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Happy Birthday–August 23

George Davis (1870)
Guy Bush (1901)
Lonny Frey (1910)
Nels Potter (1911)
Carl Pohlad (1915)
Dale Mitchell (1921)
George Kell (1922)
Sherm Lollar (1924)
John Romano (1934)
Marty Martinez (1941)
Ron Blomberg (1948)
Jerry White (1952)
Mike Boddicker (1957)
Julio Franco (1958)
Randy St. Claire (1960)
Casey Blake (1973)
Mark Bellhorn (1974)

Carl Pohlad, of course, was the owner of the Twins for many years.

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Father Slowly Knowing Best

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The baby was a week late, so I'm going to be a week late.

What we quickly learned to not be delinquent about was feeding. I'm a schedule-orientated person, though not an obsessive one, so this works. I prefer schedules to not involve waking up in the too small hours of the night, but that's better than still being awake during the much larger hours.

It was quite trying to set up. The boy would nurse just fine and then fall asleep either during or not long after. That led us to believe we were doing things okay. Nope, turns out nursing just knocks him out. He was still quite hungry, but couldn't stay awake. Only took a few stressful nights to learn otherwise. He still controls the schedule, but now we know about it and can plan better.

I am curious how things are going to evolve once I return to work. We have similar methods of problem solving, so I'm in no way concerned about things.

Overall, it's definitely been great. I'm looking forward to getting past the eat-sleep-poop stage.

Keeping Track

Where They Stand

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Rochester is 72-60, first in the International League North, a half game ahead of Pawtucket.  The Red Wings are three games ahead of Norfolk in the wild card race, should that become an issue.  Rochester lost its most recent game and is 6-4 in its last ten games.

New Britain is 60-70, fifth in the Eastern League Eastern, twenty-one games behind Binghamton.  The Rock Cats are 7.5 games behind Trenton for the last playoff spot.  New Britain's elimination number is six.  The Rock Cats lost their most recent game and are 3-7 in their last ten games.

Fort Myers is 26-30, sixth in the Florida State League South, 7.5 games behind Charlotte.  Overall, the Miracle is 71-52, best in the Florida State League.  Fort Myers has already qualified for the playoffs by winning the first half.  The Miracle has lost five consecutive games and is 2-8 in its last ten games.

Cedar Rapids is 40-18, first in the Midwest League Western, 6.5 games ahead of Quad Cities.  Overall, the Kernels are 80-46, best in the Midwest League.  Cedar Rapids has already qualified for the playoffs by finishing second in the first half.  The Kernels have won eight consecutive games and are 9-1 in their last ten games.

Elizabethton is 32-27, third in the Appalachian League West, two games behind Greeneville.  The Twins are 1.5 games behind Kingsport for the last playoff spot.  Elizabethton's elimination number is nine.  The Twins have won three consecutive games and are 9-1 in their last ten games.

The GCL Twins are 26-27, third in the Gulf Coast League South, three games behind the Red Sox.  Their elimination number is five.  The Twins won their most recent game and are 5-5 in their last ten games.  The GCL season ends one week from today.

The DSL Twins are 36-31, second in the Boca Chica Baseball City, 8.5 games behind the Giants.  They have been eliminated from the playoffs.  The Twins lost their most recent game and are 3-7 in their last ten games.  The DSL season ends tomorrow.