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Monthly Archives: July 2015
July 28, 2015: C.W. Swappigans
It feels like it's been a few years since teams were so active at the trade deadline. Maybe that's because Twins baseball was always boring by this point of the season.
Minor Details: Games of July 27
Pat Dean pitches well in a losing effort. Aaron Slegers has another good game in a Miracle split. Alex Perez has a good day in an E-Twins split. Junior Amarante does well in a DSL Twins loss.
Happy Birthday–July 28
Bullet Joe Rogan (1893)
Fat Freddie Fitzsimmons (1901)
Morrie Silver (1909)
Harry Dalton (1928)
Ted Lepcio (1929)
Masaaki Koyama (1934)
Marty Brennaman (1942)
Vida Blue (1949)
Wayne Krivsky (1954)
Carmelo Martinez (1960)
Bob Milacki (1964)
Derek Lee (1966)
Bullet Joe Rogan, given name Charles Wilber Rogan, was a star in the Negro Leagues from 1920-1938.
Morrie Silver is credited with having saved baseball in Rochester when the St. Louis Cardinals threatened to drop their team there. He is a member of the International League Hall of Fame.
Harry Dalton was the general manager of the Baltimore Orioles, California Angels, and Milwaukee Brewers.
Masaaki Koyama won 320 games in Japan, third on the all-time list.
Hall of Fame broadcaster Marty Brennaman has been with the Cincinnati Reds since 1974.
Wayne Krivsky was an assistant general manager of the Twins until 2006, when he became the general manager of Cincinnati. He has since returned to the Twins as an assistant to the general manager.
We would also like to wish a happy birthday to MagUidhir’s brother.
Titus Andronicus – Fatal Flaw
Patrick Stickles and crew unleash a 29-track, 93-minute rock opera on unsuspecting public. Can these monsters be stopped!? Details at 11.
2015
Players of the Week
Our weekly honors, on time this week. Don't get used to it.
FKA twigs – Two Weeks
We've mentioned her, but haven't played her yet, so here you are: the resplendent Ms. Tahliah Barnett, AKA FKA twigs
Minor Details: Games of July 26
Xavier Avery makes a successful debut with the Red Wings. Wimmers is a winner for Chattanooga. Tyler Kuresa drives in some key runs for the Kernels. Errors sink the E-Twins.
July 27, 2015: Bloodline
Oooh, I like this. Plus, I needed to start another show because I'm only in the middle of a few hundred of them.
Happy Birthday–July 27
Davy Force (1846)
Joe Tinker (1880)
Rube Walberg (1896)
Biz Mackey (1897)
Benny Bengough (1898)
Zack Taylor (1898)
Leo Durocher (1905)
Kazuto Tsuruoka (1916)
Ray Boone (1923)
Harry Wendelstedt (1938)
Larry Biittner (1945)
Bump Wills (1952)
Rich Dauer (1952)
Brian Kingman (1954)
Shane Rawley (1955)
Len Barker (1955)
Dave Dombrowski (1956)
Tom Goodwin (1968)
Shane Bowers (1971)
Enrique Wilson (1973)
Alex Rodriguez (1975)
Tsuyoshi Nishioka (1984)
Biz Mackey was a star in the Negro Leagues from 1923-1945.
Kazuto Tsuruoka was a star in Japan from 1939-1952 and was a very successful manager from 1953-1966.
Harry Wendelstedt was a National League umpire from 1966-1998.
Dave Dombrowski has been the general manager of the Montreal Expos, the Florida Marlins, and the Detroit Tigers.
We would also like to wish a very happy anniversary to Mr. and Mrs. Rowsdower.