I’m trying to imagine what it must be like to have a a tornado more than a mile wide with winds up to 300 miles per hour bearing down on you. The worst of the storm that devastated Moore, OK went south of where my Oklahoma City relatives live, and it’s a bad one. [...]
 Twayn  May 20th, 2013, at 5:28 pm  42 LTEs  Atlanta Braves, Julio Teheran, Kevin Correia, Minnesota Twins Jeff A May 18th, 2013, at 11:00 am Write the first LTE Kernels, Minnesota Twins, minor league updates, Miracle, Red Wings, Rock Cats, transactions Cole DeVries continues his rehab and the rest is minor league stuff. [...] Twayn May 13th, 2013, at 6:00 pm 112 LTEs Chicago White Sox, Hector Santiago, Minnesota Twins, Ozzie Guillen, Pedro Hernandez I used to love to hate the White Sox, but that fiery passion has cooled considerably in the past few years. Now I just like to dislike them. For this I blame Ozzie Guillen, who somehow against all odds and expectations brought a new level of civility and respect to the formerly fierce and [...] Jeff A May 11th, 2013, at 11:00 am Write the first LTE Elizabethton, GCL Twins, Kernels, Minnesota Twins, minor league updates, Miracle, Red Wings, Rock Cats, transactions Cole DeVries was assigned to Fort Myers, then to New Britain on a rehab assignment. Brandon Boggs was released by Rochester. Adam Pettersen was promoted from Fort Myers to New Britain. James Beresford was placed on the seven-day disabled list by New Britain. Kyle Knudson was placed on the seven-day disabled list by Fort Myers [...] Jeff A May 9th, 2013, at 5:00 am Write the first LTE citizen days, ex-Twins, Hall of Famers, Happy Birthday, Minnesota Twins Frank Bancroft (1846) Tommy Clarke (1888) Billy Jurges (1908) Tony Bartirome (1932) Ron Jackson (1953) Tom Chism (1954) Tony Gwynn (1960) Aaron Harang (1978) Prince Fielder (1984) Oswaldo Arcia (1991) Frank Bancroft managed seven teams in nine different seasons over the period of 1880-1902. Infielder Tony [...] Twayn May 6th, 2013, at 5:00 pm 247 LTEs Boston Red Sox, Clay Buchholz, Fenway Park, Minnesota Twins, Vance Worley Even casual fans, with proper coaching and education, are able to see that the Win is a flawed statistic for measuring pitcher performance. We can all take consolation in just how flawed the statistic is as the Twins begin a four-game series this evening at Fenway with Clay Buchholz taking the mound for Boston. [...] Jeff A May 6th, 2013, at 8:03 am 2 LTEs Kernels, Minnesota Twins, minor league updates, Red Wings, Rock Cats Samuel Deduno is back in mid-season form. Another good day for Sano and Rosario. We may soon be saying the Jose Berrios has nothing to learn in Cedar Rapids. [...] Jeff A May 4th, 2013, at 11:00 am Write the first LTE Minnesota Twins, minor league updates, transactions Bobby Lanigan was sent from Rochester to New Britain. Chris Mazza was placed on the seven-day disabled list by Cedar Rapids. Adam Bryant was promoted from Cedar Rapids to Fort Myers. Jeff A April 27th, 2013, at 11:00 am Write the first LTE Minnesota Twins, minor league updates, transactions Minor league edition. Nathan Hanson was promoted from New Britain to Rochester. Mark Sobolewski was sent from Rochester to New Britain. Bobby Lanigan was promoted from New Britain to Rochester. Marty Popham was released by New Britain. B. J. Hermsen was activated from the disabled list by New Britain. Dakota Watts was sent from New [...] Jeff A April 27th, 2013, at 5:00 am Write the first LTE ex-Twins, Hall of Famers, Happy Birthday, Minnesota Twins Hi Myers (1889) Allan Sothoron (1893) Rogers Hornsby (1896) Horace Stoneham (1903) Enos Slaughter (1916) John Rice (1918) Greg Kosc (1949) Willie Upshaw (1957) Patrick Lennon (1968) Frank Catalanotto (1974) Benj Sampson (1975) Chris Carpenter (1975) Pedro Feliz (1975) Luis Perdomo (1984) Horace Stoneham was the owner of [...] A big night for Byron Buxton. Five hits for Doug Bernier. Sano hits his eighth. [...] Jeff A April 20th, 2013, at 10:00 am Write the first LTE Minnesota Twins, minor league updates, transactions Scott Diamond was activated from the disabled list. Liam Hendriks was optioned to Rochester. Wilkin Ramirez was placed on the paternity list, then activated from the paternity list two days later. Oswaldo Arcia was recalled from Rochester, optioned to Rochester the next day, and recalled again the next day. Tim Wood was assigned to Fort [...] Bucky Walters (1909) Hector Maestri (1935) Rick Miller (1948) Ed Hodge (1958) R. J. Reynolds (1959) Frank Viola (1960) Spike Owen (1961) Scott Kamieniecki (1964) Brent Mayne (1968) Jose Cruz (1974) Joe Beimel (1977) George Sherrill (1977) Dennys Reyes (1977) Joe Mauer (1983) Right-hander Hector Maestri was with the [...] Twayn April 15th, 2013, at 6:00 pm 183 LTEs Joe Blanton, Kevin Correia, Los Angeles Angels, Minnesota Twins Three weeks ago I was pretty much done with taxes, except for entering one form that my daughter needed to provide. After weeks of nagging, she finally sent it to me last Friday. I plugged it into the old 1040 today, and my refund got a happy ending. What’s the lesson? Perseverance pays off. [...] Jeff A April 13th, 2013, at 10:00 am Write the first LTE GCL Twins, Kernels, Minnesota Twins, Miracle, Red Wings, transactions Tyler Robertson was optioned to Rochester. Pedro Hernandez was recalled from Rochester. Cole DeVries was placed on the fifteen-day disabled list. Anthony Swarzak was activated from the disabled list. Scott Diamond was sent to Fort Myers on a rehab assignment. Mike Kvasnicka was placed on the seven-day disabled list by Fort Myers. Drew Leachman was [...] Jeff A April 12th, 2013, at 5:00 am Write the first LTE Hall of Famers, Happy Birthday, Minnesota Twins Vic Willis (1876) Addie Joss (1880) Bill Bailey (1888) Eric McNair (1909) Bill Wight (1922) Bob Zuk (1927) Johnny Antonelli (1930) Charlie Lau (1933) Terry Cooney (1933) Woodie Fryman (1940) Vicente Romo (1943) Terry Harmon (1944) Mike Macfarlane (1964) Paul LoDuca (1972) Antonio Osuna (1973) Pedro Hernandez (1989) Bob [...] cheaptoy April 9th, 2013, at 5:00 pm 182 LTEs Jeremy, Jeremy Guthrie, Kansas City Royals, Mike Pelfrey, Minnesota Twins, Rain Coming Holy cats, a night game! (Maybe. If it isn’t rained out, and based on the weather report, that’s a very real possiblity.) Mike Pelfrey vs. Jeremy Guthrie My first ever game log and it comes against a Jeremy. Fortunately, it also comes in the second game of a series after an opening loss, so I [...] Twayn April 8th, 2013, at 2:11 pm 110 LTEs Ervin Santana, Kansas City Royals, Kevin Correia, Minnesota Twins, The Beatles For some reason Kansas City has received more than its fair share of musical tributes. Rodgers and Hammerstein gave the city the Broadway treatment with Everything’s Up to Date in Kansas City back in 1943. Over the years the town has been lauded in Leadbelly’s Kansas City Papa, Jelly Roll Morton’s Kansas City Stomp, [...] It has widely been reported that Cole DeVries has been placed on the disabled list and that Pedro Hernandez has been recalled, but that transaction has not shown up on the official lists yet. It has also been reported that Drew Butera has been placed on the disabled list for Rochester, that Eric Farris has [...] Twayn April 1st, 2013, at 2:00 pm 211 LTEs Detroit Tigers, Justin Verlander, Minnesota Twins, Opening Day, Vance Worley First Pitch—3:10 p.m. Central Probable Starters—Justin “Cy” Verlander vs. Vance “Can’t Dance” Worley Probable Outcome—Try not to think about it too much “Awright, ladies!” Ron Gardenhire bellowed as he stuck his head inside the clubhouse door. “Stick your cups in your pants and hit the field, batting practice starts in five minutes!” Inside, the [...] |
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