So... my reset on Monday didn't actually happen. Continue reading WGOM Fitness: 1 August 2013, That Did Not Happen
Players of the Month: July
In a surprising plot twist, the players of the month are actually done in a timely fashion.
Minor Details: Games of 7/31
Andrew Albers is quietly having a very good year in Rochester. Sano and Rosario go 0-for-8, but the Rock Cats win anyway. Wilkin Ramirez hits his first home run on his rehab assignment.
August 1, 2013: One Day More
My daughters get back tomorrow night. I'll be working, annoyingly enough, but even the couple of minutes I get when they come into the store is going to set me right.
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)
Frank Grant is considered by some to be the greatest African-American player 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.
Left-hander Masaichi Kineda won four hundred games in Japan.
Pedro Cisneros was commissioner of the Mexican League from 1982-1999 and edited the first Mexican League encyclopedia.
We would also like to wish a happy birthday to brianS’ sister-in-law.
Thom Yorke – Nice Dream
Is this duet week? I don’t know.
no.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_n3JHqLUGo
1995
Game 104: Royals at Twins
Yup.
Go TWINS!
Minor Details: Games of 7/30
Rochester comes back to win its seventh straight. Sano hits a game-winner for the Rock Cats. Josh Burris leads the E-Twins to victory.
Leo Kottke & Chet Atkins – Sleepwalk
A little bit of minnesota in the intro, home sick again. Is this duet week? I don't know.
July 31, 2013: Trade Deadline
Peavy's out of the division! He's a Sawk now, though. So, are any interesting subtractions for the Twins imminent? As long as we don't see any Matt Lawton for Rick Reed type things, I'm good.