Fred Dunlap (1859)
Eddie Grant (1883)
Earl Averill (1902)
Hank Johnson (1906)
Mace Brown (1909)
Monty Stratton (1912)
Larry Napp (1919)
Ed Fitz Gerald (1924)
El Tappe (1927)
Moe Thacker (1934)
Barry Latman (1936)
Kent Hrbek (1960)
Bryce Florie (1970)
Tom Martin (1970)
Chris Widger (1971)
Mark Quinn (1974)
Josh Hamilton (1981)
Matt Wieters (1986)
Larry Napp was an American League umpire from 1951-1974.
El Tappe had a twin brother, Mel Tappe, who played in the minors.
powerful performance here from mr. porter on an old new york subway car.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v6R9H84koxs
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Loading... Winning Streak: -6
Days Since Joe Mauer was booed for the Twins' sins: probably 1
Days Until the Universe folds in on itself: days will no longer be relevent since the Earth will be long destroyed
Days Until this losing streak is over: 1 day after that
It's been a long week since the Twins started losing last Tuesday. It's hard to remember since the pups came out and the fireworks were lit. But some day the sun will shine again. The ass-bats will explode into splinters and the gopher balls will dip and dive and swerve around opposing bats.
Until then though keep your head down. It's going to be a bumpy ride.
I'm trying to imagine what it must be like to have a a tornado more than a mile wide with winds up to 300 miles per hour bearing down on you. The worst of the storm that devastated Moore, OK went south of where my Oklahoma City relatives live, and it's a bad one. Best wishes to everyone in the storm's path.
After a pretty miserable home stand against teams with stocking fetishes, the Twins take to the road for a little interleague play. The last time the Twins played the Braves in Atlanta the two teams were locked in an epic and immortal clash of talent and will to claim the world championship of baseball. This series doesn't promise to hold the same level of drama and intensity as that one.
To start this one off the Twins will trot Kevin Correia to the mound. With a a 4-3 record and a 3.35 ERA he's been as solid a starting pitcher as we have so far this year, and with all his time in the National League he should be able to avoid looking completely lost with a bat in his hand. The Braves send Julio Teheran to the mound tonight. Just 22 years old, Teheran has posted a 14-to-1 K/BB rate in his last 25 innings pitched, which would seem to indicate a decent level of control. We'll see.
Play ball!
Ugh...summer movies. What have you seen?
This is a little story about memory, the wonders of the internet, and John D'Acquisto. Perhaps you will find it interesting.
Rochester: Chris Colabello was 15-for-28 with six doubles, three home runs, two walks, and ten RBIs. For the season, he is hitting .361/.419/.657 in 169 at-bats.
New Britain: Daniel Ortiz was 8-for-23 with three doubles. For the season, he is hitting .299/.341/.490 in 157 at-bats.
Fort Myers: Angel Morales was 9-for-21 with three doubles and three triples. For the season, he is hitting .267/.345/.452 in 146 at-bats.
Cedar Rapids: J. D. Williams was 7-for-22 with three doubles, two triples, a home run, four walks, and a stolen base. For the season, he is hitting .255/.411/.511 in 94 at-bats.
Kyle Gibson throws a gem. Another big day for Chris Colabello. Deibinson Romero makes his presence felt in New Britain.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lw_K7obMrWk
A big thanks goes out to philo for sharing his musical journey with us. Now for something totally different.*
*Some coarse language towards the end, so NSFW(ish)
(5 votes, average: 6.00 out of 10)Loading... Walt Burnham (1860)
Joe Harris (1891)
George Grantham (1900)
Pete Appleton (1904)
Hal Newhouser (1921)
Herman Wedemeyer (1924)
Tom Morgan (1930)
Ken Boyer (1931)
Sadaharu Oh (1940)
Bobby Murcer (1946)
Ralph Bryant (1961)
David Wells (1963)
Todd Stottlemyre (1965)
Ramon Hernandez (1976)
Jayson Werth (1979)
Austin Kearns (1980)
Walt Burham was a minor league manager from 1885-1907, winning 1,164 games.
Outfielder Herman Wedemeyer played for Class C Salt Lake City in 1950. He was a star running back in the All-America Football Conference and later appeared in over 300 episodes of the original Hawaii Five-O, playing Sergeant Edward “Duke” Lukela.
Right-hander Tom Morgan was with Washington at the end of 1960, appearing in fourteen games with them. On January 31, 1961, before the franchise played a game in Minnesota, he was sold to the Los Angeles Angels.
Sadaharu Oh hit 868 home runs in Japan.
Outfielder Ralph Bryant was drafted by Minnesota in the thirteenth round of the January draft in 1981, but he did not sign.
There do not appear to be any other major league players with connections to the Minnesota Twins born on this day.
We would like to wish a very happy birthday to hungry joe.