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Monthly Archives: February 2025
Happy Birthday–February 28
Due to personal time constraints, this is a reprint from last year which has not been updated.
Terry Turner (1881)
Jud Wilson (1897)
Bill Holland (1901)
Bob Howsam (1918)
George Maloney (1928)
Frank Malzone (1930)
Bill Haller (1935)
Marty Perez (1946)
Mark Wiley (1948)
Tom Gamboa (1948)
Jim Wohlford (1951)
Mike Milchin (1968)
Trent Oeltjen (1983)
Aaron Thompson (1987)
Aroldis Chapman (1988)
Niko Goodrum (1992)
Randy Arozarena (1995)
Jud Wilson played in the Negro Leagues from 1922-1945 and had a lifetime batting average of .351.
Bob Howsam was the general manager of the Cincinnati Reds and helped put together the Big Red Machine.
George Maloney was an American League umpire from 1969-1983.
Bill Haller is the older brother of Tom Haller and was an American League umpire from 1963-1982.
Tom Gamboa was a minor league manager who won league championships twice and reached the playoffs four other times in a ten year career. Unfortunately, he is best known as the Kansas City Royals coach attacked by two White Sox "fans" in Comiskey Park in 2002.
Paul McCartney – Golden Slumbers/Carry That Weight/The End
I'm a sucker for this song and I may write more about it later, but I got goosebumps.
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February 27, 2025: Unintentionally Responsible
Jane and I have no idea how it happened, but Pete is apparently the kind of kid now that is showered and eating breakfast before we even wake up.
Happy Birthday–February 27
Walter Briggs (1877)
Cy Perkins (1896)
Hilton Smith (1907)
Bill Capps (1919)
Buck Elliott (1919)
Johnny Pesky (1919)
Connie Ryan (1920)
John Wockenfuss (1949)
Ron Hassey (1953)
Greg Cadaret (1962)
Pete Smith (1966)
Matt Stairs (1968)
Willie Banks (1969)
Craig Monroe (1977)
Anibal Sanchez (1984)
Denard Span (1984)
Yovani Gallardo (1986)
Walter Briggs was involved in the ownership of the Detroit Tigers from 1920-1952, becoming sole owner in 1935.
Hilton Smith was a star pitcher in the Negro Leagues from 1931-1950. Some observers considered him the equal of, if not better than, Satchel Paige.
Bill Capps was a third baseman who played in the minors for twenty years, fifteen of them at Class A or below.
Buck Elliott was an outfielder who played in the minors for fourteen years, all but one of them at Class A or below.
Nao feat. Adekunle Gold – Antidote
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Happy Birthday–February 26
Grover Alexander (1887)
Rip Collins (1896)
Preacher Roe (1916)
Johnny Blanchard (1933)
Don Lee (1934)
Hiromitsu Kadota (1948)
Jack Brohamer (1950)
Rick Wieters (1955)
Kelly Gruber (1962)
Scott Service (1967)
J. T. Snow (1968)
Mark DeRosa (1975)
Trevor Larnach (1997)
Hiromitsu Kadota is third on the Japanese professional baseball home run list with 567.
The father of Matt Wieters, Rick Wieters pitched in the minor leagues for five years, reaching AA.
February 26, 2025: Pilgrimage
Our office only takes up half the floor in a building of mainly full floor offices. This was a similar arrangement to our last building. And, like the last building, I noticed a particular phenomenon: bathroom tourists. People come from other floors to use our bathroom. They can access them because they're in a common hallway, unlike the dedicated floors. I never do, but I always want to call them out, or at least charge them a resort fee.
Digable Planets – Rebirth of Slick (Cool Like Dat)
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02/25/2025
Alas, there's not a twentieth month.