The Red Wings tie it in the ninth only to lose on an error in the thirteenth. Adam Brett Walker II gets his fifteenth homer the hard way. Bryan Haar drives in seven to lead Cedar Rapids to victory.
Happy Birthday–June 29
Wilbert Robinson (1863)
Harry Frazee (1880)
Bobby Veach (1888)
Ollie Carnegie (1899)
Ken Blackman (1911)
Dizzy Trout (1915)
Cal Drummond (1917)
Bob Shaw (1933)
Katsuya Nomura (1935)
Harmon Killebrew (1936)
Larry Stahl (1941)
John Boccabella (1941)
Bruce Kimm (1951)
Rick Honeycutt (1954)
Pedro Guerrero (1956)
John Wehner (1967)
Trey Hodges (1978)
Dusty Hughes (1982)
Brooks Raley (1988)
Harry Frazee was the owner of the Red Sox from 1916-1923 and is best remembered for selling Babe Ruth to the Yankees.
Ollie Carnegie is the all-time home run king of the International League with 258. He started his minor league career at age 32.
Ken Blackman was a minor league player, college coach, minor league executive, and major league scout.
Cal Drummond was an American League umpire from 1960-1969.
Katsuya Nomura hit 657 home runs in Japan during his twenty-five-year career.
June 29, 2014: Well, That Was Dumb
I stayed up until 3 last night. Well, 3 so far, at the time of this writing.
Back at it.
Got in an easy 8 miler (was hard) this morning with my running pals. Great temps and humidity. Am trying to keep up the mileage Because Atrophy.
This afternoon NBBW and a good friend did a long swim in Lake Terramuggus, and did the bike route (in advance of next Thursday's triathlon).
Planning to do a long bike tomorrow by the Long Island Sound with NBBW and the BFF.
Re: endurance reading - on page 223 of Ulysses : Shakespeare is the happy hunting ground of all minds that have lost their balance.
game 79: twins @ rangers
The Twins try to end this streak of uninspiring play. Phil Hughes gets the start, so that's a good sign.
The Rangers counter with Yu Darvish, which is... less encouraging.
let's see if we can combine some good pitching with some good offense.
This Week in Twins Transactions
Aaron Hicks goes to New Britain. Josmil Pinto goes to the disabled list. Nate Hanson comes up to Rochester.
Randy Newman – Texas Girl At The Funeral Of Her Father
Here's a cheery little number.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2t03wF3R3zc
This Week in Ex-Twins
Some folks we haven't heard from for a while.
Minor Details: Games of June 27
Brad Nelson leads Rochester to a comeback win. Todd Van Steensel preserves a Cedar Rapids victory. Nick Gordon stays hot for Elizabethton.
Happy Birthday–June 28
Ken Williams (1890)
Haruyasu Nakajima (1910)
A. Ray Smith (1915)
Oscar Rodriguez (1931)
Fred Gladding (1936)
Ron Luciano (1937)
Fred Talbot (1941)
Al Downing (1941)
Don Baylor (1949)
Chris Speier (1950)
Joe Sambito (1952)
Clay Christiansen (1958)
John Elway (1960)
Jay Schroeder (1961)
Mark Grace (1964)
Ron Mahay (1971)
Corey Koskie (1973)
Richard Hidalgo (1975)
Brandon Phillips (1981)
Haruyasu Nakajima is in the Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame.
A. Ray Smith owned minor league baseball teams from 1961-1986.
Oscar Rodriguez is in the Mexican Baseball Hall of Fame.
Ron Luciano was an American League umpire from 1969-1979.
NFL quarterbacks John Elway and Jay Schroeder each played minor league baseball. Elway hit .318 in 151 at-bats as an outfielder for Class A Oneonta in 1982. Schroeder was primarily an outfielder for four years in the Toronto system, never getting higher than Class A. He hit .213 with 36 homers in 1,304 minor league at-bats.
Mark Grace was drafted by Minnesota in the fifteenth round of the January draft in 1984, but did not sign.