An eight-run inning lifts Zulia. A bases-loaded walk brings in the winning run for Magallanes.
Category Archives: Keeping Track
Australian Audit: Games of 1/18
Melbourne wins on a home run by Harman. Perth dies with their boots.
Mexican Matchups: Game of January 18
Jesus saves the day for Hermosillo. There will be a decisive game seven.
Dominican Digest: Game of 1/18
A big Cibao comeback goes for naught. Francisco opens a golden gate to lead Licey to the finals.
Venezuelan View: Games of 1/18
Day seventeen of the playoffs. A good outing for Deolis Guerra. A nail-biter in La Guaira. A big comeback for Magallanes.
Happy Birthday–January 20
Everett Mills (1845)
C. I. Taylor (1875)
William Eckert (1909)
Jimmy Outlaw (1913)
Joe Dobson (1917)
Gene Stephens (1933)
Camilo Pascual (1934)
Dave Boswell (1945)
Cecil Espy (1963)
Ozzie Guillen (1964)
Kevin Maas (1965)
Marvin Benard (1970)
Brian Giles (1971)
David Eckstein (1975)
Geovany Soto (1983)
Everett Mills holds the record for most at-bats in a season without drawing a walk (342).
C . I. Taylor founded the first African-American professional baseball team, the Birmingham Giants, in 1904.
General William Eckert was the commissioner of baseball from 1965-1968,
Marvin Benard played in the major leagues for nine years and could never get announcers to stop calling him "Marvin Bernard".
We would also like to wish a very happy birthday to FTLT’s firstborn.
Happy Birthday–January 19
Chick Gandil (1888)
Lee Head (1899)
Rip Radcliff (1906)
Chet Trail (1944)
Jon Matlack (1950)
Rich Gale (1954)
Brad Mills (1957)
Rick Adair (1958)
Chris Sabo (1962)
Jim Morris (1964)
Orlando Palmeiro (1969)
Phil Nevin (1971)
Jeff Juden (1971)
Chris Stynes (1973)
Amaury Telemaco (1974)
Byung-Hyun Kim (1979)
Lee Head played in the minors for twenty-one seasons. He batted .304, but he was best known for his ability to avoid striking out. In 1933 he struck out three times in 468 at-bats. In 1935 he did even better, striking out once in 402 at-bats.
Chet Trail is the only player to have been on a World Series roster who never appeared in a major league game, regular season or post-season.
Third baseman Brad Mills was drafted by Minnesota in the 16th round of the 1977 January draft, but did not sign.
Rick Adair has been in baseball since 1979. He has been the pitching coach of the Baltimore Orioles since 2011.
This Week in Twins Transactions
Again, it's actually five weeks. We'll try to make this feature more consistent in the weeks ahead.
This Week in Ex-Twins
Actually, five weeks. We have some catching up to do.
Australian Audit: Games of 1/17
A key double for Logan Wade. Another big day for ex-Twin Allan de San Miguel. Walks make the difference for Adelaide.