Lou Bierbauer (1865)
Wilbur Good (1885)
Jack Fournier (1889)
Whitey Witt (1895)
Al Evans (1916)
Dick Gernert (1928)
Grant Jackson (1942)
Pete Filson (1958)
Jerry Layne (1958)
Todd Worrell (1959)
Ed Vosberg (1961)
Charlie Kerfeld (1963)
Matt Vasgersian (1967)
Mike DeJean (1970)
Ryan Zimmerman (1984)
Nick Greenwood (1987)
Eddie Rosario (1991)
Jerry Layne has been a major league umpire since 1989.
Matt Vasgersian has been a major league baseball broadcaster since 1997.
I did the Colbert Questionert with NBBW and here are her responses:
Best sandwich? Reuben
What's one thing you own that you really should throw out? Old running shirts
What is the scariest animal? Bear
Apples or oranges? Apples
Have you ever asked someone for their autograph? No
What do you think happens when we die? Go to the next stage
Favorite action movie? New Star Trek with young Kirk/Spock/Bones/Urhura/Chekhov
Favorite smell? NBB’s kitchen smells
Least favorite smell? Skunk
Exercise: worth it? Yep
Flat or sparkling? Sparkling
Most used app on your phone? Messaging
You get one song to listen to for the rest of your life: what is it? Coldplay- My Universe
What number am I thinking of? 5 (it was 27)
Describe the rest of your life in 5 words? More of the same thing
And I added:
Who is your favorite Twin? Harmon Killebrew
Favorite ballpark music? Da da da da, da da! (Charge!)
Finally, we've circled this week since the schedule came out over the winter. Six of the last nine games against the White Sox to determine who would be the AL Central Division champs. These two teams have been eying each other all year long and finally it's put up or shut up time with the winner off to the playoffs. There is nothing more thrilling that play-off like baseball in September.
Bailey Ober for the Twins and old friend Lance Lynn for the Whities.
First pitch at 6:40 but buckle in, these next games are going to be epic.
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Whit Wyatt (1907)
Dick Hall (1930)
Dave Wickersham (1935)
Gary Sutherland (1944)
Mike Schmidt (1949)
Bob Veselic (1955)
Don Schulze (1962)
Todd Blyleven (1972)
Vicente Padilla (1977)
Jon Rauch (1978)
Jon Garland (1979)
Matt Shoemaker (1986)
Todd Blyleven is, as you probably know, the son of Bert Blyleven. He pitched in the minor leagues for seven years, getting as high as AA, then was a scout for eight years.
So.
Before the medical thing happened in the first part of the year (duodinal ulcer, 6 1/2 weeks in the ICU), I was thinking about retiring on June 1st. After I came back to work it seemed prudent to keep working and see how things settle, don't make any major changes, etc. So I came back to work after the short-term disability was done.
But there's been a bunch of reorgs, job eliminations, people retiring, etc. I'm in a new area that I don't really like, and a new boss I don't really like.
I've been interviewing for another position in the same company but a different area - 2nd interview today seemed to go O.K.
So I have to decide - 1) stay in the role I'm in (nope); 2) try out the new role (if they decide to hire me); 3) quit and go on my wife's benefits; 4) go to 4-day week and enjoy slacker Friday's while keeping my benefits, or ?? I'm having 1-1 with boss's boss tomorrow so will discuss with her. Maybe she has other options as well... Wish me luck and send over any WGOM advice you think useful.
If all goes according to plan, we're gonna smack an asteroid upside its head tonight.
Gus Schmelz (1850)
Bob Coleman (1890)
Bobby Shantz (1925)
Mel McGaha (1926)
Dave Duncan (1945)
Jim Gideon (1953)
Rich Gedman (1959)
Steve Buechele (1961)
Dave Martinez (1964)
Brian Shouse (1968)
Brian Looney (1969)
Sean Doolittle (1986)
Chris Archer (1988)
Gus Schmelz managed several teams in the late 19th century. He is one of the few who became a manager without having played professionally.
Bob Coleman managed in the minor leagues for thirty-five years. He had the most wins as a minor league manager when he retired, 2,496, a mark since passed by Stan Wasiak.
Former Knicks player Mel McGaha was the manager of the Kansas City Athletics from 1964-1965.
We'd also like to wish a happy birthday to Beau's daughter.
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