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Other than the Twins, there are 15 other MLB franchises that would be leading the AL Central with their current winning percentage…

So, of course, that means the Twins will be in the ALCS with the way baseball gods work lol
 
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On August 14 in Baseball History...​
  • 1888 - Tim Keefe winning streak is stopped at nineteen games when Gus Krock and the Chicago White Stockings beat the Giants before a crowd of 10,240 in New York.

  • 1932 - John Quinn, at 49, becomes the oldest pitcher to win a major league game. Quinnearns the decision for Brooklyn in relief against the Giants.

  • 1933 - Jimmie Foxx hits for the cycle and drives in nine runs to break the American League record, as the A's beat the Indians 11-5. A record eight players will hit for the cycle in 1933.

  • 1937 - The Detroit Tigers scored 36 runs against the St. Louis Browns in a doubleheader to set a major league record. Pete Foxof the Tigers scored eight of the runs.

  • 1958 - Vic Power of the Cleveland Indians stole home twice in the same game. He had only three steals all year.

  • 1961 - The Philadelphia Phillies dropped their 17th straight game, a 9-2 loss to Dick Ellsworth and the Chicago Cubs. It was also the 11th consecutive complete game pitched against the Phillies.

  • 1969 - On an off-day after a three-game sweep by the Astros in Houston, the New York Mets fell to third place, 9 1/2 games behind the Chicago Cubs.

  • 1971 - Before 30,678 Pittsburgh fans, Cardinals ace Bob Gibson, 35, hurls the first no-hitter of his career, an 11-0 shellacking of the Pirates. Gibson walks three and strikes out 10, and paces the offense with three RBI.

  • 1981 - Jeff Burroughs of the Seattle Mariners hit three home runs in a 13-3 rout of the Minnesota Twins.

  • 1982 - Pete Rose of the Philadelphia Phillies, in his first at-bat of a 15-11 victory over the Montreal Expos, passed Hank Aaron and moved into first place on the all-time at-bat list with 12,365.

  • 1987 - Oakland's Mark McGwire slugs his 39th home run of the season in a 12-inning 7-6 win over California, breaking the major league record for rookies shared by Wally Berger and Frank Robinson. McGwire will finish the season with 49 homers, most in the American League.

  • 1988 - Detroit pounds the Red Sox 18-6 at Fenway Park to end Boston's American League record home winning streak at 24 games. Boston was just two wins shy of the major league record held by the 1916 Giants.

  • 1997 - Lights out! The Orioles and Mariners wait out a power outage of nearly two-and-a-half hours in varying degrees of light and darkness before the game is finally postponed. It results in the Mariners having to play back-to-back doubleheaders in different cities.

Baseball Birthdays on August 14... ​


Baseball Deaths on August 14... ​

 
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VolPack22 said:
On August 14 in Baseball History...​

  • 1888 - Tim Keefe winning streak is stopped at nineteen games when Gus Krock and the Chicago White Stockings beat the Giants before a crowd of 10,240 in New York.

  • 1932 - John Quinn, at 49, becomes the oldest pitcher to win a major league game. Quinnearns the decision for Brooklyn in relief against the Giants.

  • 1933 - Jimmie Foxx hits for the cycle and drives in nine runs to break the American League record, as the A's beat the Indians 11-5. A record eight players will hit for the cycle in 1933.

  • 1937 - The Detroit Tigers scored 36 runs against the St. Louis Browns in a doubleheader to set a major league record. Pete Foxof the Tigers scored eight of the runs.

  • 1958 - Vic Power of the Cleveland Indians stole home twice in the same game. He had only three steals all year.

  • 1961 - The Philadelphia Phillies dropped their 17th straight game, a 9-2 loss to Dick Ellsworth and the Chicago Cubs. It was also the 11th consecutive complete game pitched against the Phillies.

  • 1969 - On an off-day after a three-game sweep by the Astros in Houston, the New York Mets fell to third place, 9 1/2 games behind the Chicago Cubs.

  • 1971 - Before 30,678 Pittsburgh fans, Cardinals ace Bob Gibson, 35, hurls the first no-hitter of his career, an 11-0 shellacking of the Pirates. Gibson walks three and strikes out 10, and paces the offense with three RBI.

  • 1981 - Jeff Burroughs of the Seattle Mariners hit three home runs in a 13-3 rout of the Minnesota Twins.

  • 1982 - Pete Rose of the Philadelphia Phillies, in his first at-bat of a 15-11 victory over the Montreal Expos, passed Hank Aaron and moved into first place on the all-time at-bat list with 12,365.

  • 1987 - Oakland's Mark McGwire slugs his 39th home run of the season in a 12-inning 7-6 win over California, breaking the major league record for rookies shared by Wally Berger and Frank Robinson. McGwire will finish the season with 49 homers, most in the American League.

  • 1988 - Detroit pounds the Red Sox 18-6 at Fenway Park to end Boston's American League record home winning streak at 24 games. Boston was just two wins shy of the major league record held by the 1916 Giants.

  • 1997 - Lights out! The Orioles and Mariners wait out a power outage of nearly two-and-a-half hours in varying degrees of light and darkness before the game is finally postponed. It results in the Mariners having to play back-to-back doubleheaders in different cities.

Baseball Birthdays on August 14... ​


Baseball Deaths on August 14... ​

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TL;DNR :cool:
 
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