The season-ending edition.
Category Archives: Keeping Track
Players of the Month: August/September
We'll do players of the year after the minor league playoffs are over.
Minor Details: Games of 9/4
Cole DeVries leads the Red Wings to victory in game one. Fort Myers wastes nine shutout innings by Taylor Rogers and gets swept out of the playoffs. Cedar Rapids drops the first game as the bats go silent.
Happy Birthday–September 5
Al Orth (1872)
Nap Lajoie (1874)
Lefty Leifield (1883)
Max Bishop (1899)
Merv Shea (1900)
Gene Bearden (1920)
Bill Mazeroski (1936)
Karl Kuehl (1937)
Tom Hallion (1956)
Candy Maldonado (1960)
Jeff Brantley (1963)
Jimmy Haynes (1972)
Randy Choate (1975)
Rod Barajas (1975)
Jason Hart (1977)
Karl Kuehl was a coach for the Twins from 1977-1982. He was a minor league manager for several seasons and also managed the Montreal Expos in 1976. His minor league managing career started in 1959, when he managed the Salem Senators in the Northwest League at age 21.
Tom Hallion has been a major league umpire from 1986-1999 and 2005-present.
Minor Details: Game of 9/3
The Miracle lose a pitchers' duel. Tonight is a must-win game. The Red Wings and Kernels begin their playoff series tonight.
Happy Birthday–September 4
Tilly Walker (1887)
Eddie Waitkus (1919)
Hawk Harrelson (1941)
Paul Jata (1949)
Doyle Alexander (1950)
Frank White (1950)
Mike Piazza (1968)
Luis Lopez (1970)
Aaron Fultz (1973)
Pat Neshek (1980)
Players of the Week
We'll plan to do players of the month tomorrow.
Happy Birthday–September 3
Bill Armour (1869)
Mike Kahoe (1873)
Art Fromme (1883)
Ed Konetchy (1885)
Eddie Stanky (1915)
Morrie Martin (1922)
Steve Boros (1936)
Alan Bannister (1951)
Rene Gonzales (1960)
Dave Clark (1962)
Eric Plunk (1963)
Ced Landrum (1963)
Luis Gonzalez (1967)
Chad Fox (1970)
Matt Capps (1983)
Bill Armour managed Cleveland from 1902-1904 and Detroit from 1905-1906. He also managed in the minor leagues for several years.
Minor Details: Games of 9/2
The Red Wings win the wild card! The Kernels close out the regular season with a big win! The Miracle starts its playoffs tonight!
Minor Details: Games of 9/1
Pat Dean shines as the Red Wings take it to the last day. The Rock Cats and Miracle take walk-off wins. The minor league regular season ends today.