Monthly Archives: July 2022

Keeping Track

Happy Birthday–July 7

George Moriarty (1885)
Double Duty Radcliffe (1902)
Satchel Paige (1906)
Billy Herman (1909)
Sammy White (1927)
John Gordon (1940)
Bill Melton (1945)
Tommy Moore (1948)
Len Barker (1955)
Dan Gladden (1957)
Glenn Hoffman (1958)
Tim Teufel (1958)
Dave Burba (1966)
Jeff Shaw (1966)
Chuck Knoblauch (1968)
Matt Mantei (1973)
Cory Provus (1978)
John Buck (1980)
Brandon McCarthy (1983)

Ted “Double Duty” Radcliffe played in the Negro Leagues for many years.  He got his nickname because he would sometimes catch one game of a doubleheader and pitch the other.  He played professionally until 1954, when he retired at age 52.  He is the oldest player to ever appear in a professional baseball game, throwing one pitch for the Schaumberg Flyers of the Northern League in 1999 when he was 96.  I'm no expert on the Negro Leagues, but it seems to me that he should be in the Hall of Fame.

John Gordon was a radio broadcaster for the Twins from 1987 through 2011.

Tommy Moore was drafted by Minnesota in the twenty-eighth round in 1966, but did not sign.

Cory Provus has been a radio broadcaster for the Twins since 2012.

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2022 Twins Game Logs

2022 Game 85: Minnesota Twins at Chicago White Sox

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Joe Ryan
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Lance Lynn

Lynn's first start against the Twins this year. He missed the first two months and was not good when he returned in June. That changed with his July 1 start against the Giants where he went six scoreless. Last year he was very good versus the Twins, surrendering only four runs across four starts. Thankfully the Twins still managed to go 2-2 in those games. Today is as good as any to reverse that luck and bring back the Lance Lynn the Twins experienced in 2018.

Keeping Track

Minor Details: Players of the week: June 28–July 4

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ST. PAUL SAINTS

Batter:  Jake Cave was 9-for-22 with three home runs and two walks.

Pitcher:  Aaron Sanchez pitched six innings, giving up one run on three hits and no walks and striking out two.

WICHITA WIND SURGE

Batter:  Chris Williams was 12-for-29 with three home runs, a triple, and three walks.

Pitcher:  Steven Cruz pitched 4.1 scoreless innings in three appearances, giving up no hits and one walk and striking out seven.

CEDAR RAPIDS KERNELS

Batter:  Kyler Fedco was 8-for-26 with a triple, two doubles, and five walks.

Pitcher:  Cade Povich pitched six innings, giving up two runs on five hits and one walk and striking out three.

FORT MYERS MIGHTY MUSSELS

Batter:  No one particularly stood out, but we'll go with Dillon Tatum, who was 5-for-20 with two home runs, a double, and a walk.

PItcher:  Mike Paredes pitched six innings, giving up one run on seven hits and no walks and striking out three.

2022 Twins Game Logs

2022 Game Log 84 – Twins at Whities

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Twins back at it at the Rate against the stumbling White Sox. It would be nice to keep the boot on Chicago's neck so that they go away quietly this summer, but not so bad that TLR get's fired. It's a fine line to hew.

Chris Archer back up for the Twins and while he rarely if ever gets past the 6th inning, he's been a decent back of the order guy. I just wish the Twins had more front of the order guys in their pitching stable. Kopech on deck for the White Sox and although his win/loss record doesn't reflect it, he's been decent this year with nearly a strikeout an inning and a 1.03 WHIP.

Apparently Josh Winder will be starting. Chris Archer has been scratched. I may add more here if I find out the reason./

First Pitch at 7:10, but it looks like nasty weather heading toward Chicago. This game may be delayed or postponed.

Twins Lineup
1B - Arraez
DH - Buxton
SS - Correa
RF - Kepler
2B - Polanco
LF - Kirilloff
3B - Miranda
C - Sanchez
CF - Celestino

Keeping Track

Happy Birthday–July 5

Jack Farrell (1857)
Robert Brown (1876)
Charles Stoneham (1876)
Bump Hadley (1904)
Jack Krol (1936)
Curt Blefary (1943)
Gary Matthews (1950)
Rich Gossage (1951)
Dave Eiland (1966)
Tim Worrell (1967)
Bo Porter (1972)
Jesse Crain (1981)
Marco Estrada (1983)
Nick Anderson (1990)
Jorge Polanco (1993)
Shohei Ohtani (1994)

 Robert Brown owned various teams in Vancouver from 1910-45.  He was also president of the Western International League in 1953.  He is a member of the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame.

Charles Stoneham owned the New York Giants from 1919 until his death in 1936.

Jack Krol was a long-time minor league manager and major league coach. coaching for St. Louis from 1977-80 and San Diego from 1981-86.

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