Monthly Archives: April 2022

Keeping Track

Minor Details: Players of the Week: April 5-10

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ST. PAUL SAINTS

Batter:  Jake Cave was 9-for-19 with three doubles, a triple, and five walks.  He is batting .474/.583/.737.

Pitcher:  Cole Sands struck out seven in five shutout innings, giving up one hit and no walks.

WICHITA WIND SURGE

Batter:  Spencer Steer was 3-for-11 with two doubles and a walk.

Pitcher:  Simeon Woods-Richardson pitched 5.2 scoreless innings, giving up one hit and two walks and striking out five.

CEDAR RAPIDS KERNELS

Batter:  Christian Encarnacion-Strand was 10-for-14 with three home runs, two doubles, and fifteen RBIs.  He is batting .714/.714/1.500, for an OPS of 2.214.

Pitcher:  Sawyer Gipson-Long pitched four shutout innings, giving up two hits and two walks and striking out five.

FORT MYERS MIGHTY MUSSELS

Batter:  Kyler Fedco was 2-for-7 with a triple, a double, and a walk.

Pitcher:  David Festa pitched shutout five innings, giving up two hits and no walks and striking out five.

Keeping Track

Happy Birthday–April 12

Vic Willis (1876)
Addie Joss (1880)
Bill Bailey (1888)
Eric McNair (1909)
Bill Wight (1922)
Bob Zuk (1927)
Johnny Antonelli (1930)
Terry Cooney (1933)
Charlie Lau (1933)
Woodie Fryman (1940)
Vicente Romo (1943)
Terry Harmon (1944)
Mike Macfarlane (1964)
Paul LoDuca (1972)
Antonio Osuna (1973)
Brad Brach (1986)
Pedro Hernandez (1989)

Bob Zuk was a long-time scout who was responsible for signing, among others, Reggie Jackson, Willie Stargell, and Gary Carter.

Terry Cooney was an American League umpire from 1975-1992.

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2022 Twins Game Logs

2022 Game Log 04: Seattle Mariners at Minnesota Twins

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The crack of the bat, the roar of the crowd. That’s right, baseball’s back!

Hello, Nation, I’m hungry joe. Join us today live from the internets for all the action. The boys of summer and the WGOM, a winning team!

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The World’s Greatest Online Magazine Presents The Half-Baked Podcast: 12. Keep On The Sunny Side (Part II)

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Sorry it took awhile to get this out, gang. Some of the info is a little stale, but be sure it was hard hitting and insanely on point at the time.
Anyway, to complete the 12th(!) chapter of our humble little podcasf, we take a look at the Wild's season and a look ahead at their postseason.

Also, it's been awhile, so we go over some recent videos:
(Go ahead and give a vote if you haven't already)

Cherry Glazerr – Time to Get Away

Snail Mail – Glory

Rodrigo y Gabriela - Mettavolution

Le Tigre – TKO

Enjoy! We hope to have a reason to come back to you soon.

Keeping Track

Happy Birthday–April 11

Pop Corkhill (1858)
Ossee Schrecongost (1875)
Matsutaro Shoriki (1885)
Sam Chapman (1916)
Barney McCosky (1917)
Jim Hearn (1921)
Bob Casey (1925)
Sid Monge (1951)
Bret Saberhagen (1964)
Turner Ward (1965)
Sean Bergman (1970)
Robin Jennings (1972)
Jason Varitek (1972)
Trot Nixon (1974)
Todd Dunwoody (1975)
Kelvim Escobar (1976)
Mark Teixeira (1980)
Andres Blanco (1984)
Alejandro De Aza (1984)
Kenta Maeda (1988)

Matustaro Shoriki is known as the father of Japanese baseball.

Bob Casey was the Twins' public address announcer from 1961 until his death in March of 2005.

Jason Varitek was drafted by the Twins in the first round in 1993, but did not sign.

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