Killer Mike and El-P get the hipster prize this year.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2dqGLhW3VVA
(4 votes, average: 7.50 out of 10)
Loading... Tim Keefe (1857)
Hugh Nicol (1858)
Webster McDonald (1900)
Ethan Allen (1904)
Hank Greenberg (1911)
Joe Reichler (1915)
Sherry Robertson (1919)
Earl Torgeson (1924)
Carl Scheib (1927)
Roy Majtyka (1939)
Bill Bethea (1942)
Rick Albert (1951)
Bob Owchinko (1955)
La Marr Hoyt (1955)
Fernando Tatis (1975)
Submarine-style pitcher Webster McDonald pitched in the Negro Leagues from 1920-1940.
Joe Reichler was a long-time sportswriter and later worked in the commissioner's office. He was the editor of several editions of The Baseball Encyclopedia.
Roy Majtyka was a long-time minor-league manager, winning 1,832 games.
Rick Albert has been a minor-league coach or manager in the Braves' organization since 1978.
We would like to wish a very happy birthday to mrs. bhiggum.
I remembet, like yesterday, being blown away that the year started with a 2. That wasn't exactly recent.
HELLO
TWENTY
FIFTEEN
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=19aefKYIYXA
Apologies to the vjays for intruding.
(5 votes, average: 9.60 out of 10)Loading... As always, have a happy and safe night everyone. Be sure to get home in one piece, because it's going to be a hell of a new year.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sx4AOOpdJJs
2011
Also, what was everyone's favorite of 2014? Why don't you post it below?
(3 votes, average: 8.33 out of 10)Loading... How was your year? Mine was one of my favorite ever, I think.
King Kelly (1857)
Tom Connolly (1870)
Bobby Byrne (1884)
Syl Johnson (1900)
Tommy Byrne (1919)
Guy LaValliere (1931)
Alfredo Meli (1944)
Joe Simpson (1951)
Jim Tracy (1955)
Rick Aguilera (1961)
Esteban Loaiza (1971)
Brian Moehler (1971)
Julio DePaula (1982)
Tom Connolly was a major league umpire for many years. He umpired the first World Series game in 1903. He once went ten years without ejecting a player.
It does not appear that Bobby Byrne and Tommy Byrne are related.
Minor league catcher Guy LaValliere is the father of major league catcher Mike LaValliere.
Alfredo Meli is a member of the Italian Baseball Hall of Fame. He was the first man to win Italian championships as a player, a manager, and a general manager. He also founded the Italian Baseball Federation for the Blind.
Nobody ever makes a fuss about the last baby of the old year.
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)
I still have "year-end" posts and lists in my inbox waiting to be read that are one, two and three years old.
I hope you all had a happy holiday season. I am very grateful that we here at the Half-Baked Hall don't have a silly cap on how many people you can vote for. No one can accuse us of strategic votes over here!
