Baseball Birthdays: March thirty-first

"Moose" Stubing’s cup of coffee was just five times at the plate.
He briefly helmed the Angels, managed to go oh and eight.

Tom Hausman was a righty whose career was less than swell.
Quite often he was off the hill and stuck on the D.L.

Tracy Jones played for five teams in five years in the show.
Now he’s a talk radio host in Cincy, Ohio.

Chien-Ming Wang came from Taiwan to be a Yankee starter.
He threw a heavy sinker and his fastball was a darter.

Baseball Birthdays: March thirtieth

"Ripper" Collins was an aptly nicknamed gashouse Card.
He played a slick first base and hit the horsehide very hard.

Grady Little managed Boston, took ’em pretty far,
But always will be Pedro’d for not pulling out his star.

Jack Lazorko was a righty hurler from Hoboken.
He was no Frank Sinatra: five career wins, I’m not jokin’.

Terry Bross had zero career wins as mop-up man.
He did pitch one no-hitter, but it happened in Japan.

Baseball Birthdays: March twenty-ninth

"Cy" Young, the greatest pitcher ever, has his name on THE award.
With over five hundred wins, Denton, it’s True, is hurler’s lord.

Tommy Holmes’ hit streak was thirty-seven back in forty-five.
The Boston Braves fans loved him until his team’s fortunes took a dive.

Denny McClain was last hurler, with Tigers, to get thirty wins.
He got involved with gambling, drugs, and there the story just begins.

Billy Beane, as hitting prospect, never did pan out at all.
But, as Oakland A’s G.M., he linked his name to "Moneyball."

Baseball Birthdays: March twenty-eighth

Lon Warneke threw his best year by far for Cubs in thirty-two.
He got them to the series, but was swept by Yankees, Babe and Lou.

Vic Raschi was the "Springfield Rifle." His right arm was like a gun.
After years with Yankees, he served Aaron’s homer number one.

Glenn Davis was a powerful first sacker for the eighties ‘Stros.
Got traded, hurt, released, played in Japan. And that’s the way it goes.

Mike Fitzgerald homered for the Mets his first time at the plate.
Was swapped for Gary Carter, legendary Expos backstop great.

Baseball Birthdays: March twenty-seventh

Wes Covington’s Braves series win would highlight his career.
Four seasons later, he played on four teams in just a year.

Lynn McGlothen came from Grambling up to the Red Sox.
He pitched for six teams in a career filled with hard knocks.

Bill Sudakis had bad knees. His teammates called him "Suds."
He had one good year (with Texas), seven others, duds.

Dick Ruthven was a chaw-jawed workman righty on the hill.
He was a two-time all star, won one series as a Phil.