Joe Benson has a good day in rehab. The Miracle faces Roy Halladay. Elizabethton scores twelve, but its not the most by a Twins affiliate.
Category Archives: Keeping Track
Happy Birthday–July 13
Tom York (1850)
George Bradley (1852)
Stan Coveleski (1889)
Lee Handley (1913)
Eliot Asinof (1919)
Fritz Dorish (1921)
Ruben Gomez (1927)
Daryl Spencer (1928)
Don Pavletich (1938)
Jack Aker (1940)
Buzz Stephen (1944)
Jerry Terrell (1946)
Bill Caudill (1956)
Mark Brown (1959)
Mike Fitzgerald (1960)
Pat Rapp (1967)
Ryan Ludwick (1978)
Yadier Molina (1982)
Shin-Soo Choo (1982)
We would also like to wish a happy birthday to uncleWalt’s cousin.
Minor Details: Games of 7/11
Matt Capps, Joe Benson, and Rene Tosoni all continue rehab assignments. The GCL Twins sweep a doubleheader. The DSL Twins have a game where they only walk one and make no errors.
Happy Birthday–July 12
Doug Allison (1846)
Lee Meadows (1894)
Johnny Wyrostek (1919)
Jack Harshmann (1927)
Ron Fairly (1938)
Tom Tischinski (1944)
Scipio Spinks (1947)
Mario Soto (1956)
Mike Munoz (1965)
Adam Johnson (1979)
Phil Dumatrait (1981)
Tom Gorzelanny (1982)
Howie Kendrick (1983)
Minor Details: Games of 7/10
Kyle Gibson makes a successful 2012 debut. Rene Tosoni begins a rehab assignment. This is as close to a minor league off-day as we get.
Happy Birthday–July 11
Pop Schriver (1865)
Jimmy Slagle (1873)
Milt Stock (1893)
Bob Allison (1934)
John Sevcik (1942)
Ed Ott (1951)
Donne Wall (1967)
Andy Ashby (1967)
Javier Lopez (1977)
Yorman Bazardo (1984)
We would also like to wish a very happy birthday to Mrs. Daneeka's Ghost.
Minor Details: Games of 7/9
The top of the order comes through for New Britain. Matt Capps makes a successful rehab appearance. Travis Harrison has a huge day for the E-Twins.
Happy Birthday–July 10
Jimmy McAleer (1864)
Bobby Lowe (1865)
John Heydler (1869)
Wayne Blackburn (1914)
Paul Pryor (1927)
Gene Alley (1940)
Hal McRae (1945)
Bob Bailor (1951)
Andre Dawson (1954)
Buddy Groom (1965)
Lee Stevens (1967)
Marty Cordova (1969)
For some odd reason, John Heydler does not appear to be a member of the Hall of Fame.
Umpire Paul Pryor is an alumnus of the author's alma mater, the University of South Dakota.
Minor League Team Leaders
Qualifications for rate stats are arbitrary.
Minor Details: Games of 7/8
Nick Blackburn throws an eight-inning shutout. Blake Martin throws a seven-inning shutout. Sunday is apparently a day of rest in Elizabethton.