Monthly Archives: January 2013

Keeping Track

Happy Birthday–January 30

Tony Mullane (1859)
General Stafford (1868)
Walt Dropo (1923)
Sandy Amoros (1930)
Charlie Neal (1931)
Davey Johnson (1943)
Matt Alexander (1947)
Roger Cador (1952)
Joe Kerrigan (1954)
Dave Stegman (1954)
Jorge Cantu (1982)
Jeremy Hermida (1984)

Roger Cador was an outfielder in the Braves organization, reaching AAA.  He has been the head baseball coach at Southern University since 1984.   He was the first coach of a historically black university to win a game in the NCAA Division I baseball tournament, beating #2-ranked Cal State Fullerton 1-0 in 1987.

Dave Stegman was drafted by Minnesota in the tenth round in 1972, but did not sign. 

We would like to wish a very happy birthday to Rowsdower's father.

There do not appear to be any other players with connections to the Minnesota Twins born on this day.

NHL

hockey or basketball: a full plate tonight

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Columbus (2-3-1) at Minnesota (2-2-1) 7:00 pm
TV: FSN

Minnesota lost in overtime to a strong St. Louis team. It was a winnable game, with the Wild going up 3-1 in the second and to see the defense collapse. Ryan Suter is now paired with rookie Jonas Brodin. As noted in the last game log, the lines 2,3,4 need to chip in with some scoring.

Nebrasketball (11-10, 2-6) at #24 Minnesota (15-5, 3-4) 8:00 pm
TV: BTN

well, its been a struggle lately for Tubby's squad. Turnovers have killed this team all year, and it finally bit them when they played some of the stronger B1G teams.

Keeping Track

Happy Birthday–January 29

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Ray Hayworth (1904)
Pancho Coimbre (1909)
Bill Rigney (1918)
Hank Edwards (1919)
Frank Gravino (1923)
Bobby Bolin (1939)
Sergio Ferrer (1951)
Steve Sax (1960)
Mike Aldrete (1961)
John Habyan (1964)
Jason Schmidt (1973)

Pancho Coimbre was a star in the Caribbean Leagues and the Negro leagues in the 1940s.  Roberto Clemente said that Coimbre was a better player than Clemente was.  Coimbre played two full seasons in the Puerto Rican League in which he did not strike out. 

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WGOM Fitness

WGOM Fitness: 28 January 2013, Setback x3

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I took last Thursday off because I was exhausted after several good workouts that week.  And I was going to hit it again on Friday.  But then Friday got really busy, and when I finally got a chance to go to the gym I discovered I didn't have my shoes.  It was the end of the day, and I gave myself a break (I was still pretty sore from some lifting on Wednesday too).  Continue reading WGOM Fitness: 28 January 2013, Setback x3 →