7 Best Twins second basemen (because we need one so badly right now!)
1. Rod Carew – no contest! Not the cleanest fielding 2B but we could sure use that bat.
2. Chuck Knoblauch – He was awesome for the years he was a player here.
3. Tim Teufel – Played two terrific seasons for the team before being unwisely traded to the Mets.
4. Rob Wilfong – Played five seasons here and had a career year in 1979. Traded w/P Doug Corbett to the Angels for Tom Brunansky.
5. John Castino – Switched to 2B from 3B when Carew became the starting 1B. Castino played two solid years at second before back injuries ended his career.
6. Bernie Allen – He had an amazing rookie year, a decent second year but couldn’t stop the downward spiral. Eventually was traded to the new Washington franchise.
7. Cesar Tovar – He was actually a utility infielder and really didn’t play a lot of 2B, but when he did he did his bat was in the lineup – and that’s why I include him here.
7 favorite Beatles songs
1. Something – Music & Words by George Harrison. Still, and always, my favorite.
2. Penny Lane – Music & Words by John Lennon & Paul McCartney. A great song that is mostly filled with reminiscences of McCartney’s youth.
3. Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds – Music & Words by Lennon/McCartney. Inspired by a drawing that Lennon’s son Julian did of his friend Lucy.
4. In My Life – Music & Words by Lennon/McCartney. Similar to Penny Lane, this song is a walk down memory lane for Lennon.
5. Back In The U.S.S.R/Dear Prudence – Music & Words by Lennon/McCartney. The song medley that famously opens the group’s ‘White Album’ has an interesting inspiration which you can read all about at Wikipedia.
6. I Am The Walrus – Music & Words by Lennon/McCartney. Lennon composed most of this gobbledygook of lyrics when he learned that the English master at his former grammar school was making the class analyze Beatles lyrics.
7. I Need You - Another Harrison composition, this first appeared on the album soundtrack for the movie ‘Help!’.
7 favorite Cary Grant films
1. ‘North By Northwest’ – Director Alfred Hitchcock’s undisputed classic and maybe the grandest adventure film ever made. Easily Grant’s best.
2. ‘Bringing Up Baby’ – Considered by film buffs and film critics alike as the definitive screwball comedy.
3. ‘The Philadelphia Story’ – A great comedy with the can’t miss star trio of Grant, Jimmy Stewart & Katherine Hepburn.
4. ‘Gunga Din’ – Another great adventure story also with a can’t miss star trio of Grant, Victor McLaglen and Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.
5. ‘Notorious’ – An earlier teaming with director Hitchcock, co-starring with Ingrid Bergman & Claude Rains in a terrific, suspenseful film.
6. ‘Arsenic And Old Lace’ – Funny, funny movie about two kindly old women “helping lonely old men to find happiness” in 1941 Brooklyn, NY.
7. ‘That Touch Of Mink’ – The only teaming of Grant & Doris Day and a classic comedy that should not be missed.
7 favorite Ben & Jerry’s flavors (subject to change without notice!)
1. Cherry Garcia
2. Chunky Monkey
3. Vanilla Heath Bar Crunch
4. Karamel Sutra
5. Imagine Whirled Peace
6. Butter Pecan
7. Strawberry Cheesecake
7 worst pickup lines I’ve overheard
1. “I can eat my weight in cocktail wieners.”
2. “I have Sinatra tickets!”
3. “Did you see today’s ‘Marmaduke’ comic strip?”
4. “I’m a close personal friend of Sid Hartman.”
5. “If you want clean towels for the restroom I can make that happen.”
6. “Somebody farted. Let’s get out of here!”
7. (Please fill this in by leaving me your suggestions in the comments below)
7 best books by Kurt Vonnegut
1. Cat’s Cradle
2. The Sirens of Titan
3. Slaughterhouse-Five
4. God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater
5. Jailbird
6. Welcome to the Monkey House
7. Mother Night
7 worst moves people have made in Yahoo! fantasy baseball this week
1. Picking up Minnesota P Glen Perkins off the waiver wire. He’s clearly suffering from arm fatigue and lost his spot in the rotation.
2. Cutting Baltimore OF Luke Scott. He’s mired in a hitting slump right now but he’ll come out of it soon – by which time someone else will have picked him up.
3. Cutting San Francisco 2B Freddy Sanchez. Why??? All he does is hit .300 or better and score runs! I don’t get this at all…especially knowing that the owner needed him – badly!
4. Picking up Pittsburgh P Tom Gorzelanny. He’s absolutely awful with completely inferior stats. Why do you want to sabotage your own team?!?!?
5. Cutting Florida OF Cody Ross. He’s hitting a marginal .260 but he’s got unquestionable power numbers. Like Luke Scott he’s a keeper.
6. Picking up Toronto P Mark Rzepczynski. Huh? The rookie left-hander has to start against the power lineups of the Yankees & Red Sox. No way I risk this move.
7. Picking up Toronto P Scott Downs. Hey, genius, I cut him because he lost the closer’s role – that and the fact that he pretty much sucked! An absolute waste of a move.
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