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”.
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) Kyle Waldrop (1985)
Bill Swift was drafted by Minnesota in the second round in 1983, but he did not sign.
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)
Frank Selee was the manager of the Boston Beaneaters from 1890-1901, winning the National League pennant five times. He also managed the Cubs from 1902-1905 until his health forced him to retire.
We would like to wish a very happy birthday to UncleWalt’s wife.
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.
Ned Williamson (1857)
Bill Kuehne (1858)
Lou Sockalexis (1871)
Ossie Bluege (1900)
Jack Russell (1905)
Jim Brosnan (1929)
Rawly Eastwick (1950)
Omar Moreno (1952) Gary Serum (1956) Ron Gardenhire (1957) Junior Ortiz (1959) Danny Clay (1961) Rafael Belliard (1961) Gene Larkin (1962) Arthur Rhodes (1969)
Rafael Furcal (1977) Chris Colabello (1983)
Third baseman Ossie Bluege played for the franchise in Washington for eighteen years and remained in the organization for many years after that. He is credited as being the first third baseman to guard the lines in the late innings. He is also credited as the scout who discovered Harmon Killebrew.
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)
Zack Greinke (1983) Casey Fien (1983)
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)
The Twins chose Tim Belcher with the first pick of the 1983 draft, but he did not sign.
