Birthdays: 12/27

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12-27-2011, 12:58 PM
chicoruiz

Birthdays: 12/27

Reds:

Phil Gagliano (70) -Veteran utility man who had a nice little year coming off the Reds bench ib 1973.

Bobby Klaus (74) -The lesser of the two Klaus brothers; hit for a .535 OPS in his one full year with the Reds.

Others:

Cole Hamels (28) -Don't have much new to say about him, other than that he broke his pitching arm in high school and that he's married to a former Survivor contestant.

David Aardsma (30) -Went to the same high school as Brad Lidge. Displaced Hank Aaron as thr first alphabetical listing in baseball encyclopedias.

Roy White (68) -I didn't think it was possible to be a Yankee and be underrated, but Roy somehow managed it. An excellent all-around player.
12-27-2011, 01:44 PM
mth123

Re: Birthdays: 12/27

Quote:

Originally Posted by chicoruiz

Reds:

Bobby Klaus (74) -The lesser of the two Klaus brothers; hit for a .535 OPS in his one full year with the Reds.

Yeah. His brother Santa had to go and upstage him 2 days before his birthday.

Did I actually just type such a stupid response?

Oh well, probably won't be the last time.

I love these threads.:thumbup:
12-27-2011, 05:03 PM
gilpdawg

Hey, it made me chuckle.
12-27-2011, 08:13 PM
Bob Borkowski

Re: Birthdays: 12/27

Quote:

Originally Posted by chicoruiz

Reds:

Phil Gagliano (70) -Veteran utility man who had a nice little year coming off the Reds bench ib 1973.

It was an excellent year. He gave the Reds some key hits that season even though I remember him primarily as a Cardinal.
12-27-2011, 09:07 PM
757690

Re: Birthdays: 12/27

Reds have had some great pinch hitters in their history.

Lenny Harris
Jimmy Stewart
Jerry Lynch
Smokey Burgess

Just off the top of my head.
12-27-2012, 10:27 AM
chicoruiz

Re: Birthdays: 12/27

Five fun facts about Jim Tobin, a WW2-era pitcher born on this day:

1. In 1944, he drew a walk against Reds pitcher Clyde Shoun. He was the only player to reach base against Shoun; if not for him the Reds would have another perfect game in their history.

2. In 1944 he learned the knuckleball and pitched two no-hitters (one was only a five-inning no-hitter and isn't recognized any more). He also threw back-to-back one hitters, which no one would do again until R.A. Dickey did it this past year.

3. He was an excellent hitter for a pitcher- a career .230 hitter with over 100 career pinch-hit appearances.

4. In 1942 he hit three homers in a game; he's the only pitcher ever to accomplish this.

5. His nickname was "Abba Dabba". I looked on any number of websites and can't discover how he came by this nickname. Anyone know? I do know that there was a popular song of that era called "Abba Dabba Honeymoon"- maybe he was unusually fond of it or something.