Casey
Stengel (1890)
Frankie Pytlak (1908)
Tony Lucadello (1912)
Joe Coleman (1922)
Paul Minner (1923)
Joe Nuxhall (1928)
Gus Triandos (1930)
Bud Selig (1934)
Bob Barton (1941)
Pat Kelly (1944)
Doug Rader (1944)
Jim Spencer (1946)
Ellis Valentine (1954)
Clint Hurdle (1957)
Steve Trout (1957)
Scott Fletcher (1958)
Tom Pagnozzi (1962)
Scott Diamond (1986)
Frankie Pytlak (1908)
Tony Lucadello (1912)
Joe Coleman (1922)
Paul Minner (1923)
Joe Nuxhall (1928)
Gus Triandos (1930)
Bud Selig (1934)
Bob Barton (1941)
Pat Kelly (1944)
Doug Rader (1944)
Jim Spencer (1946)
Ellis Valentine (1954)
Clint Hurdle (1957)
Steve Trout (1957)
Scott Fletcher (1958)
Tom Pagnozzi (1962)
Scott Diamond (1986)
Tony
Lucadello was a major league scout for forty-eight years.
Allan
Huber "Bud" Selig was the commissioner of baseball from 1992-2014.
The
brother of Hall of Fame football player LeRoy Kelly and the brother-in-law
of Andre Thornton, Pat Kelly had a solid professional career of his own.
Outfielder Harold Patrick “Pat” Kelly appeared in 20 games for the
Twins in 1967-1968. Born and raised in Philadelphia, he signed with
Minnesota as a free agent in 1962. He had a huge year in 1964, hitting
.357 with 16 homers in Class A Wisconsin Rapids. He did not duplicate
that, but he did hit .321 in AA Charlotte in 1966. He reached AAA in 1967
and made his major league debut that season as a September call-up. He
appeared in eight games that year, seven as a pinch-runner and one as a pinch-hitter
(he struck out). He came back to hit .306 in Denver in 1968, getting
another September call-up. He played a little more, but did not play
particularly better, going 4-for-35. Two of his hits were doubles and one
was a home run, so his line as a Twin was .111/.200/.450. Kelly was left
unprotected in the expansion draft and was chosen by Kansas City. He was
a mostly-regular for two seasons, used primarily in right field but also
playing some center. His offensive numbers were rather pedestrian,
and he was traded to the White Sox after the 1970 season. He started 1971
in the minors, but after hitting .355 in AAA Tucson he was brought up to
Chicago on July 1 and stayed there for five and a half years. Again
playing mostly right field, he had some decent years for the Sox,
generally hitting around .280 with OBPs in the .350s and around
20-25 stolen bases, although with little power. In 1973 he got
off to a hot start and made the all-star team; he was hitting .327 on June 24,
although he would finish at .280. In 1976, he was used as a reserve
outfielder and part-time DH, but hit only .254. Kelly was traded to
Baltimore after that season and had some productive years for the Orioles as a
part-time player, seeing most of his playing time in left field. He
became a free agent after the 1980 campaign and signed with Cleveland. He
was a seldom-used outfielder/DH for the Indians in 1981, hit only .213, and his
playing career came to an end. After that, he moved to Towson, Maryland
and went into the ministry, working for Lifeline Ministries. Pat Kelly
passed away from a heart attack on October 2, 2005 in Chambersburg,
Pennsylvania.
Left-hander
Scott Michael Diamond pitched for the Twins from 2011-2013. He was born
in Guelph, Ontario, Canada and signed with Atlanta as a free agent in
2007. He pitched very well in the Braves’ system, never posting an ERA
above 3.50 at any level. While a Brave, he actually pitched better in AAA
than he had in AA, although it was only ten starts. After the 2010 season
the Twins claimed him in the Rule 5 draft. Wanting to keep him around,
but not wanting to keep him in the majors, the Twins traded minor league
pitcher Billy Bullock to Atlanta for him. He spent most of 2011 at
Rochester and did not do particularly well, to put it mildly: 4-14, 5.56
with a 1.58 WHIP. He made one start with the Twins in mid-July, filling
in for an injured Scott Baker, and came back to the Twins’ rotation in late
August. There was nothing about the results that was particularly
impressive: seven starts, 39 innings 1-5, 5.08, 1.74 WHIP. He
started 2012 back in Rochester, and did amazingly well, going 4-1, 2.60, 1.21
WHIP. He was called back to Minnesota in early May and did well there,
too: 12-9, 3.54, 1.24 WHIP. Over the winter, he had surgery to have
bone chips removed from his elbow. That may or may not be related, but
for whatever reason he has never been the same pitcher since. He pitched
well in six starts in Rochester in 2013, but was awful for the Twins. He
started 2014 in Rochester and was even awfuller, getting released in mid-July.
He signed with Cincinnati five days later and was sent to AAA Louisville,
where he did not pitch well either. A free agent at the end of the
season, he signed with Tampa Bay for 2015 and was fairly good, though nothing
spectacular, in AAA. A free agent after the season, he signed with
Toronto for 2016. He has pitched pretty well in AAA and got one more
appearance in the majors in mid-June. As a Twin, Scott Diamond was 19-27,
4.43, 1.41 WHIP in 343 innings (58 starts). He turns 30 today. The
odds are against him, but teams are always looking for pitching, so he may get
some more chances in the big leagues.
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