I was trying to find a good live version of "Stay" by Belly, but came across this. Couldn't not play it.
1993
(2 votes, average: 8.00 out of 10)
Loading... Jack Herbert (1877)
Mysterious Walker (1894)
Bill McGowan (1896)
Shanty Hogan (1906)
Tommy Davis (1939)
Manny Sanguillen (1944)
Al Fitzmorris (1946)
Bill Plummer (1947)
Fernando Arroyo (1952)
Luis Leal (1957)
Shawon Dunston (1963)
Tim McIntosh (1965)
Cristian Guzman (1978)
Aaron Hill (1982)
Carlos Carrasco (1987)
Jack Herbert was a minor league manager in the early 1900s. Among the teams he managed were the Pekin Celestials, the Cedar Rapids Rabbits, and the Cairo Egyptians.
Bill McGowan was an American League umpire from 1925-1954. He worked the first all-star game and worked eight World Series.
Last year, Annika Norlin and Jens Lekman released Correspondence, an "epistolary album" where each song is a montly "letter" back to the other, over the course of 2018. I'm a huge fan of Ms. Norlin's work. She records in English as "Hello Saferide" and in Swedish as "Säkert!" (though there's an album by Säkert! in English... translations of some of her Swedish songs). As for Lekman... meh. So it's an alternatingly great/not album. Norlin's second-best song on it is "Hibernation" from April, fitting for the current moment of self-quarantine and social distancing. Except for the parts where she takes a train and talks to some youth [lyrics].
BTW, the best song is "'Silent Night'", maybe the best thing Norlin's written (at least in English) [lyrics].
Anyways, drop your lists of Random tens, or maybe point out some fitting songs for waiting out the rider of the white horse.
Date: Friday, October 11.
Batting stars: Chuck Knoblauch was 2-for-5 with a double. Kirby Puckett was 2-for-5 with a double. Mike Pagliarulo hit a pinch-hit home run.
Pitching stars: David West struck out three in 2.2 scoreless innings, giving up one hit and three walks. Carl Willis pitched two shutout innings, giving up one hit and striking out one. Rick Aguilera pitched a perfect inning.
Opposition stars: Jimmy Key pitched six innings, giving up two runs on five hits and a walk and striking out one. Joe Carter was 1-for-3 with a walk.
The game: With two out in the first inning Carter homered to get the Blue Jays on the board. They weren't done, as John Olerud walked, Kelly Gruber singled, and Candy Maldonado delivered an RBI double, giving Toronto a 2-0 lead.
The Twins did not get a hit until the fourth, when Puckett hit a double. Nothing came of it, and nothing came of the Blue Jays' fourth, when they opened the inning with a pair of walks. The Twins got on the board in the fifth, when Shane Mack tripled and scored on a ground ball.
In Toronto's fifth, two more walks and a wild pitch put men on second and third, but again nothing came of it. The Twins tied it in the sixth when Knoblauch hit a one-out double and Puckett drove him in with a single. The Blue Jays threatened again in the seventh when Devon White singled, was bunted to second, and Carter was intentionally walked, but again they did not score. There were no further threats through nine, so we went to extra innings.
Well, only one extra inning. With one out in the tenth, Pagliarulo pinch-hit for Scott Leius and hit a 1-0 pitch over the fence to give the Twins their first lead at 3-2. Aguilera came on and retired Toronto in order in the bottom of the tenth to give the Twins a victory.
WP: Mark Guthrie. LP: Mike Timlin. S: Aguilera (2).
Notes: Scott Erickson was the starting pitcher, so Junior Ortiz was behind the plate. Paul Sorrento pinch-hit for Greg Gagne in the ninth. Al Newman came in to play shortstop. Gene Larkin pinch-hit for Ortiz in the tenth. Brian Harper came in to catch. As stated above, Pagliarulo pinch-hit for Leius in the tenth and stayed in the game at third base.
Erickson pitched four innings, giving up two runs on three hits and five walks and striking out two. He came out in the fifth after giving up a leadoff walk to Roberto Alomar. It was a quick hook, in a way, but five walks (and three in the last inning-plus) will tend to make a manager do that. The Twins bullpen came through in a big way, pitched six scoreless innings. In addition to the pitchers listed under "pitching stars", Guthrie came in to retire the only man he faced, Rob Ducey.
Toronto stranded ten men and went 1-for-9 with men in scoring position. The Twins were not a lot better, stranding six and going 1-for-7 with men in scoring position. The Blue Jays drew eight walks, but could get only five hits. It had to be a tough loss for Toronto--their first home game of the series, they had all kinds of chances to win, and yet they could not do it.
Record: The Twins led the best-of-seven series 2-1 and regained home field advantage.
(2 votes, average: 9.00 out of 10)Loading... Bill Cammeyer (1821)
Mike Griffin (1865)
Joe McGinnity (1871)
Bob Connery (1880)
Walter Schmidt (1887)
Amanda Clement (1888)
Vern Kennedy (1907)
Clyde Shoun (1912)
Hank Izquierdo (1931)
George Altman (1933)
Pat Corrales (1941)
Rick Langford (1952)
Steve McCatty (1954)
Paul Mirabella (1954)
Si-jin Kim (1958)
Chris Hoiles (1965)
Manny Alexander (1971)
Bill Cammeyer was involved in the early days of professional baseball. He is credited as a pioneer who put a fence around his ballpark so he could charge admission. He built a clubhouse, graded the diamond, created a very primitive set of stands for fans, and put a saloon inside the fence.
Bob Connery is the scout credited with discovering Rogers Hornsby and Tony Lazzeri.
Amanda Clement, born in Hudson, South Dakota, was the first woman to be paid to umpire a baseball game. She umpired games in the Dakotas, Minnesota, Iowa, and Nebraska. She umpired regularly from 1904-1910 and on an occasional basis into the 1920s.
Paul Mirabella was drafted by Minnesota in the sixteenth round in 1975, but did not sign.
Si-Jin Kim was a top pitcher in the first decade of Korean professional baseball.
We would also like to wish a happy birthday to AMR’s daughter.
So, uh, spring started yesterday? Earliest it's been in 124 years apparently. Anyway, be sure to go outside, breathe in the fresh air, exhale deeply as you greet your neighb--
Or maybe just stay inside and start boiling another pot of water for some more pasta.
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hungryjoe
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Freealonzo
SoCalTwinsFan
Mike
Algonad
Philosofer
Date: Wednesday, October 9.
Batting star: Chuck Knoblauch was 2-for-3 with a walk and two runs.
Pitching star: Mark Guthrie retired all seven men he faced.
Opposition stars: Juan Guzman pitched 5.2 innings, giving up two runs on four hits and four walks and striking out two. Duane Ward struck out four in two shutout innings, giving up one hit. Roberto Alomar was 2-for-3 with a stolen base. Devon White was 2-for-4 with a double, a stolen base, and three runs. Kelly Gruber was 2-for-4 with two RBIs.
The game: White led off the game with a single, stole second, was bunted to third, and scored on a Joe Carter single to put the Blue Jays up 1-0. The Twins put men on first and second in the bottom of the first, but did not score. Toronto put men on first and second in the second, but also did not score.
In the third White led off with a double and went to third on Alomar's single. Alomar then stole second and Gruber singled them both home, making it 3-0 Blue Jays. The Twins got on the board in the bottom of the third when Knoblauch hit a two-out single, went to second on a wild pitch, and scored on a Kirby Puckett single.
The Twins got closer in the sixth. Walks to Knoblauch and Chili Davis put men on first and second with two out. Brian Harper then delivered an RBI single to cut the lead to 3-2. In the seventh, however, Manny Lee and White walked, putting men on first and second with one out, Alomar hit an RBI single, and Carter hit a sacrifice fly, making the score 5-2 Blue Jays.
And that was it. The Twins had only one baserunner after that, Knoblauch's eighth-inning single, but he did not get past first base.
WP: Guzman. LP: Kevin Tapani. S: Ward.
Notes: The Twins made just one substitution. Gene Larkin pinch-hit for Shane Mack in the ninth.
Tapani pitched 6.1 innings, giving up four runs on eight hits and two walks and striking out five.
This was Guzman's rookie year. He had an excellent season, going 10-3, 2.99, 1.18 WHIP. He was especially good against the Twins, going 2-1, 1.66, 0.88 WHIP. It was no surprise that he had a good game against the Twins in the ALCS.
The Twins again did well with men in scoring position, going 2-for-6. They simply did not get enough men in scoring position.
With the series tied 1-1, home field advantage swung to Toronto. The Twins would have to win at least one game there to bring the series back to Minnesota. Could they do it? We will see.
Record: The Twins were 1-1 in the best-of-seven series.
For a time yesterday, I was running a daycare, teaching 3rd grade, lunch lady, and trying to complete my own work in the gaps. Next couple weeks are going to be interesting.
