....18 Days until Opening Day....
....Tip of the hat to the Rays for 71 of it's members (players, managers and office staff) shaved their heads in a show of support for raising money for pediatric cancer research....
....And a tip of the hat to Jamie Moyer for being 49 and still showing up to compete for a spot on a club. He shares the distinction of being one of two active players from the 1980's. Who is the other?....
....Today's player from The Ballplayers encyclopedia: Otto Preminger RHP Cincinnati 1896-99. Preminger was a showman that knowingly projected his pitches to the batter (and everyone else in the stadium) by using different wind-ups for each pitch. He named his pitches as well and would often call the name while throwing. He was surprisingly successful for 3 years....
...More to come....
Omar Vizquel
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