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Happy Birthday–April 24

Bob Ewing (1873)
Howard Ehmke (1894)
Harry Harper (1895)
Andy Cooper (1896)
Ed Musial (1922)
Frank Lucchesi (1927)
Lou DiMuro (1931)
Terry Tata (1940)
Ivan Murrell (1943)
Bill Singer (1944)
Pat Zachry (1952)
Bill Krueger (1958)
Mike Blowers (1965)
Omar Vizquel (1967)
Todd Jones (1968)
Chipper Jones (1972)
John Barnes (1976)
Carlos Beltran (1977)
Welington Castillo (1987)
Jovani Moran (1997)
Miss SBG (2007)

Andy Cooper pitched in the Negro Leagues from 1920-1939.  He managed the Kansas City Monarchs to four consecutive Negro American League Championships from 1937-1940.  He also holds the Negro Leagues career record for saves with 29.

The brother of Stan Musial, Ed Musial played in the minors in 1941 and from 1946-1950.

Frank Lucchesi managed in the minors for twenty-three seasons and in the majors for seven seasons.

Lou DiMuro was an American League umpire from 1963-1982.

Terry Tata was a National League umpire from 1973-1999.

We would like to wish a very happy fifteenth birthday to Miss SBG.

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2022 Twins Game Logs, Minnesota Timberwolves

2022 Game Log 11 – Twins at Royals

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Ten games down in the 2022 season so we can play a little bit of "having fun with SSS." After 10 games...

Projected record: 65-97
Average margin of Twins win: 4.75
Average margin of Twins loss: 4.16
Projected Byron Buxton games missed: 48 games
Nick Gordon will finish with a higher OPS than Miguel Sano
Projected Miguel hits: 32, 16 of them HRs.

Whew, let's hope in 20 games, some of these trends get turned around.

Chris Archer vs. Carlos Hernandez.

First Pitch at 7:10, just 20 minutes before the Wolves-Griz tilt.

Twins Lineup
1B Luis Arraez, L
2B Jorge Polanco, S
SS Carlos Correa, R
RF Max Kepler, L
CF Nick Gordon, L
3B Gio Urshela, R
LF Trevor Larnach, L
DH Gary Sánchez, R
C Ryan Jeffers

2022 Twins Game Logs

2022 Game Log 10: Minnesota Twins at Boston Red Sox

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Rise and shine! We've got early morning baseball. It must be especially odd for our friends on the west coast...

Old friend Dick Mountain is on the mound of the Sox. His first start against the Tigers wasn't great, so hopefully he won't start putting it together until after this game. On the flip side, let's hope Bundy keeps truckin' ahead today as well.

It's too early for assbats, damn it! Let's gooooo!

2022 Twins Game Logs

2022 Game Log 04: Seattle Mariners at Minnesota Twins

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-euHjhC7npo

The crack of the bat, the roar of the crowd. That’s right, baseball’s back!

Hello, Nation, I’m hungry joe. Join us today live from the internets for all the action. The boys of summer and the WGOM, a winning team!

Keeping Track

Happy Birthday–April 11

Pop Corkhill (1858)
Ossee Schrecongost (1875)
Matsutaro Shoriki (1885)
Sam Chapman (1916)
Barney McCosky (1917)
Jim Hearn (1921)
Bob Casey (1925)
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)
Andres Blanco (1984)
Alejandro De Aza (1984)
Kenta Maeda (1988)

Matustaro Shoriki is known as the father of Japanese baseball.

Bob Casey was the Twins' public address announcer from 1961 until his death in March of 2005.

Jason Varitek was drafted by the Twins in the first round in 1993, but did not sign.

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Happy Birthday–April 9

Doc White (1879)
Hippo Vaughn (1888)
Vic Sorrell (1901)
Fred Frankhouse (1904)
Claude Passeau (1909)
Zip Payne (1909)
Joe Brinkman (1944)
Peter Gammons (1945)
Nate Colbert (1946)
Kirk McCaskill (1961)
Hal Morris (1965)
Graeme Lloyd (1967)
Rudy Hernandez (1968)
A. J. Ellis (1981)
David Robertson (1985)
Luis Arraez (1997)

Cecil "Zip" Payne was a long-time minor-league player and manager, collecting 2,179 hits.

Joe Brinkman and Derryl Cousins hold the record for most games umpired together, 2,123.

Rudy Hernandez was an infielder in the Mets organization from 1987-1991, reaching AA.  With the exception of 2004, he has been a manager or coach in the Twins' organization since 2001.  Every article I've been able to find says he was being retained as a batting coach for 2022, but he is not listed as one of the Twins coaches on the team website.

We would also like to wish a happy birthday to Mama MagUidhir.

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WGOM Radio

The World’s Greatest Online Magazine Presents The Half-Baked Podcast: 12. Keep On The Sunny Side (Part I)

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Hey, gang, it's been awhile since we rapped at you. Spring is soon approaching and things are... looking cautiously optimistic for Minnesota sports teams?

A lot has happened in a short time. In this (half) episode, we delve deep into the storied history of 2022. First we take a quick look at the CBA agreement and then go through a second by second recap of that fateful mid-March weekend (as well as the other recent signings).

We'll have Part II out before long (featuring a look at the Wild), but we wanted to get this out before the hot stove overtakes our takes. Enjoy!

Keeping Track

1970 Rewind: Team Pitching Leaders

WINS

  1. Jim Perry, 24
  2. Jim Kaat, 14
  3. Tom Hall, 11

WINNING PERCENTAGE

  1. Stan Williams, .909
  2. Luis Tiant, .700
  3. Bill Zepp, .692

ERA

  1. Stan Williams, 1.99
  2. Ron Perranoski, 2.43
  3. Hall, 2.55

GAMES

  1. Williams, 68
  2. Perranoski, 67
  3. Hall, 52

STARTS

  1. Perry, 40
  2. Kaat, 34
  3. Bert Blyleven, 25

GAMES FINISHED

  1. Perranoski, 52
  2. Williams, 36
  3. Hall, 13

COMPLETE GAMES

  1. Perry,13
  2. Blyleven, 5
  3. Kaat, 4

SHUTOUTS

  1. Perry,4
  2. Blyleven, Kaat, Luis Tiant, Bill Zepp, 1

SAVES

  1. Perranoski, 34
  2. Williams, 15
  3. Hall, 4

INNINGS

  1. Perry, 278.2
  2. Kaat, 230.1
  3. Blyleven, 164

STRIKEOUTS

  1. Hall, 184
  2. Perry, 168
  3. Blyleven, 135

ERA+

  1. Williams,192
  2. Perranoski, 156
  3. Hall, 149

FIP

  1. Hall, 2.50
  2. Perry, 3.08
  3. Williams, 3.19

WHIP

  1. Hall,1.03
  2. Williams, 1.03
  3. Perry, 1.13

HITS PER 9

  1. Hall, 5.4
  2. Williams, 6.8
  3. Blyleven, 7.8

HOME RUNS PER 9

  1. Zepp, 0.5
  2. Perranoski, Perry, Williams, Hall, 0.6

WALKS PER 9

  1. Perry, 1.8
  2. Kaat, 2.3
  3. Williams, 2.5

STRIKEOUTS PER 9

  1. Hall, 10.7
  2. Blyleven, 7.4
  3. Williams, 6.0

STRIKEOUT/WALK RATIO

  1. Perry, 2.95
  2. Blyleven, 2.87
  3. Hall, 2.79
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1970 Rewind: Team Batting Leaders

GAMES

  1.  Cesar Tovar, 161
  2. Leo Cardenas, 160
  3. Harmon Killebrew and Tony Oliva, 157

PLATE APPEARANCES

  1. Tovar,726
  2. Oliva, 674
  3. Killebrew, 665

AT BATS

  1. Tovar,650
  2. Oliva, 628
  3. Cardenas, 588

RUNS

  1. Tovar,120
  2. Oliva and Killebrew, 96

HITS

  1. Oliva,204
  2. Tovar, 195
  3. Cardenas, 145

DOUBLES

  1.  Oliva and Tovar, 36
  2. Cardenas, 34

TRIPLES

  1. Tovar,13
  2. Oliva, 7
  3. Rich Reese, 5

HOME RUNS

  1. Killebrew,41
  2. Oliva, 23
  3. Brant Alyea, 16

RBIs

  1.  Killebrew, 113
  2. Oliva, 107
  3. Cardenas, 65

STOLEN BASES

  1. Tovar, 30
  2. Oliva and Reese, 5

WALKS

  1.  Killebrew, 128
  2. Tovar, 52
  3. Reese, 48

AVERAGE*

  1. Oliva, 325
  2. Tovar, 300
  3. Killebrew, .271

Rod Carew batted .266, but in just 204 plate appearances.

OBP

  1. Killebrew, .411
  2. Oliva, .364
  3. Tovar, .356

SLUGGING

  1. Killebrew, 546
  2. Oliva, .514
  3. Tovar, .442

OPS

  1.  Killebrew, .957
  2. Oliva, 878
  3. Tovar, .798

OPS+

  1.  Killebrew, 159
  2. Oliva, 137
  3. Tovar, 117

TOTAL BASES

  1. Oliva, 323
  2. Killebrew, 288
  3. Tovar, 287

HIT BY PITCH

  1. Tovar, 8
  2. Reese and Paul Ratliff, 7

SACRIFICE HITS

  1. Cardenas,13
  2. Tovar and Jim Perry, 10

SACRIFICE FLIES

  1. Killebrew, 8
  2. Tovar, 6
  3. Oliva, Reese, and Jim Holt, 4

INTENTIONAL WALKS

  1. Killebrew, 23
  2. Oliva, 12
  3. George Mitterwald, 6