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Cup of Coffee

June 22, 2022: Local Artists

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Twayn mentioned he was going to the local artist night at the Bullseye. It's a pretty cool collection.

You've got the budget to go to three games this season. Which artists' days will you be attending?

Artist Series: 2022 T-Shirt Tuesdays (Vote for 3)

  • Alxndr Jones (@alxndr_illustration) (29%, 6 Votes)
  • Emiko Rainbow (@emikorainbow) (24%, 5 Votes)
  • Sotagraphics (@sotagraphics) (19%, 4 Votes)
  • Jimmy Longoria (@jimmylongoriaartist) (19%, 4 Votes)
  • Lindsey Made This (@lindseymadethis) (10%, 2 Votes)

Total Voters: 11

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Keeping Track

Happy Birthday–June 22

Carl Hubbell (1903)
Walt Masterson (1920)
Han Urbanus (1927)
Faye Throneberry (1931)
Russ Snyder (1934)
Ron Hodges (1949)
Dave Tomlin (1949)
Greg Booker (1960)
Brant Brown (1971)
Esteban Yan (1975)
Willie Harris (1978)
Luis Maza (1980)
Ian Kinsler (1982)
Engelb Vielma (1994)

Han Urbanus is in the Dutch Baseball Hall of Fame.  He pitched over 150 consecutive complete games over a period of eight years.

The brother of Marv Throneberry, outfielder Faye Throneberry spent much of his career with the Twins franchise while it was still in Washington (1957-1960).  In December of 1960, he was chosen by the Los Angeles Angels in the expansion draft.

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WGOM Videos

Elton John – Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy

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Sir Reginald and Bernie wrote a lot of good songs together. This is one of my favorites, thanks to my sister who played the album over and over and over and over ad infinitum. We got to see Elton back around the turn of the century/millennium when he was broke and touring solo sans band to pay off his debts. My sister has seen him half a dozen times or so.

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2022 Twins Game Logs

2022 Game Log 69 – Guardians at Twins

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Twins and Guardians in the first of 8 games over a 11 day stretch to determine who is can take the reins of the AL Central Division. Cleveland always seems to be competitive even when they dump salary -- bringing in a new stable of pitchers that seem to have a MLB future. Luckily tonight may not be one of those nights as right-hander Aaron Civale on the mound for the Guardians after a stint on the Injured List. Even before his injury, Civale hasn't pitched that great and hopefully Twins bats can take advantage

Joe Ryan up for the Twins as he looks to get back to his pre-Covid form as we head into the the summer section of the season.

Looks like a nice night for baseball with first pitch at 6:40.

Twins Lineup
2B - Arraez
CF - Buxton
SS - Corea
RF - Kepler
DH - Sanchez
3B - Urshela
1B - Kirilloff
LF - Celestino
C - Jeffers

Keeping Track

Minor Details: Players of the Week: June 14-19

ST. PAUL SAINTS

Batter:  Curtis Terry was 7-for-19 with two home runs, a triple, a double, and two walks.

Pitcher:   Mario Sanchez pitched four innings, giving up an unearned run on two hits and no walks and striking out two.

WICHITA WIND SURGE

Batter:  Matt Wallner was 5-for-16 with two home runs, a double, and ten walks.

Pitcher:  Daniel Gossett pitched five shutout innings, giving up three hits and no walks and striking out five.

CEDAR RAPIDS KERNELS

Batter:  Alerick Soularie was 7-for-19 with a home run, two doubles, and four walks.

Pitcher:  Aaron Rozek pitched 5.2 scoreless innings, giving up three hits and two walks and striking out four.

FORT MYERS MIGHTY MUSSELS

Batter:  Rubel Cespedes was 9-for-17 with a home run, a double, and a walk.

Pitcher:  Jordan Carr pitched five innings, giving up one run on three hits and one walk and striking out five.

Keeping Track

Happy Birthday–June 21

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Matt Kilroy (1866)
Randy Moore (1906)
Harold Seymour (1910)
Ed Lopat (1918)
Merle Harmon (1926)
Jackie Collum (1927)
Charlie Moore (1953)
Rick Sutcliffe (1956)
Jay Pettibone (1957)
Donovan Osborne (1969)
Garrett Jones (1981)
Jeff Baker (1981)
Sam Clay (1993)

Harold Seymour wrote a three-part History of Baseball, published from 1960-1990.

Merle Harmon broadcast Minnesota Twins games from 1967-1969.

We would also like to wish a happy birthday to MagUidhir, Sheenie, and UncleWalt’s daughter.

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WGOM Videos

Dickey Betts and Great Southern – Blue Skies

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I saw Dickey Betts and Great Southern play at Colorado Sun Day 2 in old Mile High Stadium on June 26, 1977, damn near 55 years ago.  Out of the seven acts that played that day, I'd rank them tied for second with Marshall Tucker, a short distance behind Lynyrd Skynyrd. It was a hell of a show.

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