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Keeping Track

1965 Rewind: Game Forty-nine

CLEVELAND 2, MINNESOTA 1 IN MINNESOTA

Date:  Wednesday, June 9.

Batting stars:  Jerry Kindall was 2-for-3 with a double and a run.  Jimmie Hall was 2-for-4 with a double.  Bob Allison was 1-for-4 with a double.

Pitching star:  Jim Kaat pitched 8.2 innings, giving up two runs on five hits and three walks with five strikeouts.

Opposition stars:  Ralph Terry pitched eight innings, allowing one run on six hits and no walks with five strikeouts.  Max Alvis was 1-for-3 with a two-run homer (his ninth) and a walk.  Vic Davalillo was 2-for-4 with a stolen base, his fourth.

The game:  It was scoreless, and there really wasn't much in the way of threats, until the eighth, when Kindall led off with a double, went to third on Kaat's bunt, and scored on a sacrifice fly by Zoilo Versalles.  In the ninth, Rocky Colavito drew a one-out walk which was followed by Alvis' two-run homer to give the Indians the lead.  Hall got a one-out single in the bottom of the ninth but did not advance past first base.

Of note:  Versalles was 0-for-3 with an RBI.  Rich Rollins was 0-for-4.  Tony Oliva was 1-for-4.  Harmon Killebrew was 0-for-4.  Earl Battey was 1-for-4.

Record:  The loss dropped the Twins to 32-17.  They remained in first place by 2.5 games over Chicago.

Notes:  Ralph Terry was having the last good year of a pretty good career.  His best years came with the Yankees, for whom he played from 1959-64.  He went 16-3 in 1961, but his best year was 1962, when he led the league in wins with 23, in starts with 39, and in innings pitched with 298.2.  He made his only all-star team that year.  He also had a fine year in 1963, when he led the league in starts, complete games, and WHIP.

Keeping Track

Happy Birthday–November 23

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This is a great day for names:

Chief Zimmer (1860)
Hi Church (1863)
Socks Seybold (1870)
George Stovall (1877)
Jimmy Sheckard (1878)
Runt Marr (1891)
Freddy Leach (1897)
Beans Reardon (1897)
Bubber Jonnard (1897)
Prince Hal Schumacher (1910)
Bill Gates (1918)
Charlie Osgood (1926)
Jack McKeon (1930)
Luis Tiant (1940)
Tom Hall (1947)
Ken Schrom (1954)
Brook Jacoby (1959)
Dale Sveum (1963)
David McCarty (1969)
Adam Eaton (1977)
Jonathan Papelbon (1980)

Runt Marr played in the minor leagues for nineteen years, managed in the minors for fifteen years, and was also a scout for many years.

Beans Reardon was a National League umpire from 1926-1949.

Bubber Jonnard was a long-time coach and scout.

Bill Gates was a minor league pitcher from 1938-1940 and 1946-1951.

Jack McKeon was a long-time manager and general manager, leading the Florida Marlins to a World Series victory in 2003.  In 2011, he became the second-oldest manager in major league history at age 80.  He also managed in the minor leagues for the Senators/Twins from 1957-64 and again in 1968, scouting for the Twins from 1965-67.

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Monty Python – Bruces’ Philosophers Song (Bruces’ Song)

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Many thanks to Phil for flipping thing up around here. Quite refreshing.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_WRFJwGsbY
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Speaking of, December's guest DJ is: everyone. We'll be doing a best new music of 2015 month. Schedule will be announced soon, and everyone who wants in will get a chance. Details to follow.

Oh, and guest DJ slots for 2016 will be coming up soon too.

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Keeping Track

1965 Rewind: Game Forty-eight

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MINNESOTA 6, CLEVELAND 2 IN MINNESOTA

Date:  Tuesday, June 8.

Batting stars:  Harmon Killebrew was 3-for-4 with a three-run homer (his ninth) and a double, scoring twice.  Earl Battey was 1-for-3 with a two-run homer (his third) and a walk.  Bob Allison was 0-for-1 with two walks, scoring once and driving in one.

Pitching star:  Camilo Pascual pitched a complete game, giving up two runs on six hits and three walks with three strikeouts.

Opposition stars:  Rocky Colavito was 1-for-3 with a home run (his twelfth) and a walk.  Max Alvis was 1-for-4 with a home run.  Vic Davalillo was 1-for-3 with a walk.

The game:  Killebrew hit a three-run homer in the first inning to give the Twins a 3-0 lead.  Colavito homered in the second and Alvis in the fourth to cut the lead to 3-2, but Battey hit a two-run homer in the bottom of the fourth to make it 5-2.  The Indians did not threaten again.

Of note:  Zoilo Versalles was 1-for-4 with a walk, a run, and two stolen bases.  Rich Rollins was 2-for-4.  Tony Oliva was 1-for-3 with a walk and a run.  Jimmie Hall was 0-for-3 with a walk.

Record:  The win made the Twins 32-16, in first by 2.5 games over Chicago.

Notes:  Both the bench and the bullpen got the day off, as the Twins used only nine players.  Cleveland starter Sonny Siebert was pulled after only one inning, allowing three runs on one hit and three walks with one strikeout.  I hadn't remembered Max Alvis as a power hitter, but he hit over twenty homers three times in his career.

Keeping Track

Happy Birthday–November 22

Harry Rice (1901)
Dick Bartell (1907)
Lew Burdette (1926)
Wade Blasingame (1943)
Rich Chiles (1946)
Greg Luzinski (1950)
Lyman Bostock (1950)
Wayne Tolleson (1955)
Lee Guetterman (1958)
Mike Benjamin (1965)
Jay Payton (1972)
Ricky Ledee (1973)
Joe Nathan (1974)
Jonny Gomes (1980)

Mike Benjamin was drafted by Minnesota in the seventh round in January, 1985, but did not sign.

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Jonathan Coulton – The Future Soon

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I'll cap my week with a somewhat funny, somewhat creepy, somewhat sweet song. And then a bonus song, because I really almost picked that one instead.

The story here is, I had no idea who Jonathan Coulton was until one night I went to see a book reading by John Hodgman. I also had no idea who he was. At the time, no one did. His first book had just come out, and he had organized his own book tour. It involved traveling around with his buddy Mr. Coulton and some cartoonist friend of theirs, and maybe one other person who sang backup or something. We didn't make the reading in time, but that was okay, because they decided to add a late show. Yeah, for a book reading. The entire room was, and I'm not exaggerating here, probably twice the size of the stage he's performing on in this clip. There were maybe 40 people squeezed in. They passed around a bottle of whisky. As in, Hodgman or Coulton handed someone in the audience the bottle, and we just passed it around. There may have been like 3 dixie cups, but when they ran out people were taking swigs straight from the bottle, and then passing it back to the performers. The cartoonist literally did performance cartooning, where he drew things while Coulton played guitar. Hodgman read 100 of his Hobo names. It was insane. Anyway, that was the night I learned about Jonathan Coulton.

This is my favorite song of his:

httpv://youtu.be/RFoYNVp6k8A

And here's the bonus song, because you gotta love some Portal, and it totally works for that tag I just wrote too.

httpv://youtu.be/sxNmeMklFk8

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1965 Rewind: Game Forty-seven

CLEVELAND 2, MINNESOTA 1 IN MINNESOTA

Date:  Monday, June 7.

Batting stars:  Tony Oliva was 1-for-3 with a double and a walk, scoring once.  Don Mincher was 1-for-3 with a double and an RBI.

Pitching stars:  Mudcat Grant pitched eight innings, giving up two runs on five hits and three walks with six strikeouts.  Jerry Fosnow pitched a scoreless inning, giving up one hit with one strikeout.

Opposition stars:  Luis Tiant struck out nine in a complete game, allowing one run on two hits and two walks.  Rocky Colavito was 1-for-3 with a home run (his eleventh) and a walk.  Leon Wagner was 1-for-4 with a home run, his seventh.

The game:  It was scoreless until the fourth, when Grant gave up back-to-back two-out homers to Wagner and Colavito.  That was the only trouble Grant got into, but it was enough.  The Twins got one in the bottom of the fourth on back-to-back doubles by Oliva and Mincher, but did not get another hit the rest of the game.

Of note:  Zoilo Versalles was 0-for-4.  Jerry Kindall was 0-for-3.  Jimmie Hall was 0-for-3.

Record:  The loss dropped the Twins to 31-16 and dropped their lead over Chicago to 2.5 games.

Notes:  Harmon Killebrew was rested, but was used as a pinch-hitter and walked.  Earl Battey remained out of the lineup, but was also used as a pinch-hitter and caught the last inning of the game.