PLEDGE DRIVE – Finale

sorry for the delay, you guys. i've been meaning to get this together forever. thanks yet again to the citizenry for your amazing showing in blowing the doors off our pledge drive. we can now sit back, relax, and enjoy the amazing content all of you create that makes this the world's greatest online magazine. seriously, i can't say it any better than everyone else already did after the jump. i thought this place was pretty awesome, but your insightful comments and testimonials made realize that it all goes so much deeper than that. i love this place, and i love all of you (um, you know, i mean, like... yeah).

long live the WGOM! i hope this place never, ever, ever changes.

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How They’re Doing

I thought you might be interested in how the Twins players in winter ball are doing so far this year.  We'll divide them into three categories:  good, okay, and bad.  We'll only look at those who've gotten a half-way decent amount of playing time:  we'll say fifty at-bats or fifteen innings pitched.

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Happy Birthday–December 10

Jimmy Johnston (1889)
Rudy Hernandez (1931)
Jaime Jarrin (1935)
Doc Edwards (1936)
Bob Priddy (1939)
Dalton Jones (1943)
Steve Renko (1944)
Paul Assenmacher (1960)
Doug Henry (1963)
Luis Polonia (1963)
Mel Rojas (1966)
Joe Mays (1975)
Dan Wheeler (1977)
Pedro Florimon (1986)

Pitcher Rudy Hernandez was a member of the old Washington franchise in 1960, but was chosen by the new Washington franchise in the expansion draft in December of 1960.

Jaime Jarrin has been the Dodgers' Spanish-language broadcaster since 1959.

We would also like to wish a happy birthday to Moss' son.

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