Our candidates for Mr. May.
Category Archives: Keeping Track
Happy Birthday–June 3
Don Osborn (1908)
Jim Gentile (1934)
Steve Dalkowski (1939)
Duane Josephson (1942)
Ron Keller (1943)
Jim Dwyer (1950)
Ed Glynn (1953)
Barry Lyons (1960)
Steve Lyons (1960)
Nelson Liriano (1964)
Carl Everett (1971)
Bryan Rekar (1972)
Jose Molina (1975)
Travis Hafner (1977)
Don Osborn won 201 games in the minors. He later was a minor league manager, pitching coach, and scout.
Some say Steve Dalkowski had the fastest fastball ever. He struck out 1,396 batters in 995 minor league innings. However, he also walked 1,354, which is why he never made the majors.
Players of the Week
Our weekly honors.
Minor Details: Games of June 1
Yohan Pino was dominant! Jose Berrios was even more dominant! It was an organization-wide sweep!
Happy Birthday–June 2
Jack O’Connor (1866)
Frank Verdi (1926)
Bob Lillis (1930)
Larry Jackson (1931)
Bob Bennett (1933)
Jerry Lumpe (1933)
Gene Michael (1938)
Jim Maloney (1940)
Horace Clarke (1940)
Roger Freed (1946)
Jack O’Connor (1958)
Darnell Coles (1962)
Bryan Harvey (1963)
Mike Stanton (1967)
Kurt Abbott (1969)
Raul Ibanez (1972)
Neifi Perez (1973)
Jared Burton (1981)
Bob Bennett was the baseball coach at Fresno State for many years, winning 1,302 games.
Roger Freed was drafted by Minnesota in 1966, but the pick was voided.
Minor Details: Games of May 31
Seven shutout innings for Trevor May. Mark Hamburger makes his season debut. The DSL season starts.
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.
Dominican Summer League Preview
The season starts today!
This Week in Twins Transactions
A baseball life has ups and downs.
This Week in Ex-Twins
Your weekly transaction round-up.