Night Owl Cards

  Even though Mason Fluharty has pitched in 40-plus games for the Blue Jays this season, I first discovered him at the start of the Dodgers' recent losing streak just this past Sunday. (The Dodgers are not repeating).    I'm not a Blue Jays fan, but his arrival in MLB this year is notable for me. He is the 18th major league left-hander to be born on International Left-handers Day, which ... uh ... was yesterday.   I've written tributes to lefties on Left-handers Day in the past (I'm left-handed). I'm going to do it again. Today. A day late. Because that sounds like something a lefty would do, right?   I figured out all the MLB lefties who were born on Aug. 13, Left-handers Day, and will go through them now, with minimal commentary because all you righties aren't going to read this anyway. (The guy can't even do this on time!)   1. WINGO ANDERSON Years active: 1910 Position: Pitcher Teams: Reds Card shown: 1910 T210 (Old Mill Cigarettes) I don't own this...

  Who remembers Will Ohman? It's a big day for him ... well, it probably would have been bigger if he was still playing. But it's still a big day.   Today is Ohman's birthday. It's also International Left Handers Day. Ohman happens to be left-handed. It's also Friday the 13th. Ohman wore No. 13 during his career. Do you see where I'm going with this? Yup, I just went through and figured out all of the major league players in history who were both left-handed and wore the number 13. It's the least I can do for folks who were first born lefty -- considered "unlucky" and even "evil," by misguided folks many years ago -- and then chose the No. 13 for a uniform number on top of that. I'm sure these players would have been singled out in less pleasant ways by the Puritans and other burn-the-witch types. After looking through baseball-reference's super-helpful uniform numbers page, I came up with 48 exclusive players all-time who are bot...