Pick Me

Some help for your upcoming fantasy football drafts…but choose wisely

Minnesota Townball

Checkout this StarTribune.com video capturing some of the townball parks in Minnesota:

Come with us as we visit a few of the unique townball parks in Minnesota and celebrate baseball the way it was meant to be played — for the fun of it.

Lefty with a pulse

 

Lefty Grove, Philadelphia A’s

Grove won an even 300 games in his 17-year career, leading the American League in ERA nine times and in wins four times. In 1931, he was voted MVP after going 31-4.

WOW! See other lefties with more than a pulse…

See it again…for the 1st time

The day was July 20th, 1969 when Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong became the 1st human beings to set foot on the moon. We are approaching the 40th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing. In celebration, there are a handful of ways to follow the recreation of the mission. One of these is We Choose the Moon. The beauty of the project is that it all occurs in realtime starting at 9:32 AM ET on Thurs, July 16th.

Who says you can’t steal first?

In Dom Forker’s Baseball Brain Teasers – Major League Puzzlers he describes why the following odd rule was put into place:

After he has acquired legal possession of a base, he runs the bases in reverse order for the purpose of confusing the defense or making a travesty of the game. The umpire shall immediately call “Time” and declare the runner out;

Moneyball

After looking at this Salary vs. Performance diagram you really have to wonder who the heck are the Mets and Cubs paying all that money to?!?

As of yesterday the Yanks have paid $136,149,920 for the 4 extra wins than the Twins. I’m not saying, I’m just saying!

Winners of the Avon Lakers’ raffle

Congratulations to all the winners and thank you everyone who bought bought a ticket!

$500- Bev klien

$200- Paul Froncak

$75- Diane Alderson

$75- Jim Wunderlich

$50- Trent Bienek

$50- Jeff Laing

$- Quinn Gibson

Flip Flop Fly Ball

This is what happens when you combine a passion for baseball and info graphics.

My favorite: Assembling & Dismantling the World Series winning team

Torry Holt’s Finger

I think Torry was giving us the bird but not sure…checkout this video of his finger.

Marshall added to our schedule

A game with the Marshall A’s was added to the 2009 schedule. The date is Friday, May 29th @ 7:30 in Marshall. Last years trip down was a great time and we are looking forward to it again this year.