Happy Birthday–March 21

Jack Herbert (1877)
Mysterious Walker (1894)
Bill McGowan (1896)
Shanty Hogan (1906)
Tommy Davis (1939)
Manny Sanguillen (1944)
Al Fitzmorris (1946)
Bill Plummer (1947)
Fernando Arroyo (1952)
Luis Leal (1957)
Tim Leary (1958)
Shawon Dunston (1963)
Tim McIntosh (1965)
Cristian Guzman (1978)

Jack Herbert was a minor league manager in the early 1900s.  Among the teams he managed were the Pekin Celestials, the Cedar Rapids Rabbits, and the Cairo Egyptians.

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Happy Birthday–March 20

Bill Cammeyer (1821)
Mike Griffin (1865)
Joe McGinnity (1871)
Bob Connery (1880)
Walter Schmidt (1887)
Vern Kennedy (1907)
Clyde Shoun (1912)
Hank Izquierdo (1931)
George Altman (1933)
Pat Corrales (1941)
Rick Langford (1952)
Steve McCatty (1954)
Paul Mirabella (1954)
Si-jin Kim (1958)
Chris Hoiles (1965)
Manny Alexander (1971)

Paul Mirabella was drafted by Minnesota in the sixteenth round in 1975, but did not sign.

We would also like to wish a happy birthday to AMR’s daughter.

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March 20, 2012: The Plan

Alright, so I've set aside Saturday Friday as a WGOM night (or day/night, if people are up for it) and Sunday Saturday as a Casa de Leche day. There's a ton of overlap, so anytime that works for people to meet is great. I'd like to come out of today knowing where stuff is happening...just get me a place with Surly on tap, a large house, or a hotel meeting room where nobody cares how loud we are, within reason.

Remodeled basement. Same half-baked taste.