Literary birthday greetings, Dirk Hayhurst and Gorgeous George

March 24, 2011

The latest in the line of ballplayers/authors turns 30 today. Hayhurst signed as a free agent with the Tampa Bay Rays after the Toronto Blue Jays released him in November. he had spent the entire 2010 season on the D.L.

Also marking the date: George Sisler, 1893. A two-time .400-hitter, Sisler was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1939.

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