Can this team flip the script on 2001 & 2011?
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At the beginning of this season, I commented on how the 2001 & 2011 seasons
could not have gotten off to more different starts. Somewhat oddly, however, both of those campaigns ended in roughly the same fashion hope, followed by utter disaster (aka The Minnesota Sports Way TM).
In ‘01, the Twins entered the month of August at 60-46, battling tooth-and-nail with Cleveland for the AL Central crown. Even after a 1-7 skid to begin the dog days, the Twins were just a game-and-a-half-back coming into a crucial three-game tilt in The Land.
The first game of the series seemed to be trending towards an all-time Twins classic. Eric Milton faced off against Bartolo Colon (presumably just as Sexy in those days, if not quite as Big) and each squad traded blows into the late innings. Down by one in the top of the ninth, the Twins thanks in large part to a 3-run triple off the bat of A.J. Pierzynski battered around John Rocker (
By Jim Scott
ASHWAUBENON, Wis.
 â The Green Bay Booyah are pleased to announce the signing of Ryan Wickman from Iowa Central Community College, Tristin Garcia from Alcorn State, Kyle Coates from Washington University-St. Louis, Will Semb from Iowa, Brandon Bannon from Illinois-Springfield, Tyler Chadwick from West Virginia and Bubba Thompson from Southern University to temporary contracts to start the 2021 season. With these signings, the Booyah roster is now at capacity to start the season.
Redshirt sophomore outfielder Ryan Wickman is hitting .348 this season at Iowa Central. The right-handed swinging outfielder has scored 40 runs this season and has 14 extra base hits. Wickmanâs father, Bob Wickman, pitched 14 years in Major League Baseball and was a member of the Milwaukee Brewers for four years, making two All-Star appearances in 2000 and 2005.
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MILWAUKEE Right-hander Jordan Zimmermann, the pride of Auburndale, Wis. and the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, who made a pair of All-Star teams with the Nationals, twice garnered National League Cy Young Award votes and once led the NL in wins before struggling to shoulder the expectations of a $100 million contract with Detroit, decided to retire from professional baseball this week.
It might have been the shortest retirement in history.
“I think I was retired for about two hours,” Zimmermann said.
In a turnaround straight out of a movie script, Zimmermann is continuing his professional career with the team he cheered for as a boy. He told the story of this dramatic turn of events on Friday, a day after the Brewers called Zimmermann to the big leagues and put him on the cusp of becoming the 11th Wisconsin native to wear the uniform in a regular-season game.
Welcome to the relaunched This Day in
Yankees History. With the offseason well underway, the Pinstripe Alley team is continuing this revived program. These daily posts will highlight two or three key moments in Yankees history on a given date, as well as recognize players born on the day. Hope you enjoy this trip down memory lane with us!
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91 Years Ago
The Boston Red Sox sell a former home run king to the New York Yankees no, not Babe Ruth Ken Williams. The let fielder hit 196 home runs in a 14-year career with the Cincinnati Reds, the St. Louis Browns, and the Red Sox, briefly snatching the AL home run crown from Ruth while with the Browns in 1922 by leading the league with 39 dingers (Ruth had been suspended for the first six weeks of the season). Although 196 homers might not seem like much now, it was good enough for fourth on the all-time list at the time Williams’s career ended in 1929.
Top 60 All-Time Greatest Blue Jays: #53 Marco Scutaro
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Marcos Scutaro | SS.2B | 2008-2009
My original idea was to skip anyone with less than 3 seasons with the team, but there was a notable exception that had to be on the list, and, well, Marco Scutaro was one of my favorites. So here we are.
Marco was born October 30, 1975, in San Felipe, Venezuela. Cleveland signed him as an amateur free agent back in July of 1994. He was “the player to be named later” is a 7- player trade to the Brewers (a trade that featured Richie Sexson, Steve Woodard, and Bob Wickman and he was a subject in a documentary titled A Player to Be Named Later.