Baseball Birthdays: June fourteenth

Don Newcombe pitched his best years for beloved Brooklyn Bums.
Amongst the great souls of the game, he’s as good as it comes.

Herb Plews played for the Senators, the doormat of their day.
The second baseman’s career year occurred in double-A.

Luis Aponte pitched relief in baseball’s longest game.
The righty hurler’s in the Venezuelan Hall of Fame.

Mike Laga’s career numbers for three teams in nine years stink.
In one bad airbrushed baseball card, his uniform is pink.

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