Mike Pelfrey pitched really well last night. Is that a good thing?
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Happy Birthday–April 23
Harry Coveleski (1886)
Elam Vangilder (1896)
Sunny Jim Bottomley (1900)
Dolph Camilli (1907)
Warren Spahn (1921)
Rheal Cormier (1967)
Jason Tyner (1977)
Andruw Jones (1977)
Carlos Silva (1979)
Sean Henn (1981)
Minor Details: Games of April 21
Fine pitching for Rochester in a split. Tyler Duffey and Kohl Stewart were okay, but nothing special in losses. Trey Vavra and Mat Batts lead Cedar Rapids to a big win.
Game 14 Recap: Twins 5, Royals 6
Second-guessing.
Happy Birthday–April 22
Bob Smith (1895)
Taylor Douthit (1901)
Ray Benge (1902)
Lew Riggs (1910)
Mickey Vernon (1918)
John Orsino (1938)
Steve Jones (1941)
David Clyde (1955)
Moose Haas (1956)
Dave Schmidt (1957)
Terry Francona (1959)
Jimmy Key (1961)
Jack Savage (1964)
Mickey Morandini (1966)
George Williams (1969)
We would also like to wish a very happy birthday to rowsdower.
Minor Details: Games of April 20
The Chattanooga bullpen wastes a fine game by Alex Wimmers. Nick Gordon and Zach Granite lead Cedar Rapids. One-run games have not been kind to Twins affiliates recently.
Happy Birthday–April 21
Hardy Richardson (1855)
Ken Strong (1906)
Gary Peters (1937)
Dick Green (1941)
Al Bumbry (1947)
Jesse Orosco (1957)
Les Lancaster (1962)
Ken Caminiti (1963)
Kip Wells (1977)
Terry Tiffee (1979)
A member of the pro football Hall of Fame, Ken Strong played minor league baseball from 1929-1931 and played very well. He hit 41 home runs and had 130 RBIs in 1930 in what is now the Eastern League and hit .340 in 1931 in the International League.
In addition, we would like to wish a very happy birthday to twayn.
Players of the Week
Our weekly honors.
Minor Details: Games of April 19
All one-run games, with two going extra innings. Fine starting pitching for all Twins affiliates.
Happy Birthday–April 20
Germany Smith (1863)
Tommy Dowd (1869)
Charlie Hemphill (1876)
Charlie Smith (1880)
Mike Mowrey (1884)
Dave Bancroft (1891)
Roy Hofheinz (1912)
Preston Gomez (1923)
Tom Hutton (1946)
Milt Wilcox (1950)
Doug Clarey (1954)
Floyd Chiffer (1956)
Don Mattingly (1961)
Greg Brummett (1967)
Dan Smith (1969)
Todd Hollandsworth (1973)
Judge Roy Hofheinz was the leader of a group that brought an expansion team to Houston.
Dan Smith was drafted by Minnesota in the twenty-second round in 1987, but did not sign.