Alright, kid. Eleven years since the franchise has been the playoffs. Let's do this.
Monthly Archives: June 2015
6/25/15: Knee
Sounds like day 1 of THR's knee-replacement recovery was much less enjoyable than day 0. I hope it's just that the drugs are wearing off and that it's all downhill from here.
Happy Birthday–June 25
Joe Kuhel (1906)
Don Demeter (1935)
Dick Drago (1945)
Clay Kirby (1948)
Bob Shirley (1954)
Alejandro Pena (1959)
Mike Stanley (1963)
Aaron Sele (1970)
Michael Tucker (1971)
Carlos Delgado (1972)
Aramis Ramirez (1978)
Paul Maholm (1982)
First baseman Joe Kuhel played for the franchise for several years while it was in Washington and later managed the team there. However, there do not appear to be any players with connections to the Minnesota Twins born on this day.
Olivia Chaney – Holiday
Though she's been producing plenty of the past five years, what's being considered Ms. Chaney's "debut" just dropped a couple months ago. Here's something a few further steps back though.
2012
Also, to whomever is fucking with the color pitch: stop it.
Game 72: White Sox in Minnesota
DAY GAME ALERT
Hughs v Sale
Twins:
1. Buck
2. Dozier
3. Mauer
4. Hunter
5. Plouffe!
6. Nunez
7. Suzuki
8. Vargas
9. Robinson
Sox:
1. Eaton
2. Gillaspie
3. Abreu
4. LaRoche
5. Cabrera
6. Garcia
7. Ramirez
8. Flowers
9. Sanchez
GO TWINS!
Minor Details: Games of June 23
Greg Peavey makes his AAA debut in a Red Wings loss. Kohl Stewart pitches very well in a Miracle win. Austin Diemer starts the Appalachian League season with a bang--actually, with two of them. Several Twins pitchers have good games in a GCL win. The DSL Twins lose in a very DSL-like way.
Game 71 Recap: White Sox 6, Twins 2
Happy Birthday–June 24
Billy Nash (1865)
George Harper (1892)
Rollie Hemsley (1907)
Jim Mills (1919)
Wally Yonamine (1925)
Don Mincher (1938)
Ken Reitz (1951)
Doug Jones (1957)
Tom Klawitter (1958)
Doug Bernier (1980)
Phil Hughes (1986)
Jim Mills spent almost his entire adult life involved in baseball in the Carolinas. He played college ball at North Carolina State, played minor league ball for nine seasons in the Carolinas, managed in Carolina minor leagues for six seasons, umpired in the Carolina League for two seasons, was in minor league front offices in the Carolinas from 1956-1971, and was president of the Carolina League for seven years.
Born in Hawaii, Wally Yonamine was a star in Japan from 1951-1962, stealing home eleven times.
June 24, 2015: Small Mistakes
My managers missed one of my two submissions for time off for my vacation, and now I'm essentially being forced to do their job and get all of it covered. It'll all be worth it when I'm gone.
Jascha Heifetz – Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 35: I. Allegro moderato
Here's something a bit off our standard jive for the middle of your week.
From the 1947 film "Carnegie Hall", with Fritz Reiner conducting.