Chris Shoemaker

Pastimes

Everything else

The Minnesota teams I follow, and two things I’m still learning to do: play bass and DJ.

Minnesota sports

The Twins, Wild, Timberwolves and Vikings, in order of how closely I’m following each one right now. By default that’s baseball, hockey, basketball, then football, but the order reshuffles every morning: teams in season jump ahead of teams that aren’t, and a good record moves a team up the list.

  1. No. 01 · NHLIn season

    Wild

    6–3–2 14 pts

    2nd in the Central

    1. W
    2. OT
    3. L
    4. W
    5. W
    6. L
    7. W
    8. W
    9. OT
    10. L
    Last
    Lost to the Flames 2–1 Oct 22
    Next
    at Seattle Kraken Sat, Oct 24, 9 PM CT

  2. No. 02 · NFLIn season

    Vikings

    5–0

    1st in the NFC North · won 5 straight

    1. W
    2. W
    3. W
    4. W
    5. W
    Last
    Beat the Saints 23–13 Oct 11
    Next
    vs. Indianapolis Colts Sun, Oct 25, noon CT

  3. No. 03 · NBAIn season

    Timberwolves

    1–0

    2nd in the Northwest

    1. W
    Last
    Beat the Heat 131–106 Oct 21
    Next
    at Orlando Magic Fri, Oct 23, 6 PM CT

  4. No. 04 · MLBOff-season

    Twins

    77–85

    Finished 3rd in the AL Central

    1. L
    2. W
    3. L
    4. W
    5. L
    6. W
    7. W
    8. W
    9. L
    10. W
    Last
    Beat the Rangers 6–4 Sep 27
    Next
    Spring training: vs. Tampa Bay Rays Fri, Feb 19

Records from ESPN · synced Oct 23, 2026

In the woodshed

Woodshedding is jazz slang for practicing where nobody can hear you. These two are still very much in the shed.

Bass guitar

Years of cello should make this easy: four strings, the same clef. Instead the strings are a fourth apart rather than a fifth, there are frets where my fingers expect none, and there’s no bow to hide behind.

DJing

Learning to mix in Rekordbox and djay Pro. So far that mostly means learning what a trainwreck sounds like (two songs slowly drifting out of time) and trying not to lean on the sync button.