Monthly Archives: August 2018

Keeping Track

Happy Birthday–August 13

Due to personal time constraints, this is a reprint from last year which has not been updated:

Fielder Jones (1871)
George Susce (1907)
Lou Finney (1910)
Sid Gordon (1917)
Jerry Neudecker (1930)
Vinegar Bend Mizell (1930)
Mudcat Grant (1935)
Tony Cloninger (1940)
Fred Stanley (1947)
Jerry Crawford (1947)
Andre Thornton (1949)
Tom Niedenfuer (1959)
Jim Reboulet (1961)
Jay Buhner (1964)
Tom Prince (1964)
Mark Lemke (1965)
Alex Fernandez (1969)
Jarrod Washburn (1974)
Will Ohman (1977)
Corey Patterson (1979)
Dallas Braden (1983)
Boone Logan (1984)

Jerry Neudecker was an American League umpire from 1966-1985.  He was the last major league umpire to use an outside chest protector.

Jerry Crawford was a major league umpire from 1976-2010.  He is tied with Bruce Froemming for the most postseason games umpired, 111.

Jim Reboulet is the brother of Jeff Reboulet. He was in the minors for six years, reaching AAA. He had three seasons with sixty or more stolen bases.

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Soccer

2018-19 EPL Prediction Contest

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Looks like Mags isn't around to get this set up, so I'll throw this together and figure out how to do a spreadsheet later (or rely upon a spreadsheet maestro like DG or spooky).

Anyway, for your choices

AFC Bournemouth
Arsenal
Brighton & Hove Albion
Burnley
Cardiff City
Chelsea
Crystal Palace
Everton
Fulham
Huddersfield Town
Leicester City
Liverpool
Manchester City
Manchester United
Newcastle United
Southampton
Tottenham Hotspur
Watford
West Ham United
Wolves

Comment with SPOILERS below and I'll get it all compiled. (Or maybe I'll outsource it.) You got till next Saturdayish to get it in.

2018 Twins Game Logs

2018 Game 117: New Kids on the Block vs. Tigers

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Is it September yet? No, it's not, but it kind of feels that way with all of the new faces in the dugout already. Last night Tyler Austin made his Twins debut with a true outcomes triple play - a walk, two strikeouts and a two-run dinger. Today Kohl Stewart, the Twins 2013 fourth round draft pick, will make his first major league appearance. He'll face off against Matt Boyd, who sports a 6-10 record and a 4.33 ERA. There are still a lot of games left on the schedule, but at this point watching the Twins play is sort of like watching the sausage get made. Play ball!

Keeping Track

Happy Birthday–August 12

Christy Mathewson (1880)
Ray Schalk (1892)
Harlond Clift (1912)
Fred Hutchinson (1919)
Bob Buhl (1928)
Kevin Cooney (1950)
Matt Clement (1974)
Lew Ford (1976)

A notoriously bad hitter, even for a pitcher, Bob Buhl had a lifetime average of .089 and went the entire 1962 season without getting a hit (0-for-70).  Oddly, he equaled his career high in walks that year with six, which goes to show something or other.

Kevin Cooney was an eleventh round draft choice of the Twins in 1972.  He pitched in the Twins’ organization for two seasons, then a shoulder injury ended his playing career.  He then became a college baseball coach.  He was the head coach at Montclair State from 1984-1987 and at Florida Atlantic from 1988-2008.

We would like to wish a happy birthday to MagUidhir's niece and nephew.

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Keeping Track

Where They Stand

Minnesota is 53-61, in second place in the AL Central, eleven games behind Cleveland.  The Twins are 5-5 in their last ten games.

Rochester is 52-63, in fifth place in the IL North, seventeen games behind Lehigh Valley.  The Red Wings are 5-5 in their last ten games.

Chattanooga is 56-59, 20-26 in the second half.  They are in fifth place in the SL North, 6.5 games behind Montgomery.  The Lookouts are 6-4 in their last ten games.

Fort Myers is 56-59, 28-19 in the second half.  They are in second place in the FSL South, 1.5 games behind Charlotte.  They are 8-2 in their last ten games.

Cedar Rapids is 62-54, 30-17 in the second half.  They are in first place in the ML Western, leading Peoria by a game.  They are 4-6 in their last ten games.

Elizabethton is 27-18, in first place in the AL West, leading Kingsport by four games.  They are 5-5 in their last ten games.

The GCL Twins are 25-19, in second place in the GCL South, two games behind the Red Sox.  They are 5-5 in their last ten games.

The DSL Twins are 40-19, in second place in the DSL South, one game behind the DSL Cardinals Blue.  They are 6-4 in their last ten games.