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Happy Birthday–July 7

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George Moriarty (1885)
Double Duty Radcliffe (1902)
Satchel Paige (1906)
Billy Herman (1909)
Sammy White (1927)
John Gordon (1930)
Bill Melton (1945)
Tommy Moore (1948)
Dan Gladden (1957)
Tim Teufel (1958)
Glenn Hoffman (1958)
Dave Burba (1966)
Jeff Shaw (1966)
Chuck Knoblauch (1968)
Matt Mantei (1973)
John Buck (1980)

Ted “Double Duty” Radcliffe played in the Negro Leagues for many years.  He got his nickname because he would sometimes catch one game of a doubleheader and pitch the other.  He played professionally until 1954, when he retired at age 52.  He is the oldest player to ever appear in a professional baseball game, throwing one pitch for the Schaumberg Flyers of the Northern League in 1999 when he was 96.

John Gordon, of course, was a radio broadcaster for the Twins from 1987 through 2011.

Tommy Moore was drafted by Minnesota in the twenty-eighth round in 1966, but did not sign.

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Where They Stand

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Minnesota is 35-47, fifth in the AL Central, ten games behind Chicago.  The Twins are 5-5 in their last ten games and have lost two consecutive games.

Rochester is 40-47, sixth in the IL North, eleven games behind Lehigh Valley.  The Red Wings are 4-6 in their last ten games and have won one consecutive game.

New Britain is 47-37, second in the EL Eastern, a half game behind Trenton.  The Rock Cats are 7-3 in their last ten games and have won three consecutive games.

Fort Myers is 9-6 in the second half, second in the FSL South, one game behind Bradenton.  The Miracle is 7-3 in its last ten games and has won three consecutive games.

Beloit is 6-8 in the second half, sixth in the ML Western, three games behind Kane County and Quad Cities.  The Snappers are 3-7 in their last ten games and have lost three consecutive games.

Elizabethton is 11-5, first in the AL West, one and a half games ahead of Greeneville.  The Twins are 8-2 in their last ten games and have won three consecutive games.

The GCL Twins are 8-7, tied for first in the GCL South with the Rays and the Red Sox.  The Twins are 5-5 in their last ten games and have won two consecutive games.

The DSL Twins are 14-15, tied for fourth in the B. C. B. C., four games behind the Reds.  The Twins are 5-5 in their last ten games and have lost one consecutive game.

Keeping Track

Happy Birthday–July 4

Mickey Welch (1859)
George Mullin (1880)
Abe Saperstein (1903)
Bill Tuttle (1929)
Chuck Tanner (1929)
Peter Angelos (1929)
George Steinbrenner (1930)
Hal Lanier (1942)
Wayne Nordhagen (1948)
Ed Armbrister (1948)
Jim Beattie (19540
Jose Oquendo (1963)
Vinny Castilla (1967)
Brendan Donnelly (1971)
Jay Canizaro (1973)
Jeff Harris (1974)

Best remembered as the founder of the Harlem Globetrotters, Abe Saperstein was a long-time executive in what were then known as the Negro Leagues.

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