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BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENTS:

1849 John W. (Candy) Nelson
1850 Denny Mack
1855 Bill Holbert
1857 Joseph Wiley
1860 Billy O’Brien
1864 Pit Gilman
1865 Tom Sexton
1867 Frank Meek
1869 Billy Rhines
1871 Ben Conroy
1875 Wilbur Murdoch
1878 Willis John (Butch) Rementer

Short and stocky catcher of the early 1900s who caught in one game for Connie Mack in 1904.  I saw a picture of him – will need to share it (left).

1880 Lou Polchow
1884 Jud Daley
1885 Walt Devoy
1888 Henry Huston (Hub) Pernoll
1891 Dave Gregg
1894 Gene Layden
1897 Bruce Hitt
1898 James Crump
1898 Bill McCall
1900 Marty McManus
1902 Basilio Rosell
1905 Jack Rothrock
1908 Alphonso Cox
1914 John Wyeth (Red) Marion
1914 Bill Hoskins
1914 Claude Miller
1914 Joe Fillmore
1918 Arnold Carter
1919 Riley Stewart
1921 Bill Kennedy
1928 Earl Smith
1942 Bob Raudman
1944 John Miller
1946 Ron Law
1947 Mike Strahler
1950 Dave McKay
1953 Tim Ireland
1956 Harold Delano (Butch) Wynegar
1957 Ty Waller
1957 Steve Lake
1960 Kirby Puckett
1960 Jerry Willard
1963 Mike Rochford
1965 Kevin Brown
1969 Jalal Leach
1970 Brent Gates
1973 Robert Dodd
1978 Matt Kata
1979 Jose Nunez
1981 Bobby Jenks
1984 Randor Bierd
1985 Steven Hill
1987 Blaine Hardy
1988 Josh Stinson
1989 Marwin Gonzalez
1997 Brandon Lockridge
2000 Jack O’Loughlin

OBITUARIES:

1905 Pete Meegan
1910 Mike Hines
1922 Danny Hoffman
1928 Nat Hudson
1933 Willie Mills
1937 Rudy Kling
1943 Bubbles Anderson
1956 Lena Styles
1963 Charlie Harris
1966 Lee Magee
1967 Eddie Hunter
1968 Paul Carpenter
1969 Heinie Zimmerman
1970 Jim Levey
1974 Alex Pompez
1975 Tracy Baker
1978 Kent Greenfield
1980 Al Wickland
1984 Johnny Enzmann
1988 Zeb Terry
1992 Glenn Liebhardt
1992 Dave Snowden
1994 Tony Freitas
1995 Charlie Letchas
2003 Al Gionfriddo
2003 Ron Shoop
2017 Bob Bruce
2021 Coot Veal

Orville Inman Veal, the Auburn grad who became a shortstop for Detroit, Washington, and Pittsburgh, died at 88.

2021 Frankie De La Cruz

Suffered a heart attack at just 37.  De La Cruz was a hard throwing pitcher whose MLB career consisted of four brief looks with four teams, but was still pitching in the Dominican winter leagues in the winter of 2020-21.

2024 Jim McAndrew

McAndrew, Mets and Padres pitcher, died after a short illness at 80. McAndrew was a member of two pennant winning Mets teams but never saw action in the postseason.

YOU SHOULD HAVE BEEN THERE!!!

1993 Schottzie, the massive St. Bernard owned by Reds owner Marge Schott, is banned from major league playing fields following complaints from various players and staff.

TRANSACTION WIRE:

1932 Cincinnati sends Clyde Sukeforth (great scout), Joe Stripp, and Tony Cuccinello to Brooklyn for Ernie Lombardi, Babe Herman, and Wally Gilbert.