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Notable stories from the Land of 10,000 Lakes.

Twins position players who have pitched

Posted on July 26, 2011 | 1 comment

(AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez) (Tony Gutierrez)

Michael Cuddyer moved from right field to the mound to pitch the eighth for the Twins last night. Cuddyer gave up a double to Napoli, a bloop single to Mitch Moreland, and walked Kinsler with one out to load the bases. He did get out of the inning after retiring Elvis Andrus on a fly ball and David Murphy on a pop-up for a scoreless inning.

The last Twins position player to pitch was outfielder John Moses against California on July 31, 1990. Moses actually pitched twice in 1990, each time in a loss.

Twins position players who pitched: Julio Becquer (10 Sept 1961), César Tovar, Dan Gladden (27 June 1988 and 7 May 1989, both Fred Toliver losses), John Moses, and now Cuddyer.
(via The WGOM)

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Tagged Baseball stats, César Tovar, Dan Gladden, Dan Gladden pitches, John Moses, Julio Becquer, Michael Cuddyer, Minnesota Twins, Twins, Twins picthing stats, Twins Position player who pitched

What was playing at the Uptown Theater in Minneapolis last week

Posted on July 25, 2011 | Comments Off

Here’s what was playing at the Uptown Theater in Minneapolis last week.

(via The Daily What)

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Posted in Books Music Movies & Entertainment, Funny Pictures & Videos, Marketing & Advertising, Minnesota, Random Stuff

Tagged heat index, hot, Minneapolis nightlife, Minnesota summer, Movies, summer 2011, weather, What was playing at the Uptown Theater in Minneapolis last week

The day Bob Dylan “went electric”

Posted on July 25, 2011 | Comments Off

On this date in 1965, a seminal event in rock and roll history took place when Bob Dylan “went electric” during his infamous performance at the Newport Folk Festival. A hero to the folk music community, Dylan’s switch to electric guitar was seen as the ultimate act of betrayal by many in the audience, who booed the performance. Urban legend has it that event organizer Pete Seeger was so upset by the act that he threatened to cut the wires to the stage with an axe.

Update 7/17/2012: There is a controversy regarding the whereabouts of this electric Fender guitar to this day. Rumor has it the guitar was left behind on a plane, but a new episode of ‘History Detectives’ says that it is in the possession of a New Jersey family. Estimated worth of the instrument: $300,000 to $500,000.

Watch interviews about it here. Starts at 4:19.

(via Coast to Coast)

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Posted in Books Music Movies & Entertainment, Minnesota, Retro, Weird News Crazy Videos and Conspiracy

Tagged 1965, acoustic guitar, Bob Dylan, concerts, dylan electric guitar found, Electric, Electric Dylan controversy, Electric guitar, Folk music, History Detectives, Music history, Newport Folk Festival, Pete Seeger

This pretty much sums it up

Posted on July 20, 2011 | Comments Off

Minnesotans love talking about the weather. This pretty much sums it up.

(via Bits and Pieces)

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Posted in Minnesota, Random Stuff, Weird News Crazy Videos and Conspiracy

Tagged heat index, hot temps, minnesota weather, summer 2011, weater

Minnesota team wins Red Bull’s Creation event

Posted on July 13, 2011 | Comments Off

Red Bull’s annual Creation event involved 16 teams from across the country who came together for three days of high stakes innovation with the city as their playground. A secret warehouse in Brooklyn full of tools, materials and hardware hackers were given the task of building a creation designed to move the weight of a person (100lbs) from point A to point B without using any fossil fuels. They had 3 days. The winning team is named 1.21 Jigawatts, and they are from Minneapolis.

They created a massive hamster wheel, wired into a mobile network, given its own phone number that could somehow receive up to 60,000 one-word text messages at a time. Once it received the text message, the hamster wheel would actually roll and perfectly print the word out along the ground. Grand prize – $5k. Pretty cool huh?

Thanks for the great pictures CoolThings.com and MaximumTech.

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Human Powered Text Message Printer Wins RedBull Challenge (textually.org)
Red Bull “Creation” Event: The Official Gear Diary Report (geardiary.com)
Red Bull Creation Spawns Wheelie Mobile, Spinning See-Saw, And Other Crazy Contraptions (techcrunch.com)

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Posted in Art and Design, Marketing & Advertising, Minnesota, New Products & Gadgets, Random Stuff

Tagged 1.21 Jigawatts, 2011 Red Bull creation event, Brooklyn, design, DIY, innovation, Minnesota news, Red Bull Creation event, Text messaging

Twins sign paleontologist from South Dakota

Posted on July 7, 2011 | Comments Off

Despite no high school or college playing experience, the Twins were impressed with a 22 year-old paleontologist from South Dakota who tried out at a camp in Fort Myers, Fla. He signed for a $500 bonus and has begun his pro career with the Twins’ rookie league team in the Gulf Coast League as a pitcher.

He apparently has good speed (fastball clocked at 88-90 mph) and movement on his pitches.

John Krogstad high school didn’t have a team and he didn’t attend college. He has been working in paleontology until now digging up dinosaur fossils. So what about his old job? “The dinosaur bones are always going to be there,” said Krogstad.

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Tagged Gulf Coast League, J.R. Krogstad, Paleontology, South Dakota, Twins, Twins tryouts

Minneapolis Firefighter from 1890

Posted on June 1, 2011 | Comments Off

John Lesh, member of Minneapolis Volunteer Fire Company #1.

(via Black and WTF)

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Tagged firefighter photos, History, Minneapolis firefighter, Minnesota History, mn historical photos, MPFD, old photos

Helicopter seeds are pure evil

Posted on June 1, 2011 | 2 comments

Helicopter seeds are pure evil. They get in your gutters, rock gardens, grass, planters, etc and are a pain to clean up. If you don’t clean them up, small maple trees will start growing out of gutters, gardens, and plant boxes. Holy nightmare. Mother nature can be cruel. If you have a silver maple in your yard, you understand my pain. Can someone please invent something to combat this?