Kohl Stewart makes his pro debut. Drew Butera homered! Elizabethton blows a big lead late.
Category Archives: Keeping Track
Happy Birthday–July 6
NOTE: This is a reprint from last year, which I did not have time to update. Thank you for understanding.
Roy Hartzell (1881)
Steve O’Neill (1891)
Dale Ford (1942)
Jason Thompson (1954)
Willie Randolph (1954)
Lance Johnson (1963)
Omar Olivares (1967)
Greg Norton (1972)
Michael Ryan (1977)
Happy Birthday–July 5
NOTE: This is a reprint from last year, which I did not have time to update. Thank you for understanding.
Jack Farrell (1857)
Robert Brown (1876)
Charles Stoneham (1876)
Bump Hadley (1904)
Jack Krol (1936)
Curt Blefary (1943)
Gary Matthews (1950)
Rich Gossage (1951)
Dave Eiland (1966)
Tim Worrell (1967)
Jesse Crain (1981)
Minor Details: Games of 7/3
Byron Buxton is tearing up the FSL. Miguel Sano not so much in AA. Andrew Albers with another strong start. Lots of offense for everyone except New Britain.
Happy Birthday–July 4
Mickey Welch (1859)
George Mullin (1880)
Abe Saperstein (1903)
Bill Tuttle (1929)
Chuck Tanner (1929)
Peter Angelos (1929)
George Steinbrenner (1930)
Hal Lanier (1942)
Wayne Nordhagen (1948)
Ed Armbrister (1948)
Jim Beattie (19540
Jose Oquendo (1963)
Vinny Castilla (1967)
Brendan Donnelly (1971)
Jay Canizaro (1973)
Jeff Harris (1974)
Best remembered as the founder of the Harlem Globetrotters, Abe Saperstein was a long-time executive in what were then known as the Negro Leagues.
Peter Angelos has been the owner of the Baltimore Orioles since 1993.
George Steinbrenner was the owner of the New York Yankees from 1973 until his death in 2010.
The staff of Happy Birthday would like to wish everyone a happy and safe Independence Day.
Happy Birthday–July 3
Nig Cuppy (1869)
Curt Walker (1896)
Buddy Rosar (1914)
Art Fowler (1922)
Ed Roebuck (1931)
Cesar Tovar (1940)
John Verhoeven (1952)
Frank Tanana (1953)
Matt Keough (1955)
Danny Heep (1957)
Warren Newson (1964)
Greg Vaughn (1965)
Moises Alou (1966)
Brian Cashman (1967)
Juan Rivera (1978)
Brian Cashman has been the general manager of the New York Yankees since 1998.
Minor Details: Games of 7/2
Filling in for the Padre in his time of need. (I hope he sees this before he does one himself). Two-out rallies! Dramatic rallies in the GCL!
Minor Details: Games of 7/1
Mike Pelfrey leads Cedar Rapids to its eleventh straight win. A good day for Max Kepler. Apparently there are places in the country where it rains.
Happy Birthday–July 2
Grover Hartley (1888)
Hal Wagner (1915)
Dick Greco (1925)
Red Rush (1927)
Chuck Stobbs (1929)
Mike Reilly (1949)
Tony Armas (1953)
Jose Canseco (1964)
Sean Casey (1974)
Samuel Deduno (1983)
Rene Tosoni (1986)
Dick Greco played twelve seasons in the minors, hitting 328 home runs, but never got a chance in the majors.
Red Rush was a radio broadcaster for the White Sox, the Athletics, and the Cardinals.
Mike Reilly was a major league umpire from 1977-2010.
Players of the Week
Rochester: Jeff Clement was 8-for-27 with four doubles and three home runs. For the season, he is hitting .213/.293/.396 in 268 at-bats.
New Britain: Miguel Sano was 8-for-27 with two doubles, a triple, and four home runs. For the season in New Britain, he is hitting .226/.320/.613 in 62 at-bats.
Fort Myers: Jhon Goncalves was 8-for-21 with six doubles. For the season in Fort Myers, he is hitting .297/.343/.452 in 155 at-bats.
Cedar Rapids: J. D. Williams was 7-for-14 with two triples. For the season, he is hitting .282/.400/.458 in 216 at-bats.
Elizabethton: Dereck Rodriguez was 10-for-27 with four doubles. For the season, he is hitting .314/.314/.429 in 35 at-bats. Randy Rosario was 2-0, 0.90, 0.70 WHIP with 10 strikeouts in 10 innings. Those are also his season totals.
GCL Twins: Adonis Pacheco was 5-for-12 with a double, a triple, and four walks. For the season, he is hitting .385/.500/.615 in 13 at-bats.
DSL Twins: Joel Ramirez was 7-for-17 with a double, a triple, two walks, and two stolen bases. For the season, he is hitting .340/.468/.426 in 47 at-bats. Alexis Tapia was 0-0, 0.00, 0.25 WHIP in 8.1 innings. For the season, he is 1-0, 0.98, 0.45 WHIP with 12 strikeouts in 18.1 innings.