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Monthly Archives: August 2024
Happy Birthday–August 4
Jake Beckley (1867)
Dolf Luque (1890)
Chick Galloway (1896)
Ski Melillo (1899)
Bill Hallahan (1902)
Joe Strong (1902)
George Caster (1907)
Tuck Stainback (1911)
Luke Easter (1915)
Don Kolloway (1918)
Dallas Green (1934)
Frank Kostro (1937)
Ray Oyler (1938)
Cleon Jones (1942)
Johnny Grubb (1948)
Roger Clemens (1962)
B. J. Surhoff (1964)
Matt Merullo (1965)
Troy O’Leary (1969)
Bob Howry (1973)
Eric Milton (1975)
Scott Linebrink (1976)
Josh Roenicke (1982)
Jason Adam (1991)
While this is a pretty good day for names, it should be pointed out that none of these players was listed here because of his name. In fact, each of them had a substantial baseball career.
Carl Orff – O Fortuna
If you don't feel awake yet, I bet this will do the trick!
Reading more about this piece, I was quite surprised to learn that it was first staged in June 1937. I had somehow assumed it was much older than that.
August 3, 2024: XIX
Let’s go for another.
Happy Birthday–August 3
Silver Flint (1855)
Ed McFarland (1874)
Harry Heilmann (1894)
Jim Hegan (1920)
Roger Repoz (1940)
Dan Meyer (1952)
Bob Davidson (1952)
Jim Gott (1959)
Mike Jeffcoat (1959)
Sid Bream (1960)
Mackey Sasser (1962)
Kevin Elster (1964)
Rod Beck (1968)
Troy Glaus (1976)
Travis Bowyer (1981)
Mark Reynolds (1983)
Matt Joyce (1984)
Travis Blankenhorn (1996)
Bob Davidson was an umpire from 1985-1999 and 2005-2016.
2024 Game 108: White Sox at Twins
Joe Ryan, who has 2 first names, pitches against Davis Martin, who has a last name and a first name, but in the wrong places? Or just two last names?
August 2, 2024: Inscrutable
I still have no idea how you score points in Judo.
(I do love Japan’s big, beefy boy though.)
Happy Birthday–August 2
Dummy Kihm (1873)
Pop Kelchner (1875)
War Sanders (1877)
Red Ames (1882)
John F. Kieran (1892)
Fuzzy Hufft (1901)
Tom Burgmeier (1943)
Bombo Rivera (1952)
Danny Sheaffer (1961)
Tim Wakefield (1966)
Matt Guerrier (1978)
Colby Lewis (1979)
Humberto Quintero (1979)
Grady Sizemore (1982)
Huston Street (1983)
Luke Hughes (1984)
A deaf mute, Dummy Kihm had 2,245 hits in seventeen minor league seasons.
Pop Kelchner was a scout for fifty years, most of them for the St. Louis Cardinals.
What was War good for? Absolutely nothing, at least in a baseball sense. In twelve games, War Sanders was 2-8, 5.64, 1.61 WHIP. He also was 1-for-21 at the plate.
John F. Kieran was a long-time sportswriter in New York and was a panelist on the quiz show "Information, Please".
Fuzzy Hufft had 1,400 hits over seven seasons in the Pacific Coast League and served honorably in both World Wars.
We would also like to wish a happy birthday to UncleWalt’s youngest child.
Edvard Grieg – In the Hall of the Mountain King
What's not to love about this song?!
I was quite taken with this conductor, Nicolò Foron, and it turns out that this video is from the finals of the 2023 Donatella Flick Conducting Competition, which he won. Hurrah!
Minor Details: Games of July 31
ST. PAUL SAINTS 11, IOWA CUBS 0 IN IOWA
Yunior Severino hit a two-run homer in the first and a three-run homer in the second to give the Saints a 5-0 lead.
Multi-hit games: Severino was 3-for-6 with two home runs, a double, three runs, and six RBIs. DaShawn Keirsey, Jr. was 2-for-4 with a home run, two walks, and three runs. Payton Eeles was 2-for-4 with a walk. Wynton Bernard was 2-for-5 with a home run and a walk. Patrick Winkel was 2-for-6.
Home runs: Severino 2 (18); Keirsey, Jr. (11); Bernard (5).
Multi-RBI games: Severino 6 (59); Camargo 2 (31).
Stolen bases: Keirsey, Jr. (23); Diego Castillo (8); Edouard Julien (5).
Pitching prowess: Ronny Henriquez struck out six in three shutout innings, giving up two hits. Hobie Harris struck out three and walked one in two shutout innings. Scott Blewett pitched two shutout innings, giving up a hit and a walk. Nick Wittgren pitched a scoreless inning, giving up a hit and a walk. Diego Castillo pitched a scoreless inning, giving up one hit and striking out one.
Win: Harris (3-4).
Opposition standout: Daniel Palencia struck out three and walked one in two shutout innings.
Record: St. Paul is 14-15, tied for fifth with Gwinnett, 4.5 games behind Columbus.
NORTHWEST ARKANSAS NATURALS 9, WICHITA WIND SURGE 4 IN WICHITA
It was 4-4 after seven, but Dillon Shrum homered in the eighth and Northwest Arkansas added four in the ninth.
Multi-hit games: Ricardo Olivar was 5-for-5 with two doubles. Ben Ross was 3-for-5. Jorel Ortega was 2-for-4. Jake Rucker was 2-for-5 with a double. Wichita had sixteen hits but stranded thirteen runners.
Home runs: None.
Multi-RBI games: None.
Stolen bases: Ross (12).
Pitching prowess: Christian MacLeod struck out eight in 5.2 innings, giving up two runs on four hits and two walks.
Loss: John Stankiewicz (1-4).
Opposition standout: Tyler Tolbert was 4-for-5 with a home run, a double, two runs, and two RBIs.
Record: Wichita is 10-19, in fifth (last) place, eight games behind Springfield.
GREAT LAKES LOONS 15, CEDAR RAPIDS KERNELS 3 IN CEDAR RAPIDS
Great Lakes scored five in the second inning and led the rest of the way.
Multi-hit games: Misael Urbina was 2-for-3 with a walk.
Home runs: None.
Multi-RBI games: None.
Stolen bases: Walker Jenkins (1).
Pitching prowess: Jacob Wosinski struck out three in 2.2 innings, giving up an unearned run on one walk. Juan Mendez struck out two and walked two in two shutout innings.
Loss: Jeremy Lee (1-4).
Opposition standout: Jake Gelof was 3-for-6 with a home run, a double, three runs, and two RBIs.
Record: Cedar Rapids is 18-14, in second place, 2.5 games behind Wisconsin.
ST. LUCIE METS 8, FORT MYERS MIGHTY MUSSELS 6 IN FORT MYERS
It was 6-6 through five, but St. Lucie scored single runs in the sixth and eighth.
Multi-hit games: Brandon Winokur was 2-for-5 with two RBIs. Poncho Ruiz was 2-for-5.
Home runs: None.
Multi-RBI games: Winokur 2 (37).
Stolen bases: Maddux Houghton (16).
Pitching prowess: Samuel Perez struck out two in a scoreless inning, giving up one hit.
Loss: Kyle Bloor (1-1).
Opposition standout: Ronald Hernandez was 3-for-5.
Record: Fort Myers is 19-11, in first place, 1.5 games ahead of Lakeland.
TODAY'S TILTS
10:00 DSL Mets Blue at DSL Twins
6:05 St. Lucie at Fort Myers (Tanner Hall, 2-0, 5.61)
6:35 Great Lakes at Cedar Rapids (Darren Bowen, 2-5, 5.94)
6:38 St. Paul (Adam Plutko, 5-1, 3.93) at Iowa
7:05 Northwest Arkansas at Wichita (Andrew Morris, 5-2, 1.28)