Well, it was fun while it lasted.
Happy Birthday–April 11
Pop Corkhill (1858)
Ossee Schreckengost (1875)
Matsutaro Shoriki (1885)
Sam Chapman (1916)
Barney McCosky (1917)
Jim Hearn (1921)
Sid Monge (1951)
Bret Saberhagen (1964)
Turner Ward (1965)
Sean Bergman (1970)
Robin Jennings (1972)
Jason Varitek (1972)
Trot Nixon (1974)
Todd Dunwoody (1975)
Kelvim Escobar (1976)
Mark Teixeira (1980)
Matustaro Shoriki is known as the father of Japanese baseball.
Jason Varitek was drafted by the Twins in the first round in 1993, but did not sign.
Freshlyground – Fire Is Low
cheer up, everyone! forget crappy weather and crappy baseball. the week is soon to end and the nice weather will arrive ere too long. you can make it!
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=smzA1V-57oI
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Loading... 2013 Game 9: Twins vs. KC
Hendriks vs. Davis
Keep your eyes on the sky.
WGOM Fitness: 10 April 2013, Denial
A big part of my current diet life change has been being honest with myself about how I'm living my life and what steps need to be taken to improve. Continue reading WGOM Fitness: 10 April 2013, Denial
Minor Details: Games of 4/9
The Miracle remains perfect. A game-winning homer for Chris Colabello. Miguel Sano makes the difference for Fort Myers.
Happy Birthday–April 10
Ross Youngs (1897)
Bubba Hyde (1908)
Chuck Connors (1921)
Frank Lary (1930)
Robert Nederlander (1933)
Wes Stock (1934)
Joe Gibbon (1935)
Bob Watson (1946)
Lee Lacy (1948)
Tom Lundstedt (1949)
Ken Griffey (1950)
Mike Devereaux (1963)
Starvin’ Marvin Freeman (1963)
Alberto Reyes (1971)
Mike Lincoln (1975)
Andre Ethier (1982)
Bubba Hyde was an outfielder in the Negro Leagues for twenty-six years.
Better known as an actor, Chuck Connors was a first baseman for the Chicago Cubs in 1951. He also played professional basketball, and was the first player to break the glass backboard with a slam dunk in a professional basketball game.
Robert Nederlander is a part-owner of the New York Yankees, and was managing partner in from 1990-1991, when George Steinbrenner was suspended.
April 10, 2013: Heads Up
Everyone's done with their taxes, right?
Martha Redbone Roots Project – Over Yonder in the Graveyard
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0n0aWJG40Q
I was going to play a selection from Brad Paisley's newest collection of garbage, but I'm not that low class. Instead, enjoy the hell out of this cut from Martha Redbone's Roots Project.
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Loading... Game 8: Turn on the Lights
Holy cats, a night game! (Maybe. If it isn't rained out, and based on the weather report, that's a very real possiblity.)
Mike Pelfrey vs. Jeremy Guthrie
My first ever game log and it comes against a Jeremy. Fortunately, it also comes in the second game of a series after an opening loss, so I expect a solid, 4-3 victory for the Twins tonight. Maybe. If it isn't rained out.
This will be the first start for Pelfrey since his Wichita State Shockers were removed from that thing that is named after March but not fully contained within March. Hopefully he's had enough time to get over the loss so he can throw some innings against the Royals.
More importantly, Hicks wasn't with the organization when the whole Jeremy curse began, so I fully expect him to hit two doubles and a home run tonight. More realistically, I don't. But, I've been hearing a load about sending him down to Rochester. I don't know his "make-up", but I don't see a problem with letting him hack his way through the whole season barring The Minnesota Curse injury. He can always gain confidence with the extra games against the Astros. Now, it'll be a different story when he strikes out in the bottom of the ninth of Game 7 of the World Series. We'll cross that bridge when we get there, though.