Deacon McGuire (1863)
Jack Coombs (1882)
Les Mann (1892) Gene Mauch (1925) Roy Sievers (1926) Danny McDevitt (1932) Cal Koonce (1940) Jim Shellenback (1943) Steve Henderson (1952)
Luis Pujols (1955)
Mike Felder (1961)
Jamie Moyer (1962)
Dante Bichette (1963) Ron Coomer (1966) Tom Gordon (1967)
Gary Sheffield (1968) David Ortiz (1975) Steve Bechler (1979)
Roy Sievers was a star for the franchise when it was in Washington in the 1950s.
There are 74 current and former major league players born on this day. I'm pretty sure that's the most on any day.
George Stallings (1867)
Mike Garcia (1923)
Orlando Pena (1933)
Gary Bell (1936) Tom Seaver (1944) Brad Havens (1959) Mitch Williams (1964) Paul Sorrento (1965) Jeff Nelson (1966)
Eli Marrero (1973) Darnell McDonald (1978) Ryan Braun (1983)
Nick Markakis (1983)
Joe Quest (1852)
Paul Foytack (1930)
Frank Bolling (1931)
Harry Chiti (1932) Minnie Mendoza (1933) Don Hahn (1948)
Herb Washington (1951)
Glenn Burke (1952) Curt Wardle (1960) Dwight Gooden (1964)
Chris Haney (1968)
Pete Rose (1969)
Julio Lugo (1975)
Tom Loftus (1856)
Pat Ragan (1885)
Mickey Livingston (1914)
Gus Bell (1928)
Big Brother A (1951) Randy Niemann (1955) Pedro Borbon (1967)
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. Happy Birthday, Big Brother.
We also wish a happy birthday to spookymilk’s brother.
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. FTLT.
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)
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)
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)
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) Nick Punto (1977)
Bucky Harris was a star for the franchise when it was in Washington in the 1920s.
