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Father Knows Best — Life Happens

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I signed up for the September Father Knows Best gig back in the Spring thinking it would be a nice to discuss what it’s like to be newly minted empty nesters, especially given the fact that many Citizens have young children (or at least preteens).  You know, assure everyone that there is light at the end of the tunnel.  Unfortunately since that time my life has been a huge roller coaster ride and if you forgive me, I’m going to write about that instead.  However, if you get to the end of this very long post (1,100 words plus) I do have a Father Knows Best related piece that I promise you will find interesting. Continue reading Father Knows Best — Life Happens →

Keeping Track

Happy Birthday–October 7

Fleet Walker (1856)
Brickyard Kennedy (1867)
Bill Walker (1903)
Chuck Klein (1904)
Frank Baumholtz (1918)
Grady Hatton (1922)
Bud Daley (1932)
Phil Ortega (1939)
Jose Cardenal (1943)
Rich De Lucia (1964)
Evan Longoria (1985)

Moses Fleetwood "Fleet" Walker is credited as the first African-American to play major league baseball.  A catcher, he appeared in forty-two games for the Toledo Blue Stockings of the American Association in 1884, until rival owners and players demanded that he be removed from the roster.  In those forty-two games, he batted .263/.325/.316.

There do not appear to be any players with connections to the Twins born on this day.

Keeping Track

Happy Birthday–October 6

Pop Snyder (1854)
Jerry Grote (1942)
Gene Clines (1946)
Gary Gentry (1946)
Victor Bernal (1953)
Alfredo Griffin (1957)
Oil Can Boyd (1959)
Rich Yett (1962)
Ruben Sierra (1965)
Archi Cianfrocco (1966)
Darren Oliver (1970)
Freddy Garcia (1976)
Andrew Albers (1985)

Right-hander Victor Bernal was drafted by the Twins in the 1975 January draft, but the pick was voided. He went on to be chosen by San Diego in the June draft of 1975 and played in fifteen games for the Padres in 1977.

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