Now what are we supposed to do?
April 18, 2021: Baseball-less Sunday
April 17, 2021: 50%
Well, in a Minnesota filled sports night, the home teams fared much better than the aways.
The Implants – Once Was I
I intended to have some more hopeful positive songs to finish out the week. Not how the week went but here is my last installment.
I don't know why I like this one so much, but its on my running list so I hear it a lot.
Bonus Videos because I can:
And with that I'm:
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April 16, 2021: Opposite Arbor Day
There was a large, sickly pine in our front yard that a competent crew reduced to dust in about 20 minutes. Surprising how fast they can do that and how much better the view from the front door looks.
Happy Birthday–April 16
Dutch Leonard (1892)
Paul Waner (1903)
Babe Phelps (1908)
Pete Hughes (1915)
Pete Suder (1916)
Joe Bauman (1922)
Rich Rollins (1938)
Bernie Allen (1939)
Garry Roggenburk (1940)
Jim Lonborg (1942)
Bob Montgomery (1944)
Bruce Bochy (1955)
Curt Young (1960)
Fernando Vina (1969)
Antonio Alfonseca (1972)
Kelly Dransfeldt (1975)
Nolan Arenado (1991)
Pete Hughes was a star in the low minors from 1937-1952. His incomplete career numbers are a .350 average and a .637 slugging percentage, but for some reason he never played above Class B.
Joe Bauman hit 72 home runs for Roswell in the Longhorn League in 1954.
Kelly Dransfeldt was drafted by Minnesota in the seventh round in 1993, but did not sign.
Rich Rollins, Bernie Allen, and Garry Roggenburk all played for the Twins at the same time. I wonder how unusual it is for a team to have three players who share the same birthday. They also all were born or raised in the state of Ohio. Rollins and Allen were also business partners for a while.
KennyHoopla – how will i rest in peace if i’m buried by a highway?//
KennyHoopla scratches my bloc party itch.
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April 15, 2021: Not Good
This recent skid hasn't been great. Quick! Fire your hottest take!
Happy Birthday–April 15
Jim Creighton (1841)
Ed Abbaticchio (1877)
Ed Bailey (1931)
Willie Davis (1940)
Ted Sizemore (1945)
Jeromy Burnitz (1969)
Milton Bradley (1978)
John Danks (1985)
Chris Tillman (1988)
Jim Creighton was a star pitcher from 1857-1862, before the National League was created. He passed away from a ruptured hernia in 1862 at the age of twenty-one.
Until Henry Aaron came along, Ed Abbaticchio held the “first in the alphabet” record. Now, of course, David Aardsma has them both beat.
There do not appear to be any major league players with connections to the Minnesota Twins born on this day.
2021 Game Logs 11 & 12: Boston Red Sox at Minnesota Twins
Game 1:
Nathan Eovaldi
vs
Kenta Maeda
Lineup:
Arraez - 3B
Polanco - 2B
Cruz - DH
Kepler - RF
Astudillo - 1B
Kirilloff - LF
Cave - CF
Jeffers - C
Riddle - SS
Game 2:
Eduardo Rodriguez
vs
José Berríos
Two seven-inning games. Still not a fan of those post-2020.
Twins have dropped the last three and risk falling below .500 since Game 2. Maeda and Berríos are the two starters you'd want pitching to end that streak. I hope the bullpen takes the day off because really, they aren't helping.
The Hives – Hate to Say I Told You So
Because I wanna.
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