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Monthly Archives: July 2018
July 21, 2018: The Closest Yet Farthest
What’s the record for most one run loses in a season?
Minor Details: Games of July 20
Ervin Santana has another good rehab start. Zander Wiel's grand slam leads the Lookouts. Royce Lewis hits his first high-A home run. Bailey Ober has yet another really good start. A late rally falls short for the E-Twins. Erick Rivera gets the big hit for the GCL Twins. Jeferson Morales gets the big hit for the DSL Twins.
Happy Birthday–July 21
Johnny Evers (1881)
Howie Shanks (1890)
Moe Drabowsky (1935)
John Bateman (1940)
Denis Menke (1940)
Mike Hegan (1942)
Jim Manning (1943)
John Hart (1948)
Al Hrabosky (1949)
Mike Cubbage (1950)
Dave Henderson (1958)
Mike Bordick (1965)
Lance Painter (1967)
Kimera Bartee (1972)
Brian Buchanan (1973)
Geoff Jenkins (1974)
Willie Eyre (1978)
C. C. Sabathia (1980)
John Hart was the general manager of the Cleveland Indians from 1999-2001 and of the Texas Rangers from 2001-2005.
Roxy Music – Out of the Blue / Still Falls the Rain
While their sound would grow tighter with each release, they still knew how to rock. 1975
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E18qIkK9N6I
Great showcase for guitarist Phil Manzanera's elegant chops. 1979
Game 95 Minnesota at Kansas City
WE ARE BACK FROM BREAK! Yes!!!!! I predict these three things:
1. Joe Mauer will hit at least 3 home runs from now until seasons end.
2. Jose Berrios will pitch at least 1 more shut out.
3. The front office will make a trade that everyone hates, but will end up being a great thing for the team.
Maximum Times Scoring Some Runs
Inspired by Rhu_Ru's question in Saturday's game, I decided to look it up. An hour later and I have something to check every game from 1901 through 2017. I split up the analysis into two groups, one team and combined teams, and categorized that based on length of game: fewer than nine innings, nine innings, and extra innings. The nine inning games can be either the full nine innings or nine for the visitor and eight for the home team. Fewer than nine innings required both teams to play no more than eight innings while extra innings requires both teams to play at least ten.
Nine Innings
Eight or Fewer Innings
Extra Innings
I went above ten runs scored in an inning but it gets uninteresting quickly. While searching through games with higher number of runs scored in an inning I came across two games I found interesting in some way.
First, I believe this game has the most runs scored in a single inning in modern baseball.
Second, the start of this game must have been extremely depressing for any Reds fans following the game.
Minor Details: Games of July 19
The Red Wings fail to score in fifteen innings. Brent Rooker goes deep for the Lookouts. Aaron Whitefield delivers the key hit for the Miracle. Tyler Watson pitches well for the Kernels. Andrew Cabezas has a good game for the E-Twins. Victor Tademo delivers in extras for the GCL Twins. A wild pitch costs the DSL Twins.
FMD – Is this still a thing?
Once upon a time The Friday Random Ten spread across the interwebs like wild fire 🔥 Blog after blog of people dropping their lists and conversing about the results. I, myself, felt like I’d let everybody down if I’d forgotten to copy and paste my 10 on at least a half dozens blogs. Alas, as the quiet Beatle once said, “all things must pass.”
And with that, do whatever it is you do.
July 20, 2018: Today
will hopefully be a good day. It's Friday. Twins baseball is back. Many happy returns, Citizens.