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April 10 – Happy Birthday Bob Watson
I was not a big fan of Bob Watson when he became the Yankee's starting first baseman in 1980. The biggest reason for this was that I had been a big fan of the starting first baseman Watson replaced...
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May 10 – Happy Birthday Ed Barrow
The only thing Edward Grant Barrow couldn't do real well in the game of baseball, was play it. But nobody managed a team, an organization or a league better than this one-time farm boy from Springield,...
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June 2 – Happy Birthday Gene Michael
If you weren’t around during the 1960’s when the great New York teams led by Mantle and Maris were doing their thing, you missed a great era of the Yankee dynasty. Fortunately, you also missed the...
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June 9 – Happy Birthday Roy Hamey
The Yankee dynasty was a product of great players but those great players were a product of great front-office management and player development skills. Wealthy Yankee owners like Jake Ruppert, Del...
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June 17 – Happy Birthday Bill Bergesch
After winning a Purple Heart in WWII during the invasion of Italy, Bill Bergesch returned home, used the GI Bill to to get his business degree and began a long career as a baseball executive by...
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July 29 – Happy Birthday Cedric Tallis
Cedric Tallis became George Steinbrenner’s GM, right after the Yankees won their first World Series for the shipbuilder’s son in 1977. That was right after Gabe Paul, who Tallis succeeded as GM, was...
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September 23 -Happy Birthday Woody Woodward
His full name is William Frederick Woodward and he was born in Miami, Florida on this date in 1942. After playing two years of college ball at Florida State he was drafted by the then Milwaukee Braves...
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September 27 – Happy Birthday Tal Smith
Tal Smith applied for his first job in baseball in 1960, when he was 27-years-old. He interviewed for an open position in the front office of the Cincinnati Reds with Gabe Paul, who happened to be the...
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October 25 – Happy Birthday Lee MacPhail Jr.
Today’s Pinstripe Birthday Celebrant is the only member of the Baseball Hall of Fame who’s father is also a member. Lee MacPhail’s dad Larry was one of baseball’s most legendary executives, running...
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June 23 – Happy Birthday George Weiss
George Weiss was not an easy guy to get along with. Even his wife agreed with that, once complaining after he was let go by the Yankees that she didn't like having him at home too much. The reason...
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