Just like Mr. Holmes, I'm hoping we can have a little fun today in Boston, and then skeeee-daddle.
1980
(there are some claims on the internets that "O'Malley's" is in reference to Boston. that's what i'm going with, at least.)
Just like Mr. Holmes, I'm hoping we can have a little fun today in Boston, and then skeeee-daddle.
1980
(there are some claims on the internets that "O'Malley's" is in reference to Boston. that's what i'm going with, at least.)
Only two games were played, as the Twins split.
Game 51: 12:35pm
Pitchers: Phil Hughs v Eduardo Rodriguez
Lineups:
Twins:
1. Dozier, 2B
2. Robinson, LF
3. Plouffe!, 1B
4. Hunter, RF
5. Suzuki, C
6. Escobar, 3B
7. Nunez, DH
8. Hicks, CF
9. Santana, SS
BoSox
1. Dustin Pedroia, 2B
2. Mookie Betts, CF
3. David Ortiz, DH
4. Hanley Ramirez, LF
5. Mike Napoli, 1B
6. Brock Holt, 3B
7. Xander Bogaerts, SS
8. Sandy Leon (Who?), C
9. Rusney Castillo
Game 52: 6:10pm
Pitchers: Trevor May v. Rick Porcello
Lineups:
Twins:
1. Dozier
2. Hunter
3. Mauer
4. Plouffe!
5. Rosario
6. Escobar
7. Herrmann
8. Hicks
9. Santana
BoSox
1.
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8.
9.
Another dreary, windy day. There have been a few good days, but overall this has been a Goat's Head Soup kind of spring.
Doctor Zero.
Don Osborn (1908)
Jim Gentile (1934)
Steve Dalkowski (1939)
Duane Josephson (1942)
Ron Keller (1943)
Jim Dwyer (1950)
Ed Glynn (1953)
Barry Lyons (1960)
Steve Lyons (1960)
Nelson Liriano (1964)
Carl Everett (1971)
Bryan Rekar (1972)
Jose Molina (1975)
Travis Hafner (1977)
Don Osborn won 201 games in the minors. He later was a minor league manager, pitching coach, and scout.
Some say Steve Dalkowski had the fastest fastball ever. He struck out 1,396 batters in 995 minor league innings. However, he also walked 1,354, which is why he never made the majors.
New music here from Florence and her increasingly expanding Machine.
2015
Big Pelf (4-1, 2.77 ERA, 4.50 xFIP) vs. Bucholz (2-6, 4.33 ERA, 3.15 xFIP)
Well this all feels pretty familiar. I feel like I just previewed this pitching match up last Tuesday. That particular contest was shockingly both a pitcher's duel and won by the Pelfster. It'd be pretty great if they Twins could just score a bunch of runs on Bucholz this time and completely avoid having to rely on a 2-1 victory.
Of course, I do see some more rain in the forecast, so who knows if this game will happen or suffer the same fate as Monday's game, the poor bastard.
David Hurlbut gets pounded for the second straight time for the Lookouts. No offense for the Miracle. Stephen Gonsalves was awesome for the Kernels. The DSL Twins finally play a full game.
While at work I missed the "popular movie quotes that have penetrated into everyday speech" conversation yesterday; the above is one I've used here and there. Also: "Alright, alright, alright."