Just because it’s my birthday…
Born this date:
- Lou Brissie (1924), subject of Ira Berkow’s engaging The Corporal Was a Pitcher: The Courage of Lou Brissie.
- Mike Coolbaugh (1972), subject of S.L. Price’s touching Heart of the Game: Life, Death, and Mercy in Minor League America.
Also on this date:
- 1977 – The Dodgers retire former manager Walter Alston‘s uniform number, 24, on Old-Timer’s Day. (A Year at a Time (1976), and Alston and the Dodgers, (1966), both by Alston.
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