Two shutouts for Twins affiliates! Byron Buxton goes deep! So does Max Kepler!
Monthly Archives: May 2014
May 7, 2014: Unfamiliar
My wife and daughters left early this morning for a five-day trip to Minnesota (for a wedding). I can't remember the last time I was alone for that long. Who wants to come over for a drink?
Happy Birthday–May 7
Mickey Doolin (1880)
Tom Zachary (1896)
Dick Williams (1929)
Claude Raymond (1937)
Steve Whitaker (1943)
Manny Hernandez (1961)
Brook Fordyce (1970)
Conor Jackson (1982)
James Loney (1984)
Royal Trux – A Night To Remember
This one's a little NSFWish, you guys.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a16igonZo20
1995
Game 31: Twins vs. The Clevelands
Starters: Samuel Deduno (and his Magical Zoomball) (0-1, 2.89 ERA) vs. Josh "Probably a Jeremy" Tomlin (Stats-less)
Dedsy returns to the starting rotation from his spot letting inherited runners in to score in place of Big Pelf, so regardless what happens tonight it'll almost surely be better than it could have been.
I wasn't able to follow last night's game at all. When I got home and checked the score, seeing Escobar as the guy who hit the home run was about as far from what I had expected as possible. At this point, I really don't see why Florimon is on the big club when the bench could really use someone who could actually provide some pop in those late inning situations. But, I suppose I don't control those things and the Twins are at .500, so there is that.
Anywho, tonights opponent is making his first start of the season, so this would seem like a really good game for Twin's hitters to get their walking mojo working. Tomlin's stats make him look a lot like a lot of the starters the Twins have trotted out over the past few years, striking out few and giving up runs. I have a good feeling their new organizational edict at the plate will prevent this from being a typical Jeremy game.
Minor Details: Games of May 5
Matt Carson makes the Twins pay. Good starting pitching throughout the Twins affiliates. A grand slam for James Beresford.
Game Recap #30: Gibsons 1, McAllisters 0
Walking through the park and reminiscing.
The Boss and John Fogerty – green river
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uoLH7WkA5eM
Why, yes, that is Tom Morello looking quite bored.
Happy Birthday–May 6
Bonesetter Reese (1855)
Walton Cruise (1890)
Mike McCormick (1917)
Willie Mays (1931)
Russ Gibson (1939)
Bill Hands (1940)
Masanori Murakami (1944)
Steve Staggs (1951)
Larry Andersen (1953)
Al Williams (1954)
John “Bonesetter” Reese worked with many baseball players and other famous people in the first part of the twentieth century. Today we might call him a physical therapist, although he did not have a formal degree. “Bonesetting” is a Welsh term for the treatment of muscle and tendon strains.
Masanori Murakami was the first Japanese-born player in the major leagues.
Infielder Steve Staggs was drafted by Minnesota in the fourteenth round in 1970, but did not sign.
May 6, 2014: Strep
Strep Throat is starting to pass through my store. I'm hoping this one skips me.