The Snappers take game one.
Category Archives: Keeping Track
Happy Birthday–September 6
Oyster Burns (1864)
Red Faber (1888)
Tommy Thevenow (1903)
Johnny Lanning (1910)
Harry Danning (1911)
Vince DiMaggio (1912)
Hal Jeffcoat (1924)
Fran Healy (1946)
Greg Olson (1960)
Roy Smith (1961)
Pat Meares (1968)
Derrek Lee (1975)
Micheal Nakamura (1976)
We would also like to wish a happy anniversary to Mom and Dad MagUidhir.
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)
Appalachian League Championship Series: Day Three
The Twins win the pennant! The Twins win the pennant! The Twins win the pennant!
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Minor Details: Games of 9/3
The Twins sweep on the final day of the regular season. Rochester finishes .500 for the first time since 2008. The Rock Cats win, but it's not enough. An inside-the-park homer for Wang-wei Lin!
Happy Birthday–September 5
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)
Appalachian League Championship Series: Day Two
The Twins win in extras to force a deciding game three.
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Minor Details: Games of 9/2
The Rock Cats stay alive. Chris Colabello sets an RBI record. Andy Leer drives in four for the Miracle.
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)
Appalachian League Championship Series: Day One
The Twins fall in twelve innings.
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