The Saints get a split. A surging offense in Wichita. A big day for Christian Encarnacion-Strand.
Monthly Archives: July 2022
Lambchop – Give It
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July 14, 2022: Get `Em Up Against The Wall
Based on yesterday's question:
Which Twins Player's Number Would You Retire, If Any? (vote as many as you'd like)
- None (39%, 7 Votes)
- Johan Santana (33%, 6 Votes)
- Jason Morneau (11%, 2 Votes)
- Joe Nathan (11%, 2 Votes)
- Torii Hunter (6%, 1 Votes)
Total Voters: 15
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Happy Birthday–July 14
Jesse Tannehill (1874)
Happy Chandler (1898)
Johnny Murphy (1908)
Robert Creamer (1922)
Ralph Rowe (1924)
Bob Purkey (1929)
Billy McCool (1944)
Steve Stone (1947)
Danny Walton (1947)
Vic Rodriguez (1961)
Robin Ventura (1967)
Derrick May (1968)
Jose Hernandez (1969)
Tim Hudson (1975)
Albert "Happy" Chandler was the commissioner of baseball from 1945-1951.
Author Robert Creamer wrote a biography of Babe Ruth which is still considered to be one of the best baseball books ever.
Ralph Rowe was a coach for the Twins from 1972-1975. He had been a minor league outfielder in 1942, 1947-1955, and 1957-1961, spending the last three years in the Twins' organization. He was mainly a manager or coach in those years--I assume he only played if they ran into a shortage of players or something. He managed in the Twins' organization from 1959-1960 and 1962-1971, winning league championships with Wilson in the Carolina League in 1963, Orlando in the Southern League in 1968, and Charlotte in the Southern League in 1969. He also coached for Baltimore from 1981-1984.
2022 Game 90: Milwaukee Brewers at Minnesota Twins
Aaron Ashby
vs
Joe Ryan
Day game alert!
Ashby is in his second year with a long cup of coffee last year, spent mostly in relief. This year it's been mostly starts. He strikes out a bunch (10.7 K/9), walks slightly more than is comfortable (4.1 BB/9), but keeps the ball on the ground (60% career groundballs). If the Twins can hit some flyballs though, they have a good chance of leaving the field.
Minor Details: Games of July 12
DaShawn Keirsey, Jr doubles his pleasure. A strong start for Cade Povich. A big day for Carlos Aguiar.
July 13, 2022: Ludwig Boltzmann
There's some checkmark on Twitter that has the same avatar as ubelmann, and whenever someone retweets them I always think it's ubelmann at first.
Soccer Mommy – Shotgun
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Happy Birthday–July 13
Tom York (1850)
George Bradley (1852)
Stan Coveleski (1889)
Lee Handley (1913)
Eliot Asinof (1919)
Fritz Dorish (1921)
Ruben Gomez (1927)
Daryl Spencer (1928)
Don Pavletich (1938)
Jack Aker (1940)
Buzz Stephen (1944)
Jerry Terrell (1946)
Bill Caudill (1956)
Mark Brown (1959)
Mike Fitzgerald (1960)
Pat Rapp (1967)
Ryan Ludwick (1978)
Shin-Soo Choo (1982)
Yadier Molina (1982)
D. J. LeMahieu (1988)
Tyler Skaggs (1991)
Cody Bellinger (1995)
Author Eliot Asinof played two seasons in the minor leagues. He has written several books on baseball, most notably "Eight Men Out".
We would also like to wish a happy birthday to uncleWalt’s oldest child.
Inspiring
So I'm at the club swimming yesterday, and there's this lady in the lane next to me, swimming with a snorkle.
When we both finished a lap at the same time I asked her why the snorkle. She said it was because of arthritis, so moving her head to breathe out of one side of her head would give her a lot of pain. I asked if she was on any medications. She said no.
I've been swimming now for 4 weeks since the hospitalization, and its going good - breathing is strong, good SWOLF (see Garmin) and it's really a relaxing exercise.
I showed her my belly scar (jagged rip from sternum to belly button) - warning, people with scars always want to show them off - and she gasped (they always do). She asked my age, and then told me she was 75. She was swimming a mile! What an inspiration!