Harry Smith (1874) Cal Hubbard (1900) Ken Keltner (1916) Jim Donohue (1938) Ed Stroud (1939)
Ed Spiezio (1941)
Dave McNally (1942)
Dave Trembley (1951)
Mike Gallego (1960)
Matt Nokes (1963)
Fred McGriff (1963)
Eddie Taubensee (1968)
Steve Trachsel (1970)
Tim Byrdak (1973)
David Dellucci (1973)
Mike Napoli (1981)
Javy Guerra (1985)
Cal Hubbard was an American League umpire from 1936-1951. He is in the Baseball Hall of Fame, the Pro Football Hall of Fame, and the College Football Hall of Fame.
Dave Trembley was the manager of the Baltimore Orioles from 2007-2010.
David Dellucci was drafted by Minnesota in the eleventh round in 1994, but did not sign.
Joe Mulvey (1858)
Patsy Dougherty (1867)
Shad Berry (1878) Ralph Kiner (1922) Del Rice (1922)
Pumpsie Green (1933) Lee Stange (1936) Mike Lum (1945)
Pete Vuckovich (1952)
U. L. Washington (1953)
Barry Bonnell (1953) Tom Nieto (1960) Bill Swift (1961)
Bip Roberts (1963) Brad Radke (1972) Jason Johnson (1973)
Martin Prado (1983) Kyle Waldrop (1985)
Jason Wheeler (1990)
Bill Swift was drafted by Minnesota in the second round in 1983, but he did not sign.
Jack Doyle (1869)
Smoky Joe Wood (1889)
Jack Kent Cooke (1912) Lee McPhail (1917) Russ Meyer (1923)
Bobby Thomson (1923)
Bobby Brown (1924)
Roy Hartsfield (1925) Chuck Schilling (1937) Al Cowens (1951) Roy Smalley (1952) Rowland Office (1952)
Tito Landrum (1954)
Danny Darwin (1955)
Andy McGaffigan (1956)
Steve Decker (1965) Keith Garagozzo (1969) Pedro Martinez (1971) Wilkin Ramirez (1985)
Jack Kent Cooke, better known as the owner of the Washington Redskins and the Los Angeles Lakers, owned the Toronto Maple Leafs baseball team in the International League from 1951-1964. He made several unsuccessful attempts to bring major league baseball to Toronto and is a member of the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame.
Lee MacPhail was the general manager of the Baltimore Orioles from 1958-1965 and of the New York Yankees from 1966-1973. He was the president of the American League from 1974-1983. He is the son of Larry MacPhail and the father of Andy MacPhail.
William Hulbert (1832) Mike Sullivan (1866)
Lena Blackburne (1886)
Rube Bressler (1894)
Billy Sullivan (1910)
Vern Stephens (1920)
Ewell Blackwell (1922) Jim Bunning (1931) Greg Thayer (1949) John Castino (1954) Dwight Lowry (1957) Al Leiter (1965) Todd Sears (1975) David Riske (1976)
John Lackey (1978) Bud Smith (1979)
Kyle Gibson (1987)
William Hulbert was one of the founders of the National League and was its president from 1877 until his death in 1882.
Infielder Lena Blackburne discovered and marketed the mud from the driver beds near the Delaware River in New Jersey that has been rubbed on every major league baseball used since the 1950s.
Bill Lee (1909)
Bill Bevens (1916) Whitey Ford (1928) Johnny Goryl (1933) Ted Uhlaender (1940) Bill Russell (1948) Jerry Garvin (1955) George Bell (1959)
Franklin Stubbs (1960)
John Flaherty (1967) Steve Holm (1979) Casey Fien (1983)
Zack Greinke (1983)
Jose Lobaton (1984)
I always find it interesting that anyone who is even rumored to have used PEDs is condemned as a dirty rotten cheater, but Whitey Ford, who admitted to cheating by scuffing baseballs, is acclaimed as a hero and an all-around great guy.
Mordecai Brown (1876)
Fred Snodgrass (1887)
Bob O'Farrell (1896)
Al Brazle (1913) Walt Bond (1937)
Sandy Alomar (1943)
Al Gallagher (1945)
Mark Davis (1960)
Tim Belcher (1961)
Dave Veres (1966)
Keith Foulke (1972) Horacio Estrada (1975)
Michael Young (1976) Randy Ruiz (1977)
Jose Bautista (1980)
Rajai Davis (1980) J. A. Happ (1982)
Josh Tomlin (1984)
Daniel Descalso (1986)
Jordan Lyles (1990)
The Twins chose Tim Belcher with the first pick of the 1983 draft, but he did not sign.
Buck Ewing (1859) Paul Derringer (1906)
Red Rolfe (1908)
Howie Moss (1918) Johnny Klippstein (1927) Jim Gilliam (1928) Pete Cimino (1942) Dan Pasqua (1961)
John Mabry (1970)
John Rocker (1974) Gil Velazquez (1979) Carlos Gonzalez (1985) Chris Mazza (1989)
Howie Moss hit 279 minor league homers in a thirteen-year career.
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.
Otto Hess (1878)
Bill Killefer (1887)
Wally Berger (1905)
John Stone (1905)
Floyd Baker (1916)
Bobby Tiefenauer (1929)
Don Schaly (1937)
Gene Tenace (1946)
Roger Metzger (1947) Terry Enyart (1950) Les Straker (1959) Jim Weaver (1959) Ramon Martinez (1972)
Placido Polanco (1975)
Pat Burrell (1976)
Brad Ziegler (1979)
Troy Tulowitzki (1984)
Andrew McCutchen (1986)
Jeurys Familia (1989)
Kolten Wong (1990)
Don Schaly was the head baseball coach at Marietta College for forty years. His teams reached the finals of the Division III College World Series ten times, winning three times.
Kolten Wong was drafted by Minnesota in the sixteenth round in 2008, but did not sign.
We would like to wish a happy birthday to Can of Corn's Niblet.
Ping Bodie (1887)
Donie Bush (1887)
Doc Crandall (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) Mike Morgan (1959) J. T. Bruett (1967) Olmedo Saenz (1970) Antoan Richardson (1983) Cody Eppley (1985)
Taylor Featherston (1989)
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, and a very happy anniversary to Rhu_Ru's parents.
