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Happy Birthday–March 15: via The WGOM March 15, 2010 at 06:35 AM; Arlie "The Freshest Man on Earth" Latham (1860) Doc Casey (1870) Rosy Ryan (1898) Bob Locker (1938) Wayne Granger (1944) Bobby Bonds (1946) Jim Kern (1949) Mickey Hatcher (1955) Harold Baines (1959) Mike Pagliarulo (1960) Kim Batiste (1968) Robert Fick (1974) Dan Perkins (1975) Vladimir Nunez (1975) Kevin Youkilis (1979) Right-handed reliever Wayne Granger was co-closer with Dave LaRoche in 1972.
Happy Birthday–March 14: via The WGOM March 14, 2010 at 06:47 AM; Candy Nelson (1849) Bill Holbert (1855) Marty McManus (1900) Jack Rothrock (1905) Dave McKay (1950) Butch Wynegar (1956) Steve Lake (1957) Jerry Willard (1960) Kirby Puckett (1960) Kevin Brown (1965) Brent Gates (1970) Infielder Dave McKay played for the Twins for two seasons in the mid-1970s. He was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, attended Creighton University, and signed with the Twins as
Happy Birthday–March 13: via The WGOM March 13, 2010 at 05:29 AM; Frank "Home Run" Baker (1886) Patsy Gharrity (1892) Doug Harvey (1930) Bill Dailey (1935) Steve Barber (1948) Terry Leach (1954) Randy Bass (1954) Luis Aguayo (1959) Mariano Duncan (1963) Will Clark (1964) Jorge Fabregas (1970) Scott Sullivan (1971) Johan Santana (1979) Right-handed reliever Bill Dailey was with the Twins for two years in the 1960s. Born in Arlington, Virginia, he signed with C
Music Day: via The WGOM March 12, 2010 at 05:59 AM; Does anyone buy stereo equipment anymore? Or is our music experience almost completely limited to the iPod experience? I have some old stereo equipment collecting dust, but I also don't use an MP3 player. Drop your lists.
Happy Birthday–March 12: via The WGOM March 12, 2010 at 05:47 AM; Denny Lyons (1866) Vern Law (1930) Johnny Callison (1939) Jimmy Wynn (1942) Bill Butler (1947) Larry Rothschild (1954) Ruppert Jones (1955) Dale Murphy (1956) Darryl Strawberry (1962) Shawn Gilbert (1965) Steve Finley (1965) Raul Mondesi (1971) Greg Hansell (1971) Left-hander Bill Butler pitched for the Twins in parts of three seasons in the mid-1970s. He was born in Hyattsville, Maryland and w
This Week In Ex-Twins: via The WGOM March 11, 2010 at 09:23 AM; Two weeks, actually, since I was gone much of last week. Here are recent transactions involving former Minnesota Twins players. Baltimore signs Armando Gabino. Mets agreed to terms with Jason Pridie on a one-year contract. Oakland agrees to terms with Steve Tolleson on a one-year contract. Pittsburgh agrees to terms with Garrett Jones on a one-year contract. San Diego signs Eric [...]
Your Second Chance to Predict the Number of Twins Wins in 2010: via The WGOM March 11, 2010 at 07:35 AM; Last week, you made predictions about how many games the Twins will win in 2010. Just for the heck of it, let's check that out again. Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post's poll. And since we're all in a good mood, how about this [...]
Happy Birthday–March 11: via The WGOM March 11, 2010 at 05:05 AM; Bobby Winkles (1930) Dock Ellis (1945) Cesar Geronimo (1948) Phil Bradley (1959) Bryan Oelkers (1961) Steve Reed (1965) Salomon Torres (1972) Left-hander Bryan Oelkers made ten appearances for the Twins in 1983. Born in Zaragoza, Spain, Oelkers was the first player born in Spain to reach the major leagues. He attended high school in Maryland Heights, Missouri and then attended Wichita State. A
Post-Oscar Review: via The WGOM March 10, 2010 at 06:47 AM; Well, Sandy has her Oscar and her millions and I'm still just me, plodding along during an interminable Minnesota winter. I guess she showed me who is boss. Some friends invited us over for dinner on Sunday night and to watch the Oscars. Yep, I was forced to watch them in polite company, meaning [...]
Happy Birthday–March 10: via The WGOM March 10, 2010 at 05:35 AM; Gene DeMontreville (1873) Art Herring (1906) John Briggs (1944) Wayne Twitchell (1948) Steve Howe (1958) John Cangelosi (1963) Mike Timlin (1966) First baseman/outfielder John Briggs played with the Twins for about half of the 1975 season. Born and raised in Paterson, New Jersey, he attended Seton Hall and signed with Philadelphia as a free agent in 1962. He spent only one year [...]
Pat Neshek is the Greatest Thing since Sliced Bread!: via The WGOM March 09, 2010 at 07:53 PM; (Okay, this post is partly to fulfill a promise to Pat...) Our seats were GREAT; if I reached over the row in front of us, I could have touched the back corner of the Twins' dugout. When I heard that Pat Neshek was signing autos over near us, I wandered over and hung out [...]
Happy Birthday–March 9: via The WGOM March 09, 2010 at 05:05 AM; Billy Southworth (1893) Myril Hoag (1908) Arky Vaughan (1912) Jackie Jensen (1927) Ron Kline (1932) Jim Landis (1934) Bert Campaneris (1942) John Curtis (1948) Darrel Chaney (1948) Terry Mulholland (1963) Benito Santiago (1965) Vince Horsman (1967) Aaron Boone (1973) C. J. Nitkowski (1973) Right-hander Ron Kline had a solid year for the Twins in 1967. A native of Callery, Pennsylvania, Kline sig
WGOM Fantasy Baseball: via The WGOM March 08, 2010 at 07:05 AM; The WGOM Fantasy Baseball league is up and running. All those who said they would like to play can go ahead and go to this link. League ID: 412347 League Password: Dudeabides I believe there were 12 citizens who said they would like to join. I set it up for 16 spots, so that leaves about [...]
Happy Birthday–March 8: via The WGOM March 08, 2010 at 05:47 AM; Pete Fox (1909) Ray Mueller (1912) Al Gionfriddo (1922) Carl Furillo (1922) Jim Bouton (1939) Jacques Doucet (1940) Dick Allen (1942) Jim Rice (1953) John Butcher (1957) Mark Salas (1961) Mike Moriarty (1974) Juan Encarnacion (1976) Right-hander John Butcher pitched for the Twins from 1984 through mid-1986. A native of Glendale, California, he attended Yavapai Community College and was drafted b
Happy Birthday–March 7: via The WGOM March 07, 2010 at 05:35 AM; Ed Willett (1884) Dave Danforth (1890) Bobo Holloman (1923) Red Wilson (1929) Galen Cisco (1936) Jimmie Hall (1938) J. R. Richard (1950) Jeff Burroughs (1951) Albert Hall (1958) Joe Carter (1960) German Gonzalez (1962) Mauro Gozzo (1966) Jeff Kent (1968) Outfielder Jimmie Hall played for the Twins for four years in the mid-1960s. He was born in Mount Holly, North Carolina and went to high school
Happy Birthday–March 6: via The WGOM March 06, 2010 at 05:47 AM; Ring Lardner (1885) Lefty Grove (1900) Bob Swift (1915) Pete Gray (1915) Ted Abernathy (1933) Cookie Rojas (1939) Willie Stargell (1940) Karl Best (1959) Scott Stahoviak (1970) Terry Adams (1973) Marcus Thames (1977) Right-hander Karl Best made eleven relief appearances in 1988. He was born in Aberdeen, Washington and went to high school in Kent, Washington. He was drafted in the twelfth round
Happy Birthday–March 5: via The WGOM March 05, 2010 at 05:17 AM; Sam Thompson (1860) Jeff Tesreau (1888) Lu Blue (1897) Elmer Valo (1921) Del Crandall (1930) Phil Roof (1941) Kent Tekulve (1947) Doug Bird (1950) Mike Squires (1952) Steve Ontiveros (1960) Brian Hunter (1971) Ryan Franklin (1973) Paul Konerko (1976) Mike MacDougal (1977) Erik Bedard (1979) Outfielder Elmer Valo was one of the original Minnesota Twins, and may have the earliest birthdate of anyon
Radio WGOM Pushes On: via The WGOM March 05, 2010 at 12:35 AM; I've added some new seeds to the Radio WGOM channel on Pandora and it spit out a list of songs for your review. Seeds List "Strawberry Wine" - Deana Carter (Beau) "It's Me" - Dinosaur, Jr. "Baby I Need Your Loving" - The Four Tops (frightwig) "Poetically Pathetic" - Amber Pacific "Cocaine Blues" - John Cash (meat) "How Do I Get [...]
Fantasy Fever: via The WGOM March 04, 2010 at 11:11 PM; It's getting to be that time and since I haven't read about anyone else stepping up, I figured I'd throw in my hat and say I'd be willing to run a WGOM fantasy baseball league if no one else wants to do it. I figure there will be plenty of citizens that want to do [...]
Happy Birthday–March 4: via The WGOM March 04, 2010 at 05:17 AM; Red Murray (1884) Jeff Pfeffer (1888) Dazzy Vance (1891) Lefty O'Doul (1897) Clyde McCullough (1913) Mel Queen (1918) Cass Michaels (1926) Bob Johnson (1936) Jack Fischer (1939) Danny Frisella (1946) Tom Grieve (1948) Sam Perlozzo (1951) Jeff Dedmon (1960) Tom Lampkin (1964) Giovanni Carrera (1968) Dave Stevens (1970) Infielder Sam Perlozzo got a September call-up with the Twins in 1977. Born in