Some summer like weather will be coming to town this weekend. I have not minded the mild temps so far. Oh, and we could get this thing we used to get called "rain" too.
Monthly Archives: June 2023
The War on Drugs – Harmonia’s Dream
Haven't played any WoD in a while
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Happy Birthday–June 24
Billy Nash (1865)
George Harper (1892)
Rollie Hemsley (1907)
Jim Mills (1919)
Wally Yonamine (1925)
Don Mincher (1938)
Ken Reitz (1951)
Doug Jones (1957)
Tom Klawitter (1958)
Doug Bernier (1980)
Phil Hughes (1986)
Jim Mills spent almost his entire adult life involved in baseball in the Carolinas. He played college ball at North Carolina State, played minor league ball for nine seasons in the Carolinas, managed in Carolina minor leagues for six seasons, umpired in the Carolina League for two seasons, was in minor league front offices in the Carolinas from 1956-1971, and was president of the Carolina League for seven years.
Born in Hawaii, Wally Yonamine was a star in Japan from 1951-1962, stealing home eleven times.
2023 Game 77: Twins at Tigers – The Revenge Tour Starts Now
Maeda is back. But for how long? 2 innings? 2 pitches? Let's hope it's much, much more. Like, 2020 Maeda. Joey Wentz, who is apparently not good, pitches for Detroit.
Let's hope the Twins can keep building on their last few wins and start the revenge tour in Detroit.
June 23, 2023: Deal Hunter
There's about three main chains for groceries around here. I feel that I have a good feel for which ones are good at what. One is especially vulnerable/willing to offer some great clearance deals if you know where to look. I know where to look, my friends. I know where to look...
Minor Details: Games of June 22
MUD HENS 6, SAINTS 0 IN TOLEDO
Leading 3-0, Toledo scored three in the eighth to put it out of reach.
St. Paul had just three hits.
Starter Cody Laweryson pitched two innings, giving up an unearned run on one hit and two walks and striking out one.
Andrew Bechtold pitched a scoreless inning, giving up a hit and a walk and striking out one.
Michael Boyle pitched a perfect inning.
TRAVELERS 10, WIND SURGE 7 IN WICHITA
Robbie Terenowicz hit a grand slam in the ninth to turn a 7-6 deficit into a 10-7 victory for Arkansas.
Alerick Soularie was 3-for-3 with a walk.
Alex Isola was 2-for-3 with a home run (his ninth), two walks, two runs, and three RBIs.
David Festa pitched five innings, giving up three runs on four hits and two walks and striking out eight.
Curtis Taylor retired all seven men he faced, striking out one.
KERNELS 6, SKY CARP 5 IN CEDAR RAPIDS
Emmanuel Rodriguez hit a two-run triple in the fifth that put Cedar Rapids up 4-3 and they held the lead the rest of the way. Beloit had the tying run on second with none out in the ninth, but could only advance him to third.
Rodriguez was 3-for-4 with a home run (his ninth), a triple, and three RBIs.
Misael Urbina was 2-for-4 with a home run (his third), a double, and two RBIs.
Jorel Ortega was 2-for-4 with a double.
Zebby Matthews pitched 3.2 innings, giving up three runs on four hits and a walk and striking out one.
Malik Barrington struck out four in 2.1 scoreless innings, giving up two walks.
MIGHTY MUSSELS 2, TARPONS 0 IN TAMPA (GAME 1--7 INNINGS)
Both runs scored in the fourth. Fort Myers had men on first and third with two out. Two wild pitches resulted in one run and a man on third, and a passed ball brought home the second run. TWINS BASEBALL!!!
Danny De Andrade was 2-for-4.
Andrew Morris pitched five shutout innings, giving up two hits and a walk and striking out two.
A. J. Labas struck out three in two shutout innings, giving up a walk.
MIGHTY MUSSELS 7, TARPONS 6 IN TAMPA (GAME 2--9 INNINGS--SCHEDULED 7 INNINGS)
Fort Myers scored three in the seventh (a passed ball brought home the tying run) and Kamron Willman singled home the go-ahead run in the ninth.
Maddux Houghton was 2-for-3 with a walk and two runs.
Rubel Cespedes was 2-for-4 with a double.
Ricardo Olivar hit a two-run homer, his sixth.
Jose Olivares pitched four innings, allowing five runs on six hits and a walk and striking out two.
Ricky Mineo pitched 1.2 scoreless innings, walking three and striking out one.
Gabriel Yanez struck out four in 2.1 scoreless innings, giving up one hit.
FCL TWINS 6, FCL RAYS 0 AT TWINS
The Twins scored two in the first, two in the sixth, and two in the eighth. Two of the runs scored on wild pitches.
Jose Rodriguez was 4-for-4 with a walk.
Jack Noble struck out eight in 5.2 scoreless innings, giving up three hits and four walks.
Pierce Banks struck out three in 1.1 scoreless innings, giving up a hit and a walk.
Bianger Liendo struck out two in two shutout innings, giving up a hit and a walk.
DSL TWINS 12, DSL CARDINALS 9 AT CARDINALS (10 INNINGS)
The Twins scored three in the tenth to break a 9-9 tie. They also scored two runs on wild pitches, but not in the tenth inning.
Jayson Bass was 4-for-5 with a double.
Javier Roman was 2-for-3 with a walk and two runs.
The top of the Twins lineup sounds like some Twins from back in the day. Lead off with Castro, followed by Silva and Bass.
Cristian Hernandez pitched 3.2 innings, giving up four runs (two earned) on three hits and four walks and striking out eight.
Reynel Garcia pitched 2.1 scoreless innings, giving up two hits and striking out two.
TODAY'S TILTS
9:00 FCL Red Sox at FCL Twins (doubleheader)
10: 00 DSL Twins at DSL Yankees Bombers
5:30 Fort Myers (TBD) at Tampa
6:05 St. Paul (Louie Varland, 2-0, 4.05) at Toledo
6:35 Beloit at Cedar Rapids (Marco Raya, 0-0, 2.60)
7:05 Arkansas at Wichita (Carlos Luna, 1-3, 5.21)
Happy Birthday–June 23
George Weiss (1894)
Jack Smith (1895)
Karl Spooner (1931)
Dave Bristol (1933)
Tom Haller (1937)
Dave Goltz (1949)
Marty Barrett (1958)
Jim Deshaies (1960)
Hensley Meulens (1967)
Josh Byrnes (1970)
Mark Hendrickson (1974)
George Weiss was the general manager of the New York Yankees from 1948-1960.
Karl Spooner set the record, later tied by J. R. Richard, for strikeouts in a major league debut with fifteen.
Dave Bristol managed four different teams from 1966-1980.
Josh Byrnes has been the general manager of Arizona and San Diego and is currently the senior vice president of baseball operations for the Dodgers.
Meshell Ndegeocello – Clear Water
New music from Meshell.
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2023 Game 76 – BoSox at Twins
The Twins pulled off a pretty exciting extra-innings walk-off win last night, despite the combined efforts of the Red Sox and the blue shirts. The Gallo/Baldelli ejections got the crowd pretty worked up, and the out call on MAT at first base on the sacrifice, a bad call upheld by an even worse replay review -- well, let's just say things got fairly raucous and I had to issue a few polite reminders about profanity to nearby fans. At any rate, it was a sorely needed win, it was good to see Rocco get lathered up, and hopefully the win can spark a return to the form we saw early in the season when the pitching and hitting were on the same page in the same book most of the time.
Today the Twins wrap up a long homestand and their 4-game series with Boston with a businessman's special. Young Joe Ryan, 7-4 with a 3.30 ERA and 91 strikeouts, slings for the Minnesota nine with Justin Garza on the hill for the Sox. He's 0-1 and this appears to be his first start of the season, he's thrown 13 innings of relief in 12 games in 2023. Not sure how long he'll go, this could be a bullpen start for Boston and Garza is just the first leg.
Play ball!
June 22, 2023: Alone
Wife’s out on bidness. Always fun to take care of two kids that only communicate by screaming at each other.