La xenofobia y grescas entre naciones siempre han habido en la historia, pero en los últimos años se siente que, lejos de disminuir, están aumentando y normalizando.
Por allá en el 2010 los círculos de xenofobia se limitaban a ciertos foros de Internet que solo un minúsculo grupo de trolls anónimos frecuentaban, ahora en 2024 los insultos entre países se ven en practicante todos los rincones de redes sociales (Tik Tok, Facebook, Twitter, etc.)
En algunos casos como la migración masiva venezolana al resto de Latam se entiende de donde viene (Por el choque cultural). Pero hay otros casos donde la enemistad parece que vino de la nada (México, Argenitna, Perú, Colombia, etc). Lo cuál no tiene sentido porque somos países bastante parecidos entre nosotros y que realmente apenas interactuamos. Los peores sin duda son los grupos de fútbol donde hasta ya llegan al extremo de faltarse el respeto en la vida real o en plena TV nacional.

Hello Online Jamily!
I thought I would do some summaries of my recurring '30 Years Of Jamiroquai' series I did throughout the last 2 years to celebrate their anniversary, I hope you enjoy this fond look back! Happy Holidays!

30 Years Of Jamiroquai My 2022 - 2023 Post Series Summaries Pt. 2

30 Years Of Jamiroquai All Of The Remixes/B-Sides Series! Pt. 2

A Funk Odyssey Album Era (2001 - 2002)

Dynamite Album Era (2005 - 2006)

High Times: The Singles Greatest Hits Compilation (2006)

Rock Dust Light Year Album Era (2010 - 2011)

Automaton Album Era (2017 - 2020)

Bonus Section Part #2: Single By Single LineaSong Notes:

LITTLE L (2001)

MORE INFO ABOUT THESE RELEASES:

"Little L" is the lead single from British funk/acid jazz band Jamiroquai's fifth studio album, A Funk Odyssey. The song was written by Jay Kay and Toby Smith, and was inspired by the breakup between Kay and his former girlfriend Denise van Outen, over his cocaine problem. The song was featured in the film The Sweetest Thing in 2002. A cover of the song is featured in the game Dance Dance Revolution Hottest Party. The video features Jay Kay dancing in a futuristic nightclub.
I will be noting ONLY OFFICIAL 'Remixes/B-Sides' for this series, NO White Labels/3rd Party Remixes, Per Single Release. All release information provided by Discogs.com!

YOU GIVE ME SOMETHING (2001)

MORE INFO ABOUT THESE RELEASES:

"You Give Me Something" is the second single from Jamiroquai's fifth studio album "A Funk Odyssey". The song peaked at 16 on the UK Singles Chart. The song is inspired by funk and disco theme, as implied in the album title. It is the group's first single to be released on the DVD Single format.

CORNER OF THE EARTH (2002)

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"Corner of the Earth" is the fourth and final single from British funk/acid jazz band Jamiroquai's fifth studio album, A Funk Odyssey. The song was written by Jason Kay and Rob Harris and is a bossa nova-type track, reflecting on the problems that people of the Earth have to suffer. The song peaked at #31 on the UK Singles Chart and was the last Jamiroquai single to use the DVD format.
Its DVD single is referred to as one of the rarest DVD singles in history despite having had over 100,000 copies produced. The video consists of Jay Kay sitting and dancing in a forest, wearing his trademark feather head-dress. He does several other things, such as creating balls of light and making the moon come out.

LOVE FOOLOSOPHY (2002)

MORE INFO ABOUT THESE RELEASES:

"Love Foolosophy" is the third single from British funk/acid jazz band Jamiroquai's fifth studio album, A Funk Odyssey.
The song was written by Jason Kay and Toby Smith. The song's title is a play on words, using a makeshift homonym for "Philosophy" to imply that the singer is a fool for love, as it were.
The song peaked at number 14 on the UK Singles Chart. This song was also used in the credits for the unaired English pilot for Code Lyoko. The video features a man (Jay Kay), and his girlfriend (Heidi Klum), driving in a car, and having a party in a garden of Jay Kay's mansion with other women. The garden is also featured in the video for "Seven Days in Sunny June".

FEELS JUST LIKE IT SHOULD (2005)

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"Feels Just Like It Should" is the first single from British funk/acid jazz band Jamiroquai's sixth studio album, Dynamite. The song was produced by Mike Spencer and Jay Kay.
The track was built on a bass line created by Kay as a human beatbox. This bassline originally formed part of an interlude that was intended to feature on the band's 2001 album, A Funk Odyssey, but it was dropped for the final version of the album, only appearing on the test pressing.
The song was their fourth #1 on the U.S. Dance Chart and peaked at #8 on the UK Singles Chart. It was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Short Form Music Video at the 48th Grammy Awards.

SEVEN DAYS IN SUNNY JUNE (2005)

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"Seven Days In Sunny June" is the second single from British funk/acid jazz band Jamiroquai's sixth studio album, Dynamite. Written by lead singer Jay Kay and new keyboardist Matt Johnson, the track is considered to be a throwback to the old acid jazz sound upon which Jamiroquai made its name.
The song is, in effect, a tale of unrequited love. The song peaked at #14 on the UK Singles Chart. The song was also used in the soundtrack for the film The Devil Wears Prada.
The video features the band having a party in a garden, where they do random things, such as riding minibikes, having ketchup lowered from a helicopter, and throwing confetti at each other.

(DON'T) GIVE HATE A CHANCE (2005)

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"(Don't) Give Hate A Chance" is the third and final single from British funk/acid jazz band Jamiroquai's sixth studio album, Dynamite. The song was written by Jason Kay, Rob Harris and Matt Johnson. It was produced by Kay and Mike Spencer. The single was released on 7 November 2005, peaking on the UK Singles Chart at #27.

RUNAWAY (2006)

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"Runaway" is the first and only single taken from British acid jazz band Jamiroquai's greatest hits compilation, High Times: Singles 1992–2006. The single was released on 30 October 2006. It was their fifth #1 on the U.S. Dance Chart and peaked at #18 on the UK Singles Chart.

WHITE KNUCKLE RIDE (2010)

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"White Knuckle Ride" is the first single from British alternative group Jamiroquai's studio album, Rock Dust Light Star. The single was released via Digital Download on 31 October 2010, with a Limited Edition Vinyl release due to appear on 1 January 2011. The song was written by band frontman Jay Kay and Matt Johnson. It is the band's first record to be released under Mercury Records.
The band's official website originally announced that the single would be released on 11 October. The band describe "White Knuckle Ride" as "a hi-octane retrospective on Jay's career experiences - a cautionary tale equally applicable to anyone's life in these pressure cooker times." It appears that the Jamiroquai logo typeface has been stretched vertically for this release. The video for the single was made available on the group's YouTube account on 25 September.

White Knuckle Ride Worldwide Releases Master List

BLUE SKIES (2010)

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"Blue Skies" is the second single from British alternative group Jamiroquai's studio album Rock Dust Light Star. The single was released via digital download on 1 November 2010.
The song was written by band frontman Jay Kay and Matt Johnson. It is the band's second single to be released under Mercury Records. The single did not receive an official physical release because it was released on the same date as the group's album. The video for the single was made available on the group's YouTube account on 25 September. The track peaked at number 76 on the UK Singles Chart.

Blue Skies Worldwide Releases Master List

AUTOMATON (2017)

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"Automaton" is a song by English funk band Jamiroquai. It was released as the lead single from their eighth studio album, Automaton (2017), on 27 January 2017. The song peaked at number 36 in France, number 61 in Japan, number 65 in Scotland, and number 31 on the U.S. Billboard Dance/Electronic Songs chart.

CLOUD 9 (2017)

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"Cloud 9" was the second single from the album "Automaton". Released February/March 2017.

Cloud 9 Worldwide Releases Master List

SUPERFRESH (2017)

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"Superfresh" was the third single released from 'Automaton' In July 2017.

Superfresh Worldwide Releases Master List

SUMMER GIRL (2018)

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"Summer Girl" was the fourth & final single released from 'Automaton' In March 2018.

Hello Online Jamily!
I thought I would do some summaries of my recurring '30 Years Of Jamiroquai' series I did throughout the last 2 years to celebrate their anniversary, I hope you enjoy this fond look back! Happy Holidays!

30 Years Of Jamiroquai My 2022 - 2023 Post Series Summaries Pt. 2

30 Years Of Jamiroquai All Of The Remixes/B-Sides Series! Pt. 2

A Funk Odyssey Album Era (2001 - 2002)

Dynamite Album Era (2005 - 2006)

High Times: The Singles Greatest Hits Compilation (2006)

Rock Dust Light Year Album Era (2010 - 2011)

Automaton Album Era (2017 - 2020)

Bonus Section Part #2: Single By Single LineaSong Notes:

LITTLE L (2001)

MORE INFO ABOUT THESE RELEASES:

"Little L" is the lead single from British funk/acid jazz band Jamiroquai's fifth studio album, A Funk Odyssey. The song was written by Jay Kay and Toby Smith, and was inspired by the breakup between Kay and his former girlfriend Denise van Outen, over his cocaine problem. The song was featured in the film The Sweetest Thing in 2002. A cover of the song is featured in the game Dance Dance Revolution Hottest Party. The video features Jay Kay dancing in a futuristic nightclub.
I will be noting ONLY OFFICIAL 'Remixes/B-Sides' for this series, NO White Labels/3rd Party Remixes, Per Single Release. All release information provided by Discogs.com!

YOU GIVE ME SOMETHING (2001)

MORE INFO ABOUT THESE RELEASES:

"You Give Me Something" is the second single from Jamiroquai's fifth studio album "A Funk Odyssey". The song peaked at 16 on the UK Singles Chart. The song is inspired by funk and disco theme, as implied in the album title. It is the group's first single to be released on the DVD Single format.

CORNER OF THE EARTH (2002)

MORE INFO ABOUT THESE RELEASES:

"Corner of the Earth" is the fourth and final single from British funk/acid jazz band Jamiroquai's fifth studio album, A Funk Odyssey. The song was written by Jason Kay and Rob Harris and is a bossa nova-type track, reflecting on the problems that people of the Earth have to suffer. The song peaked at #31 on the UK Singles Chart and was the last Jamiroquai single to use the DVD format.
Its DVD single is referred to as one of the rarest DVD singles in history despite having had over 100,000 copies produced. The video consists of Jay Kay sitting and dancing in a forest, wearing his trademark feather head-dress. He does several other things, such as creating balls of light and making the moon come out.

LOVE FOOLOSOPHY (2002)

MORE INFO ABOUT THESE RELEASES:

"Love Foolosophy" is the third single from British funk/acid jazz band Jamiroquai's fifth studio album, A Funk Odyssey.
The song was written by Jason Kay and Toby Smith. The song's title is a play on words, using a makeshift homonym for "Philosophy" to imply that the singer is a fool for love, as it were.
The song peaked at number 14 on the UK Singles Chart. This song was also used in the credits for the unaired English pilot for Code Lyoko. The video features a man (Jay Kay), and his girlfriend (Heidi Klum), driving in a car, and having a party in a garden of Jay Kay's mansion with other women. The garden is also featured in the video for "Seven Days in Sunny June".

FEELS JUST LIKE IT SHOULD (2005)

MORE INFO ABOUT THESE RELEASES:

"Feels Just Like It Should" is the first single from British funk/acid jazz band Jamiroquai's sixth studio album, Dynamite. The song was produced by Mike Spencer and Jay Kay.
The track was built on a bass line created by Kay as a human beatbox. This bassline originally formed part of an interlude that was intended to feature on the band's 2001 album, A Funk Odyssey, but it was dropped for the final version of the album, only appearing on the test pressing.
The song was their fourth #1 on the U.S. Dance Chart and peaked at #8 on the UK Singles Chart. It was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Short Form Music Video at the 48th Grammy Awards.

SEVEN DAYS IN SUNNY JUNE (2005)

MORE INFO ABOUT THESE RELEASES:

"Seven Days In Sunny June" is the second single from British funk/acid jazz band Jamiroquai's sixth studio album, Dynamite. Written by lead singer Jay Kay and new keyboardist Matt Johnson, the track is considered to be a throwback to the old acid jazz sound upon which Jamiroquai made its name.
The song is, in effect, a tale of unrequited love. The song peaked at #14 on the UK Singles Chart. The song was also used in the soundtrack for the film The Devil Wears Prada.
The video features the band having a party in a garden, where they do random things, such as riding minibikes, having ketchup lowered from a helicopter, and throwing confetti at each other.

(DON'T) GIVE HATE A CHANCE (2005)

MORE INFO ABOUT THESE RELEASES

"(Don't) Give Hate A Chance" is the third and final single from British funk/acid jazz band Jamiroquai's sixth studio album, Dynamite. The song was written by Jason Kay, Rob Harris and Matt Johnson. It was produced by Kay and Mike Spencer. The single was released on 7 November 2005, peaking on the UK Singles Chart at #27.

RUNAWAY (2006)

MORE INFO ABOUT THESE RELEASES

"Runaway" is the first and only single taken from British acid jazz band Jamiroquai's greatest hits compilation, High Times: Singles 1992–2006. The single was released on 30 October 2006. It was their fifth #1 on the U.S. Dance Chart and peaked at #18 on the UK Singles Chart.

WHITE KNUCKLE RIDE (2010)

MORE INFO ABOUT THESE RELEASES

"White Knuckle Ride" is the first single from British alternative group Jamiroquai's studio album, Rock Dust Light Star. The single was released via Digital Download on 31 October 2010, with a Limited Edition Vinyl release due to appear on 1 January 2011. The song was written by band frontman Jay Kay and Matt Johnson. It is the band's first record to be released under Mercury Records.
The band's official website originally announced that the single would be released on 11 October. The band describe "White Knuckle Ride" as "a hi-octane retrospective on Jay's career experiences - a cautionary tale equally applicable to anyone's life in these pressure cooker times." It appears that the Jamiroquai logo typeface has been stretched vertically for this release. The video for the single was made available on the group's YouTube account on 25 September.

White Knuckle Ride Worldwide Releases Master List

BLUE SKIES (2010)

MORE INFO ABOUT THESE RELEASES

"Blue Skies" is the second single from British alternative group Jamiroquai's studio album Rock Dust Light Star. The single was released via digital download on 1 November 2010.
The song was written by band frontman Jay Kay and Matt Johnson. It is the band's second single to be released under Mercury Records. The single did not receive an official physical release because it was released on the same date as the group's album. The video for the single was made available on the group's YouTube account on 25 September. The track peaked at number 76 on the UK Singles Chart.

Blue Skies Worldwide Releases Master List

AUTOMATON (2017)

MORE INFO ABOUT THESE RELEASES

"Automaton" is a song by English funk band Jamiroquai. It was released as the lead single from their eighth studio album, Automaton (2017), on 27 January 2017. The song peaked at number 36 in France, number 61 in Japan, number 65 in Scotland, and number 31 on the U.S. Billboard Dance/Electronic Songs chart.

CLOUD 9 (2017)

MORE INFO ABOUT THESE RELEASES

"Cloud 9" was the second single from the album "Automaton". Released February/March 2017.

Cloud 9 Worldwide Releases Master List

SUPERFRESH (2017)

MORE INFO ABOUT THESE RELEASES

"Superfresh" was the third single released from 'Automaton' In July 2017.

Superfresh Worldwide Releases Master List

SUMMER GIRL (2018)

MORE INFO ABOUT THESE RELEASES

"Summer Girl" was the fourth & final single released from 'Automaton' In March 2018.

It's not wrong to be happy for Marcus Semien, but since 1998, Billy Beane's first full season as GM, 24 of the last 26 World Series champions had someone who worked for Beane/Forst. Only the 2003 Marlins and 2022 Astros are the exceptions.
Here's a full list of players who've won a World Series ring who played or worked in the Billy Beane/Forst era. Minor Leaguers and players/coaches who were before Beane are not listed.
3 players became World Series MVPs, 2 became LCS MVPs.
*No postseason games
*I No postseason games that year because of injury.
** DFA before the World Series.
Scott Brosius (1998-2000 Yankees) {1998 WS MVP}
Ryan Christenson (2001 Dbacks)*
Mike Mohler (2001 Dbacks)*
Kevin Appier (2002 Angels)
Sal Fasano (2002 Angels, 2021 Braves as a catching coach)
Scott Spiezio (2002 Angels, 2006 Cardinals)
Keith Foulke (2004 Red Sox)
Mark Bellhorn (2004 Red Sox)
Terry Francona (2004 and 2007 Red Sox as manager)
Johnny Damon (2004 Red Sox, 2009 Yankees)
Jermaine Dye (2005 White Sox, WS MVP)
Jason Isringhausen (2006 Cardinals)I*
Mark Mulder (2006 Cardinals)*
Ricardo Rincon (2006 Cardinals)I*
Bobby Kielty (2007 Red Sox)
Joe Blanton (2008 Phillies, 2015 Royals**)
Matt Stairs (2008 Phillies)
Chris Snelling (2008 Phillies)*
Chad Gaudin (2009 Yankees)
Nick Swisher (2009 Yankees)
Santiago Casilla (2010, 2012 and 2014 Giants)
Barry Zito (2010* and 2012 Giants)
Octavio Dotel (2011 Cardinals)
Arthur Rhodes (2011 Cardinals)
Matt Holliday (2011 Cardinals)
Marco Scutaro (2012 and 2014-I* Giants) {2012 NLCS MVP}
Andrew Bailey (2013 Red Sox)I*
Craig Breslow (2013 Red Sox)
Stephen Drew (2013 Red Sox)
Jonny Gomes (2013 Red Sox, 2015 Royals*)
Tim Hudson (2014 Giants)
Ben Zobrist (2015 Royals, 2016 Cubs) {2016 WS MVP}
Trevor Cahill (2016 Cubs)*
Jason Hammel (2016 Cubs)
Jon Lester (2016 Cubs, NLCS MVP)
Chris Coghlan (2016 Cubs)
A.J. Hinch (2017 Astros as Manager)
Josh Reddick (2017 Astros)
Tyler Clippard (2017 Astros)*
Luke Gregerson (2017 Astros)
Dave Hudgens (2017 Astros as a coach)
Drew Pomeranz (2018 Red Sox)*
Sean Doolittle (2019 Nationals)
Chip Hale (2019 Nationals as bench coach)
Fernando Rodney (2019 Nationals)
Kurt Suzuki (2019 Nationals)
Blake Treinen (2020 Dodgers)
Max Muncy (2020 Dodgers)
Bob Geren (2020 Dodgers as a Bench Coach)
Ron Washington (2021 Braves as a 3B coach)
Jesse Chavez (2021 Braves)
Stephen Vogt (2021 Braves**)
Marcus Semien (2023 Rangers)
Jonah Heim (2023 Rangers)
Robbie Grossman (2023 Rangers)

Hoy te vengo a contar la historia de Capy mi Capibara
Capy nació un 10 de Octubre del 2010 fruto del amor de Don Capo y Doña Bara, eran una familia humilde en la que a veces no tenían mucho para comer pero aún así Don Capo se esforzaba por traer la comida a casa y Doña Bara se encargaba del hogar y de cuidar a Capy.
Don Capo era un hombre de carácter duro que nunca le dirija palabras de amor a Capy pero tampoco de odio, lo trataba como a un hijo pero no se notaba el amor de padre, tal vez era porque de pequeño el abuelo de Capy lo molia a golpes, o porque una vez le dijo te quiero y el abuelo le respondió metiéndole un pingaso y diciendo que eso era de putos.
Doña Bara por el contrario mimaba muchísimo a Capy y le ofrecía todo lo que podía darle, por eso en su cumpleaños decidió gastar sus ahorros en comprarle dulces a Capy, pero el mundo no es justo, y eso noche volviendo de comprar los dulces favoritos de Capy Doña Bara fue asesinada, el ladrón no pudo sacar nada del cuerpo porque la señora se había gastado todo el dinero que tenía en los dulces para Capy.
Después de esto la situacion en casa era deprimente, Capy se la pasaba triste y Don Capo no le había dirijido ni una palabra más que nada porque para ahogar las penas se emborrachaba, se la pasaba trabajando y ahora dormía en el trabajo. Un día volvió a casa para darle dinero a Capy para que se comprara comida para toda la semana, pero Capy estaba molestisimo y le pregunto enfadado:

"¿Papá tu me quieres?"

Don Capo le miro y respondio

"¿Qué dijiste?"
"Que si tú me quieres o que si almenos te caigo bien". Don Capo se empezó a reír y luego se puso a hablar en un tono serio que daba miedo.
"Enano comepinga ¿Dónde vives?"
"Entu casa"
"A mi hablame con Señor"
"En su casa Señor"
"¿Quién te da de comer?
"Usted Señor"
"Quien paga tus estudios, tu ropa. Pinga ¿Quién paga para que puedas comprarte los singaos dulces que tanto te gustan?
"Usted Señor"
"Si exacto. YO. Y sabes porque lo hago. No por ninguna tontería de que te amo o me caes bien, lo hago porque es mi responsabilidad, porque yo te di la vida y mi deber como hombre es cuidarte hasta que seas autosuficiente. Pero no porque te amo que clase de mariconeria es esa, lo hago porque es lo que te debo. Tu crees que a mí me pagan en el trabajo porque les caigo bien o porque me aman, claro que no, lo hacen porque me lo deben así que si yo fuera tu dejaría toda esa pajareria y empezaría a preocuparme menos de si le caigo bien a los demás o si me aman y empezaría a vivir sin que me importará lo que piensen los demás."

Después de aquellas palabras se podría decir que Capy comprendio a su padre
El padre de Capy falleció trabajando a los pocos días por el estrés y el cansancio de no poder dormir en las noches y trabajar tanto en el día.
Después de esta situación Capy se volvió hijo de la calle, andaba durmiendo en cualquier rincon porque en latinoamérica permitimos que la ley deje que niños duerman en las calles pero cuidado con que le debas dinero al banco porque hay si la ley si cumple con todos sus artículos, pareciera ser que el peso de la ley aumenta según el peso del billete de por medio, como si fuera una fórmula en que la ley se eleva al dinero que debes.
Esto Capy no lo podía entender ¿Porqué pinga le quitaban la casa donde vivía con sus papás y porqué ahora tenía que pasar hambre y frío? Pero justo cuando estaba a punto de robar una naranja para comer recordó la palabras de su padre y robar no es algo de lo que su familia se sentiría orgullosa. Así que en honor a sus padres muertos, hambriento se fue a esperar la muerte mirando el sol, pensando en que, total, ya lo había perdido todo.
Para que alargar el sufrimiento
Esos últimos momentos los paso pensando en si las cosas hubieran sido distintas de haber nacido en otro lugar, de haber tenido dinero, que si no le hubieran gustado los dulces a lo mejor mamá estaría viva, o que si no hubiera discutido con su papá no habría muerto, y en sus últimos instantes logro ver a su mamá que le decia:

"Ven mijito, tu no tienes la culpa de nada ojalá todo hubiera sido distinto para que sepas que te amo con la vida". Y al lado de ella el padre que mirándolo a los ojos a Capy y sonriendo por primera vez, le dijo:
"He visto como te esforzaste, me llenas de orgullo mi hombrecito"

Y así, murió con una sonrisa mi pequeño héroe, Capy mi Capibara

En el Condado de Egon, la familia Varadkar sería atormentada en su propia casa. Una casa de clase media, de fachada modesta pero con un pasado oscuro, se convirtió en el epicentro de una serie de incidentes paranormales que llevarían a sus ocupantes a huir en busca de seguridad y cordura.
La casa en la Calle Mandela, una vivienda de dos pisos con jardín trasero, parecía un hogar perfectamente normal a simple vista. Sin embargo, las sombras que acechaban en sus rincones y los susurros inquietantes que se escuchaban en las noches oscurecían la percepción de normalidad. Desde 1999, una serie de incidentes misteriosos comenzaron a acosar a sus residentes.
Susurros en la Noche: Los primeros signos de actividad paranormal surgieron en Agosto de 1999. Los residentes comenzaron a escuchar susurros en las paredes y pasillos durante la noche, sus voces ininteligibles parecían llenas de malicia. Además, objetos pequeños comenzaron a desaparecer y luego aparecían en lugares inverosímiles.
La Sombra en la Ventana: En 2001, la familia reportó haber visto una figura oscura en la ventana de la sala en plena noche. La sombra parecía observarlos fijamente, sus ojos brillando en la oscuridad. Aunque los residentes intentaron convencerse de que era su imaginación, la presencia ominosa persistía.
La Pesadilla del Espejo: En 2004, un adolescente (Thomas Varadkar) afirmó haber tenido una experiencia aterradora frente al espejo de su habitación. Aseguraba que su reflejo lo miraba con una sonrisa retorcida y escalofriante, mientras su reflejo oscilaba entre una imagen normal y una monstruosa. Esta experiencia lo dejó traumatizado y desconfiado.
Pasillos Embrujados: En 2006, los hermanos (Thomas, Sarah y Samuel) comenzaron a notar que los pasillos de la casa parecían extenderse inexplicablemente, creando un laberinto interminable. Los invitados también afirmaban sentirse desorientados y perdidos al moverse por la casa.
Risas en la Oscuridad: En 2009, un grupo de investigadores paranormales de un programa de TV local que trataba estos hechos, visitó a los Varadkar. Los sonidos de risas infantiles comenzaron a resonar por la casa, incluso cuando no había niños presentes. Las risas eran inquietantes y distorsionadas, y parecían emanar de las paredes mismas. Los intentos de encontrar la fuente de los ruidos resultaron en vano.
El Lamento Fantasmal: El evento final que llevó a la evacuación de la casa ocurrió en 2010. Una noche, todos los residentes escucharon un lamento que llenó la casa. El lamento parecía venir de todas partes y evocaba un profundo parecía que lo que producía eso estaba desesperado. Los residentes, sintiendo que estaban al borde de la locura, decidieron abandonar la casa de inmediato, dejando gran parte de sus pertenencias.
Tras ese hecho, la oficina local de bienes raíces agregó la casa en la lista de no aptos para la vida humana y decidió no ponerla mas en venta. Hasta hoy, la casa sigue abandonada y si planeas mudarte al condado, no compres aquella casa.
Para quienes quieran investigar la casa, es la Casa N° ██, Calle Mandela 2█.

Here you go Online Jamily, here is the final complete Part #2 post series link summary of all the Remixes/B-Sides of Jamiroquai from the past 30 years, I hope EVERYONE enjoyed this expansive post series..ENJOY!:
Last Post In This Series:

30 Years Of Jamiroquai All Of The Remixes/B-Sides Series! (FINALE!) Part #1 Post Series Link Summary Emergency On Planet Earth - Synkronized Album Eras

30 Years Of Jamiroquai All Of The Remixes/B-Sides Series Part #2 Post Series Link Summary!

A Funk Odyssey Album Era (2001 - 2002)

Dynamite Album Era (2005 - 2006)

High Times: The Singles Greatest Hits Compilation (2006)

Rock Dust Light Year Album Era (2010 - 2011)

Automaton Album Era (2017 - 2020)

Bonus Section Part #2: Single By Single LineaSong Notes:

LITTLE L (2001)

MORE INFO ABOUT THESE RELEASES:

"Little L" is the lead single from British funk/acid jazz band Jamiroquai's fifth studio album, A Funk Odyssey. The song was written by Jay Kay and Toby Smith, and was inspired by the breakup between Kay and his former girlfriend Denise van Outen, over his cocaine problem. The song was featured in the film The Sweetest Thing in 2002. A cover of the song is featured in the game Dance Dance Revolution Hottest Party. The video features Jay Kay dancing in a futuristic nightclub.
I will be noting ONLY OFFICIAL 'Remixes/B-Sides' for this series, NO White Labels/3rd Party Remixes, Per Single Release. All release information provided by Discogs.com!

YOU GIVE ME SOMETHING (2001)

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"You Give Me Something" is the second single from Jamiroquai's fifth studio album "A Funk Odyssey". The song peaked at 16 on the UK Singles Chart. The song is inspired by funk and disco theme, as implied in the album title. It is the group's first single to be released on the DVD Single format.

CORNER OF THE EARTH (2002)

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"Corner of the Earth" is the fourth and final single from British funk/acid jazz band Jamiroquai's fifth studio album, A Funk Odyssey. The song was written by Jason Kay and Rob Harris and is a bossa nova-type track, reflecting on the problems that people of the Earth have to suffer. The song peaked at #31 on the UK Singles Chart and was the last Jamiroquai single to use the DVD format.
Its DVD single is referred to as one of the rarest DVD singles in history despite having had over 100,000 copies produced. The video consists of Jay Kay sitting and dancing in a forest, wearing his trademark feather head-dress. He does several other things, such as creating balls of light and making the moon come out.

LOVE FOOLOSOPHY (2002)

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"Love Foolosophy" is the third single from British funk/acid jazz band Jamiroquai's fifth studio album, A Funk Odyssey.
The song was written by Jason Kay and Toby Smith. The song's title is a play on words, using a makeshift homonym for "Philosophy" to imply that the singer is a fool for love, as it were.
The song peaked at number 14 on the UK Singles Chart. This song was also used in the credits for the unaired English pilot for Code Lyoko. The video features a man (Jay Kay), and his girlfriend (Heidi Klum), driving in a car, and having a party in a garden of Jay Kay's mansion with other women. The garden is also featured in the video for "Seven Days in Sunny June".

FEELS JUST LIKE IT SHOULD (2005)

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"Feels Just Like It Should" is the first single from British funk/acid jazz band Jamiroquai's sixth studio album, Dynamite. The song was produced by Mike Spencer and Jay Kay.
The track was built on a bass line created by Kay as a human beatbox. This bassline originally formed part of an interlude that was intended to feature on the band's 2001 album, A Funk Odyssey, but it was dropped for the final version of the album, only appearing on the test pressing.
The song was their fourth #1 on the U.S. Dance Chart and peaked at #8 on the UK Singles Chart. It was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Short Form Music Video at the 48th Grammy Awards.

SEVEN DAYS IN SUNNY JUNE (2005)

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"Seven Days In Sunny June" is the second single from British funk/acid jazz band Jamiroquai's sixth studio album, Dynamite. Written by lead singer Jay Kay and new keyboardist Matt Johnson, the track is considered to be a throwback to the old acid jazz sound upon which Jamiroquai made its name.
The song is, in effect, a tale of unrequited love. The song peaked at #14 on the UK Singles Chart. The song was also used in the soundtrack for the film The Devil Wears Prada.
The video features the band having a party in a garden, where they do random things, such as riding minibikes, having ketchup lowered from a helicopter, and throwing confetti at each other.

(DON'T) GIVE HATE A CHANCE (2005)

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"(Don't) Give Hate A Chance" is the third and final single from British funk/acid jazz band Jamiroquai's sixth studio album, Dynamite. The song was written by Jason Kay, Rob Harris and Matt Johnson. It was produced by Kay and Mike Spencer. The single was released on 7 November 2005, peaking on the UK Singles Chart at #27.

RUNAWAY (2006)

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"Runaway" is the first and only single taken from British acid jazz band Jamiroquai's greatest hits compilation, High Times: Singles 1992–2006. The single was released on 30 October 2006. It was their fifth #1 on the U.S. Dance Chart and peaked at #18 on the UK Singles Chart.

WHITE KNUCKLE RIDE (2010)

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"White Knuckle Ride" is the first single from British alternative group Jamiroquai's studio album, Rock Dust Light Star. The single was released via Digital Download on 31 October 2010, with a Limited Edition Vinyl release due to appear on 1 January 2011. The song was written by band frontman Jay Kay and Matt Johnson. It is the band's first record to be released under Mercury Records.
The band's official website originally announced that the single would be released on 11 October. The band describe "White Knuckle Ride" as "a hi-octane retrospective on Jay's career experiences - a cautionary tale equally applicable to anyone's life in these pressure cooker times." It appears that the Jamiroquai logo typeface has been stretched vertically for this release. The video for the single was made available on the group's YouTube account on 25 September.

White Knuckle Ride Worldwide Releases Master List

BLUE SKIES (2010)

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"Blue Skies" is the second single from British alternative group Jamiroquai's studio album Rock Dust Light Star. The single was released via digital download on 1 November 2010.
The song was written by band frontman Jay Kay and Matt Johnson. It is the band's second single to be released under Mercury Records. The single did not receive an official physical release because it was released on the same date as the group's album. The video for the single was made available on the group's YouTube account on 25 September. The track peaked at number 76 on the UK Singles Chart.

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AUTOMATON (2017)

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"Automaton" is a song by English funk band Jamiroquai. It was released as the lead single from their eighth studio album, Automaton (2017), on 27 January 2017. The song peaked at number 36 in France, number 61 in Japan, number 65 in Scotland, and number 31 on the U.S. Billboard Dance/Electronic Songs chart.

CLOUD 9 (2017)

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"Cloud 9" was the second single from the album "Automaton". Released February/March 2017.

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SUPERFRESH (2017)

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"Superfresh" was the third single released from 'Automaton' In July 2017.

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SUMMER GIRL (2018)

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"Summer Girl" was the fourth & final single released from 'Automaton' In March 2018.

Here you go Online Jamily, here is the final complete Part #2 post series link summary of all the Remixes/B-Sides of Jamiroquai from the past 30 years, I hope EVERYONE enjoyed this expansive post series..ENJOY!:
Last Post In This Series:

30 Years Of Jamiroquai All Of The Remixes/B-Sides Series! (FINALE!) Part #1 Post Series Link Summary Emergency On Planet Earth - Synkronized Album Eras

30 Years Of Jamiroquai All Of The Remixes/B-Sides Series Part #2 Post Series Link Summary!

A Funk Odyssey Album Era (2001 - 2002)

Dynamite Album Era (2005 - 2006)

High Times: The Singles Greatest Hits Compilation (2006)

Rock Dust Light Year Album Era (2010 - 2011)

Automaton Album Era (2017 - 2020)

Bonus Section Part #2: Single By Single LineaSong Notes:

LITTLE L (2001)

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"Little L" is the lead single from British funk/acid jazz band Jamiroquai's fifth studio album, A Funk Odyssey. The song was written by Jay Kay and Toby Smith, and was inspired by the breakup between Kay and his former girlfriend Denise van Outen, over his cocaine problem. The song was featured in the film The Sweetest Thing in 2002. A cover of the song is featured in the game Dance Dance Revolution Hottest Party. The video features Jay Kay dancing in a futuristic nightclub.
I will be noting ONLY OFFICIAL 'Remixes/B-Sides' for this series, NO White Labels/3rd Party Remixes, Per Single Release. All release information provided by Discogs.com!

YOU GIVE ME SOMETHING (2001)

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"You Give Me Something" is the second single from Jamiroquai's fifth studio album "A Funk Odyssey". The song peaked at 16 on the UK Singles Chart. The song is inspired by funk and disco theme, as implied in the album title. It is the group's first single to be released on the DVD Single format.

CORNER OF THE EARTH (2002)

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"Corner of the Earth" is the fourth and final single from British funk/acid jazz band Jamiroquai's fifth studio album, A Funk Odyssey. The song was written by Jason Kay and Rob Harris and is a bossa nova-type track, reflecting on the problems that people of the Earth have to suffer. The song peaked at #31 on the UK Singles Chart and was the last Jamiroquai single to use the DVD format.
Its DVD single is referred to as one of the rarest DVD singles in history despite having had over 100,000 copies produced. The video consists of Jay Kay sitting and dancing in a forest, wearing his trademark feather head-dress. He does several other things, such as creating balls of light and making the moon come out.

LOVE FOOLOSOPHY (2002)

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"Love Foolosophy" is the third single from British funk/acid jazz band Jamiroquai's fifth studio album, A Funk Odyssey.
The song was written by Jason Kay and Toby Smith. The song's title is a play on words, using a makeshift homonym for "Philosophy" to imply that the singer is a fool for love, as it were.
The song peaked at number 14 on the UK Singles Chart. This song was also used in the credits for the unaired English pilot for Code Lyoko. The video features a man (Jay Kay), and his girlfriend (Heidi Klum), driving in a car, and having a party in a garden of Jay Kay's mansion with other women. The garden is also featured in the video for "Seven Days in Sunny June".

FEELS JUST LIKE IT SHOULD (2005)

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"Feels Just Like It Should" is the first single from British funk/acid jazz band Jamiroquai's sixth studio album, Dynamite. The song was produced by Mike Spencer and Jay Kay.
The track was built on a bass line created by Kay as a human beatbox. This bassline originally formed part of an interlude that was intended to feature on the band's 2001 album, A Funk Odyssey, but it was dropped for the final version of the album, only appearing on the test pressing.
The song was their fourth #1 on the U.S. Dance Chart and peaked at #8 on the UK Singles Chart. It was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Short Form Music Video at the 48th Grammy Awards.

SEVEN DAYS IN SUNNY JUNE (2005)

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"Seven Days In Sunny June" is the second single from British funk/acid jazz band Jamiroquai's sixth studio album, Dynamite. Written by lead singer Jay Kay and new keyboardist Matt Johnson, the track is considered to be a throwback to the old acid jazz sound upon which Jamiroquai made its name.
The song is, in effect, a tale of unrequited love. The song peaked at #14 on the UK Singles Chart. The song was also used in the soundtrack for the film The Devil Wears Prada.
The video features the band having a party in a garden, where they do random things, such as riding minibikes, having ketchup lowered from a helicopter, and throwing confetti at each other.

(DON'T) GIVE HATE A CHANCE (2005)

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"(Don't) Give Hate A Chance" is the third and final single from British funk/acid jazz band Jamiroquai's sixth studio album, Dynamite. The song was written by Jason Kay, Rob Harris and Matt Johnson. It was produced by Kay and Mike Spencer. The single was released on 7 November 2005, peaking on the UK Singles Chart at #27.

RUNAWAY (2006)

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"Runaway" is the first and only single taken from British acid jazz band Jamiroquai's greatest hits compilation, High Times: Singles 1992–2006. The single was released on 30 October 2006. It was their fifth #1 on the U.S. Dance Chart and peaked at #18 on the UK Singles Chart.

WHITE KNUCKLE RIDE (2010)

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"White Knuckle Ride" is the first single from British alternative group Jamiroquai's studio album, Rock Dust Light Star. The single was released via Digital Download on 31 October 2010, with a Limited Edition Vinyl release due to appear on 1 January 2011. The song was written by band frontman Jay Kay and Matt Johnson. It is the band's first record to be released under Mercury Records.
The band's official website originally announced that the single would be released on 11 October. The band describe "White Knuckle Ride" as "a hi-octane retrospective on Jay's career experiences - a cautionary tale equally applicable to anyone's life in these pressure cooker times." It appears that the Jamiroquai logo typeface has been stretched vertically for this release. The video for the single was made available on the group's YouTube account on 25 September.

White Knuckle Ride Worldwide Releases Master List

BLUE SKIES (2010)

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"Blue Skies" is the second single from British alternative group Jamiroquai's studio album Rock Dust Light Star. The single was released via digital download on 1 November 2010.
The song was written by band frontman Jay Kay and Matt Johnson. It is the band's second single to be released under Mercury Records. The single did not receive an official physical release because it was released on the same date as the group's album. The video for the single was made available on the group's YouTube account on 25 September. The track peaked at number 76 on the UK Singles Chart.

Blue Skies Worldwide Releases Master List

AUTOMATON (2017)

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"Automaton" is a song by English funk band Jamiroquai. It was released as the lead single from their eighth studio album, Automaton (2017), on 27 January 2017. The song peaked at number 36 in France, number 61 in Japan, number 65 in Scotland, and number 31 on the U.S. Billboard Dance/Electronic Songs chart.

CLOUD 9 (2017)

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"Cloud 9" was the second single from the album "Automaton". Released February/March 2017.

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SUPERFRESH (2017)

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"Superfresh" was the third single released from 'Automaton' In July 2017.

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SUMMER GIRL (2018)

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"Summer Girl" was the fourth & final single released from 'Automaton' In March 2018.

Hello Awesome Redditors!
I've gotten such valuable and helpful suggestions from this subreddit and thought I'd put out my proposed itinerary to get some feedback from this group. Also, in the hopes that it might be helpful to others who are planning a similar trip.
We are a family of 4 (kids are 6 and 8) traveling to the Guanacaste Province mid June to early July for 3 weeks (21 nights). We fly in and out of LIR. My partner and I've visited Costa Rica before (2010) and did La Fortuna, Monteverde, Manuel Antonio, Jaco, and San Jose. So this trip will be focused on the Guanacaste region. Here is the plan so far (all accommodations and flights have been booked with the exception of the last 2 nights that are TBD at the moment):
4 nights Rincon de la Vieja (Hotel Hacienda) 5 nights Andaz Papagayo 4 nights Tamarindo 6 nights Playa Langosta 2 nights TBD (Nosara/Samara?)
I'm thinking of renting a car part way through our trip, for 4-5 days, when we spend most of our time around Playa Langosta so we can make day trips to various places.
Things we enjoy: hiking, checking out wildlife, water activities (kayaking, paddle boarding, surfing), eating, relaxing. I know it may seem like we are staying in one place for a long time, but that is how we usually travel. We prefer slow travel, we don't like to be in a hurry to do things and with the kids we've found that going at a much slower pace works out much better for everyone's mental health! (We RV'd for 3 years when they were younger and slow travel was key!).
Comments, suggestions, tips, all welcome! I will be sure to provide an update on our trip when we get back. Thank you all in advance!

On the afternoon of Monday, September 7, 2009, the 14,763 in attendance at PNC Park watched Pirates left fielder Lastings Milledge hit a fly ball to deep center field off of Chicago Cubs reliever Carlos Marmol. The ball was caught by Kosuke Fukodome, ending the game with a final score of Cubs 4, Pirates 2. As losses go, it was fairly routine, but it was the 82nd for the Bucs that year, clinching their 17th straight losing season and breaking the Major League record for longest consecutive streak of losing seasons. They would go on to pad that record with losing seasons in 2010, 2011, and 2012 before finally hitting 81 wins on September 3, 2013. Despite 20 years of losing, a number of great players have gone through the organization: Jon Lieber, Jason Kendall, Brian Giles, Jason Bay, Freddy Sanchez, Jack Wilson, and many others. This list is not about those players. This list is about the kind of players that were representative of 20 years of losing—not necessarily the worst players from that era (some of them were actually pretty good), but the kind of par-for-the-course guys who made you think “Yup, this is who we’ve got”. This list does not include any players who participated in a winning season for the Pirates. This means that most of the best-known players from 1993-1996 are ineligible, although I have made one minor exception for a player who was a prominent member of several losing teams but had a small, limited role on the 1992 team. Otherwise, all players spent their entire Pirates careers on losing teams. Without further ado:
Position Players
Right Field: Jeromy Burnitz, 2006 The Pittsburgh Pirate of the losing era par excellence—an aging veteran signed to a one-year, six million dollar deal that made him the second-highest paid player on the team, brought in to add hitting depth and protect Jason Bay in the lineup. In his 14 year career he hit 30+ home runs 5 times and 100+ RBI 4 times. Unfortunately, none of those performances came in 2006, his lone season with the Pirates. That year, he hit only 16 home runs and 49 RBI, with a .230 batting average to boot. The following offseason, the club declined to exercise its option for 2007, one of the few wise moves in Dave Littlefield’s career.
Left Field: Lastings Milledge, 2009–2010 He was a pretty lousy player. He somehow became a fan favorite with a whole bevy of nicknames—L-Mills, Thrilledge, ‘edge—and a cheering section in the left field bleachers called The Milledge People. This is what can happen on a 53-109 team.
Center Field: Chris Duffy, 2005–2007 He’s representative of another classic Pirates archetype—the guy who’s really impressive for a brief period. After batting .341 in 39 games his debut season, he looked like one of the more promising young players in the Pirates system, the perfect defensive complement to an outfield centered around Jason Bay. He struggled at the plate at the beginning of the 2006 season, was sent back to the minors and… inexplicably refused to report. He blamed his poor performance on new manager Jim Tracy’s coaching style and thought he was being treated unfairly, but he evidently didn’t realize that the team had no incentive to trade or release him, so he languished at home for a month without getting paid before finally reporting. He eventually worked his way back to the majors but never reached the highs of the ’05 season and failed to make the team out of spring training in 2008.
First Base: Randall Simon, 2003–2004 He only played 152 games with the Pirates in 2 non-consecutive stints in 2003 and 2004, but will forever be remembered for “Sausagegate”, where he hit a racing sausage over the head with a bat, causing the woman in the costume to fall and trip another sausage in the race. The victims suffered only minor injuries and laughed the incident off, but it was blown out of proportion in the media and Simon was eventually charged with disorderly conduct and fined by the league. In retrospect, the whole debacle was incredibly stupid, but at the time, it was the first significant national media coverage the Bucs had received in several years. And as a Pirates fan in those days, you had to take what you could get.
Second Base: Akinori Iwamura, 2010 When the Bucs traded 3-time All-Star and 2006 NL batting champion Freddy Sanchez in the middle of the 2009 season, they did so without any clear idea of who would replace him at second base. Delwyn Young was clearly not the answer, so that offseason they traded for Iwamura in an attempt to plug the hole. They got a guy who played second wearing a knee brace. After only 54 games, his poor fielding and sub-.200 batting average wasn’t cutting it and he was mercifully sent to the minors, clearing the way for Neil Walker. And yeah, he was the second highest paid player on the team that year.
Shortstop: Pat Meares, 1999–2001 Speaking of middle infielders who played wearing orthopedic braces, we come to what is in serious contention for the worst free agent signing in major league history. Meares was a decent but unspectacular 30-year-old shortstop who had played six seasons for the Twins when Pirates GM Cam Bonifay signed him to a one-year, 1.5 million dollar contract. He had a good spring training but injured his wrist just before the start of the season. At this point, Bonifay decided it was a good idea to extend Meares’s contract for an additional four years and 15 million dollars. Unfortunately, the injuries to his wrist were much worse than was originally thought; he only played 21 games in 1999 and couldn’t even grip a bat correctly. He played two more seasons for the Bucs, putting up replacement-level numbers, before Bonifay’s replacement, Dave Littlefield, came up with a strategy of putting Meares on the long-term DL in order to get insurance to cover part of his salary. The ploy was successful, but only after a challenge by Meares, and the whole debacle was an object lesson that when the Pirates weren’t cheap, they were incompetent.
Third Base: Ty Wigginton, 2004–2005 If the 2004 Pirates had a theme, it would be making utility men full-time starters: Craig Wilson, Daryle Ward, Tike Redman, and Rob Mackowiak all spent time in regular positions. Ty Wigginton had been a utility man in his first season and a half with the Mets. The Pirates got him in the Kris Benson trade and immediately gave him a starting position at third base. By the end of the following April his production had become so disappointing they were playing Bobby Hill (!) in his place before Freddy Sanchez eventually earned his spot. In a totally unsurprising move, the Bucs talked about getting him back in 2008, but it luckily never happened. Wigginton played 8 seasons in the majors after leaving the Pirates, becoming one of the best-known utility men in the game.
Catcher: Ronny Paulino, 2005–2008 When he first became a regular starter in 2006, the media suggested that he somehow had an unnatural talent for calling games for pitchers. It was true to an extent—on June 10 of that year the Pirates pitching staff had an ERA of 3.57 with Paulino behind the plate and 6.53 with anyone else. It also didn’t hurt that he was batting over .300. It turned out to be a fluke; he was decidedly average (and that’s by Pirates standards, not league standards) in 2007, and practically useless in 2008. This isn’t particularly surprising, but he makes the cut because of the ridiculous amount of media hype that surrounded his ability to handle pitchers.
Designated Hitter: Yurendell de Caster, 2006 No, I’ve never heard of him either. And you’re probably wondering why I’d list a DH for a National League team. Yurendell de Caster made three appearances during the 2006 season, the only three major league appearances of his career. On June 5 he struck out swinging while pinch hitting for reliever Salomon Torres, and on June 7 he struck out swinging while pinch hitting for starter Oliver Perez. That’s not why he’s on this list. On May 21 he pinch-ran for Ryan Doumit in a game against the Cleveland Indians. This game was in Cleveland, and Doumit was playing DH. De Caster moved to second on a bunt attempt, but never scored, and his turn in the batting order never came around again. As a result, I am reasonably confident that he is the only player whose primary position is DH according to Baseball-Reference who both played exclusively for a National League team and never took a single plate appearance at the position, and that seems like it should merit inclusion. Interestingly enough, I was in Cleveland that weekend and now regret not attending that game because I could now say that I witnessed one of the most obscure, pointless curiosities in Pirates history.
The Rotation
Starting Pitcher: Matt Morris, 2007–2008 Cam Bonifay’s tenure as Pirates GM was a disaster. David Littlefield didn’t make the same kind of obvious boneheaded moves that Bonifay did, but he didn’t exactly improve the team, either. In January of 2007, Bob Nutting became principal owner and Littlefield knew he needed to make a big move or lose his job. So, he did the exact opposite of what everyone expected him to do—he let the Pirates become the recipient of another team’s salary dump. In the early ’00s, Matt Morris was among the best pitchers in the league, but his ERA had been steadily increasing over the years. By the ’07 trade deadline, the Giants were looking to get rid of him and his 10 million+ per year contract. Littlefield sent practically nothing to the Giants in return, but agreed to pay the balance of Morris’s contract, making him the highest-paid Pirate in history. Morris went 3–4 with a 6.10 ERA the remainder of the 2007 season and was released from the team outright after starting 2008 0–4 with a 9.67 ERA.
Starting Pitcher: Steve Parris, 1995–1996 In 1995 the Bucs had a respectable enough 4-man rotation consisting of Jon Lieber, Paul Wagner, Esteban Loiza, and Denny Neagle. Unfortunately, Lieber was unproductive and moved to the bullpen mid-season, and Parris and John Ericks were added to the rotation to pick up the slack. Parris went 6–6 with a 5.38 ERA that year, which isn’t horrible, but he’s representative of the kind of rotation-padding fringe major leaguer that the Pirates had no shortage of in those years. And he tended to lose games by scores like 11–0, so there’s that.
Starting Pitcher: Jimmy Anderson, 1999–2002 Managed to finish with impressive records in his three seasons in the rotation: 5–11, 9–17, and 8–13; impressive because most pitchers get benched before they can post records like this. The Reds picked him up shortly after the Pirates cut him and his ERA was in the high teens for a while.
Starting Pitcher: Brad Lincoln, 2010–2012 In the 2006 draft, the Pirates passed over Clayton Kershaw, Max Scherzer, and Tim Lincecum to draft Lincoln. But that’s not why he’s on this list. He’s on this list because in 2010, he made his major league debut pitching opposite Stephen Strasberg, who was also making his major league debut. With the national sports media was hyping up Strasburg’s debut, the Pittsburgh sports media suggested that Lincoln’s debut deserved equal hype. Lincoln would post records of 1–4 with a 6.66 ERA and 2–3 with a 4.72 ERA before being relegated to the bullpen in 2012 and later traded to the Blue Jays for Travis Snider in one of the Pirates’ better trades. In 5 major league seasons, Lincoln went 9–11 as a starter with a 4.74 ERA. Strasberg, currently in his 12th season, has a career record of 113-61 with a 3.21 ERA.
Starting Pitcher: John Van Benschoten, 2004, 2007–2008 The Bucs’ first round selection in the 2001 draft was one of those guys who was always the next staff ace just around the corner, slightly out of view. A sneak preview in 2004 showed that he wasn’t quite ready, but when he finally made the team on a semi-permanent basis in 2007, he went 0–7 in 9 starts with a 10.15 ERA. 2008 wasn’t any better—1–3 in 5 starts with a 10.48 ERA.
The Bullpen
Closer: Matt Capps, 2005–2009 Unlike most of the players on this list, Capps wasn’t bad. In fact, he was pretty good. If nothing else, the Pirates had a pretty consistent run of closers during the losing streak. But being the closer during this stretch, when the Bucs finished last in every season but one (when they finished next-to-last) meant that one of the best players on the team was seldom seen.
Setup Man: Evan Meek, 2008–2012 To date, he’s the only Rule 5 draft pick to have any sustained career with the Bucs, and that’s all you really need to know, since every announcer had to mention it every time he pitched.
Relief Pitcher: Rick White, 1994–1995, 2005 April 7, 2005. The Bucs and Padres enter the bottom of the 12th in a scoreless tie. Rick White comes in to pitch. Geoff Blum hits a line drive single to center field, followed by a Ramon Hernandez single to left. Khalil Greene then lays down a sacrifice bunt, moving Hernandez and Blum to second and third, respectively. White then intentionally walks Sean Burroughs, loading the bases. Xavier Nady steps up to the plate. The pitches: ball, ball, ball, ball. Rick White enters a tie game with the bases empty and ends up walking in the winning run. On four pitches. In the grand scheme of things, it’s not that big a deal; every team has bad relievers, especially by the time the 12th inning rolls around. But Rick White made more appearances that year than any other reliever except Salomon Torres and was usually brought in when the score was close—he was the go-to guy when the game was winnable but not quite a save situation. When a guy like Rick White is one of the better relievers on your team, you know you’re in trouble.
Relief Pitcher: Brian Boehringer, 2002–2004; Scott Saurbeck, 1999–2003 If the Pirates had a lead and brought in either of these guys to pitch, you knew they were losing the game.
Relief Pitcher: Ricardo Rincon, 1997–1998 Rincon has been immortalized in baseball history because a pretty good yet routine relief performance happened to come after Francisco Cordova no-hit the Astros for 9 innings.
Relief Pitcher: Joe Beimel, 2001–2003, 2011 He wasn’t terrible; he bounced around the league for a long time and didn’t retire until 2013. He makes this list because 1. He’s a lefty, 2. He’s local, and 3. He has great relief pitcher hair. Everyone was rooting for him despite his average to below-average performance with the Bucs.
The Bench
Utility Man: Rob Mackowiak, 2001–2005 If I end up making a list of the best players from 1993–2012, he’s probably the only player on here who would make that one as well. He was never good enough to be a starter but could play practically every position without being a liability. And of course, who could forget “MACK-WACK-TALLY-WACK Give that dad a home run!”
Backup Catcher: Keith Osik, 1996–2002 Osik spent most of his career as a serviceable backup catcher. With the emphasis on “backup”; the only thing on television in 1999 that may have been more gruesome than Jason Kendall’s broken ankle was Osik’s performance as a starter.
Middle Infield: Abraham Nunez, 1997–2004 The Platonic ideal of a backup shortstop: A slap hitter whose defense is slightly above replacement level. And he can also pitch if need be.
Outfield: Nyjer Morgan, 2007–2009 He used to be a hockey player. When the Bucs are languishing and the Pens are in the middle of a cup run, talking about this is significantly less depressing than talking about the game itself.
Outfield: Adrian Brown, 1997–2002 I don’t believe he was ever actually supposed to be the starter, but it seemed like he played in every game anyway.
Reserves
Shortstop: Mike Benjamin, 1999–2002 May have actually been worse than letting Pat Meares play while injured.
Second Base: Warren Morris, 1999–2001 Because you didn’t want to pay Tony Womack.
Third Base: Ed Sprague, 1999 Every team is required to have one All-Star representative.
First Base: Sean Casey, 2006 See Jeromy Burnitz.
Right Field/Hill’s Department Store Pirates Kid’s Club Representative: Al Martin, 1992–1999 Suspended pending bigamy trial.
Center Field: Tike Redman, 2000–2005 Will be batting third per computer printouts.
Left Field: Raul Mondesi, 2004 First 26 games only.
Pitcher: Daniel McCutchen, 2009–2012 Suspended for doping.
Pitcher: Bryan Bullington, 2005, 2007 See Brad Lincoln.
Pitcher: Daniel Moskos, 2011 See Bryan Bullington.
Management
Manager: Lloyd McClendon, 2001–2005 When you lose 105 games, literally stealing first base and getting into fistfights with Tony LaRussa provides much-needed entertainment.
Pitching Coach: Jeff Andrews, 2008 He was only with the team for one season, but during that time he made so many mound visits that he was a familiar guest in our living rooms. Spin Williams may have ruined more promising young pitchers, but we never got to know him as well.
GM: Dave Littlefield, 2001–2007 This was a really tough call. Cam Bonifay makes a pretty good case here, from the unspecified 5-year plan, to completely gutting the team, to handing out some of the worst contracts in the history of baseball. But ultimately, he just helmed an incompetent rebuild. Littlefield, on the other hand, seemed convinced that the team was just a few tweaks away from being a playoff contender. Instead of selling off what valuable players he had so he could build a team around Jason Bay and Jack Wilson, he stripped the minor league system to get overvalued utility men. In fact, he gave the farm system such little regard he was literally laughed out of his first Rule 5 draft by the other GMs after demonstrating that he was either completely ignorant about how the draft worked or just didn’t care. Granted, it’s not totally his fault. After the Bonifay debacle there was no desire among fans to go through another drawn-out rebuild. And the team usually had just enough talent to make it look like plugging a few holes, having all the players perform to their potential, and avoiding injuries would be enough for a winning season. He was also probably under pressure from ownership, who couldn’t afford the severe attendance slump that was a distinct possibility if the team were gutted. His legacy is ultimately mixed: On the one hand, his refusal to rebuild from the ground up probably set the team back a good 5 to 10 years. On the other hand, his moves always gave you a reason to get excited about the upcoming season, even if they ultimately led to disappointment.
Owner: Kevin McClatchy 1996–2007 For as much heat as Bob Nutting gets, he is no match for McClatchy. Consider the typical anti-Nutting complaints—he’s a businessman who cares more about making money than fielding a competitive team, he makes unnecessary salary dumps, the team doesn’t sign players they can easily afford, he said he’d start spending more money when the team got successful but didn’t, etc. With Nutting, however, there’s always the possibility that the team could make a big move, and the moves they have made under Nutting have been much better than those made under McClatchy. With McClatchy, the team legitimately could not afford to spend more than they were spending, and you just had to hope for the best.
Note: Derek Bell refused to participate on the 20 Years of Losing Commemorative Team after finding out he would have to compete for his position.

Oh dear oh dear the announcements are a week away and we've still so much to do! To mitigate that, I'm going to try to post two today, and two tomorrow. Definitely won't keep that trend up, but hey, what can you do. If you're wondering what this is, the Hall of Fame ballot has a Selection Committee that picks all the players who can be on it from the eligible candidates. Lots of them get left off, and those are the ones we take a look at in this series. I've done a lot of these, and you can find those at the bottom. Now to give you lots of English about a guy maybe seventeen people remember.

Scott Baker

Bill James Hall of Fame Monitor: 4
Career bWAR (10 years): 15.6
Stats: 66-53, 4.26 ERA, 99 ERA+, 193 G, 172 GS, 1064.2 IP, 839 K, 245 BB, 1.253 WHIP
League Leading Stats: None
Awards: None
Teams Played For: Twins (2005-11), Cubs (2013), Rangers (2014), Dodgers (2015)
When I think about Scott Baker, the phrase that comes to mind to best describe his time in the Majors is "not quite." Not quite good enough to be recognized outside where he was playing, not quite enough time around to leave a sizable impact, and not quite worthy of a spot on the Hall of Fame ballot. His skill may have been pretty good at best, he might have played in fewer than 200 MLB games, and he may not be on the ballot, but there's still more that meets the eye when it comes to Scott Baker. For example, his first name is Timothy, which is something even his baseball card won't tell you.
After his high school career ended with a 36th round selection from the Pirates in 2000 and a reply of "no thnx," Baker attended Oklahoma State University. His time there was well spent, as in 2003, the Twins took him in the second round of the draft, and he replied to their $600,000 signing bonus with "yes pls." He'd begin the season in A-ball, and in 11 starts with the Quad Cities River Bandits, he'd go 3-1 with a 2.43 ERA and 47 Ks to just 8 walks in 50 innings. The next season he'd move to high-A, then to double-A, then to triple-A. Would he make the 40-man in just his second season? Not quite. After some great performances in the lower leagues, including two complete game shutouts in double-A, the Rochester Red Wings of AAA bore witness to a 1-3 record with a 4.93 ERA in 9 starts. He'd also walk 15 and strike out just 36, signifying something needed to be tweaked to compete at the higher levels of play. He stuck around with the Red Wings for the beginning of the next year, and would get called up the first week of May. Did he do so well in April that they couldn't resist bringing him up? Not quite. Minnesota pitcher Juan Rincon got suspended for violating an MLB drug policy, and the Twins needed another arm on the roster, so Baker got the call. One inning of cleanup duty against the hapless Tampa Bay Devil Rays later, Baker was back in Rochester. After another two emergency starts in July went pretty well (combined 12 innings pitched, 10 strikeouts, 4 runs allowed, 1-1 record), Baker's roster space and rotation spot were set in stone at the end of August, when he was called up for good. He'd finish the season with 9 starts, a 3-3 record, a 3.35 ERA, and 32 Ks in 53 innings. Sounds to me like he was ready for the big time, right? Not quite.
Oh sure, Baker was a hot prospect now, and even with his rookie limits exceeded, there was still a fair bit of hype around him. Expectations only increased after spring training saw him settle in very nicely as the fifth starter. Then, in his first 9 starts of 2006, Scott Baker allowed 4 or more runs to score in all but 2 of them. He finished May with a record of 2-5, an ERA of 6.06, and a ticket to Rochester to figure stuff out. Must've worked, because after striking out 68 in 12 AAA starts, even though a couple MLB starts in July and August didn't go so well, he found himself back in the clubhouse come the beginning of September, and two of his four starts that month saw the opposition score only a single run against him. Surely now he had proved his mettle and was ready for a permanent starter spot, right? Not quite. After spring training saw newcomer Sidney Ponson outperform many of the Twins' prospective starting pitchers, Baker would begin the 2007 season in triple-A again. That's where he'd be for a month and a half, throwing a 3-2 record and 41 strikeouts in 42.2 innings. Ponson, meanwhile, went 2-5, had an ERA of 6.93, and walked 17 while striking out 23. You tell me which one seems better. In mid-May, Ponson got cut, Baker got promoted, and the rotation spot was his once again. Then after 5 starts his ERA was even higher at 7.33. Had he proven this wasn't where he belonged, and that the Major Leagues just weren't a level that he could compete at? Not quite.
Over his next 9 starts, Scott Baker would show he belonged in a Twins uniform. He'd go 5-2, maintain an ERA of 3.13, and strike out 43. Of those 9 games, 6 would be Quality Starts, including a complete game against the defending pennant winners of Detroit where he allowed only one run on a solo shot from Marcus Thames. It was an eight-inning complete game, as that homer was the only run from either side, and it was in Comerica Park, but that's still not nothing. A couple rough outings in August would leave him a 7-6 record when he woke up on the 31st of the month, ready to start the second end of a doubleheader against the Kansas City Royals. That day, the first time through the order, the Royals went 9 up, 9 down against Baker, striking out 6 times. The second time, only two strikeouts, but he'd yet again retired all 9 batters in order. The top of the 7th was another 1-2-3 inning. So was the 8th. After just 91 pitches, Scott Baker was three outs away from a perfect game. Did he finish it out, immortalizing his name in baseball lore and completing the first perfect game in Minnesota Twins history? Unfortunately, not quite. A ball four call on the first batter of the inning rendered the game imperfect, and a single to center field two batters later rendered the game a one-hitter. Baker still stuck it out, finishing the game with a Gamescore of 93, which would be the year's 5th best performance by that metric. Baker would conclude the year at 9-9, sporting a 4.26 ERA, 102 strikeouts to 29 walks, and, at least for the foreseeable future, a spot as a mainstay in the Twins rotation. Best part, he was only 26, having blown out his candles only three weeks after his near-perfect game. Would the next few years see him elevate his game to another level, get recognized as a superstar pitcher, and lead the Twins to new heights of excellence? Um, not quite.
There's a thing about being a Twins rotation member in the mid-2000's. You see, around this time, there was this dude named Johan Santana. He'd done all right for himself, a couple Cy Young award wins here, a snub of historic proportions there, but had recently been shipped out of town. Minnesota was left without a true ace starting pitcher to anchor the rotation, and although there was talent aplenty over the next four years, none really approached the level Santana had been at. Youngsters like Nick Blackburn, Francisco Liriano, and Kevin Slowey proved to be good at times, but took turns disappointing. Aging stars Carl Pavano and Livan Hernandez also took their turn at filling in, and while neither was terrible, neither was superb either. Other prospects like Glen Perkins and Brian Duensing didn't do anything for the staff. Joe Nathan had cemented his place in the bullpen, and while he was a top-5 closer each year, he was never seen as the staff ace. No, for the Twins rotation from the year 2008 to the year 2011, their most consistent pitcher was Scott Baker. Over those four years, he started 111 games, went 46-28, struck out 574 batters, and kept an ERA of 3.92. Even his advanced stats were above average, with a 3.85 FIP and a 1.222 WHIP. Over those four years, he contributed 13.5 bWAR and 11.6 fWAR, which were 2nd and 3rd respectively over those four years. Only Joe Mauer had more bWAR, and only he and Denard Span had more fWAR. Mauer enjoyed three All-Star selections, three Gold Gloves, three Silver Sluggers, and an MVP award plus two other top-ten finishes. Span got Rookie of the Year consideration after a strong showing out of the gate was recognized. Justin Morneau, who was behind Baker in fWAR and bWAR over the same period, went to three All-Star games and finished 2nd in 2008 MVP voting. Surely, Baker would also receive recognition for the great baseball he was playing. I mean, he was actually more valuable than Morneau in 2008, contributed a great deal to two playoff teams, and even when the Twins were crashing and burning in 2011, he still found time to be the most valuable player on the team. And he did that while only starting 21 games due to elbow trouble. He must have received some sort of reward, right? Not quite. No All-Star selections, no Cy Young votes, not even so much as a Player of the Week when he threw a 94-pitch complete game shutout versus the 2009 Royals. Just about the only evidence that he ever played good baseball during this period is the fact he pitched the 50th 4-strikeout inning. He barely even played in the playoffs, as he watched his team get swept in the Division Series so many times while being the de facto 4th game starter. His only postseason appearance was in Game 3 of the 2010 ALDS, when the Twins were down 2-0 to the Yankees in the series. Baker's team was down 5-0 in the fifth inning when he came in, and they were down 6-1 when he left. That was the eventual final score, knocking Minnesota out of the playoffs once again. After such a good time with the team, shouldn't you give the guy some kind of hardware or resume builder to show just how much he meant? He's even 4th in K/BB in Twins history! Better than Walter Johnson! Anyway, in 2012, Baker contracted elbow tendinitis in spring training, left his first rehab start after 11 pitches, and missed the rest of the season after electing to have Tommy John surgery. The Twins bid him farewell after that, and he was officially, for the first time in his career, a free agent. Even though he was just coming off TJS, he was only 31, and had had one of the best seasons of his career the year before. Would he find new life with another club, finally turn heads, and get the recognition he deserved? Guess what my answer is.
After being named the 46th best free agent available by MLB Trade Rumors, Baker signed a one-year prove it deal with the Cubs for $5.5 million with $1.5 million in incentives. He'd meet none of them, as injuries, particularly a rather nasty concussion, significantly hindered his 2013 season. He'd only start 3 games for the Cubs, all of them in September after they were far away from the postseason. They were still pretty good starts, especially after not having pitched at a Major League level for over two years, but they were too little too late when it came to re-upping his contract, and that offseason, he was searching for a team once again. The Mariners offered him a 2014 spring training invite in January, but cut him a week before the season after he refused a minor league assignment. He signed with the Rangers the next day, and after a month in the minors, he proved he didn't like it there by pitching well, and accepted a role in the Texas bullpen for the majority of the season. In addition to becoming part of a record 40 different players to throw a pitch for the Texas Rangers in 2014, he showed he wasn't all the way done, putting up a Quality Start against the Houston Astros in late August after he was given a start. His year wasn't actually that bad if you don't include this one 9-run outing against the Indians, but that certainly didn't help him get another contract. The Rangers didn't re-sign him, and after a Yankees spring training invite went nowhere despite a $1.5 million carrot-on-a-stick if he made the roster, Baker was pretty much done. Did he ride off into the sunset, officially retire, and never pitch again? Take a wild guess.
One week after he got cut by New York, Baker accepted a minor league offer from the Los Angeles Dodgers. Following a couple starts in Oklahoma City, he once again came eerily close to a perfect game eight years after he'd done it last. Pitching against the Iowa Cubs, he allowed zero baserunners of any kind through the first 20 batters before Addison Russell doubled up the middle for Iowa's first hit of the game. Just another reason to hate him I suppose. LA apparently liked what they saw, because shortly after that start, he was called upon by the Major League squad to make a spot start against the San Diego Padres. These were the Padres of the famed 2014-15 offseason, and while they had stumbled out of the gate, the team was still expected to give the Dodgers and Giants something to think about in the division race. Baker, caring not for hype, went out and pitched a Quality Start, striking out six over seven innings of three-run ball. Admittedly, it was a Quality Start for which he would take the loss after the Dodgers offense put up exactly one run off an Alex Guerrero homer, but he wasn't done yet. Did he claw his way back to the rotation after years of question marks, finally reasserting himself among the top dogs of the pitching world? Nah. Started one more game where he allowed four runs in four innings against the Dbacks and got sent back down to triple-A. He'd do fine there, finishing the year 7-3 with 51 Ks and a 3.39 ERA in 13 starts, but a midseason injury that sat him down for the rest of the year was a clear sign to him that the time had come. At 35, he could still theoretically make it back if he wanted to, but did he? No, quit.
Scott Baker was significantly underrated during his time as a starting pitcher. He deserved a great deal more credit than he ever got during his career, and despite many chances to appreciate him, there was never any sort of recognition thrown his way. Frankly, I don't think that's right. Putting up 15.6 bWAR in just 175 starts ain't easy, and I think he was due a lot more praise than he got. Do I think that warrants an appearance on the Hall of Fame ballot? Not quite. The playing time just isn't there for one reason or another, and if I'm being honest, he was never even a top 15 pitcher in the league. But I'll stick my neck out for him when it comes to underrated players. Maybe if he'd gotten that perfect game things would've been different. Actually, on second thought, Philip Humber pitched a perfect game, so maybe not.
Scott Baker would visit the Hall of Fame in a Minnesota Twins cap for his 63-48 record, 4.15 ERA, 770 strikeouts, and 958 innings pitched with the club. While there, he'll try to buy something from the gift shop, but won't quite have the right cash handy. Depending on when this visit takes place, he might be able to visit the plaque of the catcher he threw many of his pitches to. Because Mauer deserves the Hall. I will die on that hill.
Oh look more of these things
#1: Randy Choate
#2: Kevin Gregg
#3: Dan Uggla
#4: Josh Hamilton
#5: Delmon Young
#6: Willie Bloomquist
#7: Grady Sizemore
#8: Kevin Correia
#9: David DeJesus
#10: Rafael Betancourt
#11: Clint Barmes
#12: Adam LaRoche
#13: Grant Balfour
#14: Randy Wolf
#15: Rafael Soriano
#16: Chris Denorfia
#17: Bruce Chen
#18: Cody Ross

Number 13. For those of you who aren't aware, this is a series about the players that qualify for the Hall of Fame ballot that the Selection Committee chose to leave off, for whatever reason. Here, we take a look at who got the short end of the stick. You may catch up on the other 12 I've already done at the bottom. Onto the main course.

Grant Balfour

Bill James Hall of Fame Monitor: 12
Career bWAR (12 years): 9.2
Stats: 30-23, 84 SV, 3.49 ERA, 119 ERA+, 534 G, 203 GF, 539.2 IP, 571 K, 252 BB, 1.219 WHIP
League Leading Stats: None
Awards: All-Star (2013)
Teams Played For: Twins (2001, 2003-04), Brewers (2007), Devil Rays/Rays (2007-10, 2014-15), Athletics (2011-13)
Grant Balfour is probably the worst name for a pitcher I've ever seen. You can certainly make up worse names, like Walkstonsofbatters McAllowswaytoomanyhomers, but within the confines of realistic names, I don't think there's a worse one. He is literally named after the thing he is coached not to do. It's like an offensive lineman being named Dee Venz Knoblauch. Like, I can't address you without mentioning one of the worst things you could do here. And yet, even with a name like that, Walk Batters played in the MLB long enough to qualify for the Hall of Fame ballot. And if I'm being honest, he wasn't half bad. As great as it would've been to see a relief pitcher named Grant Balfour on the Hall of Fame ballot, I don't think he deserved that honor. Maybe that explains why he was always so angry.
Balfour was born in 1977 in Sydney, Australia. Okay, now it makes sense. The Aussies probably got baseball backwards and thought walks were a good thing for pitchers to do. Anyway, at 19, Balfour was signed as an international free agent by the Minnesota Twins. After slowly but surely making progress in the minor league system, going from the Rookie Leagues to double-A in four short years, Pitch Fourballs switched starting pitcher to closer in the midst of some struggles in high-A. And it worked like a charm. From a 4.25 ERA in 10 high-A starts in 2000 to a 1.04 ERA in 35 double-A appearances in 2001. Even got some MLB pitching in there after a depleted Minnesota team called him up at the end of July. Both his appearances were against the Seattle Mariners, who were kinda good in 2001. His first time stepping onto a Major League field took place on July 26, 2001. Balfour was 23 years old, facing a team that had already won 70 games, and had never pitched in the Majors before. Still, the first batter he faced, Mike Cameron, struck out. The next batter, Al Martin, was Granted Ball four, marking the first time someone had performed their full name in a game. At least, I think so. Don't remember Home Run Baker ever bringing an oven into the stands. Anyway, following that game, in Balfour's next appearance he allowed home runs to both Ichiro and Bret Boone, and then returned to the minors. He'd linger there for the next two years. Every time it seemed like he was ready in triple-A, something would knock him down again. That is, until July of 2003, when the Twins moved a Rule 5 draft pick from a couple years prior up from the bullpen to the starting rotation. They needed another reliever, and so they gave Grant a call. Balfour, who'd been doing pretty well as a Rochester Red Wing, was a Major Leaguer once again. And this time, he wasn't letting that go lightly.
After four appearances and 3 runs in 8.1 innings pitched, Balfour got sent back to the minors in favor of James Baldwin. After Baldwin sucked, and that Rule 5 pick named Johan Santana turned out okay, Take Yourbase came back in August, and started his time back right with 8 consecutive scoreless innings, plus his first career win. Manager Ron Gardenhire liked what he saw, and tapped Sony Walkman to start September 3rd against the Anaheim Angels. It did not go well, with Balfour issuing five of his last name in just 2.2 innings, not to mention giving up a home run to a rarely seen creature named Shawn Wooten. Back to the bullpen he went, finishing the year with 26 innings pitched, and 30 strikeouts to show for it. He also had a 4.15 ERA and 14 walks to his name, so there was room for improvement. 2004 would hopefully bring that around. Or he could also allow 7 earned runs in his first 2.2 innings of the year. Fourth Pitchoutside apparently figured out that that was a bad thing to do, because he only allowed 6 over the next 3 months of mop up duty. Even struck out 36 in the 30.1 innings he pitched over that time plus earning 5 decisions, 4 of which were wins. Then a DL stint came, he came back, and allowed 6 runs in 6 innings of September baseball. The Twins still made the playoffs, and he pitched 2 innings of perfect baseball, but he was playing for Minnesota, and they were matched up against the Yankees, so it's not like it mattered. After that year ended on the wrong foot, he intended to start afresh in 2005. That was before elbow ligament reconstruction surgery followed a spring training injury, and completely wiped out any hope of Balfour doing that. By this point, the Twins, who finished the season 83-79 in lieu of Base Onballs getting injured, had plenty of young arms coming into the fold and doing very well. Names like Francisco Liriano, Scott Baker, and Jesse Crain were all holding their own, and all were below the age of 25 at season's end. They also had other capable pitchers in the bullpen, like Juan Rincon, Matt Guerrier, J.C. Romero, and a proven closer in Joe Nathan. Balfour would turn 27 that winter, was coming back from a serious injury, and had never finished a season with an ERA below 4, something everyone previously mentioned who was not the 21-year-old Liriano had done. All of that to say, at the end of 2005, the Twins released Grant Balfour from his contract. I guess you could say, they, uh, let him walk. HaHAAAaaaa.
A minor league offer from the Cincinnati Reds in January meant O.B.P. Helper spent 2006 bouncing around their system, never quite putting it all together before getting selected off waiver by Milwaukee in October. That was apparently what it took. Balfour started the next season in double-A, and over the next three-and-a-half months, would pitch in 32 minor league games, 43.1 innings, and two different leagues. At the end of it, his ERA was 1.87, he had struck out 68, and he was getting called up to the Brewers. Balfour wasn't done, and he would show up this time. He certainly did, appearing in three games right off the bat, and allowing 6 runs in 2.2 innings. An improvement over his start to 2004, but also a showing that resulted in 2 losses. Only a couple days after his last outing where he faced 4 batters in the 12th inning without recording an out, Balfour was designated for assignment, and traded to the Tampa Bay Devil Rays. Over the rest of the season, he'd win another decision and not lose any more, which is nice, but he'd have a 6.14 ERA and the Devil Rays would lose 96 games, which is not. After a lackluster spring training effort meant he started the year in the minors, at this point, there was no reason to expect anything. Perhaps Guy Whopitchespoorly could get one, maybe two more years of baseball, but that was it. At least, that's what everyone but Balfour could expect, because he wouldn't stay in the minors for long.
After only 15 games in AA, B.B. Surrendered got called back up to the newly-renamed Tampa Bay Rays. Why, you may ask, did the team call up Balfour, a 30-year-old reliever whose season prior was horrendous? Maybe because in those 15 games (and 8 saves), he pitched 23.2 innings, and through them all, allowed only a single run. Oh, and he had 39 strikeouts. Yeah, that'll be a call-up from me. On May 31st, Another Wideone's first MLB appearance of 2008 would be to get the last out of a game against the White Sox's Brian Anderson. It took him two pitches to induce a flyout, and record his first career MLB Save. And that was just the beginning. Over the next four months, Grant Balfour would become the best relief pitcher on the Rays. In 58.1 innings of work, he'd only allow 10 runs for a 1.52 ERA, strike out 82 batters, and maintain a WHIP of 0.891. He finished the year as the fourth most valuable pitcher on the team by bWAR, rotation or bullpen. He also helped carry his team to a playoff berth, where they faced the White Sox in the Division Series. Balfour contributed 3.1 innings of scoreless ball, including the final two innings of the decisive Game 4 to clinch it for Tampa Bay. His ALCS was less exemplary, particularly the time he allowed 4 runs in 0.2 innings that led to his team losing a game they'd led 7-0 in the seventh inning. Thanks to the rest of Balfour's team, the Rays still advanced past the Red Sox in 7 to face the Philadelphia Phillies in the World Series. Just Abitoutside did his best, only allowing one run in the three games he pitched, but the good fortune Tampa Bay had sown with the baseball gods dried up before they could close it out and win that elusive piece of metal. Still, Balfour had shown he was far from done pitching great baseball.
The Rays rewarded Ball Numerocuatro for his excellent season by keeping him around for two years. He'd do okay, not the best bullpen arm but nowhere near the worst. 7-5 with a 3.67 ERA and 125 strikeouts in 122.2 innings. Not bad at all, even good enough for a 113 ERA+. 3.28 FIP, too. Probably didn't help that he walked 50 people and only saved 4 games, but you can't win em all. Balfour's last three pitching appearances for the Rays were all scoreless outings in the ALDS, a series they'd go on to lose. Afterwards, because they're the Rays, they decided not to bring him back, and so Opposite Ofastrikeout became a free agent for the first time in four years.
That offseason, after being named the 42nd best free agent available by MLB Trade Rumors, Grant Balfour signed a 2-year, $8 million contract with the Oakland Athletics. I can imagine Peter Brandt telling Billy Beane, "the thing people don't like about him is his name. He's a great pitcher, but his name sounds like 'ball four,' so he'll be cheap." Walk Joke would spend his first season in Oakland as a setup man for closer Andrew Bailey, and he'd perform that job well, notching a career high 26 holds in 2011. Even after Brian Fuentes took over after Bailey got injured, Balfour didn't waver, finishing the year with a 2.47 ERA and a 1.032 WHIP, the best WHIP he'd had since that magical 2008 run. Figuring that still wasn't good enough, and after a nice spring training, Somethingabout Badpitches found himself in the A's closer spot at the beginning of 2012. It was a spot he wouldn't relinquish for... about a month. A couple bad outings left the spot open for Ryan Cook, but once he also began to struggle in mid-August, Balfour once again took over, and would hold the job for the rest of that season and the next once his option was picked up. Over that time, Balfour at one point had saved 44 games in a row, an Athletics franchise record. In a franchise whose history included both Rollie Fingers and Dennis Eckersley closing games, the record for most consecutive non-blown saves belongs to a guy whose name means "walk a dude." Baseball, man. That streak even got Balfour an All-Star nod after an injury was sustained by his teammate Bartolo Colon, aka "Portly Pulchritudinous." All told, in his three years in Oakland, Grant Balfour went 9-7, sustained a 2.53 ERA and 1.043 WHIP, struck out 203 hitters, saved 64 games, and gathered 5.8 bWAR. Pretty nice if I do say so. Nice enough that he was out of their price range, and so back he went to the land of the free agents. After a snafu with the Orioles wound up with a 2-year $15 million contract being overturned due to a poor physical, his old friends the Tampa Bay Rays swooped in and gave him 2 years and $12 million instead. Balfour showed that that physical might have been more right than he wanted to let on, as the 36-year-old put up a 4.91 ERA and a 1.444 WHIP, both of which were his worst stats since the year he played for the Brewers. He lost the closer job after just 12 saves, and never regained it, getting released less than a month into the second year of his contract. After an attempted comeback when the Rays offered him a second-chance minor league deal, Theschtick Isgettingold got released again, and officially retired on April 29, 2016. And on that day, the list of players whose names could actually be performed in the game was reduced to zero. Well, except for Brandon Belt. Just wear a logo on your belt and bam.
Balfour's most interesting aspect, at least to me, will always be his name. Some others might point his Athletics' consecutive save record, which is valid. Some others might point to his penchant for pitching while enraged, which would regularly get him into altercations with batters he faced. That's also valid. But I am still fascinated by the fact that someone whose name is literally Grant Ball Four became a pitcher in the MLB and stayed there for long enough to qualify for the Hall of Fame ballot. I suppose the baseball gods have a fickle sense of humor. I am disappointed he is not on simply based on his name alone, but I understand why. Because at the end of the day, he just didn't deserve to be there. Sorry Thisjoke Isdead.
Balfour would visit the Hall in an Oakland A's cap for his 64 saves, 2.53 ERA, and 203 strikeouts with the franchise. How would he get inside, you ask? Why, as his name would suggest, he'd walk. Oh that was awful.
These baseball players are less important than anybody on the ballot but you can read about them if you want
#1: Randy Choate
#2: Kevin Gregg
#3: Dan Uggla
#4: Josh Hamilton
#5: Delmon Young
#6: Willie Bloomquist
#7: Grady Sizemore
#8: Kevin Correia
#9: David DeJesus
#10: Rafael Betancourt
#11: Clint Barmes
#12: Adam LaRoche

Inspired by a comment I made on u/willwuotila's post asking for how to get into Oh Sees, I wanted to make something a bit more comprehensive, especially in the "main albums" department.
Table of Contents:

Main Albums
"Other" Albums (Live, compilation, etc.)
OCS
Other Bits and Pieces

Main Albums
For the very first baby steps, I suggest going with the Oh Sees Sampler, a playlist made by John Dwyer that takes one song from each album* to give an overview of the band: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/26LyqDL2Ouu00kZ9UWp8b1?si=Vg2VkFJRRqiFXYYOgNyOpA
* the sampler excludes albums under the name OCS and The Ohsees, and the 2 albums that came out after the sampler was made, Protean Threat and Metamorphosed.
Going deeper into each album, I'll give a brief explanation and some song recommendations.
Sucks Blood (2007): One of the last releases in their lo-fi folky style, Sucks Blood also has some faint hints to what they'd do next. Recommendations: It Killed Mom, Iceberg, Ship
The Master's Bedroom Is Worth Spending A Night In (2008): Their fist dive into garage rock, spurred by their new drummer Mike Shoun. It still has hints of their softer side, nothing like I've ever heard before, very nice. Recommendations: Block Of Ice, Graveyard Drug Party, Maria Stacks
Help (2009): The transformation is complete, Thee Oh Sees are now a garage rock band. With most songs not even reaching 3 minutes long, no time is wasted here! Recommendations: Ruby Go Home, Rainbow, Destroyed Fortress Reappears
Dog Poison (2009): Another shift in sound, this album is only 24 minutes long and was made entirely by John Dwyer by himself, this album has a weird and very warm lo-fi sound. Recommendations: The Fizz, The Sun Goes All Around, I Can't Pay You To Disappear
Warm Slime (2010): Back to their full band garage sound, this album was recorded live over the course of one week. It also showcases one of their first dives into recording longer songs with the title track. Recommendations: Warm Slime, Everything Went Black, Flash Bats
Castlemania (2011): In some ways this album is similar to Dog Poison, but much more refined. This album does have a few moments where other musicians appear, but this is still mostly warm lo-fi rock made by Dwyer by himself. The last 3 tracks are covers as well, which is cool. Recommendations: I Need Seed, Stinking Cloud, If I Stay Too Long
Carrion Crawler / The Dream (2011): Continuing with the theme of flipping backwards and forewords, here's another garage album recorded live over a week. Originally intended to be 2 EP's (reflected in physical copies having "EP" written on them), Carrion Crawler / The Dream is 40 minutes of Thee Oh Sees just rocking it out. Recommendations: Chem-Farmer, The Dream, Crack In Your Eye
Putrifiers II (2012): Another switch to Dwyer making most of the album, though not as exclusive as on Dog Poison and Castlemania. This album is less lo-fi and garage-y as their previous output, it has a mix of rocking out and low-key moments, making this album the most varied album in terms of mood yet. Recommendations: Wax Face, Hang A Picture, Putrifiers II
Floating Coffin (2013): The garage is almost gone, the rock is harder, and the recording quality is noticeably better on most tracks. This album is a great rocker and is a hint towards their current sound. Recommendations: I Come From The Mountain, No Spell, Minotaur
Drop (2014): Recorded during a transitional period for Thee Oh Sees, for the most part Drop takes a break from rocking out, instead for going in more experimental directions. Recommendations: Penetrating Eye, Transparent World, The Lens
Mutilator Defeated At Last (2015): Only 34 minutes long, Mutilator Defeated At Last is full of great heart pumping psych-garage rock songs, as well as slower and low key moments to give you a breather, there's not a dull moment on here. This album also has a nice mix of rough recording and great mixing, this album is a great starting point. Recommendations: Withered Hand, Poor Queen, Sticky Hulks
A Weird Exits (2016): This album has great range of style, between hard rockers and long, considered jams. It's a great experience, full of many details to catch on every listen. Recommendations: Ticklish Warrior, Plastic Plant, The Axis
An Odd Entrances (2016): A companion to A Weird Exits, but with the rocking out turned town and the jamming around turned up. Recommendations: You Will Find It Here, The Poem, At The End, On The Stairs
Orc (2017): Maybe the tightest drumming on any Oh Sees album, thanks to the double drummer duo of Dan Rincon and Paul Quattrone. This album is out of this world, rocks hard as they ever have. Seriously, the drumming is great on this one. Recommendations: The Static God, Animated Violence, Jettisoned
Smote Reverser (2018): With the inclusion of Tomas Dolas on keys, the current line-up is complete, and man do those keys add another dimension to the music. Don't be thrown off by the cover, only one track really fits the apocalyptic metal sound, the rest has a range progressive and psych sounds. Recommendations: Enrique El Cobrador, "C", Abysmal Urn
Face Stabber (2019): This album is an hour and 20 minute long epic, made up of progressive rockers, short hard punkers and 2 massive jams. Recommendations: The Daily Heavy, The Experimenter, Face Stabber, Fu Xi, Poisoned Stones, Together Tomorrow
Protean Threat (2020): The antitheses to Face Stabber, just under 40 minutes and only 3 songs over 4 minutes long. I think the best way to describe this album would be "kraut-punk". Recommendations: Dreary Nonsense, If I Had My Way, Canopnr '74
Metamorphosed (2020): The first three tracks were from the Face Stabber sessions, only left off because that album is already so long. The 2 long jams were recorded afterwards, and turned what was gonna be an EP into a full album, and it's a great album in it's own right. Recommendations: Electric War, Weird and Wasted Connection

Other Albums
Various albums that don't quite fit the standard for an album, being compilations, remix albums or long jamming sessions.
Singles Collections: They're all the same, a collection of singles and compilation tracks. Not radio singles though, these are usually 7" vinyl exclusive tracks, and are just as good as the studio albums.
Vol. 1 (2006-2009) Recommendations: Carol Anne, Kids In Cars, Comas
Vol. 2 (2009-2011) Recommendations: Tidal Wave, Schwag Rifles, She Said To Me
Vol. 3 (2011-2013) Recommendations: Ugly Man, Wait, Let's Go, Devil Again
Moon Sick EP (2013): Outtakes from Floating Coffin, these tracks aren't just the leftovers, they are the dessert to Floating Coffin's main course, short and sweet and distinct in flavour. Recommendations: Sewer Fire, Humans Be Swayed
The 12” Synth (2019): Two 20 minute ambient synth tracks recorded by John and Tom.
Panther Rotate (2020): A remixed version of Protean Threat, made alongside the album, mostly a lot more atmospheric and spaced out. Recommendations: Scramble Experiment, Toadstool Experiment, If I Had an Experiment
Weirdo Hairdo (2020): Three longer outtakes from Protean Threat, cut for being waaayyy too long, in case you missed long jams like on Face Stabber or Metamorphosed. Recommendation: Don't Blow Your Mind

Live Albums
Thee Hounds of Foggy Notion (2008): The last of their softer sound, these tracks were recorded live without an audience, and before The Master's Bedroom. Because of this, you can hear some alternate, quieter takes of songs from The Master's Bedroom. Recommendations: Block Of Ice, Thee Hounds of Foggy Notion, Dreadful Heart
Live In San Francisco (2016): A blood pumping live show, full of classics and full of sweat. Recommendations: I Come From The Mountain, Tidal Wave, Web
Levitation Sessions (2020): A pandemic-friendly live session made up of live classics and songs never played before, spanning their entire career. Recommendations: The Static God, The Fizz, Block Of Ice
Live at Big Sur (2020): Recorded at the Henry Miller Library, and similar to Levitation Sessions, but with a completely different setlist, no repeats. This one also comes with a set of surprise covers of Black Flag, Liket Lever and Faust. Recommendations: Crushed Grass, Dead Medic, Levande Begravd (Liket Lever Cover)
Levitation Sessions II (2020): An upcoming session, with the same setup as the past 2 sessions, this time in an abandoned factory warehouse. What surprises will this one hold? How is the second guitar in the background going to come into play? We will see on April 10th.

Other Bits and Pieces
There’s a bunch more things for a deeper dive into their music.
Zork’s Tape Bruise (2009): Demos for the album Help, real rough sounding.
Quadrospazzed ‘09 (2010): A longer jam version of Quadrospazzed from The Master’s Bedroom.
Total Control Split EP (2011): The Oh Sees half of the EP is a bunch of alternate versions of tracks from other Oh Sees albums.
Putrifiers II Demos (2012): It’s exactly what it says it is.
There Is A Balm In Gilead (2013): Bonus track to some versions of Floating Coffin, just Brigid Dawson singing by herself.
Fortress (2016): Outtakes from Mutilator, really good stuff if you like that album.
Classic Bananas (2016): bonus track to some versions of An Odd Entrances, really good if you like either Exits or Entrances, unfortunately only on a flexi-disc so audio quality isn’t good.
Dead Medic (2017): 2 longer jams cut from Orc, great drumming, but some harsher sounds can be a turn off.
Clearly Invisible (2018): A 15 minute jam cut from Smote Reverser.
Dark Weald (2020): An outtake from Protean Threat.
Blood On Your Boots (2020): An outtake from Face Stabber / Metamorphosed.
Improv at Zebulon (2020/2021): self explanatory, a pair of 40+ minute long jams (recorded on May 21, 2020, and Feb 6, 2021), similar to The 12" Synth, though personally I like these more.

OCS
There’s OCS, technically the same band, but John Dwyer thinks of them as separate things, very lo-fi acoustic folky stuff, similar to Sucks Blood and Thee Hounds.
1 (2003): Mostly John just messing around, and very long. Recommendations: I really can't think of any to recommend, it's 53 untitled tracks
2 (2004): More focused than 1, still a rough listen, but much easier to get into. Recommendations: Mike D., Killed Yourself, Fearless
Songs About Death & Dying Vol. 3 + Get Stoved (2005): A double album, songs are nice and easier to get into than 1 or 2. Recommendations: If I Had A Reason, Hey Kid, Along The Way.., Harmony & Bells, Dreadful Heart
The Cool Death of Island Raiders (2006): A weird in-between period for them, under the name The Ohsees, it’s halfway between OCS and Thee Oh Sees. Recommendations: The Gilded Cunt, The Dumb Drums, Island Raiders
Grave Blockers EP (2006): Similar thoughts to Cool Death. Recommendations: I Agree, The Great Crush
Memory of a Cut Off Head (2017): Over 10 years after the last OCS album, much stronger songwriting with the same warm lo-fi sound, as well as some more energetic parts as well. Recommendations: Memory of a Cut Off Head, Cannibal Planet, Chopping Block
Live In San Francisco (2018): Cut Off Head, in full live, with 3 more songs at the end, including a 25 min version of Block Of Ice. This album also includes a strings section, it's wonderful. Recommendations: Cannibal Planet, Time Tuner, Block Of Ice

I’m sure I’m missing a few bits and pieces, but by the time you’ve listened to half of what I’ve recommended here, you’ll probably be able to find them yourself
Edit: Added descriptions and recommendation for Panther Rotate and Weirdo Hairdo. Edit 2: Updated formatting, added Live at Big Sur description and added upcoming entry for Levitation Sessions II.

Since the Billy Beane era had its first season 1998, 22 of the last 23 World Series champions have had a former A's player who was under his control, starting with Scott Brosius being traded to New York, only to be the 1998 World Series MVP the following year. The only exception is the 2003 Marlins.
Even if I wasn't reaching for a coach or a former player coaching, this stat rings true regardless as everyone had a player. Though there can an argument the Dbacks are the only reach in this list given both guys didn't do much.
3 players became World Series MVPs, 2 became LCS MVPs.
Full list of Ex A's who won a ring after leaving the A's while also working under the Billy Beane era. (No minor leaguers or people who pre-dating1998 like Jose Canseco/Tony La Russa included).
*No postseason games*I No postseason games that year because of injury. Jason Isringhausen was on the decline in 2006, but was a closer for most of that regular season until injury, which made room for Adam Wainright.
Scott Brosius (1998-2000 Yankees) {1998 WS MVP}
Ryan Christenson (2001 Dbacks)*
Mike Mohler (2001 Dbacks)*
Kevin Appier (2002 Angels)
Sal Fasano (2002 Angels)
Scott Spiezio (2002 Angels, 2006 Cardinals)
Keith Foulke (2004 Red Sox)
Mark Bellhorn (2004 Red Sox)
Terry Francona (2004 and 2007 Red Sox as manager)
Johnny Damon (2004 Red Sox, 2009 Yankees)
Jermaine Dye (2005 White Sox, WS MVP)
Jason Isringhausen (2006 Cardinals)I*
Mark Mulder (2006 Cardinals)*
Ricardo Rincon (2006 Cardinals)I*
Bobby Kielty (2007 Red Sox)
Joe Blanton (2008 Phillies, 2015 Royals**)
Matt Stairs (2008 Phillies)
Chris Snelling (2008 Phillies)*
Chad Gaudin (2009 Yankees)
Nick Swisher (2009 Yankees)
Santiago Casilla (2010, 2012 and 2014 Giants)
Barry Zito (2010* and 2012 Giants)
Octavio Dotel (2011 Cardinals)
Arthur Rhodes (2011 Cardinals)
Matt Holliday (2011 Cardinals)
Marco Scutaro (2012 and 2014-I* Giants) {2012 NLCS MVP}
Andrew Bailey (2013 Red Sox)I*
Craig Breslow (2013 Red Sox)
Stephen Drew (2013 Red Sox)
Jonny Gomes (2013 Red Sox, 2015 Royals*)
Tim Hudson (2014 Giants)
Ben Zobrist (2015 Royals, 2016 Cubs) {2016 WS MVP}
Trevor Cahill (2016 Cubs)*
Jason Hammel (2016 Cubs)Jon Lester (2016 Cubs, NLCS MVP)
Chris Coghlan (2016 Cubs)
A.J. Hinch (2017 Astros as Manager)
Josh Reddick (2017 Astros)
Tyler Clippard (2017 Astros)*
Luke Gregerson (2017 Astros)
Dave Hudgens (2017 Astros as a coach)
Drew Pomeranz (2018 Red Sox)*
Sean Doolittle (2019 Nationals)
Chip Hale (2019 Nationals as bench coach)
Fernando Rodney (2019 Nationals)
Kurt Suzuki (2019 Nationals)
Blake Treinen (2020 Dodgers)
Max Muncy (2020 Dodgers)
Bob Geren (2020 Dodgers as a Bench Coach)]

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30 Years Of Jamiroquai My 2022 - 2023 Post Series Summaries Pt. 2

30 Years Of Jamiroquai All Of The Remixes/B-Sides Series! Pt. 2

A Funk Odyssey Album Era (2001 - 2002)

Dynamite Album Era (2005 - 2006)

High Times: The Singles Greatest Hits Compilation (2006)

Rock Dust Light Year Album Era (2010 - 2011)

Automaton Album Era (2017 - 2020)

Bonus Section Part #2: Single By Single LineaSong Notes:

LITTLE L (2001)

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YOU GIVE ME SOMETHING (2001)

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CORNER OF THE EARTH (2002)

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LOVE FOOLOSOPHY (2002)

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FEELS JUST LIKE IT SHOULD (2005)

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SEVEN DAYS IN SUNNY JUNE (2005)

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(DON'T) GIVE HATE A CHANCE (2005)

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RUNAWAY (2006)

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WHITE KNUCKLE RIDE (2010)

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BLUE SKIES (2010)

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AUTOMATON (2017)

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CLOUD 9 (2017)

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SUPERFRESH (2017)

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SUMMER GIRL (2018)

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30 Years Of Jamiroquai My 2022 - 2023 Post Series Summaries Pt. 2

30 Years Of Jamiroquai All Of The Remixes/B-Sides Series! Pt. 2

A Funk Odyssey Album Era (2001 - 2002)

Dynamite Album Era (2005 - 2006)

High Times: The Singles Greatest Hits Compilation (2006)

Rock Dust Light Year Album Era (2010 - 2011)

Automaton Album Era (2017 - 2020)

Bonus Section Part #2: Single By Single LineaSong Notes:

LITTLE L (2001)

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YOU GIVE ME SOMETHING (2001)

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CORNER OF THE EARTH (2002)

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LOVE FOOLOSOPHY (2002)

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FEELS JUST LIKE IT SHOULD (2005)

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SEVEN DAYS IN SUNNY JUNE (2005)

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(DON'T) GIVE HATE A CHANCE (2005)

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RUNAWAY (2006)

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WHITE KNUCKLE RIDE (2010)

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BLUE SKIES (2010)

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AUTOMATON (2017)

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CLOUD 9 (2017)

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SUPERFRESH (2017)

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SUMMER GIRL (2018)

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30 Years Of Jamiroquai All Of The Remixes/B-Sides Series Part #2 Post Series Link Summary!

A Funk Odyssey Album Era (2001 - 2002)

Dynamite Album Era (2005 - 2006)

High Times: The Singles Greatest Hits Compilation (2006)

Rock Dust Light Year Album Era (2010 - 2011)

Automaton Album Era (2017 - 2020)