Think I'll do this a few more times and then retire this tag...forever. It's nice they used this TFF track and not that damn Donnie Darko song.
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Loading... Don Osborn (1908)
Jim Gentile (1934)
Steve Dalkowski (1939)
Duane Josephson (1942)
Ron Keller (1943)
Jim Dwyer (1950)
Ed Glynn (1953)
Barry Lyons (1960)
Steve Lyons (1960)
Nelson Liriano (1964)
Carl Everett (1971)
Bryan Rekar (1972)
Jose Molina (1975)
Travis Hafner (1977)
Don Osborn won 201 games in the minors. He later was a minor league manager, pitching coach, and scout.
Some old-timers say Steve Dalkowski had the fastest fastball ever. He struck out 1,396 batters in 995 minor league innings. However, he also walked 1,354, which is why he never made the majors.
Remember last week, when I said that the Twins needed to get things going, or be left behind? They're getting left behind.
At this point, they need to catch up to the Tigers.
An occasional look at the standings.
Minnesota is 23-30, third in the AL Central, 5.5 games behind Cleveland. They are 3-7 in their last ten games.
Rochester is 28-23, tied for first with Lehigh Valley in the IL North. They are 5-5 in their last ten games.
Chattanooga is 31-23, first in the SL North, leading Jackson by a half game. They are 3-7 in their last ten games.
Fort Myers is 20-31, sixth in the FSL South, twelve games behind Jupiter. They are 3-7 in their last ten games.
Cedar Rapids is 25-27, tied for fifth in the ML Western, 4.5 games behind Peoria. They are 4-6 in their last ten games.
A couple of homers and the pitching of Adalberto Mejia carried the Red Wings. Trevor May pitched three strong innings of relief. A Lookouts comeback fell short. Griffin Jax makes his first start for the Miracle. Alex Kirilloff keeps hitting for the Kernels.
The Dominican Summer League (DSL) gets underway this morning. Here's a brief preview.
There are forty-three teams in the DSL. Teams take the names of their parent clubs (e. g. DSL Twins, DSL Astros, etc.) As there are obviously not forty-four major league teams, this means some teams have two entries in the league. These are sometimes differentiated by numbers (e. g. Cubs1 and Cubs2), sometimes by colors (e. g. Cardinals Blue and Cardinals Red), and in one instance by the names of great players (Dodgers Guerrero and Dodgers Robinson). There is also one coop team the DSL Indians/Brewers.
The teams play a seventy-two game schedule. Thirty-five players may be on the active roster. No player on the Active List may have four or more years of prior Minor League Service. In addition, no Draft-eligible player from the U.S. or Canada (not including players from Puerto Rico) may participate in the DSL. At one time there were age limits, but that is no longer the case.
There are six divisions, each with anywhere from six to eight teams. The six division winners go into the playoffs. The two teams with the best records get a first-round bye. It appears that the first round will be best-of-three and the other rounds best-of-five, although I am not certain of that. There will be a game of the week broadcast on radio, and you can find a link to the broadcast at dominicansummerleague.com, but it's in Spanish, so unless you speak Spanish, which I don't, that probably won't do you a whole lot of good.
The players are fine athletes, but they're mostly young. There tend to be lots of walks and errors. But still, it's baseball, and the Twins have team there, so we'll be following it. Go Twins!
Ahh, the joys of owning a home, when that one thing you had someone come to check out ends up costing 10x more than you expected.
Okay, I have no idea what Herbie is referring to in this intro.
(1 votes, average: 8.00 out of 10)Loading... Jack O’Connor (1866)
Frank Verdi (1926)
Bob Lillis (1930)
Larry Jackson (1931)
Bob Bennett (1933)
Jerry Lumpe (1933)
Gene Michael (1938)
Horace Clarke (1940)
Jim Maloney (1940)
Roger Freed (1946)
Jack O’Connor (1958)
Darnell Coles (1962)
Bryan Harvey (1963)
Mike Stanton (1967)
Kurt Abbott (1969)
Raul Ibanez (1972)
Neifi Perez (1973)
Jared Burton (1981)
Tim Stauffer (1982)
Bob Bennett was the baseball coach at Fresno State for many years, winning 1,302 games.
Roger Freed was drafted by Minnesota in 1966, but the pick was voided.
Its great we are scoring runs, but its not great that we have to comeback from big time deficits. A nice 10 run win would do great. And the return of Joe Mauer, that would be great too.
