
April 24, 2025: Let’s Do Lunch
April 23, 2025: Lose Some, Win Some
The Wolves lost a game I say was closer than it looked, and the Wild won in a much more convincing fashion that I could have expected.
Happy Birthday–April 23
Harry Coveleski (1886)
Elam Vangilder (1896)
Sunny Jim Bottomley (1900)
Jim West (1905)
Jim Starks (1906)
Dolph Camilli (1907)
Warren Spahn (1921)
Rheal Cormier (1967)
Andruw Jones (1977)
Jason Tyner (1977)
Carlos Silva (1979)
Sean Henn (1981)
Emilio Bonifacio (1985)
2025 Game Log 23 – White Sox at Twins
After coming off a nice series win against the Mets, the Twins lose all three in Atlanta and come home to a begin a six game stand against the lowly White Sox and the improving Angels. If the Twins want to be playing meaningful games in August and September, it really feels like winning at least 4 or 5 of these games is crucial.
Bailey Ober on the mound for the Twins and he's pitched well as he gets distance from his annual first game of the year blow out. Davis Martin for the Whities and he has a stat line that one would expect from a no-name pitcher for a last place team.
Game time at 6:40 and the weather should be nice for a ballgame. Not a lot of attention on this team right now given the NBA and NHL playoffs, NFL draft, etc. Could be a good time to just play some decent ball under the radar and be there when the fans look for some excitement for the summer.
April 22, 2025: Dorkus Malorkus
Okay, okay, I got sucked into that one popular podcast about the Roman Empire. It's pretty good.
Happy Birthday–April 22
Bob Smith (1895)
Taylor Douthit (1901)
Ray Benge (1902)
Lew Riggs (1910)
Mickey Vernon (1918)
John Orsino (1938)
Steve Jones (1941)
David Clyde (1955)
Moose Haas (1956)
Dave Schmidt (1957)
Terry Francona (1959)
Jimmy Key (1961)
Jack Savage (1964)
Mickey Morandini (1966)
George Williams (1969)
Tyson Ross (1987)
Dee Strange-Gordon (1988)
Kevin Kiermaier (1990)
We would also like to wish a very happy birthday to rowsdower.
Alex Warren – Ordinary
A bit dramatic, but sure.
April 21, 2025: Vast Catalog
Some of you may have noticed that the management likes to match the image to the post subject from time to time. I'm always amused when I check for something weird and it already exists.
Minor Details: Games of April 20
ST. PAUL AT IOWA
Rained out. Will be made up in the second week of May.
WICHITA WIND SURGE
No game scheduled.
CEDAR RAPIDS AT PEORIA
Rained out. Make-up date TBD.
FORT MYERS MIGHTY MUSSELS 1, BRADENTON MARAUDERS 0 IN FORT MYERS
Twins' affiliates played one game, and they scored one run, and it was enough. Fort Myers loaded the bases with two out in the first on three walks, but did not score. Bradenton got men to second and third in the fifth on a hit batsman, a walk, and a ground out, but did not score. Those were the only men to reach third base until the seventh, when Peyton Carr led off with a walk, went to second on a pickoff error, and scored on a pair of ground outs. Twins baseball!
Fort Myers had five hits and drew seven walks, but managed to score only one unearned run. But again, it was enough, as four Fort Myers pitchers shut out Bradenton on four hits and two walks.
Batters: Jose Rodriguez was 2-for-3 with a double and a walk.
Pitchers: Jakob Hall pitched three shutout innings, giving up a hit and a walk and striking out two. Jacob Kisting pitched three shutout innings and only allowed a walk. Devin Kirby pitched two shutout innings, giving up two hits and striking out one. Kade Bragg struck out three in a scoreless inning, giving up one hit.
Opponents: Jonawel Valdez struck out three and walked three in three shutout innings, giving up one hit. Greiber Mendez struck out four in three shutout innings, giving up three hits and a walk.
Stats: Poncho Ruiz is batting .333 with an OPS of .840. Jay Thomason has an OPS of .934. Byron Chourio has an OPS of .825. Kade Bragg has an ERA of 1.50. Devin Kirby has an ERA of 2.57. Jacob Kisting has an ERA of 3.86.
Record: Fort Myers is 8-7, in second place, one game ahead of Clearwater.
TUESDAY'S TILTS
11:07 Indianapolis at St. Paul--no starters listed
5:30 Fort Myers at Clearwater--no starters listed
6:05 Springfield at Wichita--no starters listed
6:35 Wisconsin (Manuel Rodriguez, 0-1, 1.69) at Cedar Rapids (TBD)