulligan sets and about 100 Jones sets left.

It was a wonderful afternoon. A unseasonably warm day that was spent at the cabin switching back and forth between the Twins/Vikings games and updating the cellphone to find out the status of the Tiger's game. At one point, Detroit was up 6-0. After the Twins game, on TV they had the Tigers/Royals game on next to footage of fans and the Twins players in the dugout at the dome waiting for the resultswith from the Tigers/Royals game. Sure has been a nice comeback to the Central Division. ... and all I was hoping for was a over .500 season!

When I did it through work, in the first round you picked the winners, then picked the winners in the 2nd round, and who the winner would be in the World Series. The points for each round of right picks increased with each round and you had points for the correct number of games played.

Doc Watson with David Holt in Red Wing tonight.

The only one I have used was like the NBA pool.

These Twins are something. One out left in the game, the Royals are ahead 1-0. Mauer hits a solo home run and the Twins go on to win the game in 10th inning. At the moment, the Twins are tied for first place with Detroit.

It is, but according to the salary sheet at baseball-reference he's made at least 52.8 million over his career before agents & taxes. He's married and has a couple of kids who will 8 and 12 next season. I could see spending a year at home with the family and trying to get over the physical pain. Cause right now the kids are at the age where they're fun, but in another couple of the years the oldest won't want him around. Teams are always after pitching, so he'll still get calls. If the pain goes away and he feels the competitive urge he could come back. Radke did pretty good for the 4 or 5 innings he pitched. I still don't know if I would invest in having him start, but he might be useful out of the bullpen to eat up some innings if one of the young kids has trouble with their start in the playoffs.

I am down.

La Velle E. Neal, of the Star Tribune, says the Twins expect tonight to be Santana's last start of the season, with Johan skipping Sunday to start Game 1 of the division series.

I guess we will have to wait and see on how things turn out. I believe Radke signed a 2 year deal in the Fall of 2004. In Spring Training this year he talked about not coming back for another season.

If that is the scenario, I think the Twins will start Santana on Sunday. Santana has not been as dominant down the stretch as years past (he still is great). He has gone the last couple of starts without a win. I would still prefer Santana as the ALDS game one starter, but we sure have had luck with Garza and Bonser. Now if Liriano and Radke were healthy, with our bullpen.... Hopefully Saturday's game will not go extra innings or they will have to 'postpone' the game until before Sunday's game because of scheduling conflicts with the Gophers (it happened once in 2004 before the playoffs).

The Twins are in the playoffs!!! To think: In early June, they were 25-33. Now they are 93-63 and only a game back from the Tigers. My hope in June was that they would break .500!

The Capitol Small Group Benny Goodman Recordings disc 2

Maybe it was your copy I found at Laurie's bookstore on 9th and Nicollet Mall.

I play the Steeplechase LPs more then I do the UA LPs. One of the first jazz concerts I went to was the Charlie Haden The Liberation Music Orchestra. The reed section had Joe Lovano and Ken McIntyre, which was my first exposure to both of them. I enjoyed Lovano, but it was McIntyre that really made an impression on me. I went on to buy every recording by him that I could get me hands on. Buying Ken McIntyre recordings was actually how I first heard Eric Dolphy.

Thank you posting the article.