Monthly Archives: June 2023

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Happy Birthday–June 20

Ned Cuthbert (1845)
Jim Delahanty (1879)
Cum Posey (1890)
Namon Washington (1894)
Billy Werber (1908)
Andy Etchebarren (1943)
Dave Nelson (1944)
Paul Beeston (1945)
Dickie Thon (1958)
Doug Gwosdz (1960)
Paul Bako (1972)
Juan Castro (1972)
Carlos Lee (1976)
Kevin Gregg (1978)
Kendrys Morales (1983)
Adalberto Mejia (1993)
Ronny Henriquez (2000)

Cum Posey, played for, managed, and owned the Homestead Grays in the Negro National League.

Paul Beeston has been president and CEO of the Toronto Blue Jays from 1989-1997 and from 2010-2016, at which time he became president emeritus.

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2023 Twins Game Logs

2023 Game Log 73: Boston Red Sox at Minnesota Twins

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Twins open a four game series at Target Field against the Red Sox. While the Sox have one more win than the Twins, they play in the AL East, which makes that figure mean something entirely different.

The Twins' offense is, uh, not good right now...

And as Rhu_Ru noted, in yesterday's game, "Gallo, Buxton, Kepler, and Jeffers K'd in all their ABs". So yeah, that's not great! We're getting one of those years where we do things like have a promising road trip then trip onto our faces against lesser teams. I fear this is going to be the type of team we have this year. Again. Rays of sunshine, bracketed by frustration. Uh, play ball!

Cup of Coffee

June 19, 2023: Tourney

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Just came back from my first giant sports league tournament. It was volleyball, so in the past I've dealt with incessant whistles blowing on the other courts. I've never had to deal with literally 30 courts of whistles a-blowin' for hours on end. Yeesh. I can still hear them...

Keeping Track

Minor Details: Games of June 18

SAINTS 12, BATS 5 IN LOUISVILLE

Homers by Jose Miranda and Mark Conteras contributed to a five-run third that gave St. Paul a 7-3 lead.

Andrew Stevenson was 3-for-5 with a walk and three runs.
Andrew Bechtold was 2-for-4 with a walk and two RBIs.
Miranda was 2-for-5 with a two-run homer (his second), a walk, and three runs.
Contreras hit a two-run homer, his seventh.

Aaron Sanchez pitched five innings, allowing five runs (three earned) on four hits and four walks and striking out three.
Cody Laweryson struck out two in two shutout innings, giving up two hits and a walk.
Oliver Ortega struck out four in two perfect innings.

WIND SURGE 5, ROCKHOUNDS 3 IN MIDLAND

Wichita scored four in the fifth to take a 5-3 lead.

Yunior Severino was 2-for-3 with a walk.
Seth Gray was 2-for-4 with a double and two RBIs.
David Banuelos hit a home run, his fourth.

Travis Adams pitched three innings, allowing three runs on three hits and two walks and striking out one.
Taylor Floyd struck out two in a perfect inning.
Andrew Cabezas pitched a perfect inning and struck out one.
Francis Peguero struck out two in two perfect innings.
Curtis Taylor pitched a perfect inning and struck out one.
Jordan Brink pitched a perfect inning and struck out one.

Midland did not get a baserunner after the third inning.

KERNELS 14, CUBS 2 IN CEDAR RAPIDS

Cedar Rapids scored three in the second, four in the fourth, five in the fifth, and two in the seventh.

Misael Urbina was 3-for-5 with three runs and two RBIs.
Noah Miller was 2-for-4 with a double, a walk, and three runs.
Jose Salas was 2-for-5 with a three-run homer (his second), and three runs.
Noah Cardenas was 2-for-5.
Andrew Cossetti hit a home run, his third.

Kyle Jones struck out four in four shutout innings, giving up two hits and a walk.
John Stankiewicz struck out four in two shutout innings, giving up two hits.
Miguel Rodriguez pitched a perfect inning and struck out one.

MARAUDERS 4, MIGHTY MUSSELS 3 IN BRADENTON

Bradenton scored two in the third to take a 3-2 lead and Emmanuel Terrero added a home run in the fourth.

Yohander Martinez was 2-for-3 with a two-run homer and a double.
Maddux Houghton was 2-for-4 with a double.

Starter Develson Aria pitched two innings, allowing three runs on three hits and three walks and striking out three.
A. J. Labas pitched 1.2 scoreless innings, walking one and striking out one.
Gabriel Yanez pitched 1.1 scoreless innings, giving up a hit and striking out one.
Jackson Hicks pitched a perfect inning.

TODAY'S TILTS

10:00  DSL Twins at DSL Mariners
11:00  FCL Twins at FCL Orioles

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Happy Birthday–June 19

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Eddie Cicotte (1884)
Lou Gehrig (1903)
Bill Swift (1908)
Don Gutteridge (1912)
Archie Ware (1918)
Mom A (1925)
Chet Boak (1935)
Bob Aspromonte (1938)
Isao Harimoto (1940)
Jerry Reuss (1949)
Duane Kuiper (1950)
Jim Slaton (1950)
Johnnie LeMaster (1954)
Doug Mientkiewicz (1974)
Alex Prieto (1976)
Dustan Mohr (1976)
Bruce Chen (1977)
Blake Parker (1985)
Collin McHugh (1987)
Jacob de Grom (1988)
Austin Brice (1992)
Casey Legumina (1997)

Archie Ware was a star first baseman in the Negro Leagues.

Infielder Chet Boak played for the Twins’ AAA affiliate, the Syracuse Chiefs, in 1961, but does not appear to have actually been a part of the Twins’ organization, as records show him belonging to the expansion Washington Senators. One assumes he was loaned to the Twins’ for part of that season.

Isao Harimoto is the only person to have 3,000 hits in Japanese baseball.

I would like to wish a very happy 98th birthday to Mom A. She was never a big baseball fan (she felt I'd had a good game if she didn't have to wash my uniform, which unfortunately happened quite a bit because I sat on the bench a lot), but she came to every game and often worked in the cramped little concession stand even on the hottest days.  The federal government has made her birthday a national holiday, and she certainly deserves the honor.  Happy birthday, Mom.

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