Wednesday, September 27, 2006 |
Today's Birthdays
Doug Baird BRO b. 1891, played 1919-1920, d. 1967-06-13
Jerry Casale LAA b. 1933, played 1961
Carlos Lopez CAL b. 1948, played 1976
Len Matuszek LAN b. 1954, played 1985-1987
Jason Phillips LAN b. 1976, played 2005. Slow, poor-fielding catcher who caught only one base-stealer in 26 attempts with the Dodgers. I liked him at first, but that was before he became Jim Tracy's favorite toy, and it was obvious the Dodgers had better options in Hee Seop Choi. Now scrambling for playing time with the Blue Jays.
Whit Wyatt BRO b. 1907, played 1939-1944, All-Star: 1939-1942, d. 1999-07-16. A high school phenom who originally signed with the Tigers, injuries plagued him the first decade of his career. Spending all of 1938 in the American Association at age 30, he learned a changeup and started dominating; the best part of his career was with the Dodgers. A notorious headhunter who later became a pitching coach and encouraged that sort of thing in his charges, he pitched complete games in Game 2 (which he won) and the deciding Game 5 of the 1941 World Series, a loss.
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