Monthly Archives: June 2022

Cup of Coffee

June 8, 2022: Ƭ̵̬̊

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It was Prince's birthday yesterday. Here's an interesting anecdote I came across that I hadn't heard before:

During Prince's first appearance on Saturday Night Live, he performed the song "Partyup" and sang the lyric, "Fightin' war is a such a f***ing bore." It went unnoticed at the time, but in the closing segment, Charles Rocket clearly said, "I'd like to know who the f*** did it." This was the only episode of SNL where the f-bomb was dropped twice.

Keeping Track

Happy Birthday–June 8

Cub Stricker (1859)
Van Lingle Mungo (1911)
Del Ennis (1925)
Eddie Gaedel (1925)
George Brunet (1935)
Joe Grzenda (1937)
Pete Magrini (1942)
Mark Belanger (1944)
Lenn Sakata (1954)
Don Robinson (1957)
Carmelo Castillo (1958)
Britt Burns (1959)
Kevin Gross (1961)
John Gibbons (1962)
Kevin Ritz (1965)
Dave Mlicki (1968)
T. J. McFarland (1989)

Sadly, Cub Stricker never played for the Cubs.

3' 7" Eddie Gaedel is the shortest person to play in a major league game, walking in his only plate appearance as part of a Bill Veeck promotion.  His great-nephew, Kyle Gaedele, was an outfielder in the Padres organization from 2011-15, reaching AA.  Kyle is listed at 6' 3".

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2022 Twins Game Logs

2022 Game Log 57 – Yankees at Twins

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You hate to say it but the Yankees have been really good this year, especially its pitching:

Team ERA: 2.74, first
WHIP: 1.04, first
Opponent average: .210, first

Twins come in feeling pretty good about themselves after winning two of three in Toronto with a depleted staff and now some players coming back from the restricted list, Covid list, and injuries. It's not a full squad yet, but getting closer.

Jamison Taillon on for the Yankees and like the rest of the staff, he's been lights out this year. Looks like the Twins will use Cole Sands with his 7.88 ERA and 1.63 WHIP tonight. Maybe both pitchers can regress to the mean and we get a Twins victory.

First Pitch at 6:40

Twins Lineup
1B - Arraez
DH - Buxton
2B - Polanco
RF - Kepler
C - Sanchez
LF - Larnach
3B - Urshela
CF - Celestino
SS - Palacios

Keeping Track

Minor Details: Players of the Week: May 31–June 5

ST. PAUL SAINTS

Batter:  Alex Kirilloff was 8-for-17 with four home runs, two doubles, and three walks.

Pitcher:  Mario Sanchez pitched 7.2 innings, giving up two runs on five hits and a walk and striking out two.

WICHITA WIND SURGE

Batter:  Matt Wallner was 8-for-26 with a home run, a double, and two walks.

Pitcher:  Kody Funderburk pitched six innings, giving up one run on four hits and two walks and striking out six.

CEDAR RAPIDS KERNELS

Batter:  Aaron Sabato was 8-for-16 with a home run, two doubles, and four walks.

Pitcher:  Sawyer Gipson-Long pitched six innings, giving up one run on three hits and two walks and striking out three.

FORT MYERS MIGHTY MUSSELS

Batter:  Emmanuel Rodriguez was 7-for-12 with a two home runs, a triple, a double, and seven walks.

Pitcher:  Mike Paredes pitched six innings, giving up no runs on no hits and two walks and striking out five.

Keeping Track

Happy Birthday–June 7

Bones Ely (1863)
Ed Wells (1900)
Dusty Boggess (1904)
Rosey Gilhousen (1913)
Herb Score (1933)
Roger Nelson (1944)
George Mitterwald (1945)
Don Money (1947)
Thurman Munson (1947)
Bobby Marcano (1951)
Bill Hohn (1955)
Tim Laudner (1958)
Heathcliff Slocumb (1966)
Donaldo Mendez (1978)
Virgil Vasquez (1982)
Mark Lowe (1983)
Luke Farrell (1991)

Dusty Boggess was a National League umpire from 1944-62.

Rosey Gilhousen was a long-time scout who is credit for signing George Brett and Dan Quisenberry.

Bobby Marcano was an all-star in Japan.

Bill Hohn was a major league umpire since 1989-99 and 2002-10.

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