Eh. Close enough for Presidents' Day.
Monthly Archives: February 2024
February 19, 2024: Dead Prez
"Yesterday is not ours to recover, but tomorrow is ours to win or lose." — Lyndon B. Johnson
Happy Birthday–February 19
John Morrill (1855)
Dick Siebert (1912)
Hub Kittle (1917)
Russ Nixon (1935)
Dave Niehaus (1935)
Jackie Moore (1939)
Walt Jocketty (1951)
Dave Stewart (1957)
Keith Atherton (1959)
Alvaro Espinoza (1962)
Miguel Batista (1971)
Juan Diaz (1974)
Chris Stewart (1982)
Josh Reddick (1987)
Hub Kittle’s baseball career spanned 68 years. In 1980, he became the oldest player to appear in organized baseball, pitching a perfect inning for AAA Springfield on August 27 at age 63½.
Jackie Moore is a long-time major league coach and minor league manager. He also was the manager of the Oakland Athletics from 1984-86,
Walt Jocketty was the general manager of the St. Louis Cardinals from 1995-2007 and was the general manager of the Cincinnati Reds from 2008-2015, when he became president of baseball operations.
February 18, 2024: Hey Now
It's All-Star weekend and that's fine and all, but it's going to take too long to get back to the regular games.
Happy Birthday–February 18
Ray Ryan (1883)
George Mogridge (1889)
Sherry Smith (1891)
Jake Kline (1895)
Huck Betts (1897)
Joe Gordon (1915)
Herm Wehmeier (1927)
Frank House (1930)
Manny Mota (1938)
Dal Maxvill (1939)
Bob Miller (1939)
Jerry Morales (1949)
John Mayberry (1949)
Bruce Kison (1950)
Marc Hill (1952)
Rafael Ramirez (1958)
Kevin Tapani (1964)
John Valentin (1967)
Shawn Estes (1973)
Jamey Carroll (1974)
Chad Moeller (1975)
Alex Rios (1981)
Didi Gregorius (1990)
Ray Ryan was involved in minor league baseball for six decades. He had one baseball card, a part of the T206 tobacco series. This is the series that produced the famous Honus Wagner card.
Jake Kline was the baseball coach at Notre Dame from 1934-1975.
Thundercat – Lotus and the Jondy
Al Green – Sha La La (Make Me Happy)
February 17, 2024: Fashion Statement
The kids have started taking karate recently. I still haven't figured out how to tie the belt for the little one.
Happy Birthday–February 17
Pat Pieper (1886)
Nemo Leibold (1892)
Wally Pipp (1893)
Ed Brandt (1905)
Red Barber (1908)
Rod Dedeaux (1914)
Roger Craig (1930)
Cliff Gustafson (1931)
Dick Bosman (1944)
Dave Roberts (1951)
Jamie Easterly (1953)
Mike Hart (1958)
Michael Jordan (1963)
Buster Olney (1964)
Scott Williamson (1976)
Cody Ransom (1976)
Juan Padilla (1977)
Josh Willingham (1979)
Pat Pieper was the public address announcer for the Chicago Cubs from 1916-1974. For the first sixteen of those years, he made the announcements with a megaphone.
Rod Dedeaux and Cliff Gustafson were highly successful college baseball coaches, Dedeaux with USC and Gustafson with Texas.
Already known as a basketball star, Michael Jordan played one year of minor league baseball for AA Birmingham in the White Sox organization before returning to the less-challenging sport.
Buster Olney has covered baseball for many years, most prominently on ESPN.
February 16, 2024: Gone Fishin’
I like that I have a job where at 2pm I can say, you know what? I'm not feeling it, and then go home.
(This was on Monday and might have had something to do with the Super Bowl party I attended the night before.)