Josh Winder takes a line drive to the neck area. A big inning calms the Wind Surge. The Kernels get a short start and just three hits, but win anyway. A three-run homer weakens the Mighty Mussels.
Monthly Archives: July 2021
July 8, 2021: Flash
I think some of us (me included) kind of trailed off in our hockey viewing after the Wild bowed out. Just in case, the Lightning won in 5 last night.
Happy Birthday–July 8
Hank O’Day (1862)
Ivey Wingo (1890)
Clint Brown (1903)
Salty Parker (1912)
Hector Lopez (1929)
Al Spangler (1933)
Darrell Brandon (1940)
Ken Sanders (1941)
Jim Ollom (1945)
Lerrin LaGrow (1948)
Alan Ashby (1951)
Terry Puhl (1956)
Bob Kipper (1964)
Jerome Walton (1965)
Bobby Ayala (1969)
Danny Ardoin (1974)
Jaime Garcia (1986)
Stephen Gonsalves (1994)
Hall of Fame umpire Hank O'Day was the home plate umpire in the first world series game in 1903. He umpired in ten World Series.
Salty Parker was a long-time minor league manager and major league coach.
We would also like to wish a happy birthday to AMR’s daughter, Moss’ son, and FTLT's daughter.
SUSTO – County Line
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2021 Game 84: Chicago White Sox at Minnesota Twins
Lance Lynn
vs
Michael Pineda
Pineda last pitched for the Twins on June 13 and had one rehab start on July 1. Four runs in four innings is good enough to start for the MLB club so here he is.
Minor Details: Games of July 6
Andrew Albers shines and Keon Broxton goes deep again. Jermaine Palacios and Andrew Bechtold have big days. Alex Isola hits a key homer. Denny Bentley takes one for the team.
July 7, 2021: Messy Basement
Sorry for things being out of sorts the past few days. Had to take an unexpected trip after being busy besides. Hoping things will calm down.
Happy Birthday–July 7
George Moriarty (1885)
Double Duty Radcliffe (1902)
Satchel Paige (1906)
Billy Herman (1909)
Sammy White (1927)
John Gordon (1940)
Bill Melton (1945)
Tommy Moore (1948)
Len Barker (1955)
Dan Gladden (1957)
Glenn Hoffman (1958)
Tim Teufel (1958)
Dave Burba (1966)
Jeff Shaw (1966)
Chuck Knoblauch (1968)
Matt Mantei (1973)
Cory Provus (1978)
John Buck (1980)
Brandon McCarthy (1983)
Ted “Double Duty” Radcliffe played in the Negro Leagues for many years. He got his nickname because he would sometimes catch one game of a doubleheader and pitch the other. He played professionally until 1954, when he retired at age 52. He is the oldest player to ever appear in a professional baseball game, throwing one pitch for the Schaumberg Flyers of the Northern League in 1999 when he was 96. I'm no expert on the Negro Leagues, but it seems to me that he should be in the Hall of Fame.
John Gordon was a radio broadcaster for the Twins from 1987 through 2011.
Tommy Moore was drafted by Minnesota in the twenty-eighth round in 1966, but did not sign.
Cory Provus has been a radio broadcaster for the Twins since 2012.
Twins Game Log 83 – White Sox at Twins
Assuming the rain/storms predicted for today hold off or are done, White Sox back at Target Field for 2nd game of a three game series. White Sox have actually been fairly pedestrian lately but their stranglehold on the AL Central hasn't lessened, mainly because every other team is bad too, including the recent 1-9 Cleveland baseball team.
Jose Berrios on the mound for the Twins looking for his 8th win. Carlos Rodon for the Whities and he's been pretty dang good this year with a .94 WHIP and 122 Ks already.
First pitch at 7:10 assuming no rain delays.
Twins Lineup
3B - Arraez
2B - Polanco
DH - Cruz
LF - Kirilloff
C - Jeffers
RF - Kepler
1B - Sano
CF - Celestino
SS - Simmons
First Monday Book Day: Half-Baked or Otherwise
Lucy Ellmann - author of the fantastic Ducks, Newburyport has an essay collection coming out.
Her publisher live-tweeted one of her essays in which she lists things which are "crap". 257 tweets, and it's fun to find the thing that makes you say "now, hold on."
144/ Mindlessness ditto. #LucyEllmann #ThingsAreAgainstUs
— Galley Beggar Press (@GalleyBeggars) July 5, 2021
Anyway, that's as much as I got for reading intro this month. Half-baked crap I tell ya.
What are you reading?