Baseball Birthdays.....June 13

[Mickey Mental]

1845 - Simmons, Joe
1871 - Klobedanz, Fred
1876 - McCann, Gene
1878 - Bergen, Bill
1879 - Malay, Charlie
1891 - Kavanagh, Marty
1894 - Baldwin, Henry
1895 - Palmero, Emilio
1897 - Foss, George
1900 - Youngblood, Chief
1903 - Yerkes, Carroll
1904 - O'Connell, John
1907 - Desautels, Gene
1913 - Luby, Hal
1920 - Rodriguez, Hector
1922 - Parnell, Mel
1929 - Swartz, Bud
1932 - Gastall, Tom
1933 - Williams, Billy
1936 - Mathias, Carl
1941 - Lachemann, Marcel
1950 - Strampe, Bob
1952 - Whitt, Ernie
1955 - Clark, Bobby
1966 - Coolbaugh, Scott
1971 - Thompson, Jason
1972 - May, Darrell
1977 - Ortiz, Jose
1979 - Aldridge, Cory

[BobH]

...And a happy 89th birthday to lefty Mel Parnell who spent his entire 10 year career with the BoSox. In 1949 his 25 wins lead the league. He was certainly a bright spot for the Sox in his years in Boston.-BH

[Mickey Mental]

Parnell threw a no-hitter in 1956 and the Red Sox wouldn't have another left-hander throw one until 2008.