Remember when we all clammored for the Twins to call up Kyle Gibson? Gibby was going to be the savior, the guy who was going to pick up Johan Santana's dusty mantle and become staff ace. Heck when he finally finally got called up, we called it Gibmas.
Anyway we don't feel that way anymore do we? He's pitched better of late but that's faint praise.
Gibby on the mound again on this steamy night. Let's hope more improvement is shown and we can remember those days when we were young and idealistic.
Charlie Buffinton (1861)
Harvey Watkins (1869)
Charles Barrett (1871)
Don Newcombe (1926)
Jim Constable (1933)
Bill Fahey (1950)
Greg Brock (1957)
Mike Laga (1960)
George Tsamis (1967)
Peter Munro (1975)
Michael Hollimon (1982)
Harvey Watkins managed the New York Giants for 35 games in 1895. Most of his career was spent managing the Barnum & Bailey Circus and the Buffalo Bill Wild West Show.
Charles Barrett was a long-time scout, mostly working for whatever team was employing Branch Rickey.
Twins go cheap with the first pick and draft shortstop Royce Lewis. Later competitive balance picks were the raker Rooker and Canadian northpaw Landon Leach. I know a lot of people were grumbling about not drafting Minnesota arm Sam Carlson, but, eh, it's all a crapshoot anyway.
Felix Jorge has another good game. Only one hit for the Kernels, wasting a good performance by Tyler Wells and two relievers. Four pitchers combine on a shutout for the DSL Twins, as Estamy Urena continues to hit.
Congrats, champs. I don't see how any team could have possibly beaten them.
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Loading... Jim Mutrie (1851)
Bill Bergen (1878)
Gene Desautels (1907)
Mel Parnell (1922)
Dave Rosenfield (1931)
Tom Cheek (1939)
Marcel Lachemann (1941)
Antonio Pulido (1951)
Ernie Whitt (1952)
Darrell May (1972)
Pedro Strop (1985)
Jonathan Lucroy (1986)
Jim Mutrie managed teams in New York for nine years. He has been called the founding father of baseball in New York City.
Catcher Bill Bergen spent eleven seasons in the majors. He appeared in 947 games and had 3,028 at-bats. His lifetime stats are .170/.194/.201. Everything you read about him says he was a tremendous defensive catcher, and one assumes he must have been.
Dave Rosenfield was the general manager of the Tidewater/Norfolk Tides for over forty-five years.
Tom Cheek was the voice of the Toronto Blue Jays from 1977-2004.
Antonio Pulido was a closer in the Mexican League for many years, getting 197 saves. He also had 70 saves in the Mexican Pacific League.
We would like to wish a happy birthday to rpz.
Who's it gonna be!?
Rochester and Chattanooga get good leads early and hold on. Ryan Pressly continues to impress in Rochester. Randy LeBlanc has some success in AA. The Kernels go silent after the first inning.
My mother-in-law has been here for the last four days, and leaves this morning. This was a planned trip for a wedding that was cancelled long after the tickets were bought. Well, she did have a great time seeing the Milkmaid and the girls, even if the wedding situation is a bit awkward.
Let's see how many days I can go playing songs from Guardians 2 before I get sick of them. I might be at one day.
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