Oriente wins despite the Twins, not because of them.
Category Archives: Keeping Track
Mexican Matchups: Games of 1/3
Two extra-inning games.
Venezuelan View: Games of 1/3
Oswaldo Arcia has another good game.
Happy Birthday–January 4
Tommy Corcoran (1869)
Ernest Lanigan (1873)
Al Bridwell (1884)
Ossie Vitt (1890)
George Selkirk (1908)
Gabe Paul (1910)
Herman Franks (1914)
Don McMahon (1930)
Tito Fuentes (1944)
Charlie Manuel (1944)
Ken Reynolds (1947)
Paul Gibson (1960)
Daryl Boston (1963)
Trey Hillman (1963)
Ted Lilly (1976)
Willie Martinez (1978)
Ernest Lanigan was the nephew of the Spink brothers who founded The Sporting News and worked for the publication from the time he was 15. Among other things, he compiled baseball's first encyclopedia, published in 1922, and served as curator, historian, and director of the Hall of Fame from 1946 until his death in 1962.
Puerto Rican Palaver: Games of 1/2
Eddie Rosario scores the winning run for Mayaguez.
Dominican Digest: Games of 1/2
Ray Olmedo and Drew Butera combine to go 0-for-5 for Oriente. Coincidentally, Oriente's record in the playoffs is also 0-5.
Mexican Matchups: Games of 1/2
No Twins, but some really good games.
Venezuelan View: Games of 1/2
A big game for Oswaldo Arcia.
Happy Birthday–January 3
Barney Gilligan (1856)
Gus Suhr (1906)
Frenchy Bordagaray (1910)
Sid Hudson (1915)
Eddie Einhorn (1936)
Bob Gebhard (1943)
Dick Colpaert (1944)
Larry Barnett (1945)
Gary Lavelle (1949)
Jim Lett (1951)
Mark Riggins (1957)
Darren Daulton (1962)
Luis Rivera (1964)
Luis Sojo (1965)
A. J. Burnett (1977)
Michael Restovich (1979)
Happy Birthday–January 3
Barney Gilligan (1856)
Gus Suhr (1906)
Frenchy Bordagaray (1910)
Sid Hudson (1915)
Eddie Einhorn (1936)
Bob Gebhard (1943)
Dick Colpaert (1944)
Larry Barnett (1945)
Gary Lavelle (1949)
Darren Daulton (1962)
Luis Rivera (1964)
Luis Sojo (1965)
A. J. Burnett (1977)
Michael Restovich (1979)
Eddie Einhorn is part-owner of the Chicago White Sox. He founded the TVS network, which syndicated college basketball games regionally and nationally in the years before the major networks were interested in broadcasting them.
Larry Barnett was a major league umpire from 1969-1999.