Lester Oliveros was optioned to Rochester. Deolis Guerra was optioned to Rochester. Tyler Robertson was optioned to Rochester. Oswaldo Arcia was optioned to Ft. Myers. Scott Diamond was optioned to Rochester. Darin Mastroianni was optioned to Rochester. Aaron Thompson was assigned to minor league camp. Steve Pearce was assigned to minor league camp. Danny Rams was assigned to minor league camp. Billy Killian was signed to a minor league contract. Norberto Susini was signed to a minor league contract. Rene Tosoni was optioned to Rochester. Tsuyoshi Nishioka was optioned to Rochester. Terry Doyle was returned to Charlotte. Carlos Gutierrez was optioned to Rochester. Luis Perdomo was assigned to minor league camp. Jason Bulger was assgined to minor league camp. Daryl Thompson was assigned to minor league camp. Esmerling Vasquez was assigned to minor league camp. P. J. Walters was assigned to minor league camp. Chris Herrmann was assigned to minor league camp. Dan Rohlfing was assigned to minor league camp. Aaron Bates was assigned to minor league camp. Wilkin Ramirez was assigned to minor league camp. Sam Deduno was assigned to minor league camp. Phil Dumatrait was assigned to minor league camp. Danny Lehmann was assigned to minor league camp. Ray Chang was assigned to minor league camp. Matt Carson was assigned to minor league camp. Derek Christensen was released. Kane Holbrooks was released. Matt Schuld was released. Blayne Weller was released. Dan Osterbrock was released. Spencer Steedley was released. Mike Tarsi was released. Joel Zumaya was released. Steve Pearce was released. Jason Bulger was released. Joe Benson was optioned to Rochester. Jeff Manship was optioned to Rochester. Drew Butera was optioned to Rochester. Kyle Waldrop was placed on the fifteen day disabled list with a right elbow strain. Deinys Suarez was released. Dustin Martin was released. Deolis Guerra was assigned from Rochester to New Britain. Lester Oliveros was assigned from Rochester to New Britain. Darin Mastroianni was assigned from Rochester to New Britain. Chris Cates was released. Brad Stillings was released. Ben Tootle was released. Tyler Koelling was released. Roy Larson was released. Matthew Bashore was released. Rene Rivera was assigned to minor league camp. Pedro Florimon was assigned to minor league camp. Matt Rizzotti was acquired from Philadelphia for cash considerations.
Gene DeMontreville (1873)
Art Herring (1906) John Briggs (1944) Wayne Twitchell (1948)
Greg Pavlick (1950) Steve Howe (1958) John Cangelosi (1963)
Mike Timlin (1966) Aaron Bates (1984)
Sam Thompson (1860) Jeff Tesreau (1888)
Lu Blue (1897) Elmer Valo (1921) Del Crandall (1930) Phil Roof (1941) Katsuo Osugi (1945)
Kent Tekulve (1947)
Doug Bird (1950)
Mike Veeck (1951)
Mike Squires (1952) Steve Ontiveros (1961) Brian Hunter (1971)
Jeffrey Hammonds (1971)
Ryan Franklin (1973)
Paul Konerko (1976)
Mike MacDougal (1977) Joe Benson (1988)
We would also like to wish a happy birthday to brianS’ daughter.
We would also like to wish a happy birthday to spookymilk’s father.
Horace Fogel (1861)
Moe Berg (1902)
Woody English (1906)
Jack Knott (1907) Mel Ott (1909) Mort Cooper (1913)
Jim Konstanty (1917) Jim Nettles (1947) Pete Broberg (1950) Larry Wolfe (1953) Terry Steinbach (1962) Ron Gant (1965)
Jay Gibbons (1977) Glen Perkins (1983)
Horace Fogel was a sportswriter who became manager of the New York Giants in 1902. His time as Giants manager is best remembered for his attempt to move Christy Mathewson to first base. He was fired 41 games into the season and replaced by Heinie Smith, who put an end to such nonsense. Instead, he tried to move Mathewson to shortstop.
Terry Turner (1881) Jud Wilson (1897) Bob Howsam (1918)
George Maloney (1928)
Frank Malzone (1930)
Bill Haller (1935)
Marty Perez (1946) Mark Wiley (1948) Tom Gamboa (1948)
Jim Wohlford (1951) Mike Milchin (1968) Trent Oeltjen (1983) Aaron Thompson (1987)
Aroldis Chapman (1988)
Walter Briggs (1877)
Cy Perkins (1896) Hilton Smith (1907) Bill Capps (1919)
Buck Elliott (1919)
Connie Ryan (1920)
John Wockenfuss (1949)
Ron Hassey (1953)
Greg Cadaret (1962)
Pete Smith (1966)
Matt Stairs (1968) Willie Banks (1969) Craig Monroe (1977) Denard Span (1984)
Honus Wagner (1874) Wilbur Cooper (1892)
Del Wilber (1919)
Bubba Phillips (1928) Dave Edwards (1954) Eddie Murray (1956) Nick Esasky (1960)
Stubby Clapp (1973)
Mike Lowell (1974) Randy Keisler (1976) Bronson Arroyo (1977) Rob Bowen (1981) Nick Blackburn (1982) J. D. Durbin (1982) Chris Parmelee (1988)
Today is also the birthday of Twins' farm director Jim Rantz (1938), who was the winning pitcher in the deciding game of the 1960 College World Series.
