Unfortunately, I cannot track down the title for this song, but it's pretty cool.
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Loading... Date: Sunday, August 22.
Batting stars: Jim Kaat was 2-for-2. Tony Oliva was 1-for-1 with an RBI. Zoilo Versalles was 1-for-4 with a run and a stolen base, his seventeenth.
Pitching star: Mel Nelson pitched two shutout innings, giving up a hit and a walk with one strikeout.
Opposition stars: Dean Chance pitched a complete game, allowing one run on six hits and no walks with eight strikeouts. Chance was also 1-for-4 with a run and two RBIs. Jim Piersall was 2-for-4 with a two-run homer, his second.
The game: Versalles led off the game with a single, stole second, and scored on an Oliva single. The lead held until the fifth, when Paul Schall doubled and Piersall hit a two-run homer to give the Angels the lead 2-1. With the bases loaded and two out in the sixth, Chance delivered a two-run single to right to make it 4-1. The Twins got only one hit after that.
Of note: Sandy Valdespino was 0-for-4. Jimmie Hall was 1-for-4. Earl Battey was 0-for-4. Jim Kaat struck out six in 5.2 innings but gave up four runs on eight hits and one walk.
Record: The loss made the Twins 79-46. The White Sox swept a doubleheader from Kansas City, so they cut the Twins' lead to 6.5 games.
Notes: Oliva left the game immediately after his RBI single in the first inning. Bob Allison, who was not starting, took his place in right field. Valdespino was in left...Oliva regained the team batting lead at .311. Battey fell to .309...Dean Chance was a fine pitcher, twice winning twenty games and winning the Cy Young Award in 1964, when he led the league in wins (20), ERA (1.65), complete games (15), shutouts (11), and innings (278.1). He was, however, a notoriously bad batter. He batted over .100 only once in his career, in his Cy Young season of 1964. He holds the record for worst batting average among players with more than 500 at-bats (.066). One can only imagine the cheering when he delivered a clutch two-run single in this game.
Bug Holliday (1867)
Bob Cobb (1899)
Don Heffner (1911)
Danny Carnevale (1918)
Buddy Blattner (1920)
Dewey Soriano (1920)
Willard Marshall (1921)
Hoot Evers (1921)
Joe Black (1924)
Larry Dolan (1931)
Fritz Peterson (1942)
Bob Oliver (1943)
Aaron Cook (1979)
Bob Cobb was the president of the AAA Hollywood Stars from 1938-1957. He later was involved in bringing an American League expansion team to Los Angeles. In addition, he opened the famous Brown Derby restaurant in Los Angeles in 1928.
Danny Carnevale was a minor league player (1937-1953) and manager (1947-55, 1962-63, 1972; five league championships) and was also a scout for many years.
Dewey Soriano was a minor league pitcher in the 1940s. He was later co-owner and president of the Seattle Pilots.
Larry Dolan has owned the Cleveland Indians since 2000.
We would also like to wish a very happy birthday to ubelmann.
Wooooooo, I guess
Just in case...
(You can even talk about the commercials)
Pretty sure we've played this before, but I'm about to get on a plane and am doing this with my phone, so here we are.
Enjoy the game, everyone!
(3 votes, average: 9.33 out of 10)Loading... Date: Saturday, August 21.
Batting stars: Zoilo Versalles was 2-for-5 with a stolen base (his sixteenth) and two runs. Tony Oliva was 1-for-3 with a run and two RBIs. Earl Battey was 2-for-4 with an RBI.
Pitching star: Jim Merritt struck out seven in seven innings, giving up one run on seven hits and two walks.
Opposition stars: Fred Newman struck out seven in seven innings, allowing three runs (two earned) on five hits and a walk. Bobby Knoop was 2-for-4 with a double and an RBI. Albie Pearson was 2-for-5 with a double and an RBI.
The game: Each team had only two hits in the first five innings. With one out in the sixth, though, the Twins got singles from Versalles, Sandy Valdespino, and Oliva and later got a two-run single-plus-error from Battey to go ahead 3-0. Knoop doubled in a run in the bottom of the sixth to make it 3-1. in the eighth, Versalles singled, stole second, went to third on a bunt, and scored on an Oliva sacrifice fly to give the Twins a 4-1 advantage. Pearson had a two-out RBI double in the ninth to make it 4-2 and bring the tying run up to bat, but Jim Fregosi popped up to short to end the game.
Of note: Valdespino was 1-for-3 with a run. Jimmie Hall was 0-for-4.
Record: The win boosted the Twins to 79-45. Chicago defeated Kansas City and Detroit lost to Boston, so the White Sox moved back into sole possession of second place, eight games back.
Notes: Valdespino, who saw a lot of playing time in August, replaced Bob Allison...Battey once again took over the team batting lead at .313. Oliva went to .310. Hall fell below .300 at .297...The Angels used seven bench players, not counting pitcher Marcellino Lopez who was a pinch-runner. When the last time, other than a September game, a team even had seven bench players?...All of the bench players were used in the seventh inning or later. For the record, they were Lou Clinton (PH), Joe Koppe (PH), Tom Satriano (C-3B), Willie Smith (PH), Tom Egan (C), ex-Twin Vic Power (1B), and Al Spangler (PH).
Well, there are still a few interesting restaurants to hit while I'm here.
Tom Daly (1866)
Pat Moran (1876)
Charlie Jamieson (1893)
Earl Whitehill (1899)
Paul Owens (1924)
Dick Wiencek (1926)
Al Smith (1928)
Juan Pizarro (1937)
Burt Hooton (1950)
Benny Ayala (1951)
Dan Quisenberry (1953)
Damaso Garcia (1957)
Carney Lansford (1957)
Ralph Citarella (1958)
Endy Chavez (1978)
Brad Hennessey (1980)
Scott Feldman (1983)
Paul Owens spent over forty years in the Phillies organization, serving at various times as a player, scout, manager, and general manager.
Dick Wiencek was a minor league infielder from 1947-1949, He then became a scout, working at various times for Washington/Minnesota, Detroit, and Oakland. Among the players he was responsible for signing are Jim Kaat, Graig Nettles, Bert Blyleven, Jack Morris, Alan Trammell, and Mark McGwire.
Right-hander Ralph Citarella was drafted by Minnesota in the first round of the January draft in 1978, but did not sign.
We would also like to wish a happy birthday to Mrs. AMR.
Did someone say jelly?
Apologies for the lack of video. I wasn't able to find any live footage of the man himself performing.
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