Monthly Archives: July 2013

Keeping Track

Happy Birthday–July 23

Ginger Beaumont (1876)
Hod Ford (1897)
Jimmie Wilson (1900)
Ival Goodman (1908)
Ray Scarborough (1917)
Pee Wee Reese (1918)
Johnny Groth (1926)
Anthony Gubicza (1928)
Bert Convy (1933)
Don Drysdale (1936)
Dean Look (1937)
Hank Allen (1940)
Chuck Crim (1961)
Nomar Garciaparra (1973)

Anthony Gubicza, a pitcher in Class D and C leagues from 1950-1951, is the father of Mark Gubicza.

Actor/singer/game show host Bert Convy was an outfielder in Class D and C leagues from 1951-1952.

White Sox’ catcher Dean Look is the brother of ex-Twin Bruce Look.

Outfielder Hank Allen, who played for Washington, Milwaukee, and the White Sox, is the brother of Dick Allen and Ron Allen.

There do not appear to be any major league players with connections to the Minnesota Twins who were born on this day.

WGOM Fitness

WGOM Fitness: 22 July 2013, Summertime And The Eatin’ Is Easy

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I love the easiness of eating healthy in summer. I eat fruit galore in the summer, whole bushels of blueberries and raspberries and blackberries. Peaches regularly visit our grill. I hate watermelon, but there's usually a lot of that around our house too, since Philosofette is silly enough to enjoy it. Continue reading WGOM Fitness: 22 July 2013, Summertime And The Eatin’ Is Easy →

Keeping Track

Players of the Week

Rochester:  Oswaldo Arcia was 5-for-8 with two home runs and a walk.  For the season in Rochester, he is hitting .313/.422/.604 in 96 at-bats.

New Britain:  Eddie Rosario was 12-for-31 with three doubles, a home run, two walks, and a stolen base.  For the season in New Britain, he is hitting .312/.371/.457 in 138 at-bats.

Fort Myers:  J. D. Williams was 7-for-18 with a double, a walk, and two stolen bases.  Those are also his season numbers in Fort Myers.

Cedar Rapids:  Adam Brett Walker II was 9-for-30 with a double and five home runs.  For the season, he is hitting .281/.328/.548 in 352 at-bats.  Jonathan Murphy was 9-for-25 with a double, a home run, six walks, and a stolen base.  For the season, he is hitting .352/.464/.456 in 57 at-bats.  Niko Goodrum was 10-for-23 with six walks and five stolen bases.  For the season, he is hitting .262/.373/.362 in 282 at-bats.

Elizabethton:  Felix Jorge was 1-0, 0.00, giving up five hits and two walks with six strikeouts in five innings.  For the season, he is 2-0, 2.01, 0.99 WHIP with 25 strikeouts in 22.1 innings.  Yorman Landa was 1-0, 0.o0, giving up two hits and three walks with three strikeouts in five innings.  For the season, he is 3-0, 1.08, 0.96 WHIP with 27 strikeouts in 25 innings.

GCL Twins:  Alex Swim was 7-for-15 with a double.  For the season, he is hitting .346/.433/.404 in 52 at-bats.  Fernando Romero was 0-0, 1.29, giving up seven hits and a walk with seven strikeouts in seven innings.  For the season, he is 0-0, 3.00, 1.17 WHIP with 22 strikeouts in 19 innings.

DSL Twins:  Dubal Baez was 5-for-11 with three walks and three stolen bases.  For the season, he is hitting .318/.450/.386 in 88 at-bats.  Francis Mateo was 6-f0r-13 with a stolen base.  For the season, he is hitting .283/.327/.380 in 92 at-bats.

Keeping Track

Happy Birthday–July 22

Jack Glasscock (1857)
George Gibson (1880)
Jesse Haines (1893)
Doc Cramer (1905)
Jungle Jim Rivera (1922)
Sparky Lyle (1944)
Bill Zepp (1946)
Cliff Johnson (1947)
Tim Johnson (1949)
Scott Sanderson (1956)
Dave Steib (1957)
Mike Sweeney (1973)
Scot Shields (1975)
Juan Uribe (1979)

We would also like to wish a happy birthday to brianS’ brother.

The pastor who took over for me in North Sioux City church is a nephew to Jesse Haines.

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Cup of Coffee

July 22, 2013: High Society

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The last couple of days, my wife and I spent a lot of time in a rich area full of rich people. We went into some stores I figured we'd never go into and blew our minds with the price tags, and had drinks and a glorious hotel in Scottsdale. It was a very shallow universe in many ways, but it was fun to visit for a while.