A Hall of Fame third baseman and a Hall of Fame manager, but otherwise a pretty blech Birthday Team:
C: Benito Santiago
1B: Aaron F. Boone
2B: Willy Aybar
3B: Arky Vaughan
SS: Bert Campaneris
LF: Jim Landis
CF/Manager: Billy Southworth
RF: Jackie Jensen

SP: Terry Mulholland
SP: Lefty Williams
SP: John Curtis
SP: Jesse Litsch
SP: Al Atkinson
RP: Ron Kline

Fun Names: Shooty Babitt, Iron Davis, Vince Horsman, Rolla Mapel
Not the one with the handlebar mustache: Clay Rapada

Also 100 years ago today, the Salt Lake Tribune reports that Abe Attell's brother Monte bet against Abe in an upcoming bout.

You'll do doubt be surprised to find out that Abe lost and his brother made a nice chunk of change.

The real baseball story from 100 years ago today was (as noted in post #1): the birth of Arky Vaughan. Happy centennial, Arky. He's that rare thing - a guy maybe the second best ever at his position, but certainly not the best ever for his team at that position.

TRIVIA QUESTION
The link gives a list of all HoF who played in 1935. The list is in order of when they were inducted. Before clicking on the link, can you guess the only two 1935 HoF players who were inducted AFTER Vaughan?

Check the link for your answer.

I would have guess Jackie Jensen was in the Hall of Fame, but I must have been giving him credit for some of Frankie Frisch's career.

None of us knew about the baked balls until after the season ended

I don't know about you guys, but I just hate when my balls get baked.

The link gives a list of all HoF who played in 1935. The list is in order of when they were inducted. Before clicking on the link, can you guess the only two 1935 HoF players who were inducted AFTER Vaughan?

I haven't clicke don the link. My guesses are....Chick Hafey and Rick Ferrell.

UPDATE: I was 0 for 2. But one of my guesses was elected the year immediately BEFORE Mr. Vaughan. So I give myself partial credit.

I got 1 for 2. I thought maybe Casey Stengel was still playing in 1935, but I was off by 10 years. I was thinking The Old Perfessor was a bit younger than he was.

I got 1 for 2. I thought maybe Casey Stengel was still playing in 1935, but I was off by 10 years. I was thinking The Old Perfessor was a bit younger than he was.

He was my first thought too, but it was wrong for both reasons. He was inducted into the Hall 19 years before Vaughan.

A's release Landon Powell. Saves them half a million bucks of the $600k owed him.

The link gives a list of all HoF who played in 1935. The list is in order of when they were inducted. Before clicking on the link, can you guess the only two 1935 HoF players who were inducted AFTER Vaughan?

You must not be including Negro Leaguers.

Anyway, I'll guess Red Ruffing and Tony Lazzeri. They just kept putting people in from those Yankees teams every few years.

Durocher and ... Lazzeri?

EDIT: Ahh, I see you weren't counting people in as managers.

I was 1 for 2, guessing the guy who hasn't been mentioned in this thread yet. My wrong guess was Bobby Doerr, who didn't debut until 1937.

A's release Landon Powell. Saves them half a million bucks of the $600k owed him.

Too bad, I thought he made a perfectly decent backup - he was never gonna not be stuck behind Kurt Suzuki, anyway.
So are the A's converting one of their 73 spring-training outfielders into a catcher?

So are the A's converting one of their 73 spring-training outfielders into a catcher?

Not Jason Pridie. 50 game suspension for him.

The Cubs are charging $140/ticket for bleachers in the Red Sox series.

The Cubs are charging $140/ticket for their Red Sox series.

Serious question: is this via their scalping outlet, or is it the printed-on-the-ticket price?

A Hall of Fame third baseman and a Hall of Fame manager, but otherwise a pretty blech Birthday Team:

Really? I mean the pitching is terrible but that looks like one of the best lineups of any day:

Santiago: 24 WAR, RoY, 5 AS, 3 GG, probably a top 30 C (OK, top 40)
Boone: 10 WAR, 1 AS
Aybar: 3.1 WAR, meh
Vaughan: 76 WAR, 9 AS games, top 5 all-time SS
Campy: 45 WAR, 6 AS games, probably top 15 all-time SS
Landis*: 22 WAR, 1 AS game, 5 GG as a CF so tear it up in LF
Southworth: 20 WAR
Jensen: 27 WAR, 1 MVP, 3 AS games, 1 GG (probably undeserved)

Aybar is the only guy in that lineup who's anywhere near a scrub. All-stars at 7 of 9 positions (and Southworth may have made one given the chance).

EDIT: seriously, how many better ones could there be? That's 227 WAR out of a 9-man lineup. And it's a legit lineup where the only guys playing out of position are guys moving to an EASIER position -- Vaughan to 3B, Boone to 1B, Landis to LF. (Aybar at 1B, Boone at 2B might be better defensively and equally legit.)

EDIT2: And meant to point out that b-r now has a line of "Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)"!!

Yeah! Any time I've actually heard of everyone in the starting lineup, it's a fantastic birthday team.

The Cubs are charging $140/ticket for bleachers in the Red Sox series.

Thus guaranteeing that the bleachers will be filled with Red Sox fans instead of Cub fans.

Really? I mean the pitching is terrible but that looks like one of the best lineups of any day:

Yeah, I guess maybe I was overly harsh. I'll be the first to admit I have an irrational hatred of Aaron Boone, though you probably would too if you had to watch a team that thought it could legitimately contend for championships roll him out there for two years and 1000 PA of .246/.306/.375 and treestumpesque defense at third.

yet he might make the bench for the all '73 team.

Serious question: is this via their scalping outlet, or is it the printed-on-the-ticket price?

Ticket. Next highest bleacher ticket was $78. The other tickets seemed to fall in line with the standard premium prices. Odd that they'd just single out the bleachers for this one series.

EDIT2: And meant to point out that b-r now has a line of "Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)"!!

Far be it from me to tell Sean Forman what to do next, but he needs to acquire the player career interruption data from the now-defunct Neft/Cohen Sports Encyclopedia: Baseball series (which first appeared in the original 1969 Macmillan Encyclopedia) and incorporate it into B-R.

Ticket.

holy

I'm not really a fan of trick shot viral videos, but I do root for Padres minor league 1B/3B Connor Powers and this is getting some attention so - here you go.

I'm not really a fan of trick shot viral videos, but I do root for Padres minor league 1B/3B Connor Powers and this is getting some attention so - here you go.

that's some impressive chit--I wonder how many attempts it took to do some of them shots