Birthday greetings

February 1, 2008

to Danny Thompson, a shortstop for the Minnesota Twins, with a final stop in Texas, in the early to mid-70s. He was diagnosed with leukemia in 1973, but somehow managed to keep his career going until 1976. He died at the age of 29 on Dec. 10 of that year, just months after playing in his final game.

In 1975, Thompson published E-6: The Diary of a Major League Shortstop with Bob Fowler.

Each year a golf benefit is played in his memory, raising money for cancer research.

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