This Week in Twins Transactions

Mike Pelfrey was placed on the fifteen-day disabled list with a strained back.

Pedro Hernandez was recalled from Rochester, then was optioned to Rochester the next day.

Kyle Gibson was recalled from Rochester.

Aaron Hicks was sent to Rochester on a rehab assignment.

Esmerling Vasquez was released by Rochester.

Logan Darnell was promoted from New Britain to Rochester.

Nick Blackburn was sent from Rochester to the GCL Twins on a rehab assignment.

Matthew Summers was promoted from Fort Myers to New Britain.

Byron Buxton was promoted from Cedar Rapids to Fort Myers.

Madison Boer was sent from Fort Myers to Cedar Rapids.

Bruce Pugh was activated from the disabled list by New Britain.

Bobby Lanigan was released by New Britain.

Frank Encarnacion was assigned to the DSL Twins.

This Week in Ex-Twins

Colorado organization (AAA Colorado Springs) releases Brett Jacobson.

Gary of the American Association trades Steve Liddle to Southern Illinois of the Frontier League for a player to be named later.

Lancaster of the Atlantic League signs Esmerling Vasquez.

Philadelphia organization sends Matt Tolbert from Class A Clearwater to the GCL Phillies on a rehab assignment.

San Francisco organization (AAA Fresno) releases Boof Bonser.

Southern Maryland of the Atlantic League activates Eduardo Morlan.

Toronto transfers Ramon Ortiz from the fifteen-day disabled list to the sixty-day disabled list.

Washington sends Wilson Ramos to the GCL Nationals on a rehab assignment.

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)

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.

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Beat The Streak – 57 Hitters Edition

I thought I'd keep this here instead of clogging the CoC or game log. Here's the leaderboard:

If you'd like to help me keep everything updated, which I can assure you will be very much appreciated, the link is here. Simply go to the "HitQuery" sheet at the bottom and change the "N" to a "Y" when someone on the list gets a hit. The spreadsheet will take care of the rest and the above scoreboard will auto-update.

Remodeled basement. Same half-baked taste.