Bert Cunningham (1865)
Jakie May (1895)
Charles Baron (1913)
Joe DiMaggio (1914)
Mike Ryan (1941)
Bucky Dent (1951)
Dave Baker (1956)
Chico Walker (1958)
Mark Whiten (1966)
Octavio Dotel (1973)
Nick Swisher (1980)
The brother of ex-Twin Doug Baker, third baseman David Glenn Baker did not play for the Twins, but he was in their minor league system for two seasons. He was born in Lacona, Iowa, went to high school in Grenada Hills, California, attended UCLA, and was drafted by Toronto in the eleventh round in 1978. He advanced quickly through the Blue Jays minor league system, reaching AAA in 1979, despite not really doing anything to deserve that. It was not until his fourth year at AAA, 1982, that he actually had a good year there, hitting .279 with 16 homers and an OBP of .364. He got a September call-up that year, going 5-for-20 with three walks in nine games. After the season, he was traded to Minnesota for Don Cooper. He had a good year in AAA Toledo in 1983, hitting .278 with 14 homers and an OBP of .352, but did not get a call-up. He slumped to .226 in Toledo in 1984, and as he was now 27 and the Twins had Gary Gaetti at third base, they let him go. No one signed him, and his playing career was over. At last report, Dave Baker was living in Des Moines, Iowa.
Lacona, Iowa? I had to look that one up - 361 people about an hour from Des Moines. That'd be why I'd never heard of it/
How do you get -361 people? Is it just a cemetery?
I don't know about negative numbers, but I have dealt with American Community Survey estimates of zero population for census block groups. With sampling error, one might infer a negative population.
Zombies! Run for your lives!
speaking of zombies, this little tidbit from one of my staff members. She has a sister who converted to Islam. Every year, the sister's husband slaughters a sheep for some specific holiday, and saves the head in their freezer, intending at some later date to cook and eat the sheep's brains. (and every year, said sister ends up throwing the head out, brains uneaten).
Mmmm, brainnnnnnnnnsssssssssss in your freezer, staring at you.