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    • Tuesday, May 21, 2013

    Primer Dugout (and link of the day) 5-21-2013

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    posted 33 minutes ago by Neutral Milk Dotel (Dan Lee) to dugout, history  |  1 comment(s)

    Toledo News-Bee, May 21, 1913:

    With the score nothing to nothing in the sixth inning, an angry cow temporarily broke up a baseball game between factory employees recently at Altoona, Pa. The cow upset the players’ benches, charged the fielders and then disappeared.

    Obviously this is the same cow that ate a baseball the week before in St. Louis. It’s got indigestion and it wants revenge.

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    1. Neutral Milk Dotel (Dan Lee) posted on February 08, 2013 at 07:02 AM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    Birthday Team, about which I can't think of anything clever to say:

    C: Charlie Householder
    1B: Bob Oliver
    2B: Don Heffner
    3B: Bert Haas
    SS: Joe Cassidy
    LF: Hoot Evers
    CF: Bug Holliday
    RF: Willard Marshall

    SP: Fritz Peterson
    SP: Joe Black
    SP: Aaron Cook
    SP: Fred Blanding
    SP: Jim Parque
    RP: Burke Badenhop

    Manager: Joe Maddon
    Owners: Dewey Soriano, Larry Dolan
    Writer: Dave Studeman
    2. mathesond posted on February 08, 2013 at 08:10 AM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    Umm..the catcher's almost a Household name?
    3. Chris Fluit posted on February 08, 2013 at 09:11 AM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    Aaron Cook is the franchise leader in Wins for the Colorado Rockies. And not many teams can boast a Hoot, a Bug and a Dewey. They're like a mismatched Snap, Crackle and Pop.
    4. Edmundo got dem ol' Kozma blues again mama  posted on February 08, 2013 at 09:39 AM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    Since I had heard of all but one of the pitchers (as opposed to 5 of 8 postion players), I looked up the rightly named Fred Blanding. 5 years (1910-4), 60% of games started, 102 ERA+, .500 Pct and 1.0 K/BB.
    5. Dag Nabbit has the talking pillow posted on February 08, 2013 at 09:55 AM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    Baseball historical item up at THT notes that today is 20,000 days since a massive 9th inning comeback by the Reds at Wrigley Field.
    6. Dock Ellis on Acid  posted on February 08, 2013 at 12:08 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    The Diamondbacks gave Aaron Hill 3/35. Gee whiz.
    7. Crispix Attacks 2: Swag Airlines posted on February 08, 2013 at 12:14 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    I guess it's time to stop confusing him with Adam Lind.
    8. kthejoker posted on February 08, 2013 at 12:30 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    Blanding's Wikipedia page has some good stuff in it. He was a star at Michigan, outdueled Walter Johnson in his debut, jumped to the Packers in the Federal League, jumped back to the Naps a week later, then was so ill-used that year he quit altogether and went in to the auto dealership business.
    9. Neutral Milk Dotel (Dan Lee) posted on February 08, 2013 at 02:29 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    That's wild, kthej.

    Heading into that 1914 season, Blanding had a career 109 ERA+ and back-to-back seasons at 118 ERA+. He was never a superstar-type guy, but he was a darned good pitcher, seemingly reliably healthy, until the Naps started jerking with him and he quit at age 26.

    I'm trying to put it in a modern context so I can better wrap my brain around it - it'd be like if Yovani Gallardo or Max Scherzer retired this offseason because they were annoyed.
    10. Edmundo got dem ol' Kozma blues again mama  posted on February 08, 2013 at 02:36 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    Well [8] and [9] will teach me to do a superficial scan and post on an obscure player. :)
    11. bobm posted on February 08, 2013 at 02:36 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    The February 8 and April 2 birthday teams have announced a swap of pitchers.
    12. esseff posted on February 08, 2013 at 02:36 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    I think he left to build his dream house.
    13. Der_K posted on February 08, 2013 at 02:53 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    Mark Lowe to LAD, minor league deal but for more money than I'd've guessed (1.5-2.1m)
    Todd Redmond to BAL on waivers
    14. Edmundo got dem ol' Kozma blues again mama  posted on February 08, 2013 at 02:56 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    I think he left to build his dream house.

    Nicely played, sir.
    15. esseff posted on February 08, 2013 at 03:03 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    U.S. says Angel Villalona can return. Link
    16. esseff posted on February 08, 2013 at 04:48 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    17. Randy Jones  posted on February 08, 2013 at 04:51 PM #  hit 0 | hit 0

    So he goes from Mitch Kramer to ######### who works at the Apple store. Not an improvement.

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