It's that time again. Today's my birthday. My birthdays come around enough on this blog that I've pretty much covered every major leaguer who shares my birthday. There aren't a lot of them, particularly of name players. To recap, the most famous player also born on July 16 is Shoeless Joe: After that, there is quite a drop. The most notable player after Joe Jackson born today is Terry Pendleton: Pendleton never played for teams I liked, but he did win an MVP award and I've always given him a pass because of what is on the back of his 1987 Topps card: A childhood rooting for the Dodgers is a happy childhood. Beyond that, the most remembered players born today are New York Giants pitcher Larry Jansen, volatile Cubs manager Lee Elia, well-traveled relief pitcher Eddie Fisher, and Dodgers catcher and Koufax-whisperer Norm Sherry. But I've covered all of that before, and I have cards of most of the players born on my birthday (but not all...
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