It seems strange, but the Twins’ minor league teams begin play before the big club does. Here are the games being played today.
1:00—Rochester at Syracuse. P. J. Walters v. Mitch Atkins
5:05—New Britain at Richmond. Justin Fitzgerald v. Luke French
5:30—Ft. Myers at Charlotte. Scott Baker v. Grayson Garvin
6:30—Peoria at Beloit. Michael Jensen v. Madison Boer
A list of ex-Twins in the majors.
Your handy guide to the Midwest League. Players listed are those on rosters found at milb.com today. Such rosters are subject to change.
Bill Dinneen (1876)
Wid Conroy (1877)
Bill Lachemann (1934)
Ron Hansen (1938)
Rennie Stennett (1951)
Andy McPhail (1953)
Cris Carpenter (1965)
Ross Gload (1976)
Lastings Milledge (1985)
Andy McPhail, of course, was the general manager of the Twins from 1985 through 1994, a period which included both of the Twins' World Series titles. He is currently the President of Baseball Operations for the Baltimore Orioles.
We would also like to wish a happy birthday to Mrs. brianS.
There are no players with connections to the Minnesota Twins who were born on this day.
Your handy guide to the Florida State League. Players listed are those found on rosters at milb.com today. Such rosters are subject to change.
Bill Hinchman (1883)
John Hummel (1883)
Tris Speaker (1888)
Joe Vosmik (1910)
Mickey Owen (1916)
Gil Hodges (1924)
Gary Geiger (1937)
Bart Giamatti (1938)
Eddie Watt (1941)
Jim Fregosi (1942)
Mike Epstein (1943)
Nick Bremigan (1945)
Ray Fosse (1947)
Herm Schneider (1952)
Tom Herr (1956)
Brad Komminsk (1961)
Scott Rolen (1975)
Casey Daigle (1981)
We would also like to wish a happy birthday to CarterHayes’ brother.
Your handy guide to the Eastern League. Players listed are those on rosters found at milb.com today. Those rosters are, of course, subject to change.
Guy Hecker (1856)
Larry Shepard (1919)
Alex Grammas (1926)
Art Ditmar (1929)
Wally Moon (1930)
Jerry Dale (1933)
Hawk Taylor (1939)
Larry Littleton (1954)
Darrell Jackson (1956)
Gary Pettis (1958)
Doug Baker (1961)
Chris Bosio (1963)
Mark Shapiro (1967)
Mike Lansing (1968)
Ryan Doumit (1981)
Kyle Phillips (1984)
Guy Hecker is one of three pitchers to have won over fifty games in a season. He is also the only pitcher to have won a batting title.
Larry Shepard managed Pittsburgh in 1968-1969. Coincidentally, he was replaced by Alex Grammas.
Your handy guide to the International League. Players listed are players who were listed on rosters at milb.com this morning. Such rosters are obviously subject to change.
Tommy Bond (1856)
Hughie Jennings (1869)
Bill Yancey (1904)
Luke Appling (1907)
Al Barlick (1915)
Vedie Himsl (1917)
Bobby Avila (1924)
Billy Pierce (1927)
Gordon Jones (1930)
Dick Radatz (1937)
Al Weis (1938)
Don Sutton (1945)
Reggie Smith (1945)
Mike Kekich (1945)
Daniel Okrent (1948)
Tom Johnson (1951)
Billy Sample (1955)
Hank Steinbrenner (1957)
Pete Incaviglia (1964)
Curtis Leskanic (1968)
Denny Hocking (1970)
Jon Lieber (1970)
We would also like to wish a very happy birthday to Lucy.