I had to find a way to fit her into this week somehow . . .
2004
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Loading... Yank Robinson (1859)
Stuffy McInnis (1890)
Roger Angell (1920)
Epitacio Torres (1921)
Bob Murphy (1924)
Duke Snider (1926)
Bob Turley (1930)
Bill Williams (1930)
Chris Short (1937)
Joe Morgan (1943)
Joe Ferguson (1946)
Masaji Hiramatsu (1947)
Joe Maddon (1954)
Charlie Reliford (1955)
Randy Myers (1962)
Jim Abbott (1967)
Pedro Munoz (1968)
Javier Valentin (1975)
Mike Smith (1977)
Nick Johnson (1978)
Scott Baker (1981)
Danny Valencia (1984)
Gio Gonzalez (1985)
George Springer (1989)
Roger Angell has written several books and essays on baseball. He is the stepson of author and essayist E. B. White, who was the co-author of "The Elements of Style".
Outfielder Epitacio Torres was a star in the Negro Leagues and the Mexican League in the 1940s and 1950s. He is a member of the Mexican League Hall of Fame. Whitey Ford once described him as "the best player I've seen in my career." He is also the father of major leaguer Hector Torres.
Bob Murphy was a baseball broadcaster from 1954-2003, spending most of that time broadcasting for the New York Mets.
Bill Williams was a National League umpire from 1963-1987.
Masaji Hiramatsu won over two hundred games in Japan, pitching for the Taiyo Whales.
Joe Maddon was interim manger of the Angels in 1996 and 1999, and managed Tampa Bay from 2006-14, and is currently the manager of the Chicago Cubs.
Charlie Reliford was a major league umpire from 1989-2009 and is currently a supervisor of umpires.
George Springer was drafted by Minnesota in the 48th round in 2008, but did not sign.
I did a couple of shots last night for the first time in a while. I'll let you know how that went, since I'm writing this just minutes afterward.
Online celebration combined with real-life stresses. A dangerous cocktail, this.
As mentioned in today's CoC, we're hitting the final stretch of the regular season, which hopefully isn't also the final stretch of the Twins' season. 4 more series remain (@NYY, @DET, @CLE, DET), and we start off with a chance to cut into NY's hold on the first WC slot (currently at 4.0 games).
Also, this will be a test for the Twins as they're currently looking at a one game playoff in NY. As history has shown, the combination of the Yankees, playoffs, and the Twinkies does not bode well. Hopefully this series will be a chance to work through some issues in advance.
Santana faces off against Twins cast-off Garcia, who may feel he has something to prove.
Well, two weeks left. 13 more games. We'll see what kind of club we have here down the stretch. I hope it's a good one.
AVERAGE
Alex Robles, .324
Jean Carlos Arias, .298
Benjamin Rodriguez, .290
OBP
Rodriguez, .399
Royce Lewis, .390
Robles, .369
SLUGGING
Arias, .476
Rodriguez, .457
Lewis, .414
OPS
Rodriguez, .856
Arias, .835
Lewis, .803
DOUBLES
Rodriguez, 11
Emmanuel Morel, 10
Arias, 7
TRIPLES
Arias, 4
Akil Baddoo, 3
Four tied at 2
HOME RUNS
Arias, 5
Rodriguez, 4
Four tied at 3
RBI
Rodriguez, 40
Arias, 32
Robles, 29
RUNS
Lewis, 38
Arias, 30
Robles, 30
WALKS
Rodriguez, 22
Lewis, 19
Ricky De La Torre, 16
Colton Burns, 16
STOLEN BASES
Lewis, 15
Morel, 12
Arias, 10
Robles, 10
*I did not include Akil Baddoo or Colton Burns in the rate stats because they had only 75 and 78 at-bats, respectively. They each appear above anyway Baddoo as one of the triples leaders and Burns as one of the walk leaders. Baddoo's line was .267/.360/.440 and Burns' line was .282/.423/.385
ERA (STARTERS--3 STARTS)
Carlos Suniaga, 1.69
Michael Kohn, 1.80
Pedro Garcia, 2.59
ERA (RELIEVERS--5 GAMES)
Kevin Marnon, 0.54
Derek Molina, 1.08
Blayne Enlow, 1.33
WINS
Garcia, 6
Suniaga, 4
Juan Mojica, 3
Enlow, 3
SAVES
Vadim Balan, 4
Molina, 4
Three tied at 2
INNINGS
Garcia, 48.2
Suniaga, 48
Jordan Balazovic, 40.1
STRIKEOUTS (STARTERS)
Garcia, 41
Suniaga, 38
Balazovic, 29
STRIKEOUTS (RELIEVERS)
Amilcar Cruz, 28
Molina, 21
Brusdar Graterol, 21
WHIP (STARTERS)
Kohn, 0.60
Garcia, 0.88
Suniaga, 1.00
WHIP (RELIEVERS)
Enlow, 0.69
Graterol, 0.72
Austin Bizzle, 0.83
*The distinction between starters and relievers doesn't mean a lot at this level. It was not usual for a "start" to be one to three innings, with the first reliever going an equal or even higher number of innings. For example, Michael Kohn made four "starts", but each was for one inning only. Pedro Garcia, who led the team in innings, made only three "starts" but made seven relief appearances.
Heinie Groh (1889)
George Uhle (1898)
Harvey Haddix (1925)
Lorn Brown (1938)
Dick Dietz (1941)
Ken Brett (1948)
Tony Scott (1951)
Ray Smith (1955)
Ryne Sandberg (1959)
Jeff Bronkey (1965)
Kevin Thompson (1979)
Joe Bisenius (1982)
Lorn Brown was a baseball broadcaster from 1966-1988, calling games for the Chicago White Sox, the Milwaukee Brewers, and the New York Mets.
Kevin Thompson was drafted by Minnesota in the eighteenth round in 1998, but did not sign.
Joe Bisenius is from Sioux City and was somewhat of a local hero when I lived in that area.
We would also like to wish a very happy birthday to nibbish and a very happy anniversary to Mr. and Mrs. Corn.
Let's have some fun this week, shall we?
August 2017
(4 votes, average: 6.00 out of 10)Loading... Joe Biagini vs. Kyle Gibson, 1:10 CDT
A couple days ago, it seemed like the Twins were a lock for the postseason. Now, not so much. They need a win. Last night they were facing Marco Estrada. Today, it's Joe Biagini. They need to take advantage of facing the Biaginis of the world.
The good news is the Twins haven't last 3 straight home games since mid-June, when the Indians came to town and swept a four-game series in dominant fashion to vault them into first place. Also, Gibson has been very un-Gibson-like over his last 5 starts. Let's git ur done, split the series, win the season series with the Jays for once and make that Magic Number smaller. After today, the Angels' next 6 games are against the Indians and the Astros.
Let me do one more. Pepper Week is coming to spice up your eardrums next.
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