Ernie Calbert (1887)
Fred Schulte (1901)
Ron Brand (1940)
Makoto Matsubara (1944)
Mike Tyson (1950)
Bob Forsch (1950)
Odell Jones (1953)
Gene Roof (1958)
Kevin Mitchell (1962)
Kevin McClatchy (1963)
Elmer Dessens (1971)
There do not appear to be any players with connections to the Minnesota Twins who were born on this day. The closest we come is Gene Roof, whose brother, Phil, played for the Twins. We would, however, like to wish a happy birthday to a certain Dread Pirate.
minnesota's own maria bamford:
big fan of the bammer.
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Escogido 7, Aguilas 1 in Escogido. Pedro Florimon was 1-for-4 with a run for Escogido.
Licey 8, Cibao 0 in Cibao. Alexi Casilla was 2-for-4 for Cibao. Wilkin Ramirez was 1-for-3 with a walk for Cibao.
PUERTO RICAN LEAGUE
Ponce 9, Mayaguez 6 in Mayaguez. Angel Morales was used as a pinch-runner by Ponce. Nelvin Fuentes retired all four batters he faced for Mayaguez.
AUSTRALIAN LEAGUE
Melbourne 6, Brisbane 5 in Brisbane. Rory Rhodes was 0-for-4 for Brisbane.
I was going to use a bizarre story from work here, but I ended up burning it off last night in the Cup. Now I can't think of anything interesting that happened today.
Henry Larkin (1860)
Tom Kinslow (1866)
George Browne (1876)
Joe Hauser (1899)
Lee Allen (1915)
Alfredo Ortiz (1944)
Ron Polk (1944)
Paul Reuschel (1947)
Randy Jones (1950)
Terry Whitfield (1953)
Mike Marshall (1960)
Tim Hulett (1960)
Casey Candaele (1961)
Andy Fox (1971)
Luis Ayala (1978)
Dontrelle Willils (1982)
The Mike Marshall listed above is the outfielder/first baseman who played mostly for the Dodgers.
What a great look.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cum77Y1Ex0g
Comic relief, 1989.
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Cibao 10, Aguilas 6 in Cibao. Alexi Casilla was 3-for-4 with a walk, a run, and an RBI for Cibao. Wilkin Ramirez was 1-for-4 with a run for Cibao. Luis Perdomo gave up hits to both batters he faced for Aguilas, but was not charged with a run.
Licey 14, Escogido 4 in Escogido. Pedro Florimon was 2-for-4 with a run for Escogido.
PUERTO RICAN LEAGUE
Mayaguez 5, Ponce 4 in Ponce. Angel Morales was used as a pinch-runner, but did not bat for Ponce.
Anzoategui 8, La Guaira 2 in La Guaira. Lester Oliveros struck out two in a scoreless inning while giving up two hits and a walk.
...how many times have I accidentally typed "2011" up there this year? I think it's been a few.
George Pinkney (1859)
Silver King (1868)
Elmer Flick (1876)
Max Carey (1890)
George Trautman (1890)
General Crowder (1899)
Schoolboy Rowe (1910)
Don Mossi (1929)
Gene Cook (1932)
Jim McAndrew (1944)
Jack Zduriencik (1951)
Rocket Wheeler (1955)
Lloyd McClendon (1959)
Donn Pall (1962)
Warren Morris (1974)
in an extremely loose combination of comedy week(s) and your daily WGOM video, here's demetri martin and his guitar (don't worry, i would never actually play one of those guitar comedians).
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UmLubAD3SEA
2004 (sorry for the quality)
i was a fan before, but i never really saw his show. if people dislike this young greek man due to that, i got nothin'.
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