Happy to see Lizzo blowing up lately.
2016
(uhh, kinda FZ, I guess)
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Wee Willie Keeler (1872)
Ed Phelps (1879)
Tetsuya Yoneda (1938)
Paul Schaal (1943)
Rick Reed (1950)
Chuck Cary (1960)
Neal Heaton (1960)
Marvin Hudson (1964)
Scott Radinsky (1968)
Mike Romano (1972)
Matt Diaz (1978)
Jorge Julio (1979)
Tetsuya Yoneda is the second-winningest pitcher in Japanese professional baseball with 350 victories.
The Rick Reed whose birthday is today is the major league umpire since 1979, not the ex-Twin.
Marvin Hudson has been a major league umpire from 1979-2009.
Date: Sunday, September 20.
Batting stars: Kirby Puckett was 3-for-4 with a two-run homer (his twenty-sixth) and a double, scoring twice. Gene Larkin was 2-for-3 with a double and an RBI. Gary Gaetti was 1-for-2 with a walk.
Pitching stars: Les Straker pitched six innings, giving up two runs on six hits and two walks with four strikeouts. Juan Berenguer struck out two in two shutout innings, giving up one hit. Jeff Reardon pitched a perfect inning with one strikeout.
Opposition stars: Rich Yett pitched a complete game, giving up three runs on eight hits and four walks with one strikeout in eight innings. Dave Clark was 2-for-4 with a two-run homer and a double.
The game: Larkin's ground ball single in the second scored Puckett with the first run of the game. There was no more scoring until the sixth, when Randy Bush drew a one-out walk and Puckett followed with a two-run homer to make it 3-0. The Twins needed the runs, because Clark hit a two-run homer in the seventh to cut the lead to 3-2. The Indians got the tying run to second with one out in that inning, but their last nine batters were retired.
Of note: Kent Hrbek remained out of the lineup, with Bush playing first base and batting third...Puckett, in the cleanup spot, raised his average to .332...This was one of four complete games Yett pitched in his career...It was the fourth home run of Clark's career. He would hit two more before the season ended and have sixty-two for his career.
Record: The Twins were 80-70, in first place by 3.5 games over Oakland, which defeated Kansas City 7-6.
Happy birthday, Dr. Seuss.
Horace Fogel (1861)
Moe Berg (1902)
Woody English (1906)
Jack Knott (1907)
Mel Ott (1909)
Mort Cooper (1913)
Jim Konstanty (1917)
Jim Nettles (1947)
Pete Broberg (1950)
Larry Wolfe (1953)
Terry Steinbach (1962)
Ron Gant (1965)
Jay Gibbons (1977)
Glen Perkins (1983)
Horace Fogel was a sportswriter who became manager of the New York Giants in 1902. His time as Giants manager is best remembered for his attempt to move Christy Mathewson to first base. He was fired 41 games into the season and replaced by Heinie Smith, who put an end to such nonsense. Instead, he tried to move Mathewson to shortstop.
We assume everyone reading this knows Ron Gant's connection to the Minnesota Twins.
Welcome to March. LET'S ROCK.
(3 votes, average: 9.00 out of 10)Loading... Only Patti LaBelle could get away with this.
4 May 1985
(1 votes, average: 7.00 out of 10)Loading... Snow again?! Didn't know this was coming.
Date: Saturday, September 19.
Batting stars: Greg Gagne was 2-for-4 with a home run (his eighth) and a double, scoring twice. Gary Gaetti was 1-for-4 with a home run, his thirtieth. Kirby Puckett was 2-for-4 with a stolen base (his twelfth) and an RBI.
Pitching stars: Frank Viola pitched seven innings, giving up an unearned run on six hits and a walk with four strikeouts. Jeff Reardon struck out three in two shutout innings, giving up one hit.
Opposition stars: Tom Candiotti took a complete game loss, pitching eight innings and giving up three runs on eight hits and a walk with seven strikeouts. Julio Franco was 3-for-4 with a run. Brook Jacoby was 2-for-4 with a double.
The game: Gagne homered in the first inning to give the Twins a 1-0 lead. Gaetti homered in the fourth to make it 2-0. Joe Carter's RBI single in the sixth cut the lead to 2-1, but Puckett delivered an RBI single of his own in the bottom of the sixth to make it 3-1. The Indians had only one baserunner after that, on a two-out single in the eighth.
Of note: Dan Gladden was once again out of the lineup, with Mark Davidson leading off and playing left field...Kent Hrbek remained out of the lineup, with Randy Bush playing first base and batting third...Puckett raised his average to .329...Viola lowered his ERA to 2.99.
Record: The Twins were 79-70, in first place by 3.5 games over Oakland, who defeated Kansas City 9-5.
*Dickey Pearce (1839)
Paul Hines (1855)
Farmer Vaughn (1864)
*Pepper Martin (1904)
Harry Caray (1914)
Bing Devine (1916)
Othello Renfroe (1923)
*Al Rosen (1924)
Larry Brown (1940)
Vern Fuller (1944)
*Steve Mingori (1944)
Jeff Holly (1953)
Dick Bremer (1956)
Johnny Ray (1957)
Mark Gardner (1962)
Rich Rodriguez (1963)
Tony Castillo (1963)
Omar Daal (1972)
Ramon Castro (1976)
*Terrence Long (1976)
Ken Harvey (1978)
*Born February 29.
Bing Devine worked in baseball front offices from 1939-1978, spending most of that time in the Cardinals organization. He was the St. Louis general manager from 1957-1964 and 1968-1978, serving as the general manager of the Mets from 1965-1967.
Othello Renfroe played in the Negro Leagues for several years. He eventually became a broadcaster, sportswriter, scout, and public address announcer. He was also the first African-American official scorer in major league baseball.
A lifelong Minnesotan, Dick Bremer has been a Twins broadcaster from 1983 to the present with the exception of 1986.
