Charley Hickman (1876)
Jack Tobin (1892)
John Tsitouris (1936)
Rene Lachemann (1945)
Ken Oberkfell (1956)
Rick Leach (1957)
Tim Tschida (1960)
Eddie Perez (1968)
Joe Borowski (1971)
Miguel Cairo (1974)
Ben Grieve (1976)
Jason Michaels (1976)
Ryan Jorgensen (1979)
Matt Tolbert (1982)
Kevin Slowey (1984)
St. Paul native Tim Tschida was a major league umpire from 1986-2012.
Chief Bender (1884)
Bob Cerv (1926)
Bing Russell (1926)
Red Robbins (1928)
Jose Pagan (1935)
Tommy Helms (1941)
John Donaldson (1943)
Larry Hisle (1947)
Ron Oester (1956)
Charles Nagy (1967)
Hideki Irabu (1969)
Mike Redmond (1971)
Better known for his role as Deputy Clem Foster on “Bonanza”, outfielder Bing Russell played minor league baseball from 1948-1949. He is the father of actor (and minor league player) Kurt Russell and the grandfather of major league player Matt Franco.
Spencer “Red” Robbins was a minor league player for fourteen years. He then spent many years in the Twins’ organization, most of them as a scout (1963-1986).
We would also like to wish a happy birthday to Mrs. Rhubarb_Runner.
Excellent pitching in three games out of four.
George Gore (1857)
Garry Herrmann (1859)
Eppa Rixey (1891)
Red Ruffing (1905)
Goose Tatum (1921)
Chuck Hinton (1934)
Chris Cannizzaro (1938)
Davey Lopes (1945)
Dan Iassogna (1969)
Darren Dreifort (1972)
Ryan Dempster (1977)
Ben Revere (1988)
Garry Herrmann was the president of the Cincinnati Reds from 1903-1920 and was chair of the National Commission from its creation in 1903 until the commissioner's office was created in 1920. It is puzzling that he is not in the Hall of Fame.
Better known as a member of the Harlem Globetrotters, Goose Tatum played in the Negro Leagues for several years in the 1940s.
Dan Iassogna has been a major league umpire since 1999.
Each Twins team scored exactly one run. Surprisingly, they won two of three behind strong pitching by David Martinez and Aaron Slegers.
Eddie Collins (1887)
Bing Crosby (1904)
Joe Falls (1928)
Eddie Bressoud (1932)
Gates Brown (1939)
Clay Carroll (1941)
Keith Moreland (1954)
Dr. A (1956)
Felix Jose (1965)
Paul Emmel (1968)
Jerrod Saltalamacchia (1986)
Neftali Feliz (1988)
Entertainer Bing Crosby was part-owner and a vice president of the Pittsburgh Pirates from 1947 into the 1960s.
Joe Falls was a long-time sportswriter in Detroit and had a weekly column in The Sporting News for many years.
Paul Emmel has been a major league umpire since 1999.
It appears that no players with connections to the Minnesota Twins were born on this day. However, it is the birthday of my brother, who in a couple of weeks will retire from teaching in the mining and minerals department at Virginia Tech. Happy Birthday, Dr. A!
We would also like to wish a very happy anniversary to Mr. and Mrs. Butch.
An eighth-inning comeback by Rochester kept Twins' affiliates from getting swept.
Frank Foreman (1863)
George McQuillan (1885)
Victor Starfin (1916)
Johnny Berardino (1917)
Al Zarilla (1919)
Von Joshua (1948)
Rudy Meoli (1951)
Roy Lee Jackson (1954)
Charlie O’Brien (1960)
Jose Lind (1964)
Armando Reynoso (1966)
Born in Russia, Victor Starfin was Japanese baseball’s first 300-game winner.
Infielder Johnny Berardino played in the major leagues for eleven years and appeared in 912 games, but is best known as Dr. Steve Hardy on General Hospital, a role he played from 1963-1996.
We would also like to wish a happy anniversary to SBG's brother.
The Red Wings were swept, but good games everywhere else, especially from the starting pitchers.
Dave Eggler (1849)
Charley Jones (1850)
Jack Sheridan (1862)
Jumbo Brown (1907)
Chet Laabs (1912)
Ernie Tyler (1924)
Ken Retzer (1934)
Ray Miller (1945)
Phil Garner (1949)
Tracy Ringolsby (1951)
Jeff Reboulet (1964)
Ryan O'Rourke (1988)
Jack Sheridan was the first home plate umpire to crouch behind the catcher in the style that umpires do today.
Ernie Tyler was the umpires’ assistant for Baltimore Orioles home games from 1960 through 2010. He went from opening day of 1960 through July 27, 2007 without missing a game, a streak of 3,769 games. He missed two games that weekend to go to Cooperstown for the induction of Cal Ripken, Jr. into the Hall of Fame.
Ray Miller was the manager of the Twins in 1985 and 1986, replacing Billy Gardner and being replaced by Tom Kelly.
Tracy Ringolsby has been a baseball writer since 1976 and was given the Spink Award in 2005.
We would also like to wish a happy birthday to Rhubarb_Runner's brother.
