Abraham Mills (1884)
Denny Lyons (1866)
Leroy Matlock (1907)
Vern Law (1930)
Durwood Merrill (1938)
Johnny Callison (1939)
Jimmy Wynn (1942) Bill Butler (1947)
Larry Rothschild (1954)
Ruppert Jones (1955)
Dale Murphy (1956)
Mike Quade (1957)
Darryl Strawberry (1962) Shawn Gilbert (1965)
Steve Finley (1965)
Raul Mondesi (1971) Greg Hansell (1971) David Lee (1973) P. J. Walters (1985)
Abraham Mills was president of the Mills Commission, which determined that Abner Doubleday invented the game of baseball in Cooperstown, New York in 1839.
Leroy Matlock was a star pitcher in the Negro Leagues in the 1930s.
Durwood Merrill was a major league umpire from 1977-2002.
Mike Quade as the manager of the Chicago Cubs from 2010-11. He also managed in the minor leagues for sixteen seasons, winning two league championships and reaching the playoffs six other times.
Bobby Winkles (1930)
Dock Ellis (1945)
Cesar Geronimo (1948)
Phil Bradley (1959) Bryan Oelkers (1961)
Steve Reed (1965)
Salomon Torres (1972)
Bobby Abreu (1974)
Dan Uggla (1980) Frank Mata (1984)
Bobby Winkles was the head baseball coach at Arizona State from 1959-1971, winning three College World Series titles. He also managed and coached in the major leagues.
We would also like to wish a very happy birthday to Zack.
Today the Casa de Leche heads to Disneyland. I'm already burnt to a crisp from the girls' first trip to a beach yesterday. How does a 36-year-old man forget to use sunscreen when everyone else applied it on the way there? Well, here's hoping it's overcast or something.
Gene DeMontreville (1873)
Art Herring (1906) John Briggs (1944)
Wayne Twitchell (1948)
Greg Pavlick (1950) Steve Howe (1958)
John Cangelosi (1963)
Mike Timlin (1966) Aaron Bates (1984)
Greg Pavlick was a coach in the Mets organization for 26 years, and has been a coach in the Yankees organization for 13 years.