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This Week in Ex-Twins

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Arizona organization (AAA Reno) activates David Winfree from the disabled list.
Cubs purchase the contract of Ramon Ortiz from AAA Iowa.
White Sox organization (AAA Charlotte) places Michael Restovich on the seven day disabled list.
Dodgers place Casey Blake on the fifteen day disabled list.
Yankees organization (AAA Scranton/Wilkes-Barre) releases Bartolo Colon.
Yankees organization (AAA Scranton/Wilkes-Barre) places Mike Lamb on the seven day disabled list.
Oakland assigns Grant Balfour to Sacramento (AAA) on a rehab assignment, then activates him from the disabled list.
Pittsburgh assigns Joe Beimel to Bradenton (A) on a rehab assignment, then sends him to Altoona (AA).
San Diego promotes Bobby Kielty from San Antonio (AA), where he was on a rehab assignment, to Tucson (AAA).

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Happy Birthday–July 8

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Hank O'Day (1862)
Ivey Wingo (1890)
Clint Brown (1903)
Salty Parker (1912)
Antonio Ramirez Muno (1927)
Hector Lopez (1929)
Al Spangler (1933)
Darrell Brandon (1940)
Ken Sanders (1941)
Jim Ollom (1945)
Lerrin LaGrow (1948)
Alan Ashby (1951)
Terry Puhl (1956)
Bob Kipper (1964)
Jerome Walton (1965)
Bobby Ayala (1969)
Danny Ardoin (1974)

We would also like to wish a happy birthday to AMR’s daughter.

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Happy Birthday–July 7

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George Moriarty (1885)
Double Duty Radcliffe (1902)
Satchel Paige (1906)
Billy Herman (1909)
Sammy White (1927)
John Gordon (1930)
Bill Melton (1945)
Tommy Moore (1948)
Dan Gladden (1957)
Tim Teufel (1958)
Dave Burba (1966)
Jeff Shaw (1966)
Chuck Knoblauch (1968)
Matt Mantei (1973)
John Buck (1980)

Ted “Double Duty” Radcliffe played in the Negro Leagues for many years.  He got his nickname because he would sometimes catch one game of a doubleheader and pitch the other.  He played professionally until 1954, when he retired at age 52.  He is the oldest player to ever appear in a professional baseball game, throwing one pitch for the Schaumberg Flyers of the Northern League in 1999 when he was 96.

John Gordon, of course, has been a radio broadcaster for the Twins since 1987.

Tommy Moore was drafted by Minnesota in the twenty-eighth round in 1966, but did not sign.

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Keeping Track

This Week in Ex-Twins

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Actually two weeks:

Atlanta organization sends Jose Lugo from AAA Gwinnett to AA Mississippi.
Atlanta organization (AA Mississippi) releases Eddie Morlan.
Cleveland designates Adam Everett for assignment.
Colorado places Jose Morales on the sixty day disabled list.
Houston organization signs Brad Hennessey, sends him to AA Corpus Cristi, then promotes him to AAA Oklahoma City.
Houston organization (AAA Oklahoma City) places Ryan Rowland-Smith on the seven day disabled list.
Yankees organization signs Mike Lamb and assigns him to AAA Scranton/Wilkes-Barre.
Yankees organization (AAA Scranton/Wilkes-Barre) activates Carlos Silva from the disabled list.
Yankees organization signs Terry Tiffee and assigns him to AAA Scranton/Wilkes-Barre.
Oakland places Grant Balfour on the fifteen day disabled list.
Philadelphia unconditionally releases J. C. Romero.
St. Louis assigns Nick Punto to AA Springfield for rehab.
San Diego activates Orlando Hudson from the disabled list.
San Diego organization (AAA Tucson) places Bobby Kielty on the seven day disabled list.
San Diego organization sends Bobby Kielty from AAA Tucson to AA San Antonio.
Seattle organization (AAA Tacoma) places Luis Rodriguez on the seven day disabled list.
Toronto organization (AAA Las Vegas) places Sean Henn on the seven day disabled list, then activates him.
Washington signs J. C. Romero and assigns him to AAA Syracuse.