Baseball Birthdays.....September 30

[Mickey Mental]

1851 - Shoupe, John
1866 - Cotter, Tom
1873 - O'Hagen, Hal
1874 - Vorhees, Cy
1878 - Kalahan, John
1882 - Street, Gabby
1882 - Hoelskoetter, Art
1883 - More, Forrest
1884 - Rucker, Nap
1885 - Beck, Zinn
1890 - Fritz, Harry
1891 - Bohen, Pat
1893 - Wallace, Doc
1893 - Kelleher, Duke
1897 - Cox, Dick
1897 - Kenna, Eddie
1897 - Kircher, Mike
1902 - Carter, Blackie
1905 - Harvel, Luther
1905 - Allen, Johnny
1906 - Lamanske, Frank
1910 - Poindexter, Jennings
1913 - Skaff, Frank
1913 - Andrews, Nate
1918 - Castiglia, Jim
1920 - Linde, Lyman
1921 - McGah, Eddie
1924 - Taylor, Ben
1926 - Roberts, Robin
1929 - Blaylock, Marv
1932 - Podres, Johnny
1948 - Torres, Rusty
1948 - Kusick, Craig
1949 - Blessitt, Ike
1953 - Gonzales, Dan
1955 - Lezcano, Carlos
1962 - Magadan, Dave
1964 - Jennings, Doug
1964 - Lusader, Scott
1967 - DeSilva, John
1967 - Perez, Yorkis
1972 - Lima, Jose
1972 - Goodwin, Curtis
1974 - Giambi, Jeremy
1975 - Guillen, Carlos
1980 - Bullington, Bryan
1981 - Watson, Brandon
1982 - Smith, Seth
1985 - Worth, Danny
1987 - Jansen, Kenley

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"He used to pitch a ball with lots of smoke; and the stock of curves he carried was no joke. In the days of yesteryear he could burn the atmosphere as he made the slugging biffers swear and choke. But the sizzling speed has left his ancient wing and he throws a floating ball that doesn't sing. Yet he fools the swatters still with his hesitation pill, smiling grimly as the clouters fail to bing. All the stuff he has is just a dinky curve with a clever head and lots of sand and nerve, but the way batters fall for his foolish looking ball shows he's still a winning Hurling Hill Reserve.

[BobH]

"He used to pitch a ball with lots of smoke; and the stock of curves he carried was no joke. In the days of yesteryear he could burn the atmosphere as he made the slugging biffers swear and choke. But the sizzling speed has left his ancient wing and he throws a floating ball that doesn't sing. Yet he fools the swatters still with his hesitation pill, smiling grimly as the clouters fail to bing. All the stuff he has is just a dinky curve with a clever head and lots of sand and nerve, but the way batters fall for his foolish looking ball shows he's still a winning Hurling Hill Reserve."

Sportswriter W.R. Hoefer referring to the pride of Crabapple, GA. It brings to mind Ernest Thayer's great poem about Casey.. -BH

[soberdennis]

Some pretty famous names here
Gabby Street managed the 1931 Cards to the WS title with some help from a rookie named Pepper Martin.
Johnny Allen had the AL record for WL %
Johnny Podres brought next year to Brooklyn
Rusty Torrez was a highly regarded youngster in the Yankee organization in the early 70's. He never lived up to his expectations and was part of a one sided trade that brought Dick Tidrow and Chris Chambliss to the Yankees.
Of course, Robin Roberts.