Baseball Birthdays: May eighth

Ed Roush had great years with the Reds. Nobody can doubt that.
The Hall of Fame outfielder swung a forty-eight ounce bat.

Mike Cuellar’s baffling lefty tosses had movement aplenty.
With Orioles, he won a Cy and four times at least twenty.

Dennis Leonard was a workhorse righty for K.C.
Pitched thirteen years there until cut short by knee injury.

Adrian Gonzalez, a spray hitter with good pop,
Has played ten years with four teams, L.A. Dodgers latest stop.

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