I'm sure I don't need to do the "Everybody still likes Mitski, right?" schtick since obviously everybody still likes Mitski
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Loading... MINNESOTA 7, CALIFORNIA 5 IN MINNESOTA (GAME 1 OF DOUBLEHEADER)
Date: Tuesday, September 15.
Batting stars: Leo Cardenas was 1-for-4 with a grand slam, his eleventh homer. Cesar Tovar was 1-for-3 with a walk and two runs. George Mitterwald was 1-for-3 with a walk and two runs.
Pitching stars: Stan Williams struck out four in three shutout innings, giving up one hit and one walk. Ron Perranoski pitched three shutout innings, giving up two hits.
Opposition stars: Jim Fregosi was 2-for-4 with a two-run homer (his twenty-first), a walk, and two runs. Ken McMullen was 2-for-4. Jay Johnstone was 2-for-4. Greg Garrett struck out two in two shutout innings, giving up one hit.
The game: Sandy Alomar led off the game with a walk and Fregosi hit a two-run homer, giving the Angels a quick 2-0 lead. The Twins came back with one in the bottom of the first when Tovar singled and scored from first on a Tony Oliva double. In the second, Mitterwald drew a one-out walk. With two down Bill Zepp and Tovar walked and Cardenas hit a grand slam to give the Twins a 5-2 lead.
California came back. In the third Tony Gonzalez was hit by a pitch, and with two out Johnstone and McMullen singled, bringing Gonzalez home and making the score 5-3. In the fourth Doug Griffin singled, Roger Repoz reached on an error, Alomar singled to load the bases, and Gonzalez delivered a two-run single to tie it 5-5. A double steal put men on second and third with still no one out, but Fregosi and Alex Johnson struck out and Johnstone lined to third to end the inning.
It stayed tied until the sixth. With one out Brant Alyea walked, Mitterwald singled, and Charlie Manuel was hit by a pitch, loading the bases. Jim Holt then delivered a pinch-hit two-run single to put the Twins ahead 7-5.
The Angels managed just two singles after that, and each time the next batter grounded into a double play, giving the Twins a 7-5 win.
WP: Williams (10-1).
LP: Mel Queen (3-5).
S: Perranoski (30).
Notes: Frank Quilici was again at second base in place of Rod Carew. Herman Hill pinch-ran for Alyea in the sixth, with Holt going in to play center and Tovar moving to left. Manuel pinch-hit for Quilici in the sixth, with Danny Thompson pinch-running and then going to second base.
Oliva was 1-for-4 and was batting .319. Williams had an ERA of 2.07. Perranoski had an ERA of 2.02.
Neither starting pitcher did well. Zepp, who had pitched a complete game shutout last time out, lasted just three innings, giving up five runs (four earned) on eight hits and one walk and striking out two. California starter Tom Bradley (probably not the one who became mayor of Los Angeles) also lasted three innings and also gave up five runs, allowing three hits and four walks and striking out one.
The Mel Queen who pitched in this game was the son of the Mel Queen who pitched in the 1940s and early '50s. He is the brother-in-law of Jim Lonborg. He also managed the Toronto Blue Jays briefly in 1997, something I had completely forgotten about.
It's interesting that, in the first game of a doubleheader, Bill Rigney used his two best relievers for three innings each. He apparently really wanted to win this game and put the Angels in the rearview mirror. It put them in a more difficult spot for game two, obviously, but they did win game one, and with a solid divisional lead, Rigney clearly considered that to be most important.
Record: The Twins were 87-59, in first place in the American League West, nine games ahead of Oakland, which lost the first game of a doubleheader with Milwaukee 1-0. The Twins' magic number was seven.
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Loading ...John Montgomery Ward (1860)
Wee Willie Keeler (1872)
Ed Phelps (1879)
Tetsuya Yoneda (1938)
Paul Schaal (1943)
Rick Reed (1950)
Chuck Cary (1960)
Neal Heaton (1960)
Marvin Hudson (1964)
Scott Radinsky (1968)
Mike Romano (1972)
Matt Diaz (1978)
Jorge Julio (1979)
Tetsuya Yoneda is the second-winningest pitcher in Japanese professional baseball with 350 victories.
The Rick Reed whose birthday is today is the major league umpire from 1979-2009, not the ex-Twin.
Marvin Hudson was a major league umpire from 1979-2009.
Let's gently groove you into your Thursday.
(0 votes, average: 0.00 out of 10)Loading... Well, gang, the good times rolled, and now the Easter season begins. Anyone have any plans for the next 40 days?
CHICAGO 8, MINNESOTA 7 IN MINNESOTA
Date: Sunday, September 13.
Batting stars: Tony Oliva was 3-for-5 with a double. Frank Quilici was 2-for-2 with a double. Paul Ratliff was 2-for-4 with a triple, a walk, two runs, and two RBIs. Leo Cardenas was 2-for-4. Rich Reese was 2-for-5 with two runs.
Pitching star: Ron Perranoski pitched two shutout innings, giving up two hits and a walk.
Opposition stars: Ed Herrmann was 3-for-4 with a double. Luis Aparicio was 3-for-5. Bill Melton was 2-for-4 with two RBIs. Ken Berry was 2-for-4. Rich Morales was 1-for-2 with a home run. Jerry Crider pitched two shutout innings, giving up a hit and a walk and striking out one.
The game: Cesar Tovar and Oliva singled and Harmon Killebrew walked, loading the bases with one out in the first inning, but the Twins could only score one run on an error. An error helped them in the second as well: Quilici doubled and scored with Jim Perry reached on a two-base error. Cardenas had an RBI single to make it 3-0 Twins. The Twins were helped by yet another error in the third: Reese reached on an error and scored on a Ratliff triple. A sacrifice fly put the Twins ahead 5-0.
The Twins were firmly in control, until all of a sudden they weren't. In the fifth Gail Hopkins singled, Herrmann doubled, and Berry, Bobby Knoop, and Lee Maye each followed with an RBI single. A ground out brought home a fourth run, but at least there was one out in the inning. Aparicio singled and Carlos May walked, loading the bases, and Melton delivered a two-run single to give the White Sox the lead. A sacrifice fly made it a seven-run inning and gave Chicago a 7-5 lead. Morales homered in the sixth to make it 8-5.
The Twins put together a two-out rally in the ninth. Reese singled, went to second on a wild pitch, and scored on a Ratliff single. Rick Renick walked and Bob Allison doubled, making the score 8-7 and putting the winning run in scoring position. But Tovar grounded to second to end the game.
WP: Crider (4-7).
LP: Stan Williams (9-1).
S: Wilbur Wood (21).
Notes: Ratliff was again behind the plate in place of George Mitterwald. Quilici was again at second base in place of Rod Carew. Charlie Manuel pinch-hit for Quilici in the seventh, with Danny Thompson going to second base. Jim Holt pinch-hit for Jim Kaat in the seventh. Renick pinch-hit for Thompson in the ninth. Allison pinch-hit for Perranoski in the ninth, with Herman Hill pinch-running for Allison.
Oliva was batting .320. Brant Alyea was 0-for-5 and fell back below .300 at .299. Williams gave up two runs (one earned) in a third of an inning and had an ERA of 2.13. Perranoski had an ERA of 2.06.
Perry pitched well for four innings, but as seen above, he fell apart in the fifth. His line was four innings, five runs, six hits, no walks, and two strikeouts. White Sox starter Billy Wynne struggled as well: two innings, five runs (three earned), six hits, one walk. no strikeouts.
The cable guy where I live is named Ed Herrmann. I don't think it's the same one. Similarly, the Ken Berry here is probably not the guy who was on "F Troop".
Oakland lost both games of a doubleheader to Kansas City, both in extra innings and both by a score of 8-7, so the Twins edged closer to clinching the division. The Twins next had a four-game series with California, which turned out to be not nearly as important a series as it appeared it might be a few weeks earlier.
Record: The Twins were 87-58, in first place in the American League West, eight games ahead of Oakland. Their magic number was down to nine.
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(2 votes, average: 9.50 out of 10)Loading... Horace Fogel (1861)
Moe Berg (1902)
Woody English (1906)
Jack Knott (1907)
Mel Ott (1909)
Mort Cooper (1913)
Jim Konstanty (1917)
Jim Nettles (1947)
Pete Broberg (1950)
Larry Wolfe (1953)
Terry Steinbach (1962)
Ron Gant (1965)
Jay Gibbons (1977)
Glen Perkins (1983)
Bud Norris (1985)
Horace Fogel was a sportswriter who became manager of the New York Giants in 1902. His time as Giants manager is best remembered for his attempt to move Christy Mathewson to first base. He was fired 41 games into the season and replaced by Heinie Smith, who put an end to such nonsense. Instead, he tried to move Mathewson to shortstop.
We assume everyone reading this knows Ron Gant's connection to the Minnesota Twins.
Sunday May 29, 2022
12:00 p.m.
Pike & Pint
Alexandria, MN
Here’s a post that everyone can respond to in order to keep all responses in one place and accessible.
zooomx.2’s offer:
I am going to close to the public on Sunday (29th) and Monday that weekend. The Twins play at 1pm on Sunday. I would be willing to open up at noon for the caucus. My thoughts would be to have one of my cooks put together a little lunch buffet for the group. I would have a bartender on staff. Food is on me, cocktails would be cash bar. Bring the kids. If its nice weather we will hang out on the patio. If it's inclement weather, me hang out in the bar with the 6 TV's. I can break out the cribbage boards and some cornhole boards.
