Ed Reulbach (1882)
Willie Mitchell (1889) Walter Alston (1911) Calvin Griffith (1911) Cookie Lavagetto (1912) Marty Marion (1917)
Cal McLish (1925)
George Foster (1948) Dan Schatzeder (1954) Greg Harris (1963) Larry Walker (1966)
Reggie Sanders (1967)
Kirk Rueter (1970)
As everyone reading this knows, Calvin Griffith was the long-time owner of the Minnesota Twins. He had served in a variety of positions for the Washington Senators, including batboy, minor league player-manager, and working in the front office. His managing career lasted from 1937-1941. He also played for Class B Charlotte from 1939-1941. No records of his playing career are available from 1939-1940, but in 1941 he got a hit in his only at-bat.
We would also like to wish a happy birthday to SBG’s father, Butch.
Heinie Pietz (1870)
Frank O'Rourke (1894)
Jerry Gardner (1920)
Wes Westrum (1922)
Sixto Lezcano (1953)
Dave Righetti (1958)
Walt Weiss (1963)
John Burkett (1964)
Matt Williams (1965)
Pedro Astacio (1969)
Robb Nen (1969) Jose Parra (1972)
Jerry Gardner spent most of his life in baseball as a minor-league player and manager and as a scout.
We would like to wish a very happy birthday to Mom Runner.
We would also like to wish everyone a very Happy Thanksgiving.
Tom Loftus (1856)
Pat Ragan (1885)
Mickey Livingston (1914)
Gus Bell (1928)
Big Brother A (1951) Randy Niemann (1955) Pedro Borbon (1967)
Tom Loftus managed Cincinnati, Chicago, and Washington around the turn of the (twentieth) century.
Big Brother A is one of the two people--Dad A being the other--from whom I got a love of baseball and a love of the Twins. I don't know how I can have a brother who's sixty-two years old, but happy birthday, Big Brother.
We also wish a happy birthday to spookymilk’s brother.
Walter Johnson (1887) Mack Jones (1938)
Jim Gosger (1942) John Candelaria (1953) Stine Poole (1958)
Chad Curtis (1968)
Don Wengert (1969)
Bubba Trammell (1971)
Deivi Cruz (1972)
Justin Speier (1973)
Adam LaRoche (1979)
Walter Johnson, of course, was a star for the franchise when it was in Washington, pitching from 1907 to 1927.
Justin Speier is the son of ex-Twin Chris Speier.
Stine Poole was traded by Detroit to the Twins for Sal Butera and played in the Twins minor league system for two seasons.
We would also like to wish a very happy birthday to brianS' mom.
Bobby Wallace (1873) Tommy Leach (1877)
Skeeter Webb (1909)
Carl Sawatski (1927)
Dick Groat (1930)
Tito Francona (1933)
Dick Selma (1943) Doug Corbett (1952) Jon Shave (1967) Eric Karros (1967)
Carlos Baerga (1968) Kevin Frederick (1976) Carmen Cali (1978)
We would also like to wish a very happy birthday to davidwatts, kalarson, and yickit.
Tommy Tucker (1863)
Frank Smith (1879)
Doc Lavan (1890)
Johnny Neun (1900)
Joe Page (1917)
Bob Veale (1935)
Sammy Stewart (1954)
Bob Melvin (1961)
Lenny Harris (1964) Larry Casian (1965) Juan Guzman (1966)
Braden Looper (1974)
Jeremy Bonderman (1983)
This is my twenty-fourth wedding anniversary. Coincidentally, it's Mrs. A's twenty-fourth wedding anniversary, too. She has announced that she is picking up my option for another year, for which I am most grateful.
Johnny Neun managed two major league teams, the Yankees in 1946 and Cincinnati from 1947-1948. Each time, he was replaced by someone who was nicknamed “Bucky”.
Jigger Statz (1897) Judy Johnson (1900) Bruce Campbell (1909) Mickey Mantle (1931) Juan Marichal (1937) Dave Collins (1952)
Keith Hernandez (1953)
Jerry Meals (1961)
Rudy Seanez (1968)
Juan Gonzalez (1969)
William Julius "Judy" Johnson was a star third baseman in the Negro Leagues.
Jerry Meals has been a major league umpire since 1998.
It appears that no players associated with the Twins were born on this day.
We also want to wish a very happy birthday to GreekHouse and to freealonzo’s mother.
Candy Cummings (1848) Cliff Carroll (1859)
Walt Wilmot (1863)
Boileryard Clarke (1868)
Hans Lobert (1881)
Burt Shotton (1884)
Charlie Berry (1902)
Skeeter Newsome (1910)
Roy Cullenbine (1913)
Andy Carey (1931)
Bobby Knoop (1938)
Willie Horton (1942)
Ed Farmer (1949)
George Hendrick (1949)
Andy Hassler (1951)
Jerry Royster (1952) Mike Walters (1957) Alan Mills (1966)
Doug Mirabelli (1970)
Alex Cora (1975)
Yoenis Cespedes (1985)
Alex Cora was drafted by Minnesota in the twelfth round in 1993, but he did not sign.
We would also like to wish a very happy birthday to AMR.
