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/eschapp.
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)
Twenty-three years ago today, Mrs. A and I stood at the front of First United Methodist Church in Pierre, South Dakota and said "I do". Oddly enough, Mrs. A still seems to be happy about that. Go figure.
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”.
I want to thank you for your gift, the pictures, the banners, the kind words, and everything else that went everyone did this past week. It means an awful lot to me, probably more than any of you realize. I’m not sure I can put the reasons why into words, but I’ll try.
I grew up on a farm in rural South Dakota. We had no neighbors we were close to. My early elementary years were in a one-room country school in which I was the only kid in my grade. There were no such things as “play dates” back then, and my parents didn’t go to town very often. Our church was the smallest church in town, so there were no kids my age there, either. As a result, I grew up as a lonely, shy kid who had no idea how to relate to people.
As I grew up and eventually went to “town school”, that’s pretty much who I stayed. I was pretty much the definition of a geek—shy, unathletic, the class brain, a loner with no real friends and no clue how to make them. It took me a long time to overcome that, a period extending well into my adult years.
I’ve come a long way since then, of course. I have quite a few friends now. I feel like I am serving God and making a positive impact on all three of my communities. I have a very happy and fulfilling life. Still, somewhere inside me, there will always be that awkward teenage boy who just wishes other people would like him and accept him for who he is. So, when you guys do something like this for me, well, it’s a pretty awesome feeling.
It’s an amazing world we live in, where a group of people I’ve never met can come to mean so much to me. There are many of you with whom I have very little in common except for a love of baseball and the Twins. Yet, somehow, that’s enough for us to share our lives, our triumphs, our tragedies, and everything else that makes up life. I consider each and every one of you a friend. And right now, I feel like the richest man in town. Because it really is a wonderful life.
Frank Selee (1859)
Kid Gleason (1866)
Lee Tannehill (1880)
Dick Hoblitzel (1888)
Tommy Griffith (1889)
Snuffy Stirnweiss (1918)
Bud Byerly (1920)
Toby Harrah (1948)
Mike Hargrove (1949)
Steve Rogers (1949)
Dave Coleman (1950)
Harry Chappas (1957)
Gil Heredia (1965)
Mark Sweeney (1969)
Francisco Liriano (1983)
We would like to wish a very happy birthday to UncleWalt’s wife.
Kid Carsey (1870)
Bill Carrigan (1883)
Johnny Morrison (1895)
Jumbo Elliott (1900)
Jimmie Foxx (1907)
Harry Walker (1916)
Wilbur Wood (1941)
Jamie Quirk (1954)
Frank DiPino (1956)
Keith Osik (1968)
Hector Carrasco (1969)
Ichiro Suzuki (1973)
Michael Barrett (1976)
Brad Thomas (1977)
Eli Whiteside (1979)
Robinson Cano (1982)
We would also like to wish very happy anniversary to Daneeka's Ghost and Mrs. Ghost.
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)
It appears that no players associated with the Twins were born on this day. However, that list contains some pretty good ones.
We also want to wish a very happy birthday to Greek House 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.
Will White (1854)
Buttercup Dickerson (1858)
Eddie Dyer (1899)
Bob Chipman (1918)
Joe Ginsberg (1926)
Bill Fischer (1930)
Bob Stinson (1945)
Orlando Hernandez (1965)
Gregg Olson (1966)
Joe Roa (1971)
Dmitri Young (1973)
Mike Duvall (1974)
Ty Wigginton (1977)
We would also like to wish a very happy anniversary to Mr. and Mrs. CarterHayes.
Dave Rowe (1854)
Al Maul (1865)
Rube Marquard (1866)
Joe Sewell (1898)
Mike Hershberger (1939)
Joe Pepitone (1940)
Freddie Patek (1944)
Bob Moose (1947)
Steve Palermo (1949)
Brian Downing (1950)
Randy Lerch (1954)
Felix Fermin (1963)
Danny Mota (1975)
Brian Roberts (1977)
Mark McLemore (1980)
Jason Pridie (1983)
We would also like to wish a happy birthday to brianS' grandfather.
Doc Crandall (1887)
Donie Bush (1887)
Ping Bodie (1887)
Wally Moses (1910)
Danny Murtaugh (1917)
Catfish Metkovich (1920)
Ed Kirkpatrick (1924)
Don Pepper (1943)
Paul Splittorff (1946)
Rick Stelmaszek (1948)
Enos Cabell (1949)
Jerry Reed (1955)
Jeff Lahti (1956)
Mike Morgan (1959)
J. T. Bruett (1967)
Olmedo Saenz (1970)
Right-hander Jerry Reed was drafted by the Twins in the eleventh round in 1973, but did not sign.
We would also like to wish E-6 a very happy birthday.