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This Week in Ex-Twins
This list was last updated Friday morning. If something happened since then, we'll pick it up next week. Or, feel free to mention it in an LTE.
Happy Birthday–August 17
Johnny Rawlings (1892)
Rudy York (1913)
Donald Honig (1931)
Jim Davenport (1933)
John Buzhardt (1936)
Diego Segui (1937)
Boog Powell (1941)
Ron Boyer (1944)
Skip Lockwood (1946)
Butch Hobson (1951)
Alex Cole (1965)
Jorge Posada (1971)
Mike Maroth (1977)
Brett Myers (1980)
Dustin Pedroia (1983)
Author Donald Honig has written nearly forty books about baseball.
Ron Boyer is the brother of Clete Boyer and Ken Boyer. He played in the Yankees’ farm system for eight years, reaching AAA.
Minor Details: Games of 8/15
A big game for P. J. Walters. A solid outing for Kuo Hua Lo. Miguel Sulbaran makes his Kernels debut.
Happy Birthday–August 16
Hick Carpenter (1855)
Baby Doll Jacobsen (1890)
Fats Fothergill (1897)
Tiny Bonham (1913)
Gene Woodling (1922)
Puddin’ Head Jones (1925)
Buck Rodgers (1938)
Gene Brabender (1941)
Mike Jorgensen (1948)
Al Holland (1952)
Nick Leyva (1953)
Rick Reed (1964)
Xavier Hernandez (1965)
Terry Shumpert (1966)
Quinton McCracken (1970)
Damian Jackson (1973)
Roger Cedeno (1974)
Yu Darvish (1986)
Nick Leyva is a long-time minor league coach and manager and major league coach. He managed the Philadelphia Phillies from 1989-1991.
Where They Stand
The Miracle and the Kernels are already in the playoffs. The Red Wings are looking good. The E-Twins are making a late charge.
Minor Details: Games of 8/14
The Rock Cats get Decked. Solid pitching by Taylor Rogers and Tim Atherton. Pedro Hernandez continues his rehab in the GCL.
Happy Birthday–August 15
Charles Comiskey (1859)
Doggie Miller (1864)
Jack Warner (1872)
Bill Sherdel (1896)
Jim Snyder (1932)
Joey Jay (1935)
Jose Santiago (1940)
Cap Peterson (1942)
Duffy Dyer (1945)
Joe Lis (1946)
Billy Conigliaro (1947)
Tom Kelly (1950)
Joe Cowley (1958)
Randy Johnson (1958)
Jeff Huson (1964)
Scott Brosius (1966)
Chris Singleton (1972)
Oliver Perez (1981)
This is also the sixty-seventh wedding anniversary of Mom and Dad A.
Minor Details: Games of 8/13
Sano hits his fourteenth in AA. Buxton has three hits. The Rock Cats get a split via a walkoff wild pitch.
Happy Birthday–August 14
Paul Dean (1912)
Earl Weaver (1930)
Joe Horlen (1937)
Bert Cueto (1937)
Mark Fidrych (1954)
Don Carmen (1959)
Mark Gubicza (1962)
Mike Cook (1963)
Mark Loretta (1971)
Juan Pierre (1977)
Earl Weaver was the long-time manager of the Baltimore Orioles.
Mark Gubicza was an analyst on for FSN on pre-game and post-game shows in 2004.