Yesterday, we featured the Cy Young Birthday Quote of the Day, today we featured the Alex Bregman Baseball Quote of the Day. 127 year age differential.
Bregman was born on March 30, 1994. He was the second player selected in the 2015 MLB draft by the Houston Astros. In the 2016 season, he hit .264 with the Astros and showed real potential.
In honor of the Alex Bregman future, he is today's recipient of the Baseball Birthday Quote of the Day,
"He exudes a confidence and a work ethic and a complete focus that is special."
--Mark Elias
Happy Birthday to J.R. Richard, born on this day in 1950. For those of to young to remember, J.R. Richard was one of the most intimidating pitchers of the 1970's.
From 1976--1980, he was closest to the best pitcher in baseball. He led the National League in ERA in 79, led the NL in Ks' in 78 and '79 and was a 1980 All-Star.
Amazing in 1976, he had 14 complete games, 13 in '77, 16 in '78 and 19 in '79.
Sadly, in 1980, at the age of 30 he suffered a stroke and, despite various comeback attempts, was never able to make it back to the majors. He played his entire career with the Astros and compiled a 107-71 record.
A very sad story for a player with such incredible talent.
"He starts out throwing Alka Seltzers and ends up throwing Aspirins."
--Lenny Randle, on J.R. Richard
Happy Birthday to Hall of Famer Craig Biggio. He was born on December 14th, 1965. He played his entire career with the Astros from 1988--2007.
Over that time, he played in seven All-Star games, won four Gold Glove Awards and five Silver Slugger Awards. His career batting average was .281 and he had 3060 hits. Having seen him play in many games over his career, he is what people would call 'old school'. Hustled out every play and never cared about getting his uniform dirty
The Baseball Birthday Quote of the Day goes to Hall of Famer Craig Biggio,
"His name has never been linked to performance enhancing drugs, but I know two things he tested positive for--hustle and dirt."
--Dave Schoenfeld, talking about Craig Biggio
