My managers are starting to realize that they should have promoted me. Again.
Monthly Archives: May 2015
Happy Birthday–May 3
George Gore (1857)
Garry Herrmann (1859)
Eppa Rixey (1891)
Red Ruffing (1905)
Goose Tatum (1921)
Chuck Hinton (1934)
Chris Cannizzaro (1938)
Davey Lopes (1945)
Dan Iassogna (1969)
Darren Dreifort (1972)
Ryan Dempster (1977)
Ben Revere (1988)
Garry Herrmann was the president of the Cincinnati Reds from 1903-1920 and was chair of the National Commission from its creation in 1903 until the commissioner's office was created in 1920. It is puzzling that he is not in the Hall of Fame.
Better known as a member of the Harlem Globetrotters, Goose Tatum played in the Negro Leagues for several years in the 1940s.
Dan Iassogna has been a major league umpire since 1999.
Outfielder Ben Daniel Revere played for the Twins from 2010-2012. He was born in Atlanta, went to high school in Lexington, Kentucky, and was drafted by Minnesota in the first round in 2007. He mostly rose one level at a time, playing in rookie ball in 2007, Class A in 2008, advanced A in 2009, AA in 2010, and AAA in 2011 before being called up to the big club because of injuries. He hit over .300 each minor league season, with a high of .379 in Beloit in 2008. He hit ten triples in each of his first two seasons in the minors, but only hit four in each of the next two seasons. He had little power and did not draw a lot of walks in the minors (his high was 40 in 2009). He does have speed, stealing around forty bases a year in the minors. He wasn’t terrible with Minnesota in 2011, but he wasn’t very good, either, hitting .267/.310/.309. He started 2012 in Minnesota as a fourth outfielder, but was sent back to Rochester for about a month, then came back and was a regular most of the season. After the 2012 season, he was traded to Philadelphia for Trevor May and Vance Worley. As a Twin, he hit .278/.319/.323 with 74 stolen bases in 254 games. Installed as the regular center fielder for the Phillies, he was hitting .305 in mid-July of 2013 when an injury ended his season. He was back as the regular center fielder in 2014 and hit .306. He has gotten off to a slow start in 2015, and is hitting only .217 at this writing. He turns twenty-seven today, and it appears that what he is, is what he's going to be: a fine defensive player who hits for a high average and steals bases, but does little else. He's fun to watch, though, and there are players who have had long major league careers with that skill set. If he continues to bat close to .300, which he's done since 2012, he is likely to continue to have a regular job in the big leagues. If he doesn't, though, he's likely to fade rather quickly.
Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga – Lady Is a Tramp
These two cats hit the stage at Jazz Fest last weekend. The crowd was pretty deep, and I didn't even get close, although I did see miss gaga on the corner of royal and canal...
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2015 Game 24: Sux @ Twins
Nolasco returns! Lucky for him, he's facing off against the worst offense in the league, so... I'm expecting good things from him. We're adjusting our criteria for "good things", given that it's Nolasco, so I'm thinking he labors through 104 pitvhes in five and a third innings, gives up 3 runs and everyone agrees that it could have been a lot worse.
Noesi takes the hill for the White Sox. He gives up lots of home runs, but that's not exactly a tool in our bag, unless Arcia or vargas gets ahold of one, so... key in on the fact that he doesn't strike many out and that he has a tendency to walk folk? Man, he's not a very good pitcher, is he.
Go Twins!
Ben E. King – What Is Soul?
Goodbye, good sir.
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Minor Details: Games of May 1
A big game for Byron Buxton. The Kernels get no-hit, wasting another good game from Stephen Gonsalves. Zach Granite makes his high-A debut. It seems like one-run games have not been kind to Twins affiliates so far.
May 2nd: Round…Two?
The 2015 Cribbage Tournamenf is entering the second round!
Beau vs. Rhubarb_Runner
AMR vs. rpz
Zee German vs. cheaptoy
Can of Corn vs. spookymilk
Happy Birthday–May 2
Eddie Collins (1887)
Bing Crosby (1904)
Joe Falls (1928)
Eddie Bressoud (1932)
Gates Brown (1939)
Clay Carroll (1941)
Keith Moreland (1954)
Dr. A (1956)
Felix Jose (1965)
Paul Emmel (1968)
Jerrod Saltalamacchia (1986)
Neftali Feliz (1988)
Entertainer Bing Crosby was part-owner and a vice president of the Pittsburgh Pirates from 1947 into the 1960s.
Joe Falls was a long-time sportswriter in Detroit and had a weekly column in The Sporting News for many years.
Paul Emmel has been a major league umpire since 1999.
It appears that no players with connections to the Minnesota Twins were born on this day. However, it is the birthday of my brother, who teaches in the mining and minerals department at Virginia Tech. Happy Birthday, Dr. A!
We would also like to wish a very happy anniversary to Mr. and Mrs. Butch.
Game 23 recap: Twins 1 White Sox 0
Has Kyle Gibson turned a corner, or did he look good against a White Sox lineup that cant score runs? Its probably a little of both but it resulted in another Twins win over the White Sox . Gibson had his sinker working, of his 24 outs recorded 13 were ground ball outs, 2 by fly ball and 4 by strikeout. Perhaps the Nick Blackburn comparisons/ceiling projections are not that far off base. The Twins led 1-0 after 8, but Paul Molitor decided that was enough and sent Glen Perkins in for the 9th to get the save and preserve the shut out.
Jose Quintana had himself a nice game too, going 7 innings and giving up 1 run. The run was scored by the speedster Kennys Vargas. While on second, Vargas tagged up on a ball to medium deep CF and scampered home on a wild pitch. The Twins have run at will on center fielder Adam Eaton's arm. And really, he has shown no accuracy and his throws so I think that trend will continue.
The Twins will try to win another one Saturday. Game time is 1:10pm.
NOTES
- After a 1-6 start, the Twins are 10-6 and are only 1 game below .500
-Torii Hunter collected two hits. Its his 3rd game of 20 played where he has 2 or more hits.
-Brian Dozier did NOT score a run, breaking a 5 game run scoring streak (plating 8 times in those 5 games). Dozier has scored at least 1 run in nine of the last eleven games.
-This is the third time in Gibson's career he has recorded 24 outs. He has not pitched a complete game.
-This is the third team shutout for Twins pitching. It took until May 21 last year to reach that mark.
- Roster Moves: Twins will activate Ricky Nolasco & Brian Duensing & have optioned Tommy Milone & Caleb Thielbar to AAA.
Game Log: Minnesota Wild @ Chicago Blackhawks, Game 1
Another series that everyone is picking as too close to call.
I'm not sure I can take the Wild being eliminated by the same team three playoff seasons in a row (even the Twins never lost to the Yankees three years in a row). So I think I'll cheer for the Wild in this round as well.
Historical pessimism:
- The Wild have lost all six playoff games they've ever played in Chicago.
- The Wild have never won a game 1 in the second round (0 for 2).
The big question is whether Crawford in goal for the Blackhawks can give them a chance. If he keeps games close, most people seem to think the "veterans who just know how to win" on the Hawks will prevail over the Wild.
The Wild didn't have to win any games that were too close in round 1 (no overtime, only one lead change all series). It will be interesting to see if they can continue to lock down and extend leads in the same way. (also: scoring first is always good - something they struggled with against Chicago the last two years)