I've heard there are some here who will appreciate this manner of vocal stylings
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Cy Seymour (1872)
Adam Comorosky (1905)
Joe DeMaestri (1928)
Billy Klaus (1928)
Darold Knowles (1941)
Jim Merritt (1943)
Del Unser (1944)
Jerry Cram (1947)
Doc Medich (1948)
Steve Christmas (1957)
Ed Romero (1957)
Juan Samuel (1960)
Tony Tarasco (1970)
Todd Van Poppel (1971)
Tony Batista (1973)
Adam Wilk (1987)
Outfielder Del Unser was drafted by Minnesota in the second round in 1965, but did not sign. Catcher Steve Christmas was drafted by Minnesota in the thirty-third round in 1975, but did not sign.
MINNESOTA 3, MILWAUKEE 2 IN MILWAUKEE
Date: Wednesday, June 24.
Batting star: Tony Oliva was 2-for-4 with a double.
Pitching stars: Dave Boswell struck out eight in eight innings, giving up two runs on five hits and four walks. Stan Williams pitched a scoreless inning, giving up a hit and a walk.
Opposition stars: Bob Burda was 2-for-3 with a double and a walk. Marty Pattin struck out ten in a complete game, giving up three runs on six hits and a walk.
The game: In the first, Russ Snyder drew a one-out walk, Mike Hegan walked with two out, and Dave May singled, loading the bases. Burda singled home a run, but a baserunning blunder ended the inning with the Brewers leading by only 1-0.
Milwaukee had men on first and second with one out in the second but did not score. In the fourth, Cesar Tovar led off the inning by reaching second on a single-plus-error. He was bunted to third and scored on a wild pitch to tie it 1-1. Tony Oliva then doubled and scored on a Harmon Killebrew single to give the Twins a 2-1 lead. It didn't last long, though, as Burda led off the bottom of the fourth with a double, was bunted to third, and scored on a sacrifice fly to tie it 2-2.
Each team had two on with two out in the seventh and did not score. In the eighth Tovar was hit by a pitch, stole second, and scored on an Oliva single to put the Twins ahead 3-2. The Brewers threatened in the ninth. Burda led off with a walk and Phil Roof had a two-out single to put the tying run into scoring position. But Ted Savage struck out to end the game.
WP: Boswell (3-6).
LP: Pattin (4-6).
S: Williams (4).
Notes: Herman Hill made his season debut in center field, with Tovar moving to second base in place of the injured Rod Carew. Jim Holt was in left in place of Brant Alyea.
Oliva was batting .321. Killebrew was 1-for-3 and was batting .302. Williams had an ERA of 1.81.
Hill was 0-for-3 and was batting zero. Boswell easily had his best game of the season to date--his score of 68 was twenty points higher than his second-best game score so far--but still had an ERA of 6.24.
Oddly, Frank Quilici was not used as a defensive replacement for Harmon Killebrew, even though the Twins took the lead in the eighth and Killebrew was unlikely to come to bat again.
Bob Burda had only been a member of the Brewers for a couple of weeks, having been sold by the Giants on June 9. He was a first baseman/corner outfielder, mostly playing right field for Milwaukee. He got the most playing time of his career in 1970--245 at-bats--and did not take advantage of it, batting .249/.315/.335 with just four home runs, not the kind of production you want from someone who plays those positions. He had shown some power in the minors, hitting 27 homers in AAA in 1963 and 18 more in AAA in 1964, but he had only 13 homers in 634 major league at-bats. He played for St. Louis in 1971 and for Boston in 1972 before ending his playing career. He was successful in business after leaving baseball and is currently living in retirement in Mesa, Arizona.
Record: The Twins were 41-22, in first place in the American League West, four games ahead of California.
I should have known what kind of suggestions I would get for a new backpack around here. Of course we've all had our own well chosen indestructibles for 20+ years.
Jack Rowe (1856)
Jimmy Austin (1879)
Sam Zoldak (1918)
Jim Pagliaroni (1937)
Brant Alyea (1940)
Ed Brinkman (1941)
Ken Roy (1941)
Masahiro Doi (1943)
Alan Foster (1946)
Jeff Grotewold (1965)
Mike Mussina (1968)
Garvin Alston (1971)
Reed Johnson (1976)
Vernon Wells (1978)
Josh Donaldson (1985)
Ken Roy was a minor league umpire for two years before becoming a Catholic priest. He said that his umpiring career helped him in ministry because it gave him more patience with people and made him a better listener.
Masahiro Doi was a fifteen-time all-star in the Japanese Pacific League, playing from 1962-1981.
We would also like to wish a happy birthday to AMR’s son, HPR.
Okay, I see now that Pepper played this. Well, it's worth playing again.
(1 votes, average: 8.00 out of 10)Loading... MILWAUKEE 4, MINNESOTA 3 IN MILWAUKEE
Date: Tuesday, June 23.
Batting star: George Mitterwald was 1-for-4 with a two-run homer, his fifth.
Pitching stars: Bert Blyleven struck out seven in six innings, giving up two runs (one earned) on eight hits and a walk.
Opposition stars: Phil Roof was 2-for-3 with a home run, his sixth. Roberto Pena was 2-for-4. Bobby Bolin pitched seven innings, giving up three runs on five hits and four walks and striking out three. Dave Baldwin struck out two in two perfect innings.
The game: The Twins loaded the bases in the second inning but did not score. In the bottom of the second, Dave May singled, went to second on a passed ball, and scored on Pena's single to give the Brewers a 1-0 lead.
The Twins put two on with one out in the third but again did not score. They got on the board in the fifth, as Cesar Tovar doubled and scored on a Jim Holt single. The Twins took the lead in the sixth when Bob Allison singled and Mitterwald hit a two-out two-run homer, making it 3-1 MInnesota.
The Brewers had two on in the fifth and again in the sixth but did not score. Roof homered leading off the seventh to cut the lead to 3-2. It was still 3-2 in the ninth. Roof was hit by a pitch with one out and Tommy Harper walked with two out. Ron Perranoski then came in to face pinch-hitter Gus Gil. Gil hit a double to left, scoring both runners, and Milwaukee took the win, 4-3.
WP: Baldwin (2-0).
LP: Tom Hall (2-2).
S: None.
Notes: Holt was again in right in place of Tony Oliva. Allison was again in left in place of Brant Alyea. Frank Quilici was at second base in place of Rod Carew. So as not to spoiler it, I haven't checked if Bill Rigney continued to use the light-hitting Quilici to replace Carew or if he went a different direction. We'll see as the series goes on. With Quilici in the starting lineup, Rigney did not use a defensive replacement for Harmon Killebrew at third base.
Killebrew was 0-for-3 and was batting .301. Hall gave up two runs in 2.2 innings and had an ERA of 2.70.
Quilici was 0-for-3 and was batting .172.
The Brewers used six pinch-hitters in the game: Ted Savage, Gil, Danny Walton, Mike Hershberger, Tito Francona, and Jerry McNertney. They also used a pinch-runner, Max Alvis. I miss the days when teams had enough bench players that they could do stuff like that.
With the recent election, the 1970 Twins had five Hall-of-Famers: Blyleven, Carew, Kaat, Killebrew, and Oliva. I'm sure that's nowhere near the record, but it's still impressive.
The Twins were now 2-3 on their eleven-game road trip.
Record: The Twins were 40-22, in first place in the American League West, 4.5 games ahead of California.
I'm in the market for a good backpack. They're a lot more expensive than I would have thought.
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(1 votes, average: 9.00 out of 10)Loading... Denny Galehouse (1911)
Dick Donovan (1927)
Hal Smith (1930)
Don Cardwell (1935)
Bo Belinsky (1936)
Alex Johnson (1942)
Johnny Bench (1947)
Ozzie Virgil (1956)
Shane Mack (1963)
Tino Martinez (1967)
Eric Chavez (1977)
Saul Rivera (1977)
Mark Payton (1991)
Mark Payton was drafted by the Twins in the thirty-first round in 2010 but did not sign.
