Daniel Palka goes deep again as Hector Santiago makes a fine rehab start. Felix Jorge has an outstanding game. Glen Perkins has a good inning in a rehab appearance as Nelson Molina delivers a walkoff homer. Tyler Watson makes his debut for Kane County. No clutch hitting for the E-Twins. Home runs by Jean Carlos Arias and Colton Burns carry the GCL Twins. A fine game by Andriu Marin.
Monthly Archives: August 2017
Haim – Little of Your Love
Everybody still likes Haim, right?
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Happy Birthday–August 5
Hiraoka Hiroshi (1856)
Pepper Bassett (1919)
Bill Pleis (1937)
Dwight Siebler (1937)
Tommie Aaron (1939)
Nelson Briles (1943)
Bernie Carbo (1947)
Rick Mahler (1953)
Dave Rozema (1956)
Steve Gasser (1967)
John Olerud (1968)
Carlos Pulido (1971)
John Wasdin (1972)
Bobby Kielty (1976)
Eric Hinske (1977)
Mark Mulder (1977)
Carl Crawford (1981)
Hiraoka Hiroshi is considered the father of Japanese Baseball.
Catcher Pepper Bassett was a seven-time all-star in the Negro Leagues.
Right-hander Steve Gasser did not play for the Twins, but was in their minor league system for four years before being traded to the Mets in the Wally Backman deal. A second round draft choice, he did not play in the major leagues.
August 5, 2017: Save Me
I made some organic quip yesterday to my wife about how this wedding reception was probably in a barn. Was informed that this wedding reception is, in fact, in a barn.
Game 107: Old New Senators @ Old Senators
Two franchises bound by a common former home. Frank Howard was easily the star of the old new Washington Senators. Howard totaled 26.6 rWAR during his time in the District of Columbia; only Ken McMullen, a third baseman imported from the Dodgers along with Howard in December 1964, joined Hondo above 20 rWAR (21.3). Meanwhile, six Twins posted at least that much during the same period: Killebrew (50.4), Oliva (42.7), Allison (30.4), Kaat (29.3), Perry (25.8), and one other player.
Who was the sixth Twin to top 20 rWAR between 1961-1971, when those old new Senators left nine-year-old RFK Stadium for a minor league ballpark in Texas with no covered seating?
FMD 08/04/2017: Downstream
I must admit, I stream pretty much nothing. I prefer having all of my tunes on hand when I need them. Also, the few times I have messed around with it, I haven't been keen on too many of the suggestions that are thrown at me. Perhaps it's just the way the I get into to new music, but so far the format has just seemed incompatible with me.
Are you a heavy streamer? What are the positive aspects of it for you? How effective is it in getting you into new music? Or conversely, how to you use it to listen to music you're already familiar with? I could never quite figure out how to do that last part either.
Ween – Buckingham Green
Ween's The Mollusk just turned 20 years old (yeesh). That album was basically the official soundtrack to my first apartment. Mickey (Dean Ween) gave a fun oral history of the album recently. I can't believe that an album that sonically polished was basically recorded in houses. Man, my engineering skills are shit.
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August 4, 2017: Packing
We're getting to set to leave early Saturday for a wedding in Illinois that probably won't be my cup of tea, but I do like the cousin who's getting married, so whatever.
Happy Birthday–August 4
Jake Beckley (1867)
Dolf Luque (1890)
Chick Galloway (1896)
Ski Melillo (1899)
Bill Hallahan (1902)
George Caster (1907)
Tuck Stainback (1911)
Luke Easter (1915)
Don Kolloway (1918)
Dallas Green (1934)
Frank Kostro (1937)
Ray Oyler (1938)
Cleon Jones (1942)
Johnny Grubb (1948)
Roger Clemens (1962)
B. J. Surhoff (1964)
Matt Merullo (1965)
Troy O’Leary (1969)
Bob Howry (1973)
Eric Milton (1975)
Scott Linebrink (1976)
Josh Roenicke (1982)
While this is an incredible day for names, it should be pointed out that none of these players was listed here because of his name. In fact, each of them had a substantial baseball career.
Game 106: Lone Star vs. North Star
Pinch Hit Game Log!
The newest member of the 3,000 hit club returns to Minnesota with the rest of the Texas Texases. Adrián Beltré might be the second-greatest third baseman when he's done, hopefully many years from now.