One last waltz before the New Year. How did 2023 go for everybody?
Monthly Archives: December 2023
Happy Birthday–December 31
King Kelly (1857)
Tom Connolly (1870)
Bobby Byrne (1884)
Syl Johnson (1900)
Tommy Byrne (1919)
Guy LaValliere (1931)
Alfredo Meli (1944)
Joe Simpson (1951)
Jim Tracy (1955)
Rick Aguilera (1961)
Esteban Loaiza (1971)
Brian Moehler (1971)
Julio De Paula (1982)
Alex Colome (1988)
Kelvin Herrera (1989)
Adam McCreery (1992)
Tom Connolly was a major league umpire for many years. He umpired the first World Series game in 1903. He once went ten years without ejecting a player.
It does not appear that Bobby Byrne and Tommy Byrne are related.
Minor league catcher Guy LaValliere is the father of major league catcher Mike LaValliere.
Alfredo Meli is a member of the Italian Baseball Hall of Fame. He was the first man to win Italian championships as a player, a manager, and a general manager. He also founded the Italian Baseball Federation for the Blind.
Adam McCreery was drafted by the Twins in the fourteenth round in 2011 but did not sign.
Nobody ever makes a fuss about the last baby of the old year.
Elliott Smith – Waltz #2 (XO)
Let's waltz into the New Year.
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December 30, 2023: Aiyooo!
On its 56th trip around Jupiter today, Juno will get its closest look at Io yet, passing about 1,500 km away.
Mbongeni Ngema – Woza My Fohloza
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Happy Birthday–December 30
Connie Day (1897)
Frank Torre (1931)
Sandy Koufax (1935)
Jose Morales (1944)
Tom Murphy (1945)
Travis Baptist (1971)
A. J. Pierzynski (1976)
Brad Voyles (1976)
Grant Balfour (1977)
Jim Hoey (1982)
December 29, 2023: TGIF?
Hmm, I think I need to work today.
Happy Birthday–December 29
Hank DeBerry (1894)
Bill Knickerbocker (1911)
Ted Del Guercio (1927)
Ken Rudolph (1946)
Jim Wilson (1960)
Devon White (1962)
Craig Grebeck (1964)
James Mouton (1968)
Tomas Perez (1973)
Emil Brown (1974)
Richie Sexson (1974)
Jaret Wright (1975)
Jack Wilson (1977)
Chase De Jong (1993)
Brian Navaretto (1994)
Ted Del Guercio was part of the largest trade in baseball history. He was traded by the New York Yankees along with Don Larsen, Billy Hunter, Bob Turley, Kal Segrist, Bill Miller and Don Leppert to the Baltimore Orioles for Gene Woodling, Harry Byrd, Jim McDonald, Hal Smith, Gus Triandos, Willy Miranda, Mike Blyzka, Darrell Johnson, Jim Fridley and Dick Kryhoski in the off-season following the 1953 campaign. Del Guercio was the only person involved in the trade not to play in the majors.
James Mouton was drafted by Minnesota in the eighth round in 1990, but did not sign.
Lana Del Rey – The Grants
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December 28, 2023: Back And Forth
We've made the trip up and down I-90 so many times that it's a rarity to stop by a gas station that we've never been to before. Sometimes I'll think we're at a new one, then I'll walk inside and be like, oh yeah, we've been here before.