A tremendous game by Jhoan Duran. A pair of big innings for the Miracle. The E-Twins win it in the bottom of the ninth.
Monthly Archives: August 2019
Happy Birthday–August 24
Harry Hooper (1887)
Hank Gowdy (1889)
Hal Woodeshick (1932)
Tony Bernazard (1956)
Cal Ripken (1960)
Tim Salmon (1968)
Kevin Correia (1980)
Brett Gardner (1983)
Nick Adenhart (1986)
Ebo Taylor – Love and Death
August 24, 2019: The Best Teams
Those are the ones that always beat the teams that they should. Thankfully, the Twins have recently been winning against th-- wait, what's that?
Game 128: Tigers at Twins
This one has win all over it, right? Berrios with a good opportunity to show he's still an ace, and the offense with a good weekend series against the worst team in baseball to show they're gonna obliterate the HR record.
I'm predicting Kepler and Gonzalez for homers.
FMD: Still Summer
So, what's up?
Minor Details: Games of August 22
Offensive explosions for Rochester and Elizabethton. Early runs carry the Miracle.
Happy Birthday–August 23
George Davis (1870)
Guy Bush (1901)
Lonny Frey (1910)
Nels Potter (1911)
Carl Pohlad (1915)
Dale Mitchell (1921)
George Kell (1922)
Sherm Lollar (1924)
Harry Dalton (1928)
John Romano (1934)
Marty Martinez (1941)
Ron Blomberg (1948)
Jerry White (1952)
Mike Boddicker (1957)
Julio Franco (1958)
Randy St. Claire (1960)
Casey Blake (1973)
Mark Bellhorn (1974)
Mike Yastrzemski (1990)
Carl Pohlad, of course, was the owner of the Twins from 1984 until his death in 2009.
Harry Dalton was the general manager of the Baltimore Orioles, the California Angels, and the Milwaukee Brewers.
August 23, 2019: Less Balls
In an odd mashup up of baseball and FZ, MLB has prohibited its members from playing winter ball in Venezuela this year.