A homer ignited a rally in Santurce. It got late early in Ponce.
Category Archives: Keeping Track
Dominican League Playoff “Preview”
"Preview" is in quotes because the playoffs have actually started. However, because I'm still a ways behind in reporting the games, I have not reported on any of the playoff games yet. If I was caught up, this is where the playoff preview would have gone. So, here it is. I'll be brief.
Mexican Matchups: Games of 12/25
Another good day for Brad Boyer. A first-inning run was enough for Mazatlan.
Puerto Rican Publication: Games of 12/23
A back-and-forth game in Santurce. Errors, wild pitches, and passed balls decide things in Carolina.
Happy Birthday–December 30
Frank Torre (1931)
Sandy Koufax (1935)
Jose Morales (1944)
Tom Murphy (1945)
Travis Baptist (1971)
A. J. Pierzynski (1976)
Brad Voyles (1976)
Grant Balfour (1977)
Jim Hoey (1982)
Venezuelan View: Game of 12/26
Only one game, but it was quite a game. A rough day for Deolis Guerra.
Happy Birthday–December 29
Hank DeBerry (1894)
Bill Knickerbocker (1911)
Ted Del Guercio (1927)
Ken Rudolph (1946)
Jim Wilson (1960)
Devon White (1962)
Craig Grebeck (1964)
James Mouton (1968)
Tomas Perez (1973)
Richie Sexson (1974)
Emil Brown (1974)
Jaret Wright (1975)
Jack Wilson (1977)
Ted Del Guercio was part of the largest trade in baseball history. He was traded by the New York Yankees along with Don Larsen, Billy Hunter, Bob Turley, Kal Segrist, Bill Miller and Don Leppert to the Baltimore Orioles for Gene Woodling, Harry Byrd, Jim McDonald, Hal Smith, Gus Triandos, Willy Miranda, Mike Blyzka, Darrell Johnson, Jim Fridley and Dick Kryhoski in the off-season following the 1953 campaign. Del Guercio was the only person involved in the trade not to play in the majors.
James Mouton was drafted by Minnesota in the eighth round in 1990, but did not sign.
Happy Birthday–December 28
Ted Lyons (1900)
Tommy Bridges (1906)
Bill Lee (1946)
Aurelio Rodriguez (1947)
John Milner (1949)
Ray Knight (1952)
Zane Smith (1960)
Carl Willis (1960)
Benny Agbayani (1971)
Melvin Nieves (1971)
Einar Diaz (1972)
B. J. Ryan (1975)
Bill Hall (1979)
Australian Audit: Games of 12/22
Welch provides the juice for Adelaide. See-saw games in Melbourne and Canberra.
Happy Birthday–December 27
Jim Tobin (1912)
Phil Gagliano (1941)
Roy White (1943)
Craig Reynolds (1952)
Jim Leyritz (1963)
Dean Palmer (1968)
Jeff D’Amico (1975)
Jason Repko (1980)
David Aardsma (1981)
Cole Hamels (1983)