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Happy Birthday–February 6

Frank LaPorte (1880)
Babe Ruth (1895)
Jake Levy (1900)
Glenn Wright (1901)
Dale Long (1926)
Smoky Burgess (1927)
Augie Garrido (1939)
Richie Zisk (1949)
Larry Young (1954)
Bob Wickman (1969)
Chad Allen (1975)

Pitcher Jake Levy had a minor league career that started in 1921 and lasted until 1945.  He played under a variety of names, making it difficult to determine his true record, but he won at least two hundred games.  He was also a good hitter, and early in his career played in the field when he was not pitching.

Augie Garrido is the baseball coach at the University of Texas and has the most coaching wins of anyone in Division I.

You may have heard of that "Babe Ruth" fellow.

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Happy Birthday–January 5

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Ban Johnson (1864)
Bob Carruthers (1864)
Bill Dahlen (1870)
Art Fletcher (1885)
Rube Foster (1888)
Riggs Stephenson (1898)
Luke Sewell (1901)
Jack Kramer (1918)
Earl Battey (1935)
Bud Bloomfield (1936)
Charlie Hough (1948)
Jim Gantner (1953)
Spin Williams (1956)
Bob Dernier (1957)
Ron Kittle (1958)
Milt Thompson (1959)
John Russell (1961)
Henry Cotto (1961)
Danny Jackson (1962)
Jeff Fassero (1963)
Brian Runge (1970)
Fred Rath (1973)
Mark Redman (1974)
Eduardo Escobar (1989)

We would also like to wish a very happy birthday to freealonzo.

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This Week in Twins Transactions

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Is it addition by subtraction or subtraction by addition?

Mike Pelfrey agrees to terms on a one-year contract. 
Rich Harden signed as a free agent.
Steven Hirschfeld was released.
Clint Dempster was released.
Ricky Bowen was released.
Wang-wei Lin was released.
Corey Kimes was released.
Jacob Younis was released.

Mlb.com lists the following players as "assigned to the Minnesota Twins". I don’t really know what that means—spring training invitations, maybe? Anyway, here’s the list: Nick Blackburn, Chris Colabello, Kyle Knudson, Danny Lehmann, Dan Rohlfing, Anthony Slama, Mark Sobolewski.

 

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This Week in Twins Transactions

Scott Elarton agreed to terms on a minor league contract.

Michael O’Connor was signed as a free agent.

Virgil Vasquez was signed as a free agent.

Ray Olmedo was signed as a free agent.

Bryan Augenstein was signed as a free agent.

Brandon Boggs was signed as a free agent.

Reynaldo Rodriguez was signed as a free agent.

Kevin Correia agreed to terms on a two-year contract.