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Continue reading Off-Season’s Greetings: Games of October 20
Date: Friday, April 19.
Batting stars: Tom Prince was 2-for-3 with two home runs and four RBIs. Brian Buchanan was 2-for-4 with a double and three RBIs. Bobby Kielty was 2-for-4 with a double.
Pitching stars: Kyle Lohse pitched seven innings, giving up two runs on four hits and no walks with six strikeouts. Bob Wells pitched a scoreless inning.
Opposition stars: Ellis Burks was 2-for-4 with a two-run homer, his third. Matt Lawton was 2-for-3 with a walk. Milton Bradley was 2-for-4.
The game: Jacque Jones led off the first with a triple and scored on a ground out to give the Twins a 1-0 lead. It stayed 1-0 until the fourth, when Minnesota led off the inning with two singles and a walk, loading the bases. Buchanan then delivered a three-run double and scored on Kielty's double to make it 5-0. In the fifth the Twins really put it away, scoring six times. Torii Hunter delivered an RBI double, Kielty had a two-run single-plus error, and Prince hit a three-run homer to make it 11-0. The Indians got on the board in the seventh on Burks' two-run homer. Prince homered again in the seventh to make it 12-2 and Wil Cordero had an RBI single in the ninth to round out the scoring.
WP: Lohse (1-1). LP: C. C. Sabathia (2-1). S: None.
Notes: Buchanan was the DH in this game, with David Ortiz on the bench. That decision worked out well...Tom Prince gave A. J. Pierzynski a day off behind the plate. That worked out well, too...Jay Canizaro at second base did not work out so well. He went 0-for-4 to drop his average to .130...Seven of the Twins' fourteen hits were for extra bases: four doubles, a triple, and two home runs...It was the first good game for Lohse in three starts, dropping his ERA to 7.36...Charles Nagy pitched an inning of relief, giving up the second homer to Prince. He was a pretty good pitcher at one time, making three all-star teams and twice finishing in the top six in Cy Young voting. By this point, however, injuries had pretty much robbed him of his effectiveness. This would be his last season with the Indians--he would make five appearances for San Diego in 2003 and then his career would be over...Sabathia lasted just 4.1 innings, giving up eight runs on eight hits and two walks with three strikeouts. This was Sabathia's second year, and while he wasn't yet what he would become he was still a pretty good pitcher. He had finished second in Rookie of the Year voting in 2001 and finished 13-11, 4.37 in 2002.
Record: The Twins were 11-6, in second place, a half game behind Cleveland.
I've celebrated the 40th birthday of four friends since the 3rd, which was mine. I did get carded last week, so I don't have a lot of complaints.
Bill Lee (1909)
Bill Bevens (1916)
Whitey Ford (1928)
Johnny Goryl (1933)
Ted Uhlaender (1940)
Bill Russell (1948)
Jerry Garvin (1955)
George Bell (1959)
Franklin Stubbs (1960)
John Flaherty (1967)
Steve Holm (1979)
Casey Fien (1983)
Zack Greinke (1983)
I find it interesting that anyone who is even rumored to have used PEDs is labeled a dirty rotten cheater, but Whitey Ford, who has admitted to cheating by scuffing baseballs, is acclaimed as a Hall of Famer and a hero.
Luis Severino
vs
Justin Verlander
Tom Hackimer was our star yesterday.
Continue reading Off-Season’s Greetings: Games of October 19
Date: Thursday, April 18.
Batting stars: David Ortiz was 2-for-3. A. J. Pierzynski was 2-for-3 with a double. Corey Koskie was 2-for-4 with a triple.
Pitching stars: Eric Milton pitched 7.2 innings, giving up one run on four hits and no walks with four strikeouts. Eddie Guardado struck out all three men he faced.
Opposition stars: Brandon Berger was 2-for-3 with a double. David McCarty was 1-for-3 with a home run.
The game: There was no score until the fourth, when Koskie led off with a triple, scored on an Ortiz sacrifice fly, and Torii Hunter followed with a home run to give the Twins a 2-0 lead. Milton held the Royals scoreless until the eighth, when McCarty hit a two-out solo homer to cut the Twins' lead to 2-1. That drove Milton from the game at 109 pitches. J. C. Romero got the last out of the eighth. In the bottom of the eighth, Koskie had an RBI single, took second on the throw home, and scored on Ortiz' single to give Minnesota a 4-1 lead. Guardado struck out the side in the ninth to end the game.
WP: Milton (3-1). LP: Jeff Suppan (1-2). S: Guardado (7).
Notes: Jay Canizaro was at second base and went 0-for-3. His average fell to .158...Ortiz was at first base in this game, with Bobby Kielty at DH and Doug Mientkiewicz given the day off. Mientkiewicz came in to play defense in the ninth...Suppan pitched 7.1 innings for Kansas City, giving up four runs on seven his and a walk with four strikeouts...Ex-Twin McCarty went 1-for-3...Hunter's home run was his fifth.
Record: The Twins were 10-6, in third place, a game and a half behind Cleveland and a half game behind Chicago.
For my guest DJ week I'm playing covers, and I was entirely planning on something along those lines for FMD, but we've done that before, and today's song gave me a better idea: pick your five favorite songs of the millennium. I mean, it's an arbitrary point, but it seems less arbitrary than a lot of other points we could choose.
And yes, of course, the millennium started on January 1, 2001. So releases in the year 2000 are right out.
I've got 3 of mine so far:
Pearl Jam's "Just Breathe"
Rilo Kiley's "Portions For Foxes"
The Avett Brother's "Laundry Room"
I'm still working on the rest. Far too many candidates. This is tough.
This might not quite fit my stated theme of "newer" artists covering "older" artists, but it's close enough. Besides, this might be my single favorite song released since the turn of the millennium (a question I think about a fair amount) and I honestly don't know if I love the original or the cover more. Either way, enjoy!
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