Our monthly honors.
Category Archives: Keeping Track
Players of the Week
Our weekly honors.
Minor Details: Games of May 31
Weather was the big winner. A rare bad game for Aaron Slegers. Sam Gibbons makes his Cedar Rapids debut in a Kernel win.
Happy Birthday–June 1
Ted Breitenstein (1869)
Otto Miller (1889)
Hank Severeid (1891)
Guy Morton (1893)
Johnny Mostil (1896)
Ray Moore (1926)
Jack Kralick (1935)
Dean Chance (1941)
Ken McMullen (1942)
Randy Hundley (1942)
Jeff Nelson (1965)
Derek Lowe (1973)
Carlos Zambrano (1981)
Jeff Nelson has been a major league umpire since 1997.
Minor Details: Games of May 30
Tommy Milone has a bad game, giving up two runs. The Lookouts keep fighting but come up short. A walkoff sinks the Miracle. A big seventh carries the Kernels. The DSL Twins still have no record.
Happy Birthday–May 31
Socks Seibold (1896)
Edward Bennett Williams (1920)
Russ Goetz (1930)
Ray Washburn (1938)
Tippy Martinez (1950)
Joe Orsulak (1962)
Kenny Lofton (1967)
Bill Miller (1967)
Dave Roberts (1972)
Jake Peavy (1981)
Ray Olmedo (1981)
Edward Bennett Williams was the owner of the Baltimore Orioles from 1979-1988.
Russ Goetz was an American League umpire from 1968-1983.
Bill Miller has been a major league umpire since 2000.
Dominican Summer League Preview
The Dominican Summer League gets underway today!
Minor Details: Games of May 29
One inning per game is all that's needed as the Red Wings split. Miguel Sano has been sitting and I don't know why. Singles night doesn't go well for the Miracle. Keaton Steele and a wild sixth inning carry the Kernels. And check out the ERAs of today's starters!
Happy Birthday–May 30
Amos Rusie (1871)
Turkey Mike Donlin (1878)
Rube Oldring (1884)
Al Mamaux (1894)
Twink Twining (1894)
Turk Lown (1924)
Mel Nelson (1936)
Mike Sadek (1946)
Dana DeMuth (1956)
Mike LaCoss (1956)
Mike Oquist (1968)
John Courtright (1970)
Manny Ramirez (1972)
Scott Eyre (1972)
Dana DeMuth has been a major league umpire since 1983.
Prospect Watch
A look at how some of the Twins minor leaguers are doing.