A Ramon Ortiz sighting!
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Mexican Matchups: Games of 1/16
Obregon and Mexicali are one win away from meeting in the finals.
Venezuelan View: Games of 1/16
Oswaldo Arcia helps lead Anzoategui to victory.
Happy Birthday–January 17
Louis Santop (1890)
Hank Leiber (1911)
Lum Harris (1915)
Mayo Smith (1915)
Don Zimmer (1931)
Keith Lieppman (1949)
Antonio Munoz (1949)
Pete LaCock (1952)
Darrell Porter (1952)
Mark Littell (1953)
Jerry Turner (1954)
Doug Simunic (1956)
T. R. Bryden (1959)
Chili Davis (1960)
SBG (1965)
Tyler Houston (1971)
Rob Bell (1977)
Puerto Rican Palaver: Games of 1/15
Not much from the Twins today.
Dominican Digest: Games of 1/15
A couple of Twins have good games.
Mexican Matchups: Games of 1/15
Obregon and Mexicali take leads.
Venezuelan View: Games of 1/15
Two Twins help Anzoategui lose. A Luis Rodriguez sighting!
Happy Birthday–January 16
Jimmy Macullar (1855)
Art Whitney (1858)
Jimmy Collins (1870)
Ferdie Schupp (1891)
Buck Jordan (1907)
Dizzy Dean (1910)
Jim Owens (1934)
Ron Herbel (1938)
Joe Bonikowski (1941)
Tsuneo Horiuchi (1948)
Dave Stapleton (1954)
Steve Balboni (1957)
Marty Castillo (1957)
Dave Jauss (1957)
Jack McDowell (1966)
Ron Villone (1970)
Jack Cust (1979)
Albert Pujols (1980)
Matt Maloney (1984)
Jeff Manship (1985)
Jimmy Macullar holds the career record for most games by a left-handed-throwing shortstop (325). Oddly, he batted right-handed.
Marty Castillo was drafted by Minnesota in the twenty-first round in 1975, but did not sign.
Puerto Rican Palaver: Games of 1/14
There were no games played in the Puerto Rican League playoffs this day. Here are the standings:
Mayaguez, 7-3
Caguas, 6-4
Santurce, 4-6
Carolina, 3-7
There are two games remaining in the round-robin portion of the playoffs. The top two teams will play a best-of-seven series to determine the league champion.