If nothing unexpected happens between now and then, I, Jeff A, will be ordained as an elder in full connection to the Dakotas Conference of the United Methodist Church on Friday, June 8, 2012. The ordination ceremony will take place at 7:00 p.m. at First United Methodist Church, 401 S. Spring Ave., Sioux Falls, SD. I know Sioux Falls is a long way from, well, pretty much everybody here, but if anyone should be so motivated as to attend, you would be welcome.
Category Archives: Keeping Track
Minor League Team Leaders
Minimum 80 at-bats, minimum 20 innings.
Minor Details: Games of 5/20
A terrible, horrible, no good, awful day in the minors. Only the Red Wings kept it close. Two teams made four errors.
Happy Birthday–May 21
Fred Dunlap (1859)
Eddie Grant (1883)
Earl Averill (1902)
Hank Johnson (1906)
Mace Brown (1909)
Monty Stratton (1912)
Larry Napp (1919)
Ed Fitz Gerald (1924)
El Tappe (1927)
Moe Thacker (1934)
Barry Latman (1936)
Kent Hrbek (1960)
Bryce Florie (1970)
Tom Martin (1970)
Chris Widger (1971)
Mark Quinn (1974)
Josh Hamilton (1981)
Matt Wieters (1986)
El Tappe had a twin brother, Mel Tappe, who played in the minors.
Minor Details: Games of 5/19
Nishi goes deep. Cole DeVries gets some runs. The Rock Cats win in the ninth.
Happy Birthday–May 20
Walt Burnham (1860)
Joe Harris (1891)
George Grantham (1900)
Pete Appleton (1904)
Hal Newhouser (1921)
Herman Wedemeyer (1924)
Tom Morgan (1930)
Ken Boyer (1931)
Sadaharu Oh (1940)
Bobby Murcer (1946)
Ralph Bryant (1961)
David Wells (1963)
Todd Stottlemyre (1965)
Ramon Hernandez (1976)
Jayson Werth (1979)
Austin Kearns (1980)
Outfielder Herman Wedemeyer played for Class C Salt Lake City in 1950. He was a star running back in the All-America Football Conference and later appeared in over 300 episodes of the original Hawaii Five-O, playing Sergeant Edward "Duke" Lukela.
Right-hander Tom Morgan was with Washington at the end of 1960, appearing in fourteen games with them. On January 31, 1961, before the franchise played a game in Minnesota, he was sold to the Los Angeles Angels.
Outfielder Ralph Bryant was drafted by Minnesota in the thirteenth round of the January draft in 1981, but he did not sign.
There do not appear to be any other major league players with connections to the Minnesota Twins born on this day.
We would like to wish a very happy birthday to hungry joe.
This Week in Twins Transactions
Matt Maloney was sent outright to Rochester.
Chris Parmelee was optioned to Rochester.
Justin Morneau was activated from the disabled list.
Ben Revere was recalled from Rochester.
Nick Blackburn was placed on the fifteen day disabled list.
Sean Burroughs was activated by Rochester.
Clete Thomas was activated by Rochester.
Tsuyoshi Nishioka was activated from the disabled list by Rochester.
Lester Oliveros was promoted from New Britain to Rochester.
Matt Rizzotti was sent from Rochester to New Britain.
Wilkin Ramirez was promoted from New Britain to Rochester.
Aaron Bates was released.
Joe Thurston was released.
Kyle Waldrop was assigned to Fort Myers.
This Week in Ex-Twins
A few citizens' favorites made the list this week.
Arizona sends David Winfree outright to AAA Reno.
Baltimore purchases Lew Ford’s contract from Long Island of the Atlantic League and assigns him to AAA Norfolk.
Baltimore adds Steven Tolleson to their forty man roster.
Boston places Darnell McDonald on the fifteen day disabled list.
White Sox activate Jesse Crain from the disabled list.
Cincinnati organization releases Ron Mahay.
Angels place Torii Hunter on the restricted list.
Angels fire batting coach Mickey Hatcher.
Dodgers designate Trent Oeltjen for assignment, then sends him outright to AAA Albuquerque.
Mexico City of the Mexican League activates Julio DePaula.
Milwaukee assigns Carlos Gomez to Class A Wisconsin on a rehab assignment.
Mets organization (AAA Buffalo) activates Chuck James from the disabled list.
Mets organization (AA Binghamton) places Kevin Mulvey on the seven day disabled list.
Yankees organization (Class A Charleston) activates Pedro Guerra from the disabled list.
St. Louis releases J. C. Romero.
San Diego places Jason Bartlett on the fifteen day disabled list.
San Diego releases Orlando Hudson.
San Francisco organization (AAA Fresno) activates Eli Whiteside from the temporarily inactive
list.
Washington places Wilson Ramos on the fifteen day disabled list, then transfers him to the sixty day disabled list.
Blayne Weller was traded from River City of the Frontier League to Windy City of the Frontier League for a player to be named later.
Nick Lockwood was placed on the injured list by Washington of the Frontier League.
Mike Tarsi was signed by Bridgeport of the Atlantic League.
It's not my place to tell a guy to give up on his dream, but when you're in the Frontier League and you get traded for a player to be named later, it may be time to get on with your life.
Minor Details: Games of 5/18
Another strong outing for Liam Hendriks. A home run barrage for the Rock Cats. Oswaldo Arcia stars with his bat and his arm.
Happy Birthday–May 19
Goose Curry (1905)
Gil McDougald (1928)
Curt Simmons (1929)
Larry McCoy (1941)
Dan Ford (1952)
Rick Cerone (1954)
Ed Whitson (1955)
Luis Salazar (1956)
Eric Show (1956)
Turk Wendell (1967)
Brandon Inge (1977)
Eric Show was drafted by Minnesota in the 36th round in 1974, but did not sign.