Saturday, December 23, 2006 |
Today's Birthdays
Pat Ankenman BRO b. 1912, played 1943-1944, d. 1989-01-13
Ox Eckhardt BRO b. 1901, played 1936, d. 1951-04-22
Bunny Fabrique BRO b. 1887, played 1916-1917, d. 1960-01-10. I must assume this is velveteen.
Doc Gessler BRO b. 1880, played 1903-1906, d. 1924-12-25
Tim Harkness LAN b. 1937, played 1961-1962
Tim Leary LAN b. 1958, played 1987-1989. One of the heroes of the 1988 regular season, he was a garbage-pile pickup fixed by Dodgers pitching coach Ron Perranoski. Leary went 17-10 with the Dodgers in 1988 after the former first-round pick earned only 20 wins in his previous six years in the majors. He had a poor showing in 1988's NLCS Game 6 in which he didn't make a single out in the fifth, surrendering three runs, two on a Kevin McReynolds homer that knocked him out. Demoted to the bullpen for the World Series, he pitched well in relief, an unheralded hero in Game 1 who held the A's scoreless for three innings, and limiting Oakland to one run in Game 3, the A's only victory in that year's series. The Dodgers traded him (and Mariano Duncan) to the Reds in July, 1989 for the injury-plagued Kal Daniels (q.v.) and pinch-hitter Lenny Harris (q.v.).
Max Rosenfeld BRO b. 1902, played 1931-1933, d. 1969-03-10
Cody Ross LAN b. 1980, played 2005. Traded to the Reds in April this year after it became plain he wasn't going anywhere with the Dodgers' crowded outfield bench, Ross almost immediately got flipped to the Marlins. He's still with that club, but a .212/.284/.396 line isn't likely to have the Marlins excited about his return.
Danny Taylor BRO b. 1900, played 1932-1936, d. 1972-10-11
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