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Happy Birthday–December 14

John Anderson (1873)
Lefty Tyler (1889)
Bob Weiland (1905)
Eddie Smith (1913)
Rusty Peters (1914)
Bobby Adams (1921)
Sad Sam Jones (1925)
Bob Clear (1927)
Pete Whisenant (1929)
Jim Roland (1942)
Jerry May (1943)
Greg Goossen (1945)
Bill Buckner (1949)
Craig Biggio (1965)
Ken Hill (1965)
Scott Hatteberg (1969)
Marcus Jensen (1972)
Billy Koch (1974)
Rodrigo Lopez (1975)
Dave Gassner (1978)

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Weekly Winterball Whiparound

The good:  Aaron Bates hit .356/.396/.556 in 45 at-bats (Caguas, Puerto Rican).  Alexi Casilla is hitting .352/.438/.429 in 91 at-bats (Cibao, Dominican).  Pedro Florimon is hitting .305/.406/.407 in 59 at-bats (Escogido, Dominican).  Nelvin Fuentes is 0-0, 2.61, 1.16 in 10.1 innings (Mayaguez, Puerto Rican).  Deolis Guerra is 2-0, 2.45, 0.94 with 23 strikeouts in 25.2 innings (Magallanes, Venezuelan).  Luis Perdomo is 0-0, 1.86, 0.72 with 15 strikeouts in 19.1 innings (Aguilas, Dominican).

The average:  Joe Benson hit .216/.355/.373 in 51 at-bats (Aragua, Venezuelan).  Jairo Perez hit .231/.375/.269 in 26 at-bats.  Jacob Younis is hitting .255/.377/.294 in 51 at-bats (Sydney, Australian).  Pedro Guerra is 0-1, 3.91, 1.26 with 23 strikeouts in 25.1 innings (Magallanes, Venezuelan).  Lester Oliveros went 0-1, 1.13, 1.44 with 17 strikeouts in 16 innings (Anzoategui, Venezuelan).  Deinys Suarez went 1-1, 3.62, 1.61 in 27.1 innings (Ponce, Puerto Rican).

The bad:  Matt Carson hit .115/.233/.192 in 26 at-bats (Oriente, Dominican).  Estarlin De Los Santos hit .158/.200/.211 in 19 at-bats (Cibao, Dominican).  Joshua Hendricks hit .118/.211/.118 in 34 at-bats (Melbourne, Australian).  Angel Morales hit .200/.300/.286 in 35 at-bats (Ponce, Puerto Rican).  Wilkin Ramirez is hitting .220/.281/.322 in 59 at-bats (Licey, Dominican).  Rory Rhodes is hitting .178/.315/.289 in 45 at-bats (Brisbane, Australian).  Deibinson Romero hit .176/.300/.176 in 17 at-bats (Caguas, Puerto Rican).  Eddie Rosario hit .205/.279/.282 in 39 at-bats (Mayaguez, Puerto Rican).  Rene Tosoni hit .195/.283/.195 in 41 at-bats (Lara, Venezuelan).  Cesar Ciurcina is 0-0, 5.52, 1.70 in 14.2 innings (Aragua, Venezuelan).

The insignificant:  Oswaldo Arcia is 0-for-2 (Aragua, Venezuelan).  Daniel Ortiz is 1-for-4 (Mayaguez, Puerto Rican).  Josmil Pinto is 1-for-5 with a walk (Aragua, Venezuelan).  Dereck Rodriguez is 1-for-7 (Caguas, Puerto Rican).  Ramon Santana is 0-for-7 (Licey, Dominican).  Samuel Deduno went 0-0, 1.50, 1.67 with 13 strikeouts in 6 innings (Aguilas, Dominican).  Sam Gibbons went 0-1, 9.00, 2.25 in 4 innings (Melbourne, Australian).  Yorman Landa went 0-0, 6.75, 2.25 in 2.2 innings (La Guaira, Venezuelan).   Jose Mijares is 3-0, 1.29, 1.14 in 7 innings (Aragua, Venezuelan).  Gonzalo Sanudo went 0-0, 0.00, 1.50 in 2 innings (Culiacan, Mexican).  Anthony Slama is 0-1, 3.00, 0.83 in 6 innings (Mazatlan, Mexican).  Manuel Soliman went 0-0, 0.00, 3.86 in 2.1 innings (Escogido, Dominican).  Junior Subero went 0-0, 9.00, 3.00 in 1 innings (Caracas, Venezuelan).  Todd Van Steensel went 0-0, 7.94, 2.12 in 5.2 innings (Sydney, Australian).  Esmerling Vasquez is 1-1, 3.86, 1.71 in 7 innings (Oriente, Domincan).

Happy Birthday–December 13

Jack Taylor (1873)
Hank Majeski (1916)
Larry Doby (1923)
Shotgun Shuba (1924)
Carl Erskine (1926)
Billy Loes (1929)
Bubba Morton (1931)
Lindy McDaniel (1935)
J. C. Martin (1936)
Ron Taylor (1937)
Ferguson Jenkins (1942)
Paul Boris (1955)
Dale Berra (1956)
Mike Mordecai (1967)
Matthew LeCroy (1975)

We would also like to wish a very happy birthday to spookymilk's mom.

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Spanning the Globe

DOMINICAN LEAGUE

Saturday

Escogido 8, Licey 2 in Licey.  Pedro Florimon was 3-for-4 with a double and a walk, scoring twice and driving in one, for Escogido.

Aguilas 3, Cibao 1 in Cibao.  Alexi Casilla was 0-for-4 for Cibao.

Sunday

Escogido 11, Aguilas 2 in Aguilas.  Pedro Florimon was 1-for-4 with a triple, a walk, and an RBI for Escogido.

Este 1, Cibao 0 in Este.  Alexi Casilla was 1-for-4 for Este.  Wilkin Ramirez was 0-for-3 for Cibao.

MEXICAN LEAGUE

Sunday

Mexicali 10, Mazatlan 5 in Mexicali.  Anthony Slama retired both men he faced, striking out one of them, for Mazatlan.

VENEZUELAN LEAGUE

Saturday

Zulia 10, Aragua 1 in Zulia.  Cesar Ciurcina allowed two runs on six hits and two walks in two innings for Aragua.

Anzoategui 4, Caracas 3 in Anzoategui (12 innings).  Lester Oliveros struck out three in three shutout innings, giving up a hit and a walk.

Sunday

Aragua 4, Zulia 3 in Zulia.  Jose Mijares allowed a run on two hits in a third of an inning for Aragua.

Magallanes 3, Caracas 1 in Caracas.  Pedro Guerra gave up a hit in a third of an inning for Magallanes.

Spanning the Globe

DOMINICAN LEAGUE

Aguilas 2, Este 0 in Este.  Luis Perdomo pitched a perfect inning for Aguilas.

Escogido 3, Oriente 1 in Escogido.  Pedro Florimon was 2-for-3 with a double, a run, and an RBI for Escogido.  Esmerling Vasquez pitched two-thirds of an inning, giving up a hit but no runs, for Oriente.

MEXICAN LEAGUE

Mazatlan 3, Mexicali 0 in Mexicali.  Anthony Slama retired all four batters he faced for Mazatlan.

PUERTO RICAN LEAGUE

Ponce 6, Mayaguez 1 in Ponce.  Daniel Ortiz was used as a reserve for Mayaguez and went 0-for-1.  Nelvin Fuentes walked the only batter he faced for Mayaguez.

VENEZUELAN LEAGUE

Anzoategui 1, Magallanes 0 in Anzoategui (10 innings).  Deolis Guerra struck out three in three perfect innings for Magallanes.

AUSTRALIAN LEAGUE

Brisbane 18, Perth 10 in Brisbane.  Rory Rhodes was 2-for-4 with a home run, four runs, and two RBIs for Brisbane.

Happy Birthday–December 10

Jimmy Johnston (1889)
Rudy Hernandez (1931)
Jaime Jarrin (1935)
Doc Edwards (1936)
Bob Priddy (1939)
Dalton Jones (1943)
Steve Renko (1944)
Paul Assenmacher (1960)
Doug Henry (1963)
Luis Polonia (1963)
Mel Rojas (1966)
Joe Mays (1975)
Dan Wheeler (1977)
Pedro Florimon (1986)

Pitcher Rudy Hernandez was a member of the old Washington franchise in 1960, but was chosen by the new Washington franchise in the expansion draft in December of 1960.

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