Alexander Cartwright (1820)
Cap Anson (1852)
Tom Needham (1879)
Jake Daubert (1884)
Buzz Arlitt (1912)
Solly Hemus (1923)
Antonio Pollerena (1947)
Tsutomu Wakamatsu (1947)
Denny Walling (1954)
Craig Worthington (1965)
Marquis Grissom (1967)
Gary Bennett (1972)
Ryan Raburn (1981)
Alexander Cartwright was instrumental in developing the rules for the game of baseball.
Buzz Arlitt was a star in the low minors from 1934-1941, and probably would have been for several more years had World War II not intervened. He had a career average of .319 with a slugging average of .480, but never played above Class C.
Tsutomu Wakamatsu was a star in Japan from 1971-1989, making the all-star team eleven times. His career average of .319 is second to Leron Lee on the all-time list of players with at least four thousand at-bats.
There do not appear to be any major league players with connections to the Minnesota Twins who were born on this day.
Tonight marks the end of another season of Wolves basketball, continuing the trend of the team never once having a winning season that didn't feature KG. Well, there's Utah to cheer for, and the Lakers to cheer against.
Dutch Leonard (1892) Paul Waner (1903) Babe Phelps (1908)
Pete Hughes (1915)
Pete Suder (1916)
Joe Bauman (1922) Rich Rollins (1938) Bernie Allen (1939) Garry Roggenburk (1940) Jim Lonborg (1942)
Bob Montgomery (1944)
Bruce Bochy (1955)
Curt Young (1960)
Fernando Vina (1969)
Antonio Alfonseca (1972)
Kelly Dransfeldt (1975)
Pete Hughes was a star in the low minors from 1937-1952. His incomplete career numbers are a .350 average and a .637 slugging percentage, but for some reason he never played above Class B.
Joe Bauman hit 72 home runs for Roswell in the Longhorn League in 1954.
Kelly Dransfeldt was drafted by Minnesota in the seventh round in 1993, but did not sign.
Joe Mauer either really likes honoring civil rights hero Jackie Robinson, or really hates him and wishes for the day to be called Joe Mauer Day with everyone wearing number 3s and fake sideburns. Either way, Mauer destroyed Angels' pitching and put in a good shift defensively as the Twins' bats came alive.
Correia also struck out 5(!) upping the starters' strikeout total by 25 percent. He was able to overcome a leadoff homer by Bourjos and another by [redacted] to pitch seven innings of 2 run baseball.
All in all, a satisfying victory for the home nine.
Three weeks ago I was pretty much done with taxes, except for entering one form that my daughter needed to provide. After weeks of nagging, she finally sent it to me last Friday. I plugged it into the old 1040 today, and my refund got a happy ending. What's the lesson? Perseverance pays off. Maybe if the Twins persevere for the next five and a half months they could win the division. Probably not. But it's a good bet it will all come down to the pitching.
Today is Jackie Robinson day around the major leagues and you might see a number 42 here or there. I'll be going to see the movie on Sunday, so no spoilers, please.
Today the Angels send right-hander Joe Blanton to the hill, while the Twins offer Kevin Correia. Blanton in his last start gave up six runs in just over five innings, while Correia gave up three runs in eight innings and carried a shutout through the first seven. One move of note for the Twins, Oswaldo Arcia is called up before tonight's game to replace Wilkin Ramirez, who went on the three-day paternity list Sunday. I didn't even know there was such a thing.
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