Monday, February 12, 2007 |
Today's Birthdays
Ruben Amaro CAL b. 1965, played 1991
Sweetbreads Bailey BRO b. 1895, played 1921, d. 1939-09-27
Steve Brown CAL b. 1957, played 1983-1984
Enzo Hernandez LAN b. 1949, played 1978
Dennis Springer CAL,ANA,LAN b. 1965, played 1996-1997, 2001-2002. Gots to love a knuckleballer.
Don Stanhouse LAN b. 1951, played 1980, All-Star: 1979. Called "Full Pack" by Orioles manager Earl Weaver (because Weaver joked he would smoke a full pack of cigarettes every time Stanhouse was on the mound), Stanhouse beat the Angels in 1979 ALCS Game 1 with the Orioles. His postseason got a lot more precarious immediately afterwards, melting down in Game 2 for two runs over two innings, was the losing pitcher in Game 4, the only game the Angels won in that postseason (and their only postseason victory to date at that point), and went on to lose World Series Game 1. The Dodgers signed him for the then-astronomical figure of $2M, only two days after giving $3M to former Twins pitcher Dave Goltz. Both were notorious busts; the Dodgers released Stanhouse in early 1981, and let go of Goltz in early 1982; the latter ended up on the Angels for a brief time.
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