Johnny Kling (1875)
Jackie Price (1912)
Ted Wilks (1915)
Jim Delsing (1925)
Steve Bilko (1928)
Wes Parker (1939)
Mel Stottlemyre (1941)
Gene Garber (1947) John Sutton (1952) Dan Petry (1958)
Pat Hentgen (1968) Jason Simontacchi (1973) Gerald Laird (1979)
Jackie Price played one season in the major leagues, but was better known as a baseball entertainer. He is sometimes called a "baseball clown", but that's not really accurate, because he actually performed tricks more than actually clowning.
Jack Ryan (1868)
Moonlight Graham (1877)
Carl Mays (1891)
Joe Hoerner (1936)
Bruce Bochte (1950)
Jody Davis (1956) Donnie Hill (1960) Greg Gagne (1961) Jeff Reed (1962) Randy Knorr (1968)
Sammy Sosa (1968)
Aaron Heilman (1978)
Aaron Heilman was drafted by Minnesota in the first round in 2000, but did not sign.
We would also like to wish a happy anniversary to Mr. and Mrs. FT"HM"LT.
Joe Battin (1853)
Freddy Parent (1875) Rabbit Maranville (1891) Al Schacht (1892) Pie Traynor (1898) Hal Trosky (1912)
George Case (1915)
Ike Delock (1929) Ron Musselman (1954) John Hobbs (1955) Cory Snyder (1962)
Roberto Hernandez (1964)
Damion Easley (1969)
Jason Grilli (1976)
Al Schacht played in the majors for three years, but was better known as "The Clown Prince of Baseball".
On this Veterans' Day, we would like to thank all current and former members of the military for their service, especially those who are part of the wgom.
Jim Whitney (1857)
Cy Morgan (1878)
Del Gainer (1886)
Chick Fewster (1895)
Jimmie Dykes (1896)
Birdie Tebbetts (1912)
Johnny Lipon (1922) Cal Ermer (1923) Gene Conley (1930)
Norm Cash (1934)
Mike Vail (1951) Paul Thormodsgard (1953) Larry Parrish (1953)
Larry Christenson (1953)
Bob Stanley (1954)
Jack Clark (1955) Kenny Rogers (1964) Keith Lockhart (1964) Butch Huskey (1971) Shawn Green (1972)
These are as of Friday morning, so if something has happened since, we'll pick it up next week. Interesting how they say someone "elects" free agency, as if he had the option of staying with his team.
George Wood (1858)
Billy Sunday (1862)
Harvey Hendrick (1897)
Johnny Gooch (1897)
Jerry Priddy (1919)
Bob Wren (1920)
Bill Bruton (1925) Whitey Herzog (1931) Bob Gibson (1935) Jim Riggleman (1952)
Teddy Higuera (1958)
Dion James (1962)
Chad Ogea (1970)
Adam Dunn (1979) Chuck James (1981) Joel Zumaya (1984)
Bob Wren was the head coach of Ohio University from 1949-1972.
Jim Riggleman has managed San Diego, the Cubs, Seattle, and Washington.
Bucky Harris (1896) Tony Cuccinello (1907)
Wally Westlake (1920) Joe Nossek (1940) Ed Kranepool (1944)
John Denny (1952)
Jerry Remy (1952)
Jeff Blauser (1965) Eric Anthony (1967) Henry Rodriguez (1967) Jose Offerman (1968) Edgardo Alfonzo (1973) Nick Punto (1977)
Bucky Harris was a star for the franchise when it was in Washington in the 1920s.
Chris Von der Ahe (1851)
Ed "The Only" Nolan (1857)
Bill Brubaker (1910)
Dick Stuart (1932)
Jake Gibbs (1938) Jim Kaat (1938) Joe Niekro (1944) Buck Martinez (1948) Willie Norwood (1950) Guy Sularz (1955) Orlando Mercado (1961) Russ Springer (1968) Todd Ritchie (1971) Glendon Rusch (1974) Esmerling Vasquez (1983)
Promoter/entrepreneur Chris von der Ahe, referred to as "Bill Veeck with a handlebar mustache", owned the St. Louis franchise from 1882-1899.
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.
