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2003 Rewind: Game One Hundred Twenty-nine
KANSAS CITY 4, MINNESOTA 3 IN MINNESOTA
Date: Saturday, August 23.
Batting stars: Corey Koskie was 3-for-4. Doug Mientkiewicz was 2-for-4 with two doubles. Matthew LeCroy was 2-for-4. A. J. Pierzynski was 2-for-4. Luis Rivas was 1-for-4 with a home run, his seventh.
Pitching star: Grant Balfour struck out four in four shutout innings, giving up two hits and no walks.
Opposition stars: D. J. Carrasco struck out four in four shutout innings, giving up three hits and no walks. Aaron Guiel was 2-for-4 with a three-run homer (his eleventh), a double, and two runs. Raul Ibanez was 2-for-4.
The game: It started well. With one out in the first Rivas hit a home run. Mientkiewicz followed with a double and scored on LeCroy's single to give the Twins a 2-0 lead. In the third, singles by LeCroy, Koskie, and Jacque Jones made it 3-0 Twins.
The Royals got on the board in the fourth. Guiel doubled and scored on a Joe Randa single to make it 3-1. In the fifth, Desi Relaford and Angel Berroa singled and Guiel hit a three-run homer to make it 4-3 Kansas City.
And that was it. The best the Twins could do was put the tying run on third with two out in the seventh.
WP: Carrasco (5-4). LP: Joe Mays (8-8). S: Mike MacDougal (26).
Notes: Chris Gomez was at short in place of Cristian Guzman. Michael Ryan pinch-hit for Gomez in the ninth and Guzman then came in as a pinch-runner.
Jones was in left with Stewart in right.
Ryan drew a walk and was batting .500. Stewart was 1-for-5 and was batting .312. Jones was 1-for-4 and was batting .307.
Mays pitched five innings, allowing four runs on seven hits and no walks and striking out three. It was Mays' first start since August 12 and only his second start since July 5. He pitched well other than the three-run homer, but of course the three-run homer is what put the Royals ahead to stay.
Balfour lowered his ERA to 2.03.
Jose Lima started for Kansas City. He pitched four innings, allowing three runs on ten hits and no walks and striking out one.
The Twins were blowing a chance to move up in the standings, losing two of three to the Royals at home. They would have one more chance the next day.
Record: The Twins were 66-63, in third place in the American League Central, 2.5 games behind Chicago. They were 1.5 games behind second-place Kansas City.
February 7, 2021: Best Coast
Huh. For some reason, Bauer and the #lolmets seemed destined to me.
Happy Birthday–February 7
Tom Daly (1866)
Pat Moran (1876)
Charlie Jamieson (1893)
Earl Whitehill (1899)
Paul Owens (1924)
Dick Wiencek (1926)
Al Smith (1928)
Juan Pizarro (1937)
Burt Hooton (1950)
Benny Ayala (1951)
Dan Quisenberry (1953)
Damaso Garcia (1957)
Carney Lansford (1957)
Ralph Citarella (1958)
Endy Chavez (1978)
Brad Hennessey (1980)
Scott Feldman (1983)
Paul Owens spent over forty years in the Phillies organization, serving at various times as a player, scout, manager, and general manager.
Dick Wiencek was a minor league infielder from 1947-1949, He then became a scout, working at various times for Washington/Minnesota, Detroit, and Oakland. Among the players he was responsible for signing are Jim Kaat, Graig Nettles, Bert Blyleven, Jack Morris, Alan Trammell, and Mark McGwire.
Right-hander Ralph Citarella was drafted by Minnesota in the first round of the January draft in 1978, but did not sign.
We would also like to wish a happy birthday to Mrs. AMR.
Winter Wonderland: Games of February 5
MELBOURNE
MELBOURNE 11, SYDNEY 5 AT SYDNEY
Melbourne scored two in the first and led all the way, eventually building a 9-0 lead before Sydney made the final score look better. Jack Barrie was 3-for-5 with four RBIs. Darryl George was 3-for-6. Damek Tomscha was 2-for-5 with a walk and two runs. Gift Ngoepe was 2-for-5 with a walk and two runs. Chris Burke was 2-for-6 with a two-run homer (his fourth) and two runs. Blake Gailen was 1-for-2 with a two-run homer (his ninth), three walks, and two runs. Gunnar Kines pitched five innings, allowing four runs on five hits and three walks and striking out three.
Stats: Ex-Twin Delmon Young was 0-for-1 with two walks and is batting .398. George is batting .333. Barrie is batting .324. Tomscha is batting .317. Andrew Jones pitched a scoreless inning and has an ERA of zero. Jeremy Young gave up a run in two innings and has an ERA of 1.64. Cameron Gibbens pitched a scoreless inning and has an ERA of 1.93.
Record: Melbourne is 18-8, in first place in the Australian League, 3.5 games ahead of Perth.
Next game: Melbourne is again at Sydney tonight.
CARIBBEAN SERIES
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 4, PANAMA 3
it was tied 2-2 through eight. Rodrigo Orozco singled home a run in the top of the ninth for Panama, but Carlos Paulino's two-run single in the bottom of the ninth won it for the Dominican Republic. Juan Lagares was 2-for-4 for the Dominican. Carlos Martinez struck out eight in 5.2 scoreless innings, giving up one hit and four walks. For Panama, Orozco was 2-for-3 with a walk. Manuel Campos pitched 5.2 innings, giving up two runs on four hits and three walks and striking out four.
PUERTO RICO 2, MEXICO 1
All the runs were scored in the fourth inning, with Reymond Fuentes' two-run homer carrying the day. Jarren Duran was 2-for-3 with a walk for Puerto Rico. Luis Medina pitched five innings, giving up one run on two hits and two walks and striking out four. Ramiro Pena was 2-for-4 for Mexico. Manny Barreda pitched five innings, giving up two runs on four hits and three walks and striking out three.
NEXT GAME
Puerto Rico plays the Dominican Republic in the finals tonight.
February 6, 2021: Cold Spell
Chilly enough for ya?
2003 Rewind: Game One Hundred Twenty-eight
KANSAS CITY 3, MINNESOTA 2 IN MINNESOTA
Date: Friday, August 22.
Batting stars: Shannon Stewart was 3-for-5 with a double. Jacque Jones was 2-for-4 with a double and two runs.
Pitching stars: Kyle Lohse pitched 6.1 innings, giving up three runs on seven hits and a walk and striking out three. J. C. Romero struck out two in two perfect innings.
Opposition stars: Brent Mayne was 2-for-4 with a double. Joe Randa was 2-for-4. Darrell May pitched 6.2 innings, giving up two runs on seven hits and two walks and striking out five.
The game: The Twins put men on first and third with two out in the first but did not score. In the third the Royals scored three, which was all they needed. Angel Berroa was hit by a pitch, went to second on a wild pitch and scored on Mayne's double. Randa singled Mayne home. Mike Sweeney walked and Carlos Beltran had an infield single, loading the bases. Raul Ibanez hit a sacrifice fly to put Kansas City up 3-0.
The Twins got on the board in the fifth but missed a chance for more. Jones led off with a single and Stewart hit a two-out single. Luis Rivas doubled to score Jones, but Stewart was thrown out trying to make it a two-run double. The score remained just 3-1.
The Twins got one more in the seventh, but again had a man thrown out at the plate. Jones led off with a double and scored on Cristian Guzman's one-out single. Stewart singled to put men on first and third. Denny Hocking then hit a grounder to first, with Guzman thrown out at home. Another ground out ended the inning. The Twins did not get a hit after that.
WP: May (7-6). LP: Lohse (10-10). S: Jeremy Affeldt (2).
Notes: Doug Mientkiewicz was back at first base. Jones was in left, Stewart in right, and Matthew LeCroy was the DH.
Hocking pinch-hit for Rivas in the seventh and stayed in the game at second base. Dustan Mohr pinch-hit for Guzman in the ninth.
Stewart went up to .313. Jones was up to .307.
Lohse's ERA went to an even 5.00.
It feels like Darrell May started about every other game the Royals played against the Twins. In fact, he made five starts against the Twins in 2003. He went 2-0, 2.73, 1.18 WHIP. He struck out 20 in 29.2 innings. For the season, he was 10-8, 3.77, 1.19 WHIP and struck out 115 in 210 innings. It was the best season of his career and the only one in which he had an ERA under five. For his career he was 4-3, 3.92, 1.36 WHIP against the Twins.
After one day in second, the Twins slipped back into third place.
Record: The Twins were 66-62, in third place in the American League Central, 1.5 games behind Chicago. They were a half game behind second-place Kansas City.
Jane’s Addiction – Three Days
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QydHKvqs9i4
Probably my fave Jane's Addiction song. This one is over the top and has it all: maracas, sexy dancers, simulated back door sex, ASL signer who is signing a guitar solo, an actual drum solo, big stage, Chicago skyline. It's rock and roll baby, just go with it.
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Happy Birthday–February 6
Frank LaPorte (1880)
Babe Ruth (1895)
Jake Levy (1900)
Glenn Wright (1901)
Dale Long (1926)
Smoky Burgess (1927)
Augie Garrido (1939)
Richie Zisk (1949)
Larry Young (1954)
Bob Wickman (1969)
Chad Allen (1975)
Pitcher Jake Levy had a minor league career that started in 1921 and lasted until 1945. He played under a variety of names, making it difficult to determine his true record, but he won at least two hundred games. He was also a good hitter, and early in his career played in the field when he was not pitching.
Augie Garrido was the baseball coach at the University of Texas from 1997-2016. He has the most coaching wins of anyone in Division I.
Larry Young was a major league umpire from 1983-2007.
You may have heard of that "Babe Ruth" fellow.
FMD — 7″ Vinyl Singles
I haven't bought into the vinyl renaissance. Part of the reason is that I've bought vinyl when I was a kid and young adult, then cassettes, then CDs, now streaming services. I'm not going back to buying albums that I've owned on like three other platforms. Also I like the long playing feature that CDs, I-tunes, and streaming services provides. I do have about 20-30 albums that I've kept or collected along the way that I will listen to occasionally, but not often.
However, I am a sucker for 7" singles and continue to scour record stores and bookstores for cool singles, especially older classic singles, 70's AM Radio hits, and punk singles from the 1970s and early 1980s. I'm not looking for pristine copies that are collectibles, but actually well used (to a degree) records from the era. I also have an older type record player with a tinny speaker.
Basically I love listening to I Want to Hold Your Hand, Heartbreak Hotel, Brown Eyed Girl, etc., as they were probably listened to by some teenager some 50, 60 years ago. It's a thrill to think that someone was probably in their rec room or bedroom listening to this same record and hearing Elvis for the first time, or the Beatles after just seeing them on the Ed Sullivan show.
Have you gotten back into vinyl? Do your parents or grandparents still have a stash of 45rpms stuck in a closet somewhere (if so, hit me up). Do you sometimes just listen to old records and go over the cover, liner notes, and photos?
Also, drop 'em if you got 'em.