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Happy Birthday–February 3

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Lou Criger (1872)
Slim Sallee (1885)
Larry MacPhail (1890)
Joe Stripp (1903)
Buck Ross (1915)
Dick Tracewski (1935)
Joe Coleman (1947)
Bake McBride (1949)
Fred Lynn (1952)
Ronald Williamson (1953)
Fred Toliver (1961)
Joe Klink (1962)
Scott Klingenbeck (1971)
B. J. Garbe (1981)

Ronald Williamson was a catcher in the Oakland organization from 1971-1973.  In 1988, he was found guilty of murder and sentenced to death.  He was cleared in 1999 through DNA testing and became the subject of John Grisham’s first non-fiction book, “The Innocent Man.”  Williamson passed away from cirrhosis in 2004.

Outfielder B. J. Garbe was chosen by the Twins with the fifth pick of the 1999 draft.  He was with the Twins through 2004, ended his career in 2006, and never got higher than AA.

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This Week in Ex-Twins

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Baltimore names Matt Merullo manager of Aberdeen in the New York-Pennsylvania League.
Cleveland signs Matt Capps to a minor league contract.
Mets sign LaTroy Hawkins to a minor league contract.
Pittsburgh agrees to terms with Kyle Waldrop on a minor league contract and assigns him to AAA Indianapolis.
Tampa Bay names Danny Shaeffer manager of Princeton in the Appalachian League.