Alas, there's not a twentieth month.
Happy Birthday–February 25
Bob Bescher (1884)
Al Hollingsworth (1908)
Roy Weatherly (1915)
Monte Irvin (1919)
Andy Pafko (1921)
Syd Thrift (1929)
Johnny Schaive (1934)
Jerry Reinsdorf (1936)
Denny Lemaster (1939)
Danny Cater (1940)
Ron Santo (1940)
Stump Merrill (1944)
Ken Szotkeiwicz (1947)
Cesar Cedeno (1951)
Bob Brenly (1954)
Ken Dayley (1959)
Paul O'Neill (1963)
Shannon Stewart (1974)
Jorge Soler (1990)
Syd Thrift was the general manager of the Pittsburgh Pirates from 1986-88 and of the Baltimore Orioles from 2000-02. He also held a variety of other front office positions, generally having to do with overseeing minor league player development.
Infielder Johnny Schaive was in the Washington organization from 1955-1960, reaching the majors for parts of the 1958-1960 seasons. He was selected by the new Washington franchise as the 36th pick in the 1960 expansion draft.
Jerry Reinsdorf became part-owner of the Chicago White Sox in 1981.
Stump Merrill was the manager of the New York Yankees from 1990-91. A catcher, he was drafted by Minnesota in the twenty-third round in 1965, but did not sign.
Shortstop Ken Szotkiewicz was chosen by Minnesota with the third pick of the 1967 June Secondary draft, but did not sign.
Roberta Flack – Killing Me Softly With His Song
February 24, 2025: Ten-Hut
At the local park district pool where the kids take lessons, I do appreciate that, despite the staff being a bunch of teenagers, they do maintain an almost military like attention to lifeguarding discipline while they’re on duty.
Happy Birthday–February 24
Honus Wagner (1874)
Wilbur Cooper (1892)
John Henry Russell (1898)
Del Wilber (1919)
Bubba Phillips (1928)
Jim Rantz (1938)
Wayne Hattaway (1940)
Dave Edwards (1954)
Eddie Murray (1956)
Nick Esasky (1960)
Mike Lowell (1974)
Randy Keisler (1976)
Bronson Arroyo (1977)
Dewayne Wise (1978)
Rob Bowen (1981)
Nick Blackburn (1982)
J. D. Durbin (1982)
Chris Parmelee (1988)
Miguel Rojas (1989)
Jim Rantz was in the Twins' organization in some capacity from the birth of the team until his retirement in 2012, serving as farm director from 1986-2012. He was also the winning pitcher in the deciding game of the 1960 College World Series.
Wayne Hattaway joined the Twins organization in 1963 and was employed by the team as an equipment manager, trainer, or clubhouse attendant, either in the majors or the minors, until his passing in April of 2020.
Rahsaan Roland Kirk – The Inflated Tear / Haitian Fight Song
Let's start your week off weird.
February 23, 2025: Sanctuary
I'm not sure why, but the trees in our yard have the majority of the squirrel nests in the area. As it's winter, you can see there's almost none in the trees surrounding around house, but we have about like 7-8 of them. We don't put out food or have gardens for them to plunder, so I don't how we have so many.
Tyla – Art
Happy Birthday–February 23
Barney Dreyfuss (1865)
Paul Cobb (1888)
Roy Johnson (1903)
Ray Brown (1908)
Mike Tresh (1914)
Elston Howard (1929)
Ron Hunt (1941)
Ken Boswell (1946)
Juan Agosto (1958)
John Shelby (1958)
Bobby Bonilla (1963)
Rondell White (1972)
Scott Elarton (1976)
Edgar Gonzalez (1983)
Barney Dreyfuss was the owner of the Pittsburgh Pirates from 1900-1932.
The brother of Ty Cobb, John Paul Cobb (known by his middle name), played in over a thousand minor league games over ten years, batting .283.
Ray Brown was a star pitcher in the Negro Leagues from 1931-1945.
February 22, 2025: Tic Tac Toe
My 9th grade algebra tutoring adventure continues! The jalapeno started on factoring trinomials, which I definitely did not recall in any way, shape, or form. But I found a nice video that includes a tic tac toe method for solving that almost seems like magic.