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)
Category Archives: Keeping Track
Spanning the Globe
The off-season leagues all take breaks of varying lengths at Christmas, leading to very few games to report.
MEXICAN LEAGUE
Monday
Mazatlan 10, Los Mochis 0 in Mazatlan. Anthony Slama struck out two and walked one in a scoreless inning for Mazatlan.
VENEZUELAN LEAGUE
Monday
Margarita 12, Magallanes 11 in Magallanes. Pedro Guerra pitched a perfect inning with one strikeout for Magallanes.
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)
Happy Birthday–December 26
Morgan Bulkeley (1837)
Dad A (1922)
Stu Miller (1927)
Al Jackson (1935)
Wayne Causey (1936)
Ray Sadecki (1940)
Carlton Fisk (1947)
Chris Chambliss (1948)
Dave Rader (1948)
Ozzie Smith (1954)
Mike Sodders (1958)
Storm Davis (1961)
Jeff King (1964)
Esteban Beltre (1967)
Omar Infante (1981)
Mike Sodders was a first-round draft choice for the Twins in 1981. A star third baseman at Arizona State, he never could adjust to wooden bats, never hit, and never made the major leagues.
Dad A has been a Twins fan ever since the team started, and was a baseball fan before that. He coached, he ran the public address system, and he was on the board of the local baseball association. One of the many gifts he has given me is a love of baseball. Dad, I know you'll never read this, because you don't have a computer and can't think of a reason why you'd want one, but thank you and happy birthday. May you have many more. Continue reading Happy Birthday–December 26
Happy Birthday–December 25
Pud Galvin (1856)
Joe Quinn (1864)
Barry McCormick (1874)
Walter Holke (1892)
Lloyd Brown (1904)
Ben Chapman (1908)
Jo-Jo Moore (1908)
Ned Garver (1925)
Nellie Fox (1927)
Gene Lamont (1946)
Manny Trillo (1950)
Luis Quintana (1951)
Jeff Little (1954)
Charlie Lea (1956)
Wallace Johnson (1956)
Rickey Henderson (1958)
Marty Pevey (1962)
There have been 22 major league players with the first name “Jesus”, including ex-Twins Jesus Vega and Jesus “Bombo” Rivera. There have been no major league players with the last name “Christ.” There have been eleven players whose first name was “Christian” (honorable mention to Cristian Guzman), fifteen players whose middle name was “Christian” (including ex-Twins Marcus Jensen, David Lamb, and Kevin Maas), and two players whose last name was “Christian”. We would be remiss if we did not also mention 1980s journeyman catcher Steve Christmas and Matt Holliday.
The staff of Happy Birthday would like to wish everyone a very merry and blessed Christmas.
Spanning the Globe
MEXICAN LEAGUE
Mazatlan 5, Los Mochis 3 in Mazatlan. Anthony Slama pitched a perfect ninth to get the save for Mazatlan.
PUERTO RICAN LEAGUE
Ponce 6, Mayaguez 5 (11 innings). Angel Morales was used as a pinch-runner for Ponce. Daniel Ortiz was 3-for-4 with a run and an RBI for Mayaguez. Nelvin Fuentes worked a scoreless inning despite giving up a walk and a hit batsman for Mayaguez.
VENEZUELAN LEAGUE
Anzoategui 3, Caracas 2 in Caracas. Lester Oliveros retired the only batter he faced for Anzoategui.
Magallanes 5, Aragua 4 in Magallanes. Pedro Guerra allowed two runs on two hits in two-thirds of an inning for Magallanes.
Happy Birthday–December 24
Henry Mathewson (1886)
Chico Garcia (1924)
Frank Taveras (1949)
John D'Acquisto (1951)
Tim Drummond (1964)
Mo Sanford (1966)
Kevin Millwood (1974)
Jamey Wright (1974)
Henry Mathewson is the younger brother of Christy Mathewson.
This Week In Twins Transactions
Bill Smith was named assistant to the president and general manager.
Jason Marquis agrees to terms on a one year contract.
This Week In Ex-Twins
Arizona agrees to terms with Jason Kubel on a two year contract.
Cubs name Brian Harper manager of Daytona (A).
Cubs name Dave McKay first base coach.
Cubs name Bobby Mitchell manager of Mesa (Rookie).
Colorado agrees to terms with Casey Blake on a one year contract.
Colorado signs Michael Cuddyer to a three year contract.
Kansas City agrees to terms with Jose Mijares on a one year contract.
Giants agree to terms with Eli Whiteside on a one year contract.
Toronto names Mike Redmond manager of Dunedin (A).
Toronto sends Jim Hoey outright to Las Vegas (AAA).
Washington names Matthew LeCroy manager of Harrisburg (AA).
Spanning the Globe
DOMINICAN LEAGUE
Cibao 7, Este 3 in Cibao. Alexi Casilla was 1-for-4 with a walk for Cibao. Wilkin Ramirez was 2-for-4 with a double and an RBI for Este.
MEXICAN LEAGUE
Culiacan 4, Mazatlan 3 in Culiacan (10 innings). Anthony Slama struck out two and gave up one hit in a scoreless inning for Mazatlan.
PUERTO RICAN LEAGUE
Caguas 6, Mayaguez 2 in Mayaguez. Daniel Ortiz was 1-for-3 for Mayaguez. Eddie Rosario played in the field for Mayaguez but did not bat.
VENEZUELAN LEAGUE
Anzoategui 7, Caracas 5 in Caracas. Lester Oliveros got the win for Anzoategui, retiring all four batters he faced.