July 23, 2017: For Coffee Lovers
Happy Birthday–July 23
Ginger Beaumont (1876)
Hod Ford (1897)
Jimmie Wilson (1900)
Ival Goodman (1908)
Ray Scarborough (1917)
Pee Wee Reese (1918)
Johnny Groth (1926)
Anthony Gubicza (1928)
Bert Convy (1933)
Don Drysdale (1936)
Dean Look (1937)
Hank Allen (1940)
Chuck Crim (1961)
Nomar Garciaparra (1973)
Anthony Gubicza, a pitcher in Class D and C leagues from 1950-1951, is the father of Mark Gubicza.
Actor/singer/game show host Bert Convy was an outfielder in Class D and C leagues from 1951-1952.
White Sox’ catcher Dean Look is the brother of ex-Twin Bruce Look.
Outfielder Hank Allen, who played for Washington, Milwaukee, and the White Sox, is the brother of Dick Allen and Ron Allen.
There do not appear to be any major league players with connections to the Minnesota Twins who were born on this day.
Game 96: Tigers @ twins
Zimmerman vs. Gibson. Both have mostly been gascans this season, so I'm expecting a scoreless tie that gets broken by Zach Granite's first major league home run in the bottom of 12th inning.
For real, though, while I don't want the front office to sell the future to beef up the rotation, it's getting a little irritating to see Gibson's name penciled in every five games.
Big Joe Williams – Sloppy Drunk Blues
If alcohol won't help solve your problem, maybe this will.
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Minor Details: Games of July 21
A tremendous game by Tim Melville. LaMonte Wade and Dereck Rodriguez lead the Lookouts. Jermaine Palacios just keeps hitting. A big day for Joe Cronin. Akil Baddoo makes a successful debut for the E-Twins. Homers by Estamy Urena and Alberoni Nunez carry the DSL Twins.
July 22, 2017: Inherent Weiss
Surly sure can name a beer, even if I'm not sure the hoppy hefe thing is working for me.
Happy Birthday–July 22
Pebbly Jack Glasscock (1857)
George Gibson (1880)
Jesse "Pop" Haines (1893)
Doc Cramer (1905)
Jungle Jim Rivera (1922)
Sparky Lyle (1944)
Bill Zepp (1946)
Cliff Johnson (1947)
Tim Johnson (1949)
Scott Sanderson (1956)
Dave Stieb (1957)
Mike Sweeney (1973)
Scot Shields (1975)
Ryan Vogelsong (1977)
We would also like to wish a happy birthday to brianS’ brother.
The pastor who took over for me in the North Sioux City church is a nephew to Jesse Haines.
Game 95: Tigers @ Twins
It's July 20th and the Twins are still only (somehow) a 1/2 game back of the Clevelanders for first in the ALC. Its truly mind-boggling when incorporating the information that they just sent out an old-as-dirt Bartolo Colon to start a game. But hey, I'll take it.
Anibal Sanchez (1-0, 6.08 ERA, 5.58 FIP) vs. Ervin Santana (11-6, 2.99 ERA, 4.76 FIP)
The Tigers have entered rebuild mode (and abandoned fly-ball mode), which is sort of fun to see since they've been near the top of the division for a while now. That should hopefully make things a bit easier for the Twins to keep pace with the Spiders. I have to imagine we'll see Verlander trying on some new clothes fairly soon, eh?
FMD 7/21/17: Meatloaf
Since this week's guest DJ has been none other than Meat himself, it seemed somewhat fitting that today's FMD feature be meat related. And what else could be music and meat related better than Meatloaf?
Here, enjoy this video which is a fantastic bit of ... something. Featuring Cher!
I've said it before, and I'll say it again, I love how earnest the man is in his songs.
Anyway, share your lists, share your favorite Meatloaf anecdotes, share your submissions for bizarre and earnest music videos... whatever moves you.
Minor Details: Games of July 20
ByungHo Park keeps hitting. Kohl Stewart and three relievers lead Chattanooga. No offense for Fort Myers or Cedar Rapids. Charlie Barnes and Nick Brown carry the E-Twins. Daniel Palka continues his rehab in the GCL. Yeltsin Encarnacion has the big hit for the DSL Twins.