Showbiz is sucking my will to live lately. Maybe I'll blog on it later, because although it's depressing, at least you can (and should) laugh and point at my profession.
Happy Birthday–May 7
Mickey Doolan (1880)
Tom Zachary (1896)
Dick Williams (1929)
Claude Raymond (1937)
Steve Whitaker (1943)
Manny Hernandez (1961)
Brook Fordyce (1970)
Conor Jackson (1982)
James Loney (1984)
Laura Marling – Rambling Man
the young, but very talented, laura marling. easy on the ears, and the eyes.
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Loading... 2011 Game 30 Recap: Twins 9, Crimson Hosiery 2
Weather: 66 degrees, partly cloudy
Wind: 21 mph, out to CF
Time: 2:37
Attendance: 37,798
What's not to love about this game? The Twins jet into Beantown on a wing and a prayer, a wisp of momentum, and a sigh of relief that they were able to best the offensively impotent Pale Hosers in a series deuce on the South Side, a short set featuring a no-hitter the hard way that F-bomb rolled for a 1-0 win. The boys haven't exactly been swinging hot lumber lately. With Butera and Casilla mired below the Mendozza line like sloths in La Brea tar, and Morneau barely above it, and Mauer and Delmon and JI
JIM THOME bruised and benched, our lineup doesn't have the punch of a full-strength squad hitting to expectations. But you wouldn't know it tonight.
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2011 Game 30: Minnesota Twins at Boston Red Sox
Knuckleball pitchers may be ageless, but Wakefield's time machine finally broke. Nonetheless, I think he will have a long leash in today's game. Knowing the Twins' offense, they might not be able to score enough runs in a single inning to knock him out of the game and expose the tired bullpen. Instead, they will have time to perfect the single/walk, steal, sacrifice, sacrifice (fly) strategy.
The Red Sox used their entire bullpen for Wednesday's game, including Wakefield, for a 13 inning game in which the starter lasted 4.1 innings. Naturally, the starter in yesterday's game also lasted a mere four innings, but it was mop-up time after that and anyone important was saved for today's game. The Sox have yet to top .500 after failing two previous times. Hopefully the Twins don't notice the "Red" part and treat these Sox like their bleached brethren.
This Week in Ex-Twins
Arizona organization (AAA Reno) places David Winfree on the seven day disabled list.
Atlanta organization promotes Eliecer Cardenas from Lynchburg (A) to Mississippi (AA).
Colorado organization (AAA Colorado Springs) activates Matt Macri from the temporarily inactive list.
Dodgers place Casey Blake on the fifteen day disabled list.
Milwaukee organization (AA Huntsville) releases Yancarlos Ortiz.
Philadelphia sends J. C. Romero to Lakewood (A) on a rehab assignment.
Philadelphia activates J. C. Romero from the disabled list.
Philadelphia organization (A Lakewood) places Jeff Lanning on the seven day disabled list.
San Diego places Orlando Hudson on the fifteen day disabled list.
Yankees assign Luis Ayala to Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (AAA).
Yankees assign Carlos Silva to Tampa (A).
Toronto organization activates Bobby Korecky from the disabled list.
Minor Details: Games of 5/5
Rochester 3, Gwinnett 2 in Rochester. Ray Chang singled in Danny Lehmann in the bottom of the ninth to win the game. Chang also doubled. Brian Dinkelman had two hits. Anthony Swarzak struck out six in 5.1 innings, giving up two runs on seven hits and no walks. Anthony Slama struck out two in a scoreless ninth to get the win.
New Britain 2, Richmond 1 in New Britain (Game 1—scheduled 7 innings). The Rock Cats scored both of their runs in the third. Evan Bigley doubled and tripled. Steve Hirschfeld gave up just one run on three hits and no walks in six innings to get the win. Cole DeVries pitched a scoreless seventh for the save.
Richmond 7, New Britain 4 in New Britain (Game 2—10 innings—scheduled 7 innings). The Rock Cats scored two in the seventh to tie it, but could not push the winning run across. Evan Bigley doubled and tripled, Deibinson Romero doubled and singled, and Yangervis Solarte had two hits. Liam Hendriks struck out eight in six innings, giving up two runs on four hits and two walks. Tyler Robertson surrendered all three tenth-inning runs in his third inning of work.
Ft. Myers 6, Palm Beach 5 in Ft. Myers. Josmil Pinto’s RBI double tied the game in the eighth and James Beresford singled in the winning run in the ninth. Beresford had three hits. Pinto also singled. Jon Goncalves singled and doubled and Reggie Williams had two hits. Starter Edgar Ibarra allowed all five runs on six hits and a walk in just four innings. Brad Tippett and Jhon Garcia each pitched two shutout innings, with Garcia retiring all six batters he faced, four by strikeout. Dakota Watts worked a perfect ninth for the win.
Beloit 10, Wisconsin 5 in Beloit. The Snappers scored eight runs in the fifth. Andy Leer and Tobias Streich each singled and homered, with Leer driving in three. Jamaal Hawkins, Nate Roberts, Danny Ortiz, and Gunner Glad each singled and doubled. Wang-Wei Lin had two hits. Starter Andrei Lobanov gave up two runs on six hits and two walks in only 4.1 innings. Blayne Weller allowed his first earned run of the season on two hits in 1.2 innings but got the win. Jose Gonzalez threw two scoreless innings.
Friday Music Day: May 6, 2011
I'm guest DJ in the video booth next week. I need to edit. I've got nine good days of Ha Ha Tonka, but a week is only seven days!
Drop your list.
May 6, 2011: Momentum
I wish momentum was a thing, because the "streaking" Twins start a series in Fenway today.
Happy Birthday–May 6
Bonesetter Reese (1855)
Walton Cruise (1890)
Mike McCormick (1917)
Willie Mays (1931)
Russ Gibson (1939)
Bill Hands (1940)
Masanori Murakami (1944)
Steve Staggs (1951)
Larry Andersen (1953)
Al Williams (1954)
John “Bonesetter” Reese worked with many baseball players and other famous people in the first part of the twentieth century. “Bonesetting” is a Welsh term for the treatment of muscle and tendon strains.
Infielder Steve Staggs was drafted by Minnesota in the fourteenth round in 1970, but did not sign.
This is also the birthday of Twins’ farmhand Wilson Sanchez (1991).