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.

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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.

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Happy Birthday–August 11

Danny Murphy (1876)
Bobo Newsom (1907)
Bob Scheffing (1913)
Bill Monboquette (1936)
Vada Pinson (1938)
Sal Campisi (1942)
Jim Hughes (1951)
Dennis Lewallyn (1953)
Bryn Smith (1955)
Melky Cabrera (1984)
Pablo Sandoval (1986)

I don't have a year, but it appears that August 11 is also the birthday of Walter McNeil, better known as  Wally the Beer Man.

We would also like to wish a happy birthday to Mrs. Moss and a happy anniversary to Mr. and Mrs. AMR.

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August 11, 2015: Fluffy Bunnies

This month my store started a thing where the guy who has the smallest number of credit card applications in my department has to wear pink fluffy bunny headphones. This is the first month in years that I would have been the guy who was on the hook to wear them. Sigh.

Though I did help Brittany Griner in the store yesterday, and she commented on them, so there's that, I guess.

Remodeled basement. Same half-baked taste.