Chris Parmelee prevents a perfect game. Kyle Gibson continues his comeback. If we mention guys named Toledo and Colorado, can Ron Mexico be far behind?
Category Archives: Keeping Track
Minor Details: Games of 7/26
Chris Parmelee has nothing to learn in Rochester. The E-Twins keep rolling. A really bad inning for the DSL Twins.
Happy Birthday–July 28
Bullet Joe Rogan (1893)
Morrie Silver (1909)
Harry Dalton (1928)
Ted Lepcio (1929)
Masaaki Koyama (1934)
Marty Brennaman (1942)
Vida Blue (1949)
Wayne Krivsky (1954)
Carmelo Martinez (1960)
Bob Milacki (1964)
Derek Lee (1966)
We would also like to wish a happy birthday to MagUidhir's brother.
Happy Birthday–July 27
Davy Force (1846)
Joe Tinker (1880)
Rube Walberg (1896)
Biz Mackey (1897)
Benny Bengough (1898)
Zack Taylor (1898)
Leo Durocher (1905)
Kazuto Tsuruoka (1916)
Ray Boone (1923)
Harry Wendelstedt (1938)
Larry Biittner (1945)
Bump Wills (1952)
Rich Dauer (1952)
Brian Kingman (1954)
Shane Rawley (1955)
Len Barker (1955)
Dave Dombrowski (1956)
Tom Goodwin (1968)
Shane Bowers (1971)
Enrique Wilson (1973)
Alex Rodriguez (1975)
Tsuyoshi Nishioka (1984)
We would also like to wish a very happy anniversary to Mr. and Mrs. Rowsdower.
Minor Details: Games of 7/25
New Britain and Fort Myers put their hitting shoes on. A huge day for Aaron Hicks. Strong outings by Matthew Hauser and Jason Wheeler.
Happy Birthday–July 26
Sam Breadon (1876)
Sad Sam Jones (1892)
Brick Eldred (1892)
Larry Woodall (1894)
Paul Gallico (1897)
Fat Freddie Fitzsimmons (1901)
Alex Radcliffe (1905)
Sam Leslie (1905)
Ellis Kinder (1914)
Jimmy Bloodworth (1917)
Sibby Sisti (1920)
Hoyt Wilhelm (1922)
Norm Siebern (1933)
Pete Ward (1937)
Ken Kaiser (1945)
Jody Reed (1962)
Greg Colbrunn (1969)
Joaquin Benoit (1977)
Alex Burnett (1987)
Minor Details: Games of 7/24
The only Twins wins came in short-season leagues. Kyle Gibson takes a step forward on his comeback. Max Kepler keeps bringing the power.
Happy Birthday–July 25
John Tener (1863)
Cy Williams (1913)
Whitey Lockman (1926)
Larry Sherry (1935)
Buddy Bradford (1944)
Fred Scherman (1944)
Mick Kelleher (1947)
Biff Pocoroba (1953)
Marc Sullivan (1958)
Doug Drabek (1962)
Torey Lovullo (1965)
Ed Sprague (1967)
Billy Wagner (1971)
Guillermo Mota (1973)
Javier Vazquea (1976)
Kevin Kouzmanoff (1981)
Minor Details: Games of 7/23
The Miracle wins on a walk-off passed ball. Kennys Vargas goes to Beloit and announces his presence with authority. The first stage of Alex Wimmers’ comeback does not go well.
Minor League Team Leaders
Through games of July 22. Qualifications for rate stats are arbitrary. Remember, a really good player may have been promoted, and so not be a "team leader" for either team.