Baltimore recalls Steve Tolleson from AAA Norfolk.
Baltimore sends Allan de San Miguel from AAA Norfolk to AA Bowie, then send him back to AAA Norfolk.
White Sox assign Jesse Crain to AAA Charlotte.
Cleveland organization acquires Loek Van Mil from the Angels organization (AAA Salt Lake) in a trade for future considerations and sends him to AA Akron.
Detroit places Delmon Young on the restricted list, then activates him a week later.
Laguna of the Mexican League signs Armando Gabino as a free agent.
Angels place LaTroy Hawkins on the fifteen day disabled list.
Miami organization signs Steve Holm.
Milwaukee places Carlos Gomez on the fifteen day disabled list.
Mets organization (AAA Buffalo) places Chuck James on the seven day disabled list.
Yankees organization (A Charleston) places Pedro Guerra on the seven day disabled list.
Oakland designates Luke Hughes for assignment, then sends him outright to Sacramento (AAA).
Pittsburgh options Evan Meek to AAA Indianapolis.
Philadelphia places Jim Thome on the fifteen day disabled list.
San Francisco options Eric Hacker to AAA Fresno.
San Francisco organization (AAA Fresno) places Eli Whiteside on the temporarily inactive list.
Washington sends Joe Testa from AA Harrisburg to A Potomac.
Chicken Wolf (1862)
Lave Cross (1866)
Jumping Joe Dugan (1897)
Hank Borowy (1916)
Ed Runge (1918) Yogi Berra (1925) Felipe Alou (1935)
Ted Kubiak (1942) Vic Albury (1947) Bob Heise (1947)
Joe Nolan (1951)
Lou Whitaker (1957)
Kevin Bass (1959)
Willie Lozado (1959)
Mark Clark (1968)
Wes Helms (1976)
Felipe Lopez (1980) Evan Meek (1983)
Infielder Willie Lozado was drafted by Minnesota in the third round of the January Secondary draft in 1978, but did not sign.
We would also like to wish a very happy birthday to MagUidhir’s sister.
Charlie Gehringer (1903) Rip Sewell (1907)
Eddie Chiles (1910) Jack Lang (1921) Nestor Chylak (1922) Vern Rapp (1928)
Milt Pappas (1939) Frank Quilici (1939) Jerry Martin (1949)
Dane Iorg (1950)
Mark Huismann (1958)
Walt Terrell (1958)
Trent Hubbard (1964)
Bobby Witt (1964)
Kerry Ligtenberg (1971)
Francisco Cordero (1975)
This is also the birthday of Twins’ farmhand Miguel Sano (1993).
Chippy McGarr (1863) Ed Barrow (1868) Klondike Douglass (1872)
Harry Salsinger (1885)
Allan Roth (1917)
Hideo Fujimoto (1918)
John McMullen (1918) Herb Carneal (1923) Jim Hickman (1937)
Ken Berry (1941) John Cumberland (1947) Chris Berman (1955) Joey Meyer (1962) Robby Thompson (1962)
Pete Schourek (1969)
A great baseball broadcaster was born on this day, and it ain’t Chris Berman. For some of us, Herb Carneal will always be the Voice of the Twins.
Frank Bancroft (1846)
Tommy Clarke (1888)
Billy Jurges (1908)
Tony Bartirome (1932) Ron Jackson (1953) Tom Chism (1954) Tony Gwynn (1960) Aaron Harang (1978)
Prince Fielder (1984)
We would also like to wish a happy birthday to UncleWalt’s youngest child.
Dan Brouthers (1858) Edd Roush (1893) Turkey Stearnes (1901) Mike Cuellar (1937) Steve Braun (1948)
Orestes Destrade (1962)
Todd Greene (1971)
John Maine (1981)
Adrian Gonzalez (1982)
Mike Cuellar pitched in AAA in the Twins’ organization in 1961. He does not seem to have belonged to the Twins, however. It may be that he was temporarily loaned to them, a practice which was not uncommon in the 1960s.
Mickey Doolan (1880)
Tom Zachary (1896) Dick Williams (1929) Claude Raymond (1937)
Steve Whitaker (1943) Manny Hernandez (1961)
Brook Fordyce (1970)
Conor Jackson (1982)
James Loney (1984)
Bonesetter Reese (1855)
Walton Cruise (1890)
Mike McCormick (1917) Willie Mays (1931) Russ Gibson (1939) Bill Hands (1940) Masanori Murakami (1944)
Steve Staggs (1951)
Larry Andersen (1953) Al Williams (1954)
John “Bonesetter” Reese worked with many baseball players and other famous people in the first part of the twentieth century. “Bonesetting” is a Welsh term for the treatment of muscle and tendon strains.
Infielder Steve Staggs was drafted by Minnesota in the fourteenth round in 1970, but did not sign.
Chief Bender (1884) Bob Cerv (1926)
Bing Russell (1926)
Red Robbins (1928)
Jose Pagan (1935)
Tommy Helms (1941) John Donaldson (1943) Larry Hisle (1947) Ron Oester (1956)
Charles Nagy (1967)
Hideki Irabu (1969) Mike Redmond (1971)
Better known for his role as Deputy Clem Foster on “Bonanza”, outfielder Bing Russell played minor league baseball from 1948-1949. He is the father of actor (and minor league player) Kurt Russell and the grandfather of major league player Matt Franco.
Spencer “Red” Robbins was a minor league player for fourteen years. He then spent many years in the Twins’ organization, most of them as a scout (1963-1986).
We would also like to wish a happy birthday to Mrs. Rhubarb_Runner.
Charley Hickman (1876)
Jack Tobin (1892)
John Tsitouris (1936)
Rene Lachemann (1945)
Ken Oberkfell (1956)
Rick Leach (1957)
Tim Tschida (1960)
Eddie Perez (1968)
Joe Borowski (1971)
Miguel Cairo (1974)
Ben Grieve (1976)
Jason Michaels (1976)
Robinson Cancel (1976) Ryan Jorgensen (1979) Matt Tolbert (1982) Kevin Slowey (1984)
