I dunno, man, do you really want to file suit for "character assassination"? I mean, that just means they're going to read all your old emails, like, verbatim in court (not that they're that old).
I also don't understand all these people that are like "well what would be in your emails if someone went through the last 15+ years!?" Um, not much? Jeez, what have you been sending?
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Jackie Price played one season in the major leagues, but was better known as a baseball entertainer. He is sometimes called a "baseball clown", but that's not really accurate, because he really performed tricks more than actually clowning.
CALIFORNIA 6, MINNESOTA 5 IN MINNESOTA
Date: Sunday, May 24.
Batting stars: George MItterwald was 3-for-4 with a home run (his third), a triple, a double, and two RBIs. Harmon Killebrew was 3-for-4 with a double and a walk. Leo Cardenas was 2-for-5 with two runs. Tony Oliva was 2-for-5.
Pitching stars: Tom Hall pitched 3.1 scoreless innings, giving up two hits and a walk and striking out two. Steve Barber pitched a scoreless inning, giving up one hit. Stan Williams pitched two shutout innings, giving up three hits and striking out one.
Opposition stars: Joe Azcue was 3-for-4. Sandy Alomar was 3-for-5 with a stolen base (his fourteenth), two runs, and two RBIs. Alex Johnson was 2-for-3 with a walk. Jim Fregosi was 2-for-5 with a double and two RBIs. Roger Repoz was 1-for-5 with a two-run homer, his seventh.
The game: Alomar led off with a single and Repoz hit a two-run homer, giving the Angels a quick 2-0 lead. The Twins got one back in the bottom of the first when Cesar Tovar doubled, went to third on a ground out, and scored on Killebrew's infield single. But California scored three more in the second. Singles by Bill Voss, Azcue, and Alomar produced the first run and put men on first and third. Alomar stole second and Fregosi followed with a two-run double, putting the Angels up 5-1.
The Twins put two on with one out in the fourth, but did not score again until the fifth when Mitterwald hit a home run. They again put two more men on base, but the score remained 5-2. They got another run in the sixth when Cardenas singled with two out, Mitterwald doubled, and a passed ball scored a run. They again got a two-out run in the seventh when Killebrew doubled and scored on an Oliva single. With one out in the eighth, Cardenas singled and scored on a Mitterwald triple, tying the score 5-5. They missed and chance to take the lead, however, as a pair of ground outs followed.
It cost them, as California took the lead back in the ninth. Azcue singled, was bunted to second, and scored on an Alomar single. The Twins got two on with two out in the ninth on a pair of walks, but Steve Kealey came in and struck out Cardenas to end the game.
WP: Paul Doyle (2-0).
LP: Ron Perranoski (3-2).
S: Kealey (1).
Notes: Rick Renick was at third, with Killebrew moving to first. The Twins pretty much emptied their bench. Minnie Mendoza pinch-hit for Hall in the fifth. Rich Reese pinch-hit for Barber in the sixth and stayed in the game at first base, with Killebrew moving to third. Jim Holt pinch-hit for Williams in the eighth. Holt stayed in the game and went to left field, with Brant Alyea coming out. Frank Quilici pinch-ran for Killebrew in the ninth. Bob Allison pinch-hit for Perranoski in the ninth. Paul Ratliff pinch-ran for Holt in the ninth.
Rod Carew was 1-for-5 and was batting .393. Oliva was batting .331. Killebrew was batting .328. Tovar was 1-for-4 and was batting .300. Hall had an ERA of 2.66. Williams had an ERA of 1.35. Perranoski gave up a run in one inning and had an ERA of 1.65.
Mendoza was 0-for-1 and was batting .188. Dave Boswell started and allowed five runs in 1.2 innings and had an ERA of 7.23.
This was the first triple of Mitterwald's career. He ended with seven. His season high was three in 1975.
Unless Holt was injured and couldn't run, I don't understand pinch-running Ratliff for him. Ratliff ended his career with zero stolen bases. In the minors he stole twelve in nine seasons. I don't think Holt was exactly a speedster, but he moved well enough that the Twins routinely used him as a defensive replacement in the outfield. It didn't matter, in the end, because the next batter struck out to end the game, but it seems like a really odd move.
The Angels used five relief pitchers. That's routine today, but not very common in 1970. Three of them were guys you probably never heard of: Paul Doyle, Greg Garrett, and Kealey. Doyle appeared in 87 major league games, 47 of them in 1970. This was one of his five career wins. Garrett appeared in 32 games, 30 of them in 1970. Kealey had a longer career--he appeared in parts of six seasons, playing in 139 games. This was his first career save--he ended with eleven.
California took two out of three from the Twins in Minnesota in this matchup of first and second place teams.
Record: The Twins were 26-12, in first place in the American League West, a half game ahead of California.
You learn something new every day.
Jack Ryan (1868)
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Carl Mays (1891)
Joe Hoerner (1936)
Bruce Bochte (1950)
Jody Davis (1956)
Donnie Hill (1960)
Greg Gagne (1961)
Jeff Reed (1962)
Randy Knorr (1968)
Sammy Sosa (1968)
Aaron Heilman (1978)
Charlie Morton (1983)
Mike Leake (1987)
Aaron Heilman was drafted by Minnesota in the first round in 2000, but did not sign.
We would also like to wish a happy anniversary to Mr. and Mrs. FT"HM"LT.
Love this bass line. Hell of a performance from everyone here.
1980
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Date: Saturday, May 23.
Batting stars: Leo Cardenas was 3-for-4. Jim Holt was 2-for-4 with two doubles. Tony Oliva was 2-for-4.
Pitching stars: Bill Zepp retired all seven batters he faced. Stan Williams struck out two in two shutout innings, giving up one hit. Ron Perranoski pitched a perfect inning.
Opposition stars: Ken McMullen was 2-for-4 with a triple. Andy Messersmith pitched seven innings, giving up four runs (one earned) on eight hits and one walk and striking out five.
The game: Each team scored two in the second. For the Angels, Alex Johnson doubled and scored on McMullen's single. Two walks loaded the bases with one out and a ground out made it 2-0. For the Twins, Harmon Killebrew walked. With two out, Cardenas hit a single-plus-error to score a run and Paul Ratliff followed with an RBI double, tying it 2-2.
California went right back into the lead in the third. An error and a Jim Fregosi single put men on first and third with none out. A sacrifice fly put the Angels ahead and McMullen followed with an RBI triple to make it 4-2 California.
The Twins had men on second and third with one out in the third, and the Angels had men on first and third with two out in the fourth, but it remained 4-2 until the fifth. Zepp reached on an error and was bunted to second. A ground out moved him to third and Oliva's infield single brought him home. Killebrew then doubled, with Oliva scoring from first to tie the score 4-4.
The Twins had men on first and third with none out in the sixth but did not score. With two out in the eighth, Holt doubled and Cardenas followed with an RBI single to give the Twins their first lead at 5-4. Jim Spencer led off the California ninth with a single, but he was erased on a double play and a line out ended the game.
WP: Williams (4-0).
LP: Ken Tatum (2-1).
S: Perranoski (11).
Notes: Holt was in left in place of Brant Alyea. Ratliff was behind the plate in place of George Mitterwald.
Charlie Manuel pinch-hit for Zepp in the sixth. Mitterwald went behind the plate in the ninth and Frank Quilici went to third in place of Killebrew.
Rod Carew was 0-for-4 and was batting .402. Oliva was batting .329. Killebrew was 1-for-3 and was batting .315. Tovar was 1-for-2 and was batting .301. Zepp had an ERA of 1.69. Williams had an ERA of 1.50. Perranoski had an ERA of 1.42.
Jim Kaat started and pitched 3.2 innings, giving up four runs (one earned) on six hits and two walks and striking out two.
Carew was on an 0-for-8 streak.
The Twins had three relievers with ERAs below two.
Six of the game's nine runs were unearned.
The plate umpire was Jake O'Donnell. That's the same Jake O'Donnell who was an NBA referee from 1967-1995. He umpired in the American League from 1968-1971. He's the only person to officiate a major league baseball all-star game and an NBA all-star game. He also umpired the 1971 ALCS. The seasons didn't overlap as much back then, but it's still pretty remarkable that he was able to do both.
Record: The Twins were 26-11, in first place in the American League West, 1.5 games ahead of California.
Wishing a warm Veterans Day to those who served today.
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