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Happy Birthday--October 20Jigger Statz (1897) It appears that no players associated with the Twins were born on this day. However, that list contains some pretty good ones. This entry was posted by Jeff A
on Tuesday, October 20th, 2009 at 6:44 am and is filed under Featured Articles categories and ex-Twins, Happy Birthday tags. It is one of 874 entries by the author.
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Cup of Coffee2010 Prediction ContestSpreadsheet The third window is now open. Mail your changes to WGOMContest [at] stickandballguy, etc. Remember, the first change that you enter will be the one that I accept. The window will be open until the beginning of the 140th game. I have updated the spreadsheet and will try to do so after every game while the window is open. WGOM Sign InLog InCitizens Online23 Users Online Users: spookymilk, Eric B. B., Dread Pirate Will Young, UncleWalt, Big Mak, FirstTimeLongTime, Beau, 10 Guests, 6 Bots Recent Letters to the EditorIn Response to Capps Askew, spookymilk wrote: Great stuff as always, CH. The point about where we are in the season is the most important one, I think; I don't trust Capps in the playoffs, and that's why I can't get… FirstTimeLongTime wrote: Let me preface by saying I am not a Matt Capps fan. With that out of the way now there is something the Boss in March/April that stuck with me. Something along… In Response to GB Leighton - Twins Territory, FirstTimeLongTime wrote: If you are not having fun why play the game, right? cheaptoy wrote: That was the first time I really sat down and listened to that song. I got to the first chorus and could go no further. At least the kids in the front seemed to be… brianS wrote: Someone is trying to bring the Shat out of retirement. In Response to Game 140: Twins hosting the Royals, brianS wrote: because drinking beer while on-line would be pathetic otherwise? ;-) Milt on Tilt wrote: If youre not wishing for success, what's the point of fandom? DK wrote: Yeah, you're probably right. It's funny that I read this little bit before any of the bottom section of this log. This part feels like a whole other game now. brianS wrote: I assume socal was joking there. DK wrote: Yeah, I missed the game log at the time, and I certainly wasn't happy about the ending of this game as it was happening, but a lot of this log does read like some of… brianS wrote: I don't think any of us would be here if we didn't want him (and every other dude in a Twins uniform) to succeed when called upon. To borrow a line from Jean-Luc Picard: "Wishing… Milt on Tilt wrote: I'm not saying don't criticize him. I'm saying we should all want to see him succeed at this point. brianS wrote: Not having been here for the game, my spleen is still intact. And I can see socal's point. I think we collectively went off the deep end on Capps tonight. As in GOSO territory. sometimes… DK wrote: And I do think the numbers bear out that Capps, himself, has been shaky a lot but alright. There's been a lot of baserunners, but there's been a lot of BABIP, too, and I… DK wrote: Again, I'm sick of this whole "he's our guy we should be behind him" blind devotion thing. I refuse to look at anything uncritically. What the Boss said the other day was right… In Response to Cup of Coffee: September 8, 2010, spookymilk wrote: Oh, I see. Yeah, it's a wretched title. Well, now I can check it out with my hopes undiminished. AMR wrote: No, I meant the title sucks. It smacks of an overthought concept album (TI vs TIP, I am... Sasha Fierce). Luckily, that didn't happen and the album's very good. I went online… punmanbowler wrote: After tonight's victory, the Twins are 7-11 after winning the first two games of the season. Also, the Twins have been swept in a 3 game series only ONCE this year. In Milwaukee.… spookymilk wrote: Is it bad? Damn. I've been thinking about checking it out, but their peak seems to be long gone. AMR wrote: I like ATLiens quite a bit (both the album and the title). Now, Big Boi's solo album, Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty, ugh. This is what happens when you have too… spookymilk wrote: For *A LESSER dirty southern rap group, I meant to say spookymilk wrote: Hmm. I always found it low-class in a way ill-fitting of the disc. I think they should have left that title for a dirty southern rap group. Now, Aquemini and Idlewild? … Can of Corn wrote: Brilliant! Can of Corn wrote: Really...I always liked that title. meat wrote: That's nice, JJ Hardy, but if the homers don't go off the flagpole, it just doesn't do it for me anymore. 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I'm Keith Hernandez!
No wonder the Twins can't beat anyone in the playoffs; the don't have anyone born on October 20th!
Greek House (1979)
(a) We've got our October 20th guy.
(b) 30 is such a round number.
(c) Happy Birthday!
dude - HBD! congrats!
Happy birthday, GH! We need a bio!
I was born in Spavinaw, Oklahoma, the son of Elvin Charles House and Lovell (née Richardson) House. I was named in honor of Greek Cochrane, the Hall of Fame catcher from the Philadelphia Athletics, by my father, known as "Mutt," who was an amateur player and fervent fan. As is detailed in the book Greek House: America's Prodigal Son, by Tony Castro, in later life, I was relieved that my father had not known Cochrane's true first name, as I would have hated to be named Gordon. I always spoke warmly of my father, and said he was the bravest man I ever knew. "No boy ever loved his father more," I said. My father died of cancer at the age of 39, just as I was starting my career. One of the great heartaches of my life was that I never told my father I loved him.
When I was four years old, my family moved to the nearby town of Commerce, Oklahoma. I was an all-around athlete at Commerce High School, playing basketball as well as football (I was offered a football scholarship by the University of Oklahoma) in addition to my first love, baseball. Football nearly ended my athletic career, and indeed my life. Kicked in the shin during a high school game, my leg soon became infected with osteomyelitis, a crippling disease that would have been incurable just a few years earlier. A midnight drive to Tulsa, Oklahoma, enabled me to be treated with newly available penicillin, saving my leg from amputation. I suffered from the effects of the disease for the rest of my life, and it probably led to many other injuries that hampered my professional career. Additionally, my osteomyelitic condition exempted me from military service, which caused me to become very unpopular with fans early on, as my earliest days in baseball coincided with the Korean War (though I was still selected as an All-Star the year my medical exemption was given).
The Greek! Bob Costas still cries when he thinks of you.
What can I say? I'm a heart breaker.
Also, your uncle Greg has his own show on FOX. I believe it's a documentary of some sort.
That's right! Believe it or not, I'm still the brains in the family.
For your birthday we will save a spot in fantasy hoops for you.
With my first pick, I will take Brandon Roy. Then, I will trade him for Randy Foye.
Right, because although Roy is more NBA ready, Foye has more upside. Plus, a meeeelllyon dollars!
Better days are ahead, friend.
Hey, if someone offers me $1 million for Roy, I'll take it. Hell, I'll even throw in LBJ, Kobe, and KG. :)
Thanks for the birthday wishes guys. :)
HBD,GH. I always think you sound like Zoidberg.
cc to JeffA: Don't know if you saw this, but according to LENIII, Tom Nieto was promoted and is the new manager at Rochester, replacing Stan Cliburn, who apparently has left the team entirely. Bobby Cuellar will be the pitching coach again next year, and former Red Wing Floyd "Sugar Bear" Rayford is the new hitting coach.
That's Nieto!
(pronounce like on the Dugout: Neato, not like in real life, Knee-8-O)