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Happy Birthday–July 30

Casey Stengel (1890)
Frankie Pytlak (1908)
Tony Lucadello (1912)
Joe Coleman (1922)
Paul Minner (1923)
Joe Nuxhall (1928)
Gus Triandos (1930)
Bud Selig (1934)
Bob Barton (1941)
Pat Kelly (1944)
Doug Rader (1944)
Jim Spencer (1946)
Ellis Valentine (1954)
Clint Hurdle (1957)
Steve Trout (1957)
Scott Fletcher (1958)
Tom Pagnozzi (1962)
Scott Diamond (1986)

Tony Lucadello was a major league scout for forty-eight years.

Allan Huber "Bud" Selig has been the commissioner of baseball since 1992.

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This Week in Twins Transactions

Michael Tonkin was optioned to Rochester.

Caleb Thielbar was activated from the bereavement list.

Oswaldo Arcia was optioned to Rochester.

Eduardo Escobar was optioned to Rochester.

Chris Parmelee was optioned to Rochester.

Chris Herrmann was recalled from Rochester

Doug Bernier had his contract selected from Rochester.

Vance Worley was placed on the seven-day disabled list by Rochester.

Edgar Ibarra was promoted from New Britain to Rochester.

Alex Wimmers was sent to the GCL Twins on a rehab assignment.

Evan Bigley was assigned to New Britain following a rehab assignment.

Kyle Knudson was sent from New Britain to Fort Myers.

Ryan O'Rourke was promoted from Fort Myers to New Britain.

Tom Stuifbergen was placed on the seven-day disabled list by New Britain.

Mike Gonzales was sent to the GCL Twins on a rehab assignment.

Tyler Jones was promoted from Cedar Rapids to Fort Myers.

Steven Gruver was promoted from Cedar Rapids to Fort Myers.

J. D. Williams was promoted from Cedar Rapids to Fort Myers.

Jairo Rodriguez was sent from Fort Myers to Cedar Rapids.

Dalton Hicks was promoted from Cedar Rapids to Fort Myers.

Jose Gonzalez was promoted from Fort Myers to New Britain.

Candido Pimentel was released by Fort Myers.

Dallas Gallant was activated from the disabled list by Cedar Rapids.

Tim Shibuya was promoted from Elizabethton to Cedar Rapids.

Chris Colabello was recalled from Rochester.

Matt Tomshaw was activated from the disabled list by Fort Myers.

Seth Wagner signed and was assigned to the GCL Twins.

Markus Solbach was released by the GCL Twins.

Happy Birthday–July 2

Grover Hartley (1888)
Hal Wagner (1915)
Dick Greco (1925)
Red Rush (1927)
Chuck Stobbs (1929)
Mike Reilly (1949)
Tony Armas (1953)
Jose Canseco (1964)
Sean Casey (1974)
Samuel Deduno (1983)
Rene Tosoni (1986)

Dick Greco played twelve seasons in the minors, hitting 328 home runs, but never got a chance in the majors.

Red Rush was a radio broadcaster for the White Sox, the Athletics, and the Cardinals.

Mike Reilly was a major league umpire from 1977-2010.

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2013 Game 79: Yankees at Twins

I had a pretty nice game log all ready to go today, but we won't be using it because it's on my laptop. I'm writing this on my backup PC, which I built about the same time that Gardy took over as manager of the Twins. It's slow. Painfully slow. Matt LeCroy slow. Sloths laugh at things this slow. But it's all I've got until I can eradicate the apparent malware that has basically bricked my laptop.

The Twins open a 4-game series tonight against the team we all love to hate. The Yankees send 41-year-old Andy Pettitte to the mound. We know what he can do. He's beat the Twins in his last seven starts against the hometown nine. The Twins counter with Scott Diamond, who has struggled in has past few starts while posting a 1-3 record since June 2nd. But for once it actually feels like the Twins match up pretty well with the banged-up Bombers sans ARod and the Cap'n. We'll see.

Play ball!

This Week in Twins Transactions

Mike Pelfrey was placed on the fifteen-day disabled list with a strained back.

Pedro Hernandez was recalled from Rochester, then was optioned to Rochester the next day.

Kyle Gibson was recalled from Rochester.

Aaron Hicks was sent to Rochester on a rehab assignment.

Esmerling Vasquez was released by Rochester.

Logan Darnell was promoted from New Britain to Rochester.

Nick Blackburn was sent from Rochester to the GCL Twins on a rehab assignment.

Matthew Summers was promoted from Fort Myers to New Britain.

Byron Buxton was promoted from Cedar Rapids to Fort Myers.

Madison Boer was sent from Fort Myers to Cedar Rapids.

Bruce Pugh was activated from the disabled list by New Britain.

Bobby Lanigan was released by New Britain.

Frank Encarnacion was assigned to the DSL Twins.