I was woken up about 5:30 or so. Rather than be able to get back to sleep, I'm on my third episode of "Castle" before work.
Minor Details: Games of August 12
Kennys Vargas and Byron Buxton shine in a losing effort for Rochester. Max Kepler keeps hitting for Chattanooga. A fine game for Kohl Stewart. Felix Jorge pitched well after the first inning. A good game for Samuel Clay. Christian Cavaness keeps hitting for the GCL Twins. Yeltsin Encarnacion is hitting well for the DSL Twins.
Game 113 Recap: Twins 11, Rangers 1
It's a strange game, this baseball. I guess that's why we love it so much.
Happy Birthday–August 13
Fielder Jones (1871)
George Susce (1907)
Lou Finney (1910)
Sid Gordon (1917)
Jerry Neudecker (1930)
Vinegar Bend Mizell (1930)
Mudcat Grant (1935)
Tony Cloninger (1940)
Fred Stanley (1947)
Jerry Crawford (1947)
Andre Thornton (1949)
Tom Niedenfuer (1959)
Jim Reboulet (1961)
Tom Prince (1964)
Jay Buhner (1964)
Mark Lemke (1965)
Alex Fernandez (1969)
Jarrod Washburn (1974)
Will Ohman (1977)
Corey Patterson (1979)
Boone Logan (1984)
Jerry Neudecker was an American League umpire from 1966-1985. He was the last major league umpire to use an outside chest protector.
Jerry Crawford was a major league umpire from 1976-2010. He is tied with Bruce Froemming for the most postseason games umpired, 111.
Jim Reboulet is the brother of Jeff Reboulet. He was in the minors for six years, reaching AAA. He had three seasons with sixty or more stolen bases.
Black Diet – Fever
Sorry, I get to feature these guys at least one time a year.
Friends of friends, I'm happy to see these guys amassing more momentum every day. Their new album just dropped a couple weeks ago, which reminds me that I need to get their new album.
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Game 113: Rangers at Twins
Lineups:
Texas Rangers:
1. CF D. DeShields Jr. (R)
2. RF Shin-Soo Choo (L)
3. DH Prince Fielder (L)
4. 3B Adrian Beltre (R)
5. 1B Mitch Moreland (L)
6. LF Josh Hamilton (L)
7. SS Elvis Andrus (R)
8. 2B Rougned Odor (L)
9. CB Bobby Wilson (R)
Minnesota Twins:
1. CF Aaron Hicks (S)
2. 2B Brian Dozier (R)
3. 1B Joe Mauer (L)
4. DH Miguel Sano (R)
5. 3B Trevor Plouffe (R)
6. RF Torii Hunter (R)
7. LF Eddie Rosario (L)
8. C Kurt Suzuki (R)
9. SS Eduardo Nunez (R)
Pitchers:
TEX: Nick Martinez (R) (7-6, 3.91)
MIN: Mike Pelfrey (R) (5-7, 4.06)
Go Twins!
Minor Details: August 11
Tyler Duffey leads the Red Wings to a split. Max Kepler and David Hurlbut lead the Lookouts to victory. Stephen Gonsalves pitches well in a Miracle loss. Nick Gordon and Edgar Corcino lead the Kernels to a win. Cody Stashak continues to impress for the E-Twins. Christian Cavaness keeps hitting for the GCL Twins. The DSL Twins get blown out.
Paul McCartney & Brittany Howard – Get Back
Recently featured on our Summer Mix with her band the Alabama Shakes, here's Ms. Howard in an interesting pairing with Sir Paul McCartney.
(quality isn't amazing, but this was too interesting to pass up)
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Game 112 Recap: Twins 3, Rangers 2
Didn't I tell you?
Happy Birthday–August 12
Christy Mathewson (1880)
Ray Schalk (1892)
Harlond Clift (1912)
Fred Hutchinson (1919)
Bob Buhl (1928)
Kevin Cooney (1950)
Matt Clement (1974)
Lew Ford (1976)
Kevin Cooney was an eleventh round draft choice of the Twins in 1972. He pitched in the Twins’ organization for two seasons, then a shoulder injury ended his playing career. He then became a college baseball coach. He was the head coach at Montclair State from 1984-1987 and at Florida Atlantic from 1988-2008.