The WGOM

I will be going to see the Hold Steady in Toronto tonight. I will try to have a review of the show up by the weekend. Judging by the photos on this site-- Craig Finn has a pretty awesome logo on his guitar.

Phoenix coughed up an 11-6 lead in the bottom of the eighth and lost to the Peoria Saguaros 13-11, cutting its divisional lead to 4 1/2 games. Twins pitcher Tim Lahey took the loss--he came in in the eighth with the score 11-9, a runner on second and one out, and promptly gave up two singles, two walks, and another single before finally getting the last two outs. Steven Tolleson was 0-for-3 with two walks, an RBI, and a run scored. Danny Valencia was 1-for-4 with a double, a walk, and a run scored. Dustin Martin was 1-for-3 with a double, a walk, an RBI, and two runs scored.

As per usual on Monday, Aragua did not play.

This list has been out for a few days, but Jeff A has not seen it referenced here, so below is the list of Twins players who have become minor-league free agents:

Ricky Barrett
Carmen Cali
Julio De Paula
Joe Gaetti
Mariano Gomez
Danny Graves
Garrett Jones
Darnell McDonald
Jason Miller
Felix Molina
Sergio Santos
Tom Shearn
Tommy Watkins

And below is the list of ex-Twins who are minor-league free agents:

Chris Basak
Bret Boone
Brian Buchanan
Hector Carrasco
Doug Deeds
Dave Gassner
Garrett Guzman
Chris Heintz
Randy Keisler
Jon Knott
Eric Milton

I sincerely apologize for starting a ruckus. I guess I didn't think through the consequences of dabbling in economic commentary.

Veteran's Day:
Here's to those that have given their lives for our great country. Its a sobering thought to think about how many people have given their lives to secure the liberties we now enjoy. Thank you Veterans for your service.

Why we love Joe Pos:

The best quarterback pointing act I ever saw happened in Minnesota in 2003 when the Kansas City Chiefs started the year 9-0 despite having one of the most baffled defensive units in the history of professional football. The Chiefs won those first nine games because the offense scored a bajillion points — that was the year Priest Holmes scored 27 touchdowns. The defense was slapstick comedy. Anyway, in Minnesota, the Vikings were in a passing situation and then, the cornerback covering Randy Moss showed that he was blitzing. He showed WAY too early.

At this point, Daunte Culpepper stepped back from the center and pointed at Randy Moss. This wasn’t the vague Peyton Manning pointing either, no, this was very direct pointing, like: “Randy! I am pointing at you because I happened to noticed that your guy is going to blitz! So, when he blitzes I am going to throw you a bomb! Do you get it? You! I am throwing to you! Do you understand! Hold on, there’s a guy in Section 138 who is just getting back from getting a beer and he missed it. Randy! I am throwing to you! I am now pointing at your defender who is a moron. Now I am pointing back at you to make my point clear! Pointing back at him — this moron is blitzing. Pointing back at you — touchdown. OK?”

At this point, of course, trained seals would know to call off the corner blitz, but the Chiefs did not have a trained seal as a defensive coordinator then. They had Greg Robinson. The blitz was called again, Culpepper dropped three steps, the corner came charging in, Culpepper threw a high and long pass to the end zone, Randy Moss ran under it and scored virtually uncovered. That was fun.

NOOOOOO!

Joe C. reporting that Neshek will have Tommy John.