Bob Hope (1903)
George McQuinn (1910)
Loel Passe (1917)
Fred White (1936)
Fay Vincent (1938)
John Kennedy (1941)
Blue Moon Odom (1945)
Jamie Allen (1958)
Mike Stenhouse (1958)
Eric Davis (1962)
Charlie Hayes (1965)
Trever Miller (1973)
Jerry Hairston (1976)
Matt Macri (1982)
Comedian and actor Bob Hope was a long-time part-owner of the Cleveland Indians and was on their Board of Directors.
Loel Passe broadcast Houston Astros games from the team’s inception through 1976. Along the way, he worked with two Hall of Fame broadcasters, Gene Elston and Harry Kalas.
Third baseman Jamie Allen was drafted by Minnesota with the tenth pick of the 1976 draft, but did not sign.
Outfielder/first baseman Michael Steven Stenhouse played for the Twins in 1985. He was born in Pueblo, Colorado, attended Harvard, and was drafted by Montreal in the first round of the January Secondary draft in 1980. His father, Dave Stenhouse, pitched for the Washington Senators in the 1960s. He hit very well in the minors, but never got much of a chance in the big leagues. In 1982, Stenhouse hit .289 with 25 homers, 101 walks and an OPS of .949 in AAA Wichita. His reward for that was to get one major league at-bat as a pinch-hitter in the last game of the season. In 1983, he did even better in Wichita, hitting .355 with 25 homers and 95 walks in 109 games, for an OPS of 1.172. He was called up to the majors in late July but rarely played, getting only 40 at-bats. Granted, the Expos had a pretty good team them, with an outfield of Tim Raines, Andre Dawson, and Warren Cromartie with Al Oliver at first base, but that's still not much playing time for a guy with that kind of record. In 1984 Cromartie and Oliver were gone, but while the Expos kept Stanhouse on the roster for all but six weeks he still didn't play much, with nearly half of his appearances coming as a pinch-hitter while the Expos played people like Jim Wohlford, Miguel Dilone, Tony Scott, and Max Venable in the outfield and Terry Francona and Dan Driessen at first. Stanhouse did not take advantage of his sporadic playing time, hitting only .183 in 175 at-bats, although he did draw 26 walks. That was as much as the Expos needed to see, though, as they traded him to Minnesota that off-season for Jack O'Connor. The Twins gave Stenhouse his only full season in the majors, but did not play him any more, preferring to use Mickey Hatcher in left and Roy Smalley at DH. He batted on 179 times, hitting .223/.330/.335. The Twins traded him to Boston for Charlie Mitchell after the season. He was with the Red Sox for about two months and batted 21 times, playing in AAA the rest of the year. Stenhouse played in 1987 in AAA for Detroit, then his playing career came to an end. His big league numbers don't look like much, but given his minor league record, one has to wonder what he might have done if he'd ever been given a chance to play. He toured with Bill Lee's Grey Sox club for a while and did some broadcasting for the Expos in 1996. At last report, Mike Stenhouse was living in Cranston, Rhode Island, and was the owner of CMIT Solutions, an information technology company.
Infielder Matthew Michael Macri played 18 games for the Twins in 2008. Born and raised in Des Moines, Macri was drafted by Colorado in the fifth round in 2004. He hit .333 his first pro season at Class A Tri-City, but has not done as well since. He repeated AA, hitting .298 there in 2007, but was traded to Minnesota in mid-August of that year for Ramon Ortiz. The Twins started him in AAA, and he has been there ever since with the exception of a couple of months in 2008. He was in Minnesota from late May to late June of that year and later got a September call-up. He hit well in that brief trial, going 11-for-34 for a line of .324/.361/.441. He has done nothing close to that in AAA, however, hitting .251/.316/.433 there in about 1,200 at-bats. The Twins let him go after the 2010 season, he signed with Colorado, and spent 2011 playing for AAA Colorado Springs. He became a free agent after the season and does not appear to have signed with anyone. No information was readily available regarding what Matt Macri is doing now, but one hopes he is moving on to the next phase of his life.
24 years ago today, I was unable to pry open a bottle of bubbly in the limo from East-West Highway to a hotel in downtown DC. But things seem to have worked out since.
Cheers to you and the missus, doc.
I'm not sure I understand the reference here..., happy anny + congratulations anyway!?
Nothing mysterious, Corn. We got married at a temple on E-W Highway near Silver Spring, and had the reception at a Foggy Bottom hotel. The limo was about a hundred billion degrees, the provided bottle of mediocre champagne was not chilled, and proved beyond my capacity to open. Perhaps that's why it wasn't chilled....
Nothing mysterious - That's too bad...I had all sorts of exciting, crazy ideas about what that story was. Honestly, my first thought was a boring, "Hmm, 24 years sober?" or somesuch, but then I realized how much I enjoy your "Pint Sized" series...
As I said earlier, Happy Anniversary!
Have a wonderful anniversary.
Now that I've fished for compliments, thanks back at you. We are celebrating tonight by going to an academic awards thingy at the high school. Followed by leftovers for dinner.
Tomorrow night, we will celebrate some more, by attending the annual "Festival of Bands" event, in which the two high schools, two middle schools, and all of the elementary school bands come together for one last shindig. It alternates between the two h.s. stadiums. This year's is in enemy territory. After which, we will, again, have leftovers for dinner.