A big day for Kennys Vargas. Levi Michael stays hot. Tanner English and Zander Weil lead the Miracle. Shane Carrier carries the Kernels. Walks and errors sink the E-Twins.
Monthly Archives: August 2017
Happy Birthday–August 7
Adonis Terry (1864)
Bill McKechnie (1886)
Rocky Bridges (1927)
Art Houtteman (1927)
Don Larsen (1929)
Ron Henry (1936)
Jerry McNertney (1936)
Gary Dotter (1942)
Mike Poepping (1950)
Steve Kemp (1954)
Jason Grimsley (1967)
Danny Graves (1973)
Edgar Renteria (1976)
Mike Trout (1991)
Lorde – Green Light
Everybody still likes Lorde, right?
Game 109: T @ TC
Prior to Adrián Beltré, my favorite Ranger was probably Rusty Greer, who received a non-roster invitation to spring training from the Twins in 2005. Greer, whose career had been derailed by numerous injuries, elected to retire instead.
Numerous players have worn uniforms of both the Twins and Rangers in their careers, including Twins broadcasters Bert Blyleven and Roy Smalley, plus bullpen coach Eddie Guardado. Chris Gimenez, now a Twin in large part due relationships he developed elsewhere with the Twins' new front office brain trust, played for Thad Levine in Texas. Heck, Dillon Gee has played for both teams this season.
Only a small handful of these shared alumni – less than ten percent – played for only those two teams. The most notable of these was a starter for a Twins team that won more than 90 games. He finished his seven year career with 1.8 rWAR. Who is he?
August 6, 2017: Back Home
My short stay in Illinois is over. The particular greenery we drove through made it feel like we were never far from home anyway.
Minor Details: Games of August 5 (Now Fully Baked!)
A poor game for David Hurlbut. Kohl Stewart pitched well, but the bullpen melted down. Brent Rooker hits his first grand slam. Jordan Gore has kept hitting since being promoted to Cedar Rapids. Akil Baddoo is hitting well, too. Edgar Herrera makes his GCL debut. Steven Cruz throws four hitless innings.
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The Revolution & Justin Vernon – Erotic City
At the recent Rock The Garden, Bon Iver frontman Justin Vernon came out to assist The Revolution with a tune.
2017
Happy Birthday–August 6
Sam Mertes (1872)
Sherry Magee (1884)
Ray Blades (1896)
Jim Turner (1903)
Prez Jones (1905)
Clem Labine (1926)
Ray Culp (1941)
Andy Messersmith (1945)
Ken Phelps (1954)
Ron Davis (1955)
Bob Horner (1957)
Stan Belinda (1966)
Chris Heintz (1974)
Luis Vizcaino (1974)
Prez Jones was the president of Grambling University and started the school's baseball team.
Minor Details: Games of August 4
Dietrich Enns makes a solid Twins debut. Stephen Gonsalves continues to pitch well. So does Lewis Thorpe. And so does Clark Beeker. A big day for Robert Molina. Jean Carlos Arias keeps hitting. So does Yeltsin Encarnacion, as the extra-inning rule and a four-base error decide give the DSL Twins a win.
Game 108: Rangers @ Twins
Well, Big Sexy pitched a solid game yesterday. What do we have as a followup?
Kyle Gibson? Meh.
I don't know what the featured image is, but it was the result when I searched for images with "fail", and that seems appropriate for a Gibson.