in the internet age, i feel having a ridiculously generic name doesn't really do you any favors.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=InO9NVlclgI
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Loading... For some reason Kansas City has received more than its fair share of musical tributes. Rodgers and Hammerstein gave the city the Broadway treatment with Everything’s Up to Date in Kansas City back in 1943. Over the years the town has been lauded in Leadbelly’s Kansas City Papa, Jelly Roll Morton’s Kansas City Stomp, Buck Owens’ The Kansas City Song, Count Basie’s Kansas City Shout, and Van Morrison’s The Eternal Kansas City, not to mention Kansas City Milkman, Kansas City King, Kansas City 90210, Kansas City Shuffle, Kansas City Funk, Kansas City Blues, Kansas City Man Blues, Train from Kansas City, 18th Avenue (Kansas City Nightmare), and Kansas City Southern by various artists.
Continue reading Game 7: First Place Twins at Last Place Royals
Slapadiddlesack gets a win! Multiple rednecks gets the go-ahead RBI after an 0-13 stretch. Perk'n'Play gets the Save in impressive 1-2-3 fashion: 2 strike outs and a Laddie ground out and the Twins win their second series of the season.
Favorite quote from yesterday. When interviewed following the game, his second in the majors, Twins starter Pedro Hernandez said he wasn't nervous in his 2013 debut.
"Not really," [he] said. "This game is for men, this game is not for a child."
Twins are now 4-2, tied with the Pale Hose for the AL Central lead. They head to Kansas City to face Ervin Santana. In his first start for the Royals, Santana gave up 5 runs on 5 hits (3 HR's) and a walk. He also struck out 8.
In other news:
I'm hoping this will be a regular feature, but we'll see.
Tyler Duffey was perfect. Fort Myers is perfect. Byron Buxton is darn near perfect.
Speaking of nostalgia ...
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zReDDTpRi6g
2003
(3 votes, average: 7.67 out of 10)Loading... John Peters (1850)
Kirby Higbe (1915)
Stan Wasiak (1920)
Charlie Maxwell (1927)
Turk Farrell (1934)
Takao Kajimoto (1935)
John Hiller (1943)
Catfish Hunter (1946)
Randy Marsh (1949)
Mac Scarce (1949)
Gary Carter (1954)
Alex Gonzalez (1973)
Timo Perez (1975)
Matt Ford (1981)
Felix Hernandez (1986)
Yonder Alonso (1987)
Stan Wasiak holds the record for most wins as a minor league manager, 2,530. He managed from 1950-1986, managing at levels from Class D to AAA.
Pitcher Takao Kajimoto won 254 games in Japan and was a twelve-time all-star.
Randy Marsh was a major league umpire from 1981-2009 and is currently a director of umpiring.
Yonder Alonso was drafted by Minnesota in the sixteenth round in 2005, but did not sign.
We would like to wish a happy birthday to the brother of Daneeka's Ghost.
I shaved my head about a week ago. I had no idea how strong the reactions would be, both positive and negative. I suppose it's nice to know that people care.
So, the Twins are 3-2? I can't believe how foreign that feels, even this "late" in the season. Today, something called Pedro Hernandez, making his second career start (he gave up eight earned runs in four innings for the Hosers last year), will try to keep that going.
Jason Hammel goes for the Orioles, who strikes out his share and walks a few more than average. Last year looks to me like the best year of his career thus far, as he's nothing real special, but unspecial Orioles pitchers have a way of...well, you know.
Meanwhile, last night Tyler Robertson was sent to the minors while it appears that Swarzak is coming back to Minnesota, so get your nicknames ready, won't you?
The Twins won. Very cool.
I saw the first seven and a half innings, so I missed the big excitement. Thanks for keeping the game log fresh for when I got back to a computer.