It was a 4lb plus Labor Day Weekend
Posted on September 3, 2018
Need to return to the discipline this week.
#13 in Progress
Posted on September 2, 2018
#13: Try 10 of Gold’s top 101 LA Restaurants
Cheat day at Pizzana in Brentwood. Great, but Desano’s and Barones are still tops in LA.
Dinner at Eveleigh
Posted on August 23, 2018
Eight years later, we finally tried Eveleigh. Celebrated the end of our friend’s daughter’s internship with us.
#21 Done
Posted on August 20, 2018
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#21: Go to Wrigley
I envisioned a game, but this was way better. Favorite band. Favorite venue.
Gene and Judes
Posted on August 18, 2018
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Always the first stop in Chicago.
Posted on August 16, 2018
By Sam Dykstra / MiLB.com | August 15, 2018 10:30 AM
Nineteen days are all that remain on the full-season Minor League calendar.
Last Friday, Toolshed blended some individual accomplishments with team goals to look at which prospects could have a major impact on playoff races across the Minors. This time, the column keeps its focus squarely on the players themselves.
While the Major League landscape focuses on which NL Rookie of the Year candidates will pull away (seriously, how good have Juan Soto and Ronald Acuña Jr. been?) or who might beat out the injured Mike Trout in the AL MVP race, this Toolshed looks at the statistical races happening across Minor League leaderboards. Some are well-known (like a certain Blue Jays prospect’s chase for a special batting average). Others less so. One thing’s for sure — these storylines will add even more excitement over the final three weeks of an already memorable season.
ERA
Leader: Alex Fagalde, 1.42
Contenders: David Parkinson (1.51), Osvaldo Hernandez (1.81), Garrett Whitlock (1.85), Ramon Rosso (1.86)
Fagalde was a 30th-round pick out of UC Riverside last year but has made his first full Minor League season a potentially special one. The 24-year-old right-hander has allowed just one earned run over his last six starts (36 innings), good enough for a 0.25 ERA in that span, to claim this spot. Even since moving from Class A Peoria to Class A Advanced Palm Beach, he’s only given up the one earned run in 18 frames, striking out 17 and walking three. Of course, one even OK start could change the leaderboard here, as Parkinson learned when he gave up two earned runs in five innings for Class A Advanced Clearwater last Friday, causing his ERA to “jump” from 1.41 to 1.51 and thus moving him out of the top spot.
This isn’t just his level either, he leads the entire minor league system.
#19 Still Going
Posted on August 10, 2018
#19 Read 8 Non Fiction Books
A pretty good historical fiction noir novel. Heard the Eric Larson true story of the same name is better.
#29 Done
Posted on August 5, 2018
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#29. Go to five live music venues in LA
Gypsy Kings at The Greek makes five.
1.Hollywood Bowl
2.Saban
3.The Forum
4. Hotel Cafe
5. The Greek
Posted on August 1, 2018
After tying the franchise record with seven straight strikeouts, Alex and his 1.63 era was promoted to Class A Advanced in Palm Beach.
Posted on August 1, 2018
Back home after a 36 hour Tuesday. Time to try out all of these Korean beauty products.
Late night performance
Posted on July 30, 2018
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The last performer specializes in traditional throat singing. Pretty remarkable.
#39 Done
Posted on July 30, 2018
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#39: See a sunset
Celebrated our final night with a dinner at the Flaming Cliffs at sunset.
#4 Done
Posted on July 30, 2018
#4. Do something I wouldn’t do if not for this blog
A woman ladeled the warm fermented mare’s milk into a bowl and passed it around to the men, who for the most part lacked basic dental hygene. The woman then handed the bowl to me and like a good traveler, I drank. It tasted like sour milk. I kept it down and knocked another thing off the list.
#48 Done
Posted on July 30, 2018
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#48: Visit something ancient
Havtsgait Valley, site of ancient rock drawings left by early Gobi settlers for more than 15,000-40,000 years ago.
Visited a Nomadic Family’s Ger
Posted on July 30, 2018
The nomads live in mobile gers throughout the Gobi. They move around with their livestock in search of food. The winter averages temps of 40 below zero, so I’m still not sure how they survive. They take in any visiter, so we were welcomed with milk tea and sweets. Even when they are not at their ger, they leave it unlocked with food and drink ready in case another nomad is passing through.
Excavating Dino
Posted on July 30, 2018
82 of the 400 dinosaur species have been found here. There are fossils everywhere. With the help of our guide, we found a very large dinosaur fossil and began to excavate before we thought better of it.
Posted on July 30, 2018
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They say it’s lucky to get rained on in the Gobi. We got really, really lucky.
#52 Done
Posted on July 30, 2018
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#52: Go to One of hardest to reach bars in the world.
The Dino House & Bar.
#36 Done
Posted on July 30, 2018
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#36 Attend a small town festival.
A Naadam is Mongolia’s twice a year festival that showcases wrestling, horse racing w/ kid jockeys and archery. They are typically held in early July, but we got lucky and took in a very authentic Mongolian celebration. I even drank fermented mare’s milk.
The Yol Valley
Posted on July 30, 2018
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Hopped off the airplane and hiked the beautiful Yol Valley in the Gobi.
Buddha Boy
Posted on July 26, 2018
Visited the Gandantegchinlen Monastery. It is the only one to survive the Russians’s brutal occupation.
Our Yearly Playlist 