Ed Willett (1884)
Dave Danforth (1890)
Andy Phillip (1922)
Bobo Holloman (1923)
Red Wilson (1929)
Galen Cisco (1936) Jimmie Hall (1938)
J. R. Richard (1950)
Jeff Burroughs (1951)
Albert Hall (1958)
Joe Carter (1960)
Jose Cano (1962) German Gonzalez (1962) Mauro Gozzo (1966)
Jeff Kent (1968)
A member of the basketball Hall of Fame, Andy Phillip played minor league baseball in 1947, 1949, and 1952, batting .281 in 123 games.
Bobo Holloman is sometimes referred to as the worst pitcher ever to throw a major league no-hitter.
The father of Robinson Cano, Jose Cano appeared in six games for Houston in 1989.
We would also like to wish a happy birthday to strategery's son.
Pepper emailed me this quote from Eula Biss's book Notes from No Man's Land:
Each of us has certain clichés, I suspect, to which we are particularly vulnerable, certain songs we are compelled to play over and over again, certain words that undo us with their simple syllables. For years now I have been unable to think clearly if the lyrics of “Sweet Home Alabama” are within my hearing, or “Take Me Home, Country Roads”, or even “Long Walk Home”.
My only other though was asking for more WGOM canon nominations, but I like Pepper's idea better, even if I don't exactly get what kind of power these songs have over Bliss. Does she like them? Hate them? Are they super-earworms?
If you can figure it out, share your own. Or just any random ten. Whatevs.
Ring Lardner (1885) Lefty Grove (1900) Bob Swift (1915)
Pete Gray (1915)
Ted Abernathy (1933)
Cookie Rojas (1939) Willie Stargell (1940) Karl Best (1959) Scott Stahoviak (1970)
Terry Adams (1973)
Marcus Thames (1977)
Clint Barmes (1979)
Writer Ring Lardner wrote about a variety of subjects, but is probably most famous for writing about baseball. If you haven't read any of his stuff, you really should.
As you probably know, Pete Gray played in 77 games for the St. Louis Browns in 1945 despite having only one arm.
Sam Thompson (1860) Jeff Tesreau (1888)
Lu Blue (1897) Elmer Valo (1921)
Del Crandall (1930) Phil Roof (1941)
Katsuo Osugi (1945)
Kent Tekulve (1947)
Doug Bird (1950)
Mike Veeck (1951)
Mike Squires (1952) Steve Ontiveros (1961)
Brian Hunter (1971)
Jeffrey Hammonds (1971)
Ryan Franklin (1973)
Paul Konerko (1976)
Mike MacDougal (1977) Joe Benson (1988)
Katsuo Osugi was the first player to have a thousand hits in the Japanese Central League and the Japanese Pacific League.
The son of Bill Veeck, Mike Veeck is president of the Goldklang Baseball Group, which owns a variety of minor league teams, including the Fort Myers Miracle and the St. Paul Saints.
We would also like to wish a happy birthday to brianS’ daughter.
We would also like to wish a happy birthday to spookymilk’s father.
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