Monday, December 18, 2006 |
Today's Birthdays
Scott Bailes CAL b. 1961, played 1990-1992
Gino Cimoli BRO,LAN,CAL b. 1929, played 1956-1958, 1965, All-Star: 1957. A fourth outfielder who came up with the Dodgers in 1956, he moved with the team to Los Angeles in 1959 and got traded to St. Louis in December of that year, for Wally Moon.
Moment of glory: in the eigth inning of 1960 World Series Game 7, with the Pirates down 7-4, Cimoli came in and got a leadoff pinch-hit single that shortstop Dick Groat eventually cashed in, part of a five-run rally that gave the Bucs the lead, 9-7. The Yankees tied the game in the top of the ninth, but Bill Mazeroski famously decided the game and the series with a walkoff homer in the bottom of the ninth, the first walkoff homer in World Series history.
Hub Knolls BRO b. 1883, played 1906, d. 1946-07-01
Jimmy Pattison BRO b. 1908, played 1929, d. 1991-02-22
Orlando Ramirez CAL b. 1951, played 1974-1977, 1979
Bill Skowron CAL,LAN b. 1930, played 1963, 1967, All-Star: 1957-1961, 1965. The Yankees' starting first baseman during the late 50's and early 60's, the Dodgers picked him up for Stan Williams, one of several starters either blocked by or traded out of the outstanding Dodger rotations of the early 60's. Nicknamed "Moose" (abbreviated from "Mussolini" by a teasing grandfather), he played in eight different World Series, seven with the Yankees and one with the 1963 Dodgers. With the '63 Dodgers, he was a .203-hitting reserve first baseman, but in that year's Series, he was a hero against his old team, going 5-for-13 with a home run.
Zoilo Versalles LAN b. 1939, played 1968, All-Star: 1963, 1965, d. 1995-06-09. A two-time All-Star with the mid-60's Twins, Versalles was one of three shortstops the Dodgers used between the December 1966 trade of Maury Wills and his return in 1969. Four times in his career his was the only hit in a game against the opposition, including a September 10, 1962 one-hitter by Dean Chance.
(pause)
Yeah, I've got a little time on my hands.
: 12/18/2006 01:08:00 PMIf Killebrew had been healthy the whole season, he probably would have gotten the MVP
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