I swear these guys put out 2-3 albums per year.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0Tna3qg1t4
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Bobby Abreu (1974)
Rich Hill (1980)
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Frank Mata (1984)
Bobby Winkles was the head baseball coach at Arizona State from 1959-1971, winning three College World Series titles. He also managed and coached in the major leagues.
We would also like to wish a very happy birthday to Zack.
In honor of IITY, I need someone to create an Are We Still Locked-Out? site.
OAKLAND 6, MINNESOTA 0 IN OAKLAND
Date: Monday, September 21.
Batting star: Harmon Killebrew was 0-for-2 with a walk.
Pitching star: Jim Perry pitched an eight-inning complete game, giving up six runs (two earned) on nine hits and five walks and striking out three.
Opposition stars: Vida Blue pitched a no-hitter, striking out nine and giving up a walk. Don Mincher was 2-for-3 with a hit-by-pitch. Bert Campaneris was 2-for-5 with a three-run homer (his twenty-first), a triple, and two runs.
The game: Once you've said "Vida Blue pitched a no-hitter", there's not a lot more to say. The Athletics got on the board in the second when Campaneris tripled and scored on a double play grounder. The Twins lone baserunner, Killebrew, reached on a two-out walk in the fourth inning.
It was still 1-0 through seven, but Oakland broke it open in the eighth. Mincher led off with a single and Sal Bando followed with a single-plus-error, scoring Mincher and leaving Bando on third. With one out, Gene Tenace was intentionally walked. Dick Green had an RBI single, a bunt moved the runners up, and Campaneris hit a three-run homer, giving the Athletics a 6-0 lead.
WP: Blue (2-0).
LP: Perry (23-12).
S: None.
Notes: Rick Renick was at third base, with Killebrew moving to first and Rich Reese on the bench. Danny Thompson was at second base in place of Rod Carew. Jim Holt went to center field in the eighth, with Cesar Tovar moving to left and Brant Alyea coming out. Bob Allison pinch-hit for Perry in the ninth.
Tony Oliva was 0-for-3 and was batting .319. Tovar was 0-for-4 and was batting .300.
I wondered about Perry throwing a complete game, but it was still 1-0 going to the eighth. I still don't think it was very smart to have him pitch that much this late in the season, with the playoffs just around the corner, but it was a different time then, and the closeness of the game makes it less egregious.
Blue had come up as a September call-up. This was his fourth start, and his second complete game shutout. He had appeared in twelve games in 1969, four of them starts. He made a total of six starts in 1970, and went 2-0, 2.09, 0.83 WHIP. He struck out 35 in 38.2 innings and had a FIP of 1.89. He was only twenty, but I think it's safe to say he was ready for the majors. This would be the only complete game no-hitter he would have. He was part of a combined no-hitter in 1975, throwing five innings.
Allison had a batting average of .211. Perry, whom he pitch-hit for, had an average of .250. That is not in any way intended to indicate that I think it was wrong to send Allison up there. I just thought it was interesting.
The loss kept the Twins from clinching the division.
Record: The Twins were 92-61, in first place in the American League West, 7.5 games ahead of Oakland. Their magic number remained two.
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Greg Pavlick was a coach in the Mets organization for 26 years and was the rehabilitation pitching coordinator for the Yankees at last report.
Classic.
(2 votes, average: 8.00 out of 10)Loading... MINNESOTA 8, CHICAGO 1 IN CHICAGO
Date: Sunday, September 20.
Batting stars: Cesar Tovar was 3-for-5 with a double, a stolen base (his thirtieth), and two runs. Jim Holt was 3-for-5 with a double. Tony Oliva was 3-for-5. Paul Ratliff was 2-for-4 with a home run (his fourth), a walk, and two RBIs. Rich Reese was 2-for-5.
Pitching star: Bert Blyleven pitched a complete game, giving up one run on three hits and one walk and striking out four.
Opposition star: Ed Herrmann was 2-for-3.
The game: Ratliff homered in the second to give the Twins a 1-0 lead. Bill Melton led off the second with a double and scored on Herrmann's single to tie it 1-1.
It was all Twins after that. In the third Tovar singled, stole second, went to third on a passed ball, and scored on a ground out to put the Twins up 2-1. In the fourth Harmon Killebrew singled, went to third on a Holt double, and scored on a ground out to make it 3-1. In the fifth Tovar doubled, Leo Cardenas reached on a sacrifice/fielders' choice, putting men on first and third, Oliva singled in a run, and yet another run scored on a ground out to make it 5-1.
The Twins put it away in the seventh. With two out Killebrew walked, followed by consecutive singles by Reese, Holt, and Ratliff, bringing in three runs and making the score 8-1.
The White Sox had only one hit after the second inning, and that runner was erased by a double play.
WP: Blyleven (10-8).
LP: Gerry Janeski (10-16).
S: None.
Notes: Holt was in center field, with Tovar moving to left. Ratliff was behind the plate in place of George Mitterwald. Danny Thompson was at second base in place of Rod Carew. Frank Quilici went to third base in the seventh inning in place of Killebrew.
Oliva was batting .320. Tovar was batting .302.
Since Carew went out, Bill Rigney's standard defensive move was to put Quilici at second base and move Thompson to third. In this game, for some reason, he left Thompson at second and put Quilici at third. Maybe he just wanted to get Quilici a little practice at third base in case a situation came up where he was needed there in the playoffs. Is it a big deal? No. It just seems kind of odd.
This was Gerry Janeski's only full season as a rotation starter. He went 10-17, 4.77, 1.51 WHIP. He was only twenty-four, though, and one would think leaving him in the rotation all year meant the White Sox thought he was a promising young player. Instead, they traded him after the season for Rick Reichardt. He pitched poorly for them in a half-season, was sent to AAA, and stayed there through 1974, making only four more appearances in the majors. His career numbers are 11-23, 4.73, 1.55 WHIP.
Oakland lost to California 4-2, so the Twins lowered their magic number by two. It gave them the chance to clinch the division the next day, when they played at Oakland.
Record: The Twins were 92-60, in first place in the American League West, 8.5 games ahead of Oakland.
Billy Southworth (1893)
Myril Hoag (1908)
Phil Seghi (1909)
Joe Paparella (1909)
Arky Vaughan (1912)
Jackie Jensen (1927)
Ron Kline (1932)
Jim Landis (1934)
Bert Campaneris (1942)
John Curtis (1948)
Darrel Chaney (1948)
Wendell Kim (1950)
Terry Mulholland (1963)
Benito Santiago (1965)
Vince Horsman (1967)
Aaron Boone (1973)
C. J. Nitkowski (1973)
Koyie Hill (1979)
Craig Stammen (1984)
Daniel Hudson (1987)
Phil Seghi was in baseball most of his life, serving as Cleveland Indians general manager from 1973-1985.
American League umpire Joe Paparella holds the record for most games umpired in a season, 176 in 1962.
The late Wendell Kim was a major league coach and minor league manager for many years.
