Yesterday afternoon, I got home from work and the site was down. I sent the ISP an email asking what was going on. They told me that I was dragging down the server and that I needed to implement a caching system. I have the caching system in place, so I removed [...]

So my video yesterday was a couple of teen girls, and I thought why not continue that trend? Lead singer Annabella Lwin was only 15 when this song was released in 1980! Music piracy was a little different back then.
The live video had embedding disabled, so I had to switch it to the music video. [...]

With apologies to Andrew for not officially doing a "Better Know a Citizen", I thought I would write my own introduction. Ive had admin rights to write on this site for over 2 years from when I met SBG in Minnesota when I was there for business and stayed the weekend for some Twins [...]

Aaron once kindly wrote about me:
Once upon a time Ubelmann was just another guy who hung out in the comments section here, but then he started to contribute to Stick and Ball Guy's site and quickly became one of my favorite Twins bloggers. If you're not yet familiar with the best Twins blogger who doesn't [...]

Parting is such sweet sorrow. SBG reflects on ubelmann's contributions to the WGOM.

SBG announces a change at the WGOM.

Inspired by Joe Mauer and Justin Morneau's clutch hits in the ninth inning against a left hander on Saturday, I took a little look at the Twins two stars.
WGOM Radio #2

This is the first edition of WGOM Radio. I talk about last night's game and today's game. It's five minutes long.
WGOM Radio #1
Tell me what you think!

The following post appears in an improved form (edited by Dread Pirate Will Young) in the August issues of Minnesota Gameday.
Kevin Slowey and Scott "Light Rail" Baker figure to be an important part of the Twins' rotation for the foreseeable future. Their minor league statistics indicated that they would be successful major league pitchers [...]

This is driving me crazy.
I'm finding myself appreciating gymnastics more this year. I don't know why that is, maybe because I really don't care that much who wins and I don't care if anyone gets screwed by the judges. (And damn, these commentators complain more about officiating than White Sox announcers. Get [...]

Last night, Michael Phelps won his 10th and 11th gold medals at the Olympics, the most all-time. We talked a little about this yesterday, but I wanted to extend the conversation and do some polling. For my money, Carl Lewis remains the greatest Olympic champion of all time and personally, I'd much rather [...]

SBG takes a look at the other side of the mountain (and the week in sports columns here in town).

Light Rail sits at 101 pitches and attempts to get the 3rd out of the inning, up by two with a runner at 2nd base and Mitch Maier at bat...

My teeth are gritted and I'm strapped into my chair. Time to read a week's worth of columns from the six columnists in town and summarize them for you. I do it because I love you and believe me, it hurts me more than it hurts you.

SBG takes a look at the week that was in the WGOM Polls.

SBG takes a look at the last week in sports columns here in town so you don't have to.

I've been having one of those weeks. It started Sunday at the Dome when Scott Baker threw a gem and got zero run support, then progressed with a little bronchial thing that's settling in my chest and becoming a nasty summer cold. My daughter is involved in a leadership training program this week, so I've [...]

SBG reads the six local sports columnists at the two papers so you don't have to.

In honor of the day. Padre, you'll want to pass on this one.
The Commitments: Da Fookin Short Version

The all-time leader in Division I college basketball coaching victories, Bob Knight, has resigned. His son, Pat Knight, will take over as coach.

Music to prepare the turkey by.
George Winston -- Thanksgiving

and, from The Gold Rush the Little Fellow's thanksgiving dinner

If you are looking to show everyone what you know, head on over to SethSpeaks and enter his Post Season contest! You have until the start of the first game to get in.

The I-35W bridge over the Mississippi River has collapsed. I'm sure I speak for everyone here when I say that my thoughts and prayers go out to all of those affected by this tragedy.

Somebody's getting in shape:
I feel stronger. I'm not as fat as I was; I can actually see my abs a little bit, which is pretty rare for me.
Guess who?
Hint: He's on the Twins' 40 man roster.

In case it slipped under your radar, Tony Batista was a hero yesterday in the Dominican Republic's 18-inning 4-3 victory over Venezuela.
And on a night of many heroes, it is veteran Tony Batista who will be remembered the most. The third baseman hit a sacrifice fly to center field with the bases loaded to score [...]

I'm not very good at linking to other bloggers, but my buddy Seth over at Seth Speaks does a great job. I always enjoy reading his stuff. Today he has a Q&A with Twins Scouting Director Mike Radcliff. Go on over and read Seth every day but especially today.

Outside of the SBG, AG, BG, et al. in the Twins blogosphere, what do you read? Give me a list of your favorite blogs.

This has been discussed in the comments already, but apparently since this is some sort of international crisis, and I don't think SBG has much interest in writing about it, so I thought I'd chime in on the issue.
Perhaps you've heard already, but in case you haven't seen in printed in every media outet yet, [...]

This post is being added to determine whether it will show up on the front page.
Last night I posted on Sidney Ponson and the post went into the ether. I couldn't figure out why it did that. I have now since figured it out, and have "fixed" the problem. This is an [...]

How does the new template look? I'm wondering about problems... I know that the comment paragraph break stinks and when I can figure that out, I'll fix it. Are there any other problems?
What else is on your mind?

FOX 9 is reporting that the University of Minnesota will fire head football coach Glenn Mason. Is Joel Maturi next?
Update: Mason's buyout was $2.2 million.
Update: Mason has a friend in Ivan Maisel of ESPN.COM. Good gravy, I hope Mason paid Maisel something for that article.
Update: Reusse sums it up in one word. [...]

The Gophers led this game 31-0. It was 38-7 half-way through the third quarter.

The Twins have declined to offer Luis Rodriguez and "Groundskeeper" Willie Eyre contracts for the 2007 season. Baseball decisions aside, the Groundskeeper was a favorite topic in the 2006 season game logs. As for L-Rod, man, did the guy even get any at bats this year? I hope those guys can find [...]

How Italy Got There

Italy 2, Ghana 0

Italy 1, USA 1

Italy 2, Czech Republic 0

Italy 1, Australia 0

Italy 3, Ukraine 0

Italy 2, Germany 0

How France Got There:

France 0, Switzerland 0

France 1, South Korea 1

France 2, Togo 0

France 3, Spain 1

France 1, Brazil 0

France 1, Portugal 0

If ever there was a day to rob a store, today [...]

Editor's Note: Andrew delivers a post mortem on the U.S. World Cup team.

From Grandpa:
[Billy] Packer is one of many who believes the ability of the good young college players to turn pro after their freshmen or sophomore year has destroyed the game.
"It has destroyed the fabric of basketball, and the history of how basketball is played," he said. "I hope that a semblance of order can [...]

Top Jimmy:
Tonight, four Eastern teams we don't know intimately or follow passionately will play here -- four teams who, if they were matched in January, would draw lower television ratings in Minnesota than a Jesse Ventura cable talk show -- and yet there is an air of anticipation surrounding these games that befits the greatest [...]

From the Strib:
The Western Collegiate Hockey Association is apologizing to University of North Dakota hockey fans over a Final Five tournament poster.
The poster wrongfully identified the Fighting Sioux as being from North Dakota State University.

Twins Geek is back at his keyboard.

I was talking with Lucy last night about the death of Kirby Puckett and she asked me if I felt bad about it. I said that I did feel bad. I started to reflect on why it is that I felt bad about it.
I don't have a lot in common with Kirby Puckett. He was [...]

So, do you think that the numbers of American troops dying in Iraq is increasing or decreasing?  I think you'll be surprised to hear that more troops have died in July than died in June.  Or than July is already the fourth deadliest month for American troops since the "Mission Accomplished" speech.  Or that more [...]

I am going to create a library of blogs that I read and enjoy.  Today I have added the "Illustrated Daily Scribble."  I found this site tonight when reading some of my other links.  The author creates daily cartoons on a legal pad and uploads them along with commentary.  His site is very political (with [...]

I'd like to create a weblog that is interesting to a number of people.  I think that it is easier said than done.  Part of what I would like to do is have a blog that is different from others... funny, thought-provoking, and not tied to one topic.
 
I'd love to write a baseball blog, but [...]

So it begins.