A good day for Elizabethton pitchers. A solid performance for Ethan Mildren. A big day for Edgar Herrera in the DSL.
August 2, 2014: Debt Killers
Our debt went under another thousand-dollar milestone yesterday. I can't wait until it's gone.
Minor Details: Games of July 31
Aaron Hicks is getting things going in New Britain. Ditto for Byron Buxton in Fort Myers. Max Murphy hits his first Class A home run.
Johnny Winter – Mean Town Blues
A little late, but here's a tribute to the fabulous Johnny Winter.
1969
I love those XIIs even with how wonky they look (is he playing it as a VI?).
Happy Birthday–August 2
Dummy Kihm (1873)
Pop Kelchner (1875)
War Sanders (1877)
Red Ames (1882)
John F. Kieran (1892)
Fuzzy Hufft (1901)
Tom Burgmeier (1943)
Bombo Rivera (1952)
Danny Sheaffer (1961)
Tim Wakefield (1966)
Matt Guerrier (1978)
Humberto Quintero (1979)
Grady Sizemore (1982)
Huston Street (1983)
Luke Hughes (1984)
A deaf mute, Dummy Kihm had 2,245 hits in seventeen minor league seasons.
Pop Kelchner was a scout for fifty years, most of them for the St. Louis Cardinals.
What was War good for? Absolutely nothing. In twelve games, War Sanders was 2-8, 5.64, 1.61 WHIP. He also was 1-for-21 at the plate.
John F. Kieran was a long-time sportswriter in New York and was a panelist on the quiz show "Information, Please".
Fuzzy Hufft had 1,400 hits over seven seasons in the Pacific Coast League and served honorably in both World Wars.
We would also like to wish a happy birthday to UncleWalt’s youngest child.
2014 Game 108: Minnesota Twins at Chicago White Sox
Logan Darnell
v
Chris Sale
Because last time this worked out so well, both teams are doing it again.
After this game, there will be one-third of the season left. The Twins have done a lot of losing in the first two-thirds, so now they're in the 54-game stretch where they win everything, right?
Radiohead – Creep
I'm working on this for keyboard next.
httpv://youtu.be/VzLlwlb1PRI
Happy Birthday–August 1
Frank Grant (1865)
Joe Shaute (1899)
George Sisler, Jr. (1917)
George Bamberger (1923)
Masaichi Kaneda (1933)
Pedro Cisneros (1939)
Tony Muser (1947)
Milt May (1950)
Pete Mackanin (1951)
Greg Gross (1952)
Dave Anderson (1960)
Gregg Jefferies (1967)
Shigetoshi Hasegawa (1968)
Brian Bohanon (1968)
Kevin Jarvis (1969)
Adam Jones (1985)
Infielder Ulysses F. "Frank" Grant is considered one of the best African-American baseball players of the nineteenth century.
The son of the Hall of Famer, George Sisler, Jr. was a long-time minor league executive, winning the Minor League Executive of the Year award three times. He served as International League president from 1965-1976 and is a member of the International League Hall of Fame.
Masaichi Kaneda won four hundred games over a twenty-year career in Japan.
Pedro Cisneros was commissioner of the Mexican League from 1982-99 and was the editor of the first Mexican League Encyclopedia.
We would also like to wish a very happy birthday to brianS' sister-in-law.
FMD: August 1
To bad Lil Jon isn't a Twins fan. I'd love to hear DJ Snake's hit single with Mr. shouting, "Trade Fuld for What?"
August 1, 2014: School?!
My daughters are three days from school starting again. They switched schools so it came up quicker than it would have otherwise, but still, wow.