Jim Donnelly (1865)
Earl Hamilton (1891)
Bob Meusel (1896)
Mark Koenig (1904)
Jackie Hayes (1906)
Phil Cavarretta (1916)
Billy Gardner (1927)
Jayson Stark (1951)
Dan Graham (1954)
Mark Carreon (1963)
David Segui (1966)
Gus Gandarillas (1971)
Preston Wilson (1974)
Yorvit Torrealba (1978)
Rick Ankiel (1979)
Yan Gomes (1987)
Luis Avilan (1989)
Patrick Corbin (1989)
Jermaine Palacios (1996)
Jayson Stark is a long-time baseball writer and was an ESPN commentator for several years.
DSL TWINS 7, DSL PHILLIES WHITE 3 AT PHILLIES WHITE (7 INNINGS)
The Phillies White scored three in the first, but the Twins came back with one in the second and four in the third.
Multi-hit games: Victor Leal was 2-for-3 with a walk.
Home runs: None.
Multi-RBI games: None.
Stolen bases: Luis Fragoza 2 (13); Alver Medina 2 (5); Irvin Nunez 2 (4); Merphy Hernandez (19); Ricardo Paez (2).
Pitching prowess: Aaron Carranza struck out three in two perfect innings. Daniel Manzueta pitched a scoreless inning, giving up two hits and striking out one.
Win: Carranza (1-0).
Opposition standout: Juan Duarte pitched a scoreless inning, giving up one hit.
Record: The DSL Twins are 16-15, in fourth place, 8.5 games behind the DSL Rangers Red.
TODAY'S TILTS
10:00 DSL Twins at DSL Miami
11:00 FCL Pirates at FCL Twins
Man, I should start getting ready to go on this trip.
(1 votes, average: 8.00 out of 10)
Loading... Harry Davis (1873)
Larry McLean (1881)
Eugene Bremer (1916)
Johnny Hopp (1916)
Joe Torre (1940)
Rudy May (1944)
Harry Spilman (1954)
Razor Shines (1956)
Mike Greenwell (1963)
Torii Hunter (1975)
Glenn Williams (1977)
Ben Sheets (1978)
Eugenio Suarez (1991)
FCL BRAVES 13, FCL TWINS 3 AT TWINS (7 INNINGS)
The Braves scored seven in the second inning.
Multi-hit games: Omari Daniel was 2-for-4 with a home run and two runs. Bryan Acuna was 2-for-3.
Home runs: Daniel (1).
Multi-RBI games: None.
Stolen bases: None.
Pitching prowess: Kyle Bloor pitched 1.1 scoreless innings, giving up three hits. Alejandro Crisostomo struck out two in a scoreless inning, giving up two hits and a walk.
Loss: Juan Cota (0-2).
Opposition standout: John Gil was 3-for-5 with a double and two runs.
Record: The FCL Twins are 25-28, in fourth place, 6.5 games behind the FCL Rays.
DSL MARLINS 5, DSL TWINS 1 AT TWINS
The Marlins scored one in the fifth, two in the sixth, and two in the seventh.
Multi-hit games: None.
Home runs: None.
Multi-RBI games: None.
Stolen bases: None.
Pitching prowess: Anderson Chacon pitched five innings, giving up one run on three hits and striking out three. Sebastian Pulido pitched 1.2 scoreless innings, giving up two hits. Fabian Herrera pitched a perfect inning, striking out one.
Loss: Chacon (0-3).
Opposition standout: Estarlin Francisco pitched five shutout innings, giving up one hit and striking out two.
Record: The DSL Twins are 15-15, in fifth place, 9.5 games behind the DSL Rangers Red.
TODAY'S TILT
10:00 DSL Twins at DSL Phillies White
The good guys won! Uh, I think. I'll just remember that those uniforms were trash.
Hugh “One Arm” Daily (1847)
Ernest Barnard (1874)
Judge Emil Fuchs (1878)
Lou Boudreau (1917)
Henry Miller (1917)
Roy McMillan (1929)
Jerry Lynch (1930)
Toni Stone (1931)
Deron Johnson (1938)
Don Kessinger (1942)
Charley Steiner (1949)
Pete Ladd (1956)
Bobby Thigpen (1963)
Jason Jennings (1978)
Adam Lind (1983)
Cole Sands (1997)
Ernest Barnard was the general manager of the Cleveland Indians from 1903-1926. He was also the second president of the American League.
Judge Emil Fuchs was the owner of the Boston Braves from 1923-1935. He was a magistrate judge in New York City from 1915-1918.
Toni Stone was the first woman to play in the Negro Leagues. She played from 1949-1954.
Charley Steiner has been broadcasting Los Angeles Dodger games since 2005.
The original WGOM was born on this day in 2004.
We would also like to wish a very happy anniversary to Mr. and Mrs. Beau.
Guessing Ween wouldn't get away with this performance nowadays.
(2 votes, average: 8.50 out of 10)Loading... One Twin injured, the other a last minute replacement who'll probably be a defensive substitution in the last inning. Temperature at Globe Life Field should drop to roughly 117° by game time, so stay hydrated, my friends.
Recap In last year's All-Star Game, the NL snapped a streak of nine AL wins in a row -- can the AL start a new streak? (Answer: d@mn straight)
Do You Remember? In 1993, the All-Star Game MVP was none other than Kirby Puckett. This was back when the Twins actually had players who got at bats in the game.
Where Are They Now? Tonight's drinking game! (compliments of Captain RE2PECT)
