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Happy Birthday–April 27

Hi Myers (1889)
Allan Sothoron (1893)
Rogers Hornsby (1896)
Horace Stoneham (1903)
Enos Slaughter (1916)
John Rice (1918)
Greg Kosc (1949)
Willie Upshaw (1957)
Patrick Lennon (1968)
Frank Catalanotto (1974)
Chris Carpenter (1975)
Pedro Feliz (1975)
Benj Sampson (1975)
Luis Perdomo (1984)

 Horace Stoneham was the owner of the Giants from 1936-1976.

John Rice was an American League umpire from 1955-1973.

Greg Kosc was an American League umpire from 1976-1999.

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Happy Birthday–April 26

Jack Barry (1887)
Ray Caldwell (1888)
Hack Wilson (1900)
Bernard Malamud (1914)
Sal Maglie (1917)
Virgil Trucks (1917)
Ron Northey (1920)
Granny Hamner (1927)
Amos Otis (1947)
Tom Norton (1950)
Mike Scott (1955)
Steve Lombardozzi (1960)
Curtis Wilkerson (1961)
Brian Anderson (1972)
Geoff Blum (1973)
Kosuke Fukudome (1977)
Joe Crede (1978)
Alejandro Machado (1982)

Bernard Malamud, of course, wrote the book "The Natural".  He probably wrote some other books as well.

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Happy Birthday–April 25

John Henry “Pop” Lloyd (1884)
George Fiall (1900)
Bill Grieve (1900)
Roy Parmelee (1907)
Bobby Estalella (1911)
Red Flaherty (1917)
Ed Vargo (1930)
Lew Krausse (1943)
Kerry Taylor (1950)
Greg Wells (1954)
Larry Pashnick (1956)
Tony Phillips (1959)
Darren Holmes (1966)
Joe Buck (1969)
Brad Clontz (1971)
Jacque Jones (1975)
J. P. Howell (1983)
Garrett Mock (1983)

Shortstop Pop Lloyd was called the Black Honus Wagner.

A member of the basketball hall of fame as part of the “Renaissance Five” team, shortstop George Fiall played in the Negro Leagues from 1918-1931.

Bill Grieve was an American League umpire from 1938-1955.

Red Flaherty was an American League umpire from 1953-1973.

Ed Vargo was a National League umpire from 1960-1983 and was an umpire supervisor from 1984-1997.

Kerry Taylor played for the GCL Twins in 1968.  He then went into the Army and was killed in the Vietnam War.

The son of Hall of Famer Jack Buck, some sources say that Joe Buck is also a professional baseball broadcaster.

Garrett Mock was drafted by Minnesota in the fourteenth round in 2002, but did not sign.

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Happy Birthday–April 24

Bob Ewing (1873)
Howard Ehmke (1894)
Harry Harper (1895)
Andy Cooper (1896)
Ed Musial (1922)
Frank Lucchesi (1927)
Lou DiMuro (1931)
Terry Tata (1940)
Ivan Murrell (1943)
Bill Singer (1944)
Pat Zachry (1952)
Bill Krueger (1958)
Mike Blowers (1965)
Omar Vizquel (1967)
Todd Jones (1968)
Chipper Jones (1972)
John Barnes (1976)
Carlos Beltran (1977)
Miss SBG (2007)

Andy Cooper pitched in the Negro Leagues from 1920-1939.  He managed the Kansas City Monarchs to four consecutive Negro American League Championships from 1937-1940.  He also holds the Negro Leagues career record for saves with 29.

The brother of Stan Musial, Ed Musial played in the minors in 1941 and from 1946-1950.

Frank Lucchesi managed in the minors for twenty-three seasons and in the majors for seven seasons.

Lou DiMuro was an American League umpire from 1963-1982.

Terry Tata was a National League umpire from 1973-1999.

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Minor Details: Games of April 21

An outstanding start for Jose Berrios.  Tyler Jay straightens out after a rough first inning.

ROCHESTER 5, PAWTUCKET 0 IN ROCHESTER

Jose Berrios struck out seven in seven innings, giving up just two hits and a walk, to lead the Red Wings.  Two singles and two errors led to two runs in the third to give Rochester a 2-0 lead.  Heiker Meneses tripled and scored in the fourth, and the Red Wings got single runs in the seventh and eighth.  John Hicks was 2-for-3 with a home run.  Wilfredo Tovar was 2-for-4.  In three starts, Berrios is 2-0, 1.06, 0.94 WHIP with 20 strikeouts in 17 innings.

MISSISSIPPI 4, CHATTANOOGA 2 IN MISSISSIPPI

Matt Lipka hit a bases-loaded triple in the sixth to put the Braves up 4-0.  The Lookouts scored two in the eighth and had the bases loaded with one out, but D. J. Hicks and Joe Maloney each struck out and the Lookouts went down in order in the ninth.  Ryan Eades struck out five in five innings, allowing one run on four hits and three walks.  Daniel Palka was 2-for-3 with a walk.  Levi Michael was 2-for-3.  As a team, Chattanooga is batting .223/.309/.309.

JUPITER 4, FORT MYERS 2 IN FORT MYERS

A walk and four singles led to three first-inning Hammerheads runs, and that was all they needed.  The Miracle cut the lead to 3-2 in the eighth and had men on first and second with two out, but Edgar Corcino grounded out and they went down in order in the ninth.  Tyler Jay did well after the first inning, striking out six in five innings and giving up three runs on five hits and three walks.  Chris Paul was 3-for-5 with two doubles and Trey Vavra was 2-for-4 to raise his average to .300.  Nick Gordon was 1-for-4, dropping his average to .322.

CEDAR RAPIDS AT CLINTON

Rained out.

TODAY'S TILTS

5:35  Buffalo (Chris Leroux, 0-0, 2.25) at Rochester (Logan Darnell, 0-2, 6.17
6:05  Charlotte (Brent Honeywell, 0-0, 0.50) at Fort Myers (Keaton Steele, 0-1, 2.53)
6:15  Birmingham (Tyler Danish, 1-1, 6.00) at Chattanooga (Jason Wheeler, 0-1, 2.65)
6:30  Cedar Rapids (Sam Gibbons, 1-1, 4.66) at Clinton (Nick Wells, 0-2, 12.96)