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Primer Dugout (and link of the day) 5-20-2013

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posted 21 hours ago by Neutral Milk Dotel (Dan Lee) to dugout, heinie zimmerman, history | 17 comment(s)

New York Tribune, May 20, 1913:

[Heinie] Zimmerman is said to have been incensed by [Cubs owner Charles] Murphy’s statement…that Zimmerman would be able to play when he could get his hat on with a shoehorn, charging Heinie with having a swelled head.

This afternoon Zimmerman told [Johnny] Evers that he would not play, as he was ill. They then had a redhot argument, in which Zimmerman declared that he was tired of carrying the entire Chicago team on his shoulders…Evers informed Zimmerman that he ...

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1. Neutral Milk Dotel (Dan Lee) posted on November 01, 2012 at 06:26 AM # hit 0 | hit 0

Great speed in the outfield and a couple very good left-handed starters on today's Birthday Team.

C: Kid Baldwin
1B: Vic Power
2B/Manager: Bid McPhee
3B: Eddie Williams
SS: Johnny Burnett
LF: Gary Redus
CF: Coco Crisp
RF: Pat Mullin

SP: Fernando Valenzuela
SP: Larry French
SP: Russ Kemmerer
SP: Bob Wells
SP: Tom Fisher
RP: Anthony Bass

Pinch Runner: Miguel Dilone

2. Dag Nabbit has the talking pillow posted on November 01, 2012 at 08:05 AM # hit 0 | hit 0

Today is also the 50th anniversary of a first-ballot Hall of Famer signing his first professional contract. Can you figure out who it is before clicking on the link?

3. Jose Can Still Seabiscuit posted on November 01, 2012 at 08:34 AM # hit 0 | hit 0

Also, at some point today it will be 1,000,000,000 seconds since the Pirates sign free agent pitcher Luis Tiant.

OK, this is a bit scary. Not the fact itself, but that you know it.

4. Dag Nabbit has the talking pillow posted on November 01, 2012 at 08:40 AM # hit 0 | hit 0

Eh, it's 11,574 days. If you can figure out 10,000 days, you can figure out 11,574 days. Same principle.

5. charityslave is thinking about baseball posted on November 01, 2012 at 09:13 AM # hit 0 | hit 0

Wow! I guessed the HoF'er correctly. Blind hog meets nut.

6. JJ1986 posted on November 01, 2012 at 09:29 AM # hit 0 | hit 0

I guessed Willie Stargell; right year, but not the answer.

7. Crispix Attacks 2: Swag Airlines posted on November 01, 2012 at 10:18 AM # hit 0 | hit 0

As always, SLAM.canoe.ca is the best place to go for all the baseball transactions.

We have the first waiver transaction of the winter, as Scott Maine has been claimed by the Blue Jays from the Indians.

Amazing how many Yankees are now free agents. I guess that happens when the entire team is over 35 years old.

Soriano just declined his option.

Other free agents are Swisher, Kuroda, Chavez, Pettitte, Martin, Lowe, Andruw, Fred-Gar, Ibanez, Ichiro, and of course Mariano Rivera.

8. Walt Davis posted on November 01, 2012 at 04:16 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

I went with Fergie Jenkins which is also the right year but not the right answer. 1962 apparently was a good year to be signing ballplayers.

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