Minor Details: Games of July 4

Oswaldo Arcia and Tyler Duffey have good games, but it's not enough.  Brett Lee's complete game is not enough either.  Mat Batts has an excellent game, and it is enough.  Zach Tillery goes Batts one (inning) better.  The E-Twins get blown out.  The GCL Twins do the blowing out.  No report from the DSL.

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Game 82: Twins at Royals

I've spent a grand total of 7 waking hours inside over the past three days, and as such, haven't watched much baseball. I won't see today's game either. Hopefully the fellas can start the 2nd half of the season the way they finished off the first half, beating the Kansas City Royals at their house.

We finally get the chance to see the Twins' big off-season acquisition as  Ervin Santana has been reinstated following his 80-game PED's suspension. Santana spent 2013 with the Royals, going 9-10 with a 3.24 ERA. Trevor May has been sent to the bullpen to make room in the rotation for Santana.

Opposition pitcher is Danny Duffy - 0-4 in his past five starts, with an 8.14 ERA and a combined 2 runs of offense in support...hey, I'll take another one like that!

Happy Birthday–July 5

Jack Farrell (1857)
Robert Brown (1876)
Charles Stoneham (1876)
Bump Hadley (1904)
Jack Krol (1936)
Curt Blefary (1943)
Gary Matthews (1950)
Rich Gossage (1951)
Dave Eiland (1966)
Tim Worrell (1967)
Bo Porter (1972)
Jesse Crain (1981)
Jorge Polanco (1993)

 Robert Brown owned various teams in Vancouver from 1910-45.  He was also president of the Western International League in 1953.  He is a member of the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame.

Charles Stoneham owned the New York Giants from 1919 until his death in 1936.

Jack Krol was a long-time minor league manager and major league coach. coaching for St. Louis from 1977-80 and San Diego from 1981-86.

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Minor Details: Games of July 3

Jose Berrios made his season debut in Rochester, but Michael Tonkin was the awesome pitcher in the game.  Jorge Polanco had a good day for the Lookouts, but no one else did.  It was Kanzler v. Voit in the Miracle game.  Not much offense for the Kernels.  A walkoff single for the GCL Twins.  Yeltsin and Zaino lead the DSL Twins.

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Happy Birthday–July 4

Mickey Welch (1859)
George Mullin (1880)
Abe Saperstein (1903)
Chuck Tanner (1928)
Bill Tuttle (1929)
Peter Angelos (1929)
George Steinbrenner (1930)
Hal Lanier (1942)
Wayne Nordhagen (1948)
Ed Armbrister (1948)
Jim Beattie (1954)
Jose Oquendo (1963)
Vinny Castilla (1967)
Brendan Donnelly (1971)
Jay Canizaro (1973)
Jeff Harris (1974)

Best remembered as the founder of the Harlem Globetrotters, Abe Saperstein was a long-time executive in what were then known as the Negro Leagues.

Peter Angelos has been the owner of the Baltimore Orioles since 1993.

George Steinbrenner was the owner of the New York Yankees from 1973 until his death in 2010.

The staff of Happy Birthday would like to wish everyone a happy and safe Independence Day.

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