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2013 Twins Game Log

2013 Game 35: Pale Hosers at Twins

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I used to love to hate the White Sox, but that fiery passion has cooled considerably in the past few years. Now I just like to dislike them. For this I blame Ozzie Guillen, who somehow against all odds and expectations brought a new level of civility and respect to the formerly fierce and nasty rivalry. I blame Ozzie because this is America, and we all know that in America the way a person feels about anything can never, ever, ever be blamed on the person doing the feeling; it must be either God's will or somebody else's fault. Ozzie's outspoken admiration for the Twins' brand of baseball during his Chicago tenure cowed the South Side trash talkers, and for that I don't think I can ever forgive him.

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Keeping Track

Players of the Week

Rochester:  Andrew Albers was 0-1, 0.00 in 12.1 innings (two starts).  He gave up two unearned runs on eight hits and three walks while striking out ten.  For the season, he is 0-2, 2.75, 1.25 WHIP with 9 walks and 34 strikeouts in 36 innings (seven starts).

New Britain:  Danny Santana was 13-for-24 with three doubles, a triple, two walks, and four stolen bases.  For the season, he is hitting .278/.298/.354 in 144 at-bats.  Josmil Pinto was 11-for-28 with three doubles, three home runs, and two walks.  For the season, he is hitting .338/.413/.577 in 142 at-bats.

Fort Myers;  D. J. Baxendale was 1-0, 0.00 in fourteen innings (two starts).  He gave up an unearned run on six hits and a walk while striking out sixteen.  For the season, he is 5-0, 1.25, 0.78 WHIP with 7 walks and 41 strikeouts in 43.1 innings (seven starts).

Cedar Rapids:  Adam Brett Walker II was 12-for-27 with four doubles, two triples, three home runs, and a stolen base.  For the season, he is hitting .321/.369/.664 in 131 at-bats.  Dalton Hicks was 10-for-23 with three doubles, a home run, and three walks.  For the season, he is hitting .297/.372/.500 in 128 at-bats.

Keeping Track

Happy Birthday–May 13

Jimmy Archer (1883)
Larry Gardner (1886)
Babe Dye (1898)
Bill McKinley (1910)
Bill Kinnamon (1919)
Dusty Rhodes (1927)
Johnny Roseboro (1933)
Leon Wagner (1934)
Juan Beniquez (1950)
Bobby Valentine (1950)
Lenny Faedo (1960)
Sean McDonough (1962)
Jose Rijo (1965)
Jack Cressend (1975)
Trajan Langdon (1976)
Barry Zito (1978)

Hockey Hall of Famer Babe Dye was a minor league outfielder from 1919-1926, spending much of his career in the American Association.  In 811 games, he hit .311, slugged .443, and stole 118 bases.

Bill McKinley was an American League umpire from 1946-1965.

Bill Kinnamon was an American League umpire from 1960-1969.

College basketball star Trajan Langdon was a third baseman in the low minors for three seasons.

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WGOM Videos

Louis Armstrong – Mack The Knife

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Philosofer week for videos!  I've decided to kick off with one of my all-time favorites (and a fairly easy transition from the past week): "Mack The Knife".  Though I acknowledge Bobby Darin's version is the definitive one, I was first really introduced to this song via Louis Armstrong.  Way back when, when my family got our first computer, it was also our first CD player.  We had 2 CDs.  One was The Lion King soundtrack, and one was a Louis Armstrong's Greatest Hits collection.  I wore the heck out of the latter.  And "Be Prepared."  The point is, this particular version of this particular song was one of the first ones I ever really fell in love with.

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-lHrDPjGfQ

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2013 Twins Game Recaps

Game 34: Twins 0, Orioles 6

As noted by AMR, it's been a pretty good week for birds. Diamond looked anything but sharp allowing 6 earned runs on 9 hits in 5 2/3 innings for the Loss. Wei-Yin Chen was workman-like allowing no more than one hit in each of his 5 innings. He left after feeling some pain in his side...no matter, the O's bullpen was solid the rest of the way.

The Twins had the leadoff man on first 4 out of the first 5 innings but couldn't move them. On the day, they were 0-9 with runners in scoring position and collectively struck out 8 times while only taking one walk. It was only their second shutout of the season.

Surprise: Joe Mauer was 2-3 with a walk, hit another double, his tenth in the past 8 contests, and extended his hitting streak to 11 games.

In other news: Tiger won The Players Championship at Sawgrass, closing the day with 2 pars to finish -13. It is his fourth win this year. With 78 career PGA wins, he is now four  short of Sam Snead's record.

 

2013 Twins Game Log

2013 Game 34: Orioles at Twins

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So, the Twins are 17-16 with 20% of the season gone. I'm sure I'm not the only one who keeps figuring that the "playing .500" part of the season is over, even at this site, but here we are (is anyone keeping track of that "-84 run differential the rest of the way" thing?).

Wei-Yin Chen goes for the Orioles. I don't know much about him, but he seems to be pitching fairly well (minus many strikeouts) and not getting run support. He faces Scott Diamond, who apparently is coming back from surgery in a decidedly non-Twins kind of way.

I'd put more into this, but it's been an emotionally wrecked May for me already. Go Twins. Win one for the moms in attendance.

WGOM Videos

Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue – Surburbia

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Okay, yeah, this isn't from Jazz Fest, but it would seem that the majority of folks at the track couldn't hold a camera phone steady enough to get a good video of anything. The fest video after the jump. Continue reading Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue – Surburbia →

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