If Your Birthday is November 14th...


...you share it with Cleveland Indians shortstop Francisco Lindor. The 2015 runner up for AL Rookie of the Year has been an all star the last three seasons. He ranks with the Astros' Carlos Correa and the Dodgers' Corey Seager as the best players at his position age 25 and under. And without heaping too much pressure on this rising star, Lindor might be the best player with his birthday ever to play in the majors.

He shares his cake and candles with:


  • Freddy Galvis, who succeeded Jimmy Rollins as the Phillies shortstop, and spent 2018 with the Padres.


  • Xavier Nady, the well traveled outfielder who played for eight clubs in his 12-year career, which began and ended with the Padres.


  • Ruben Rivera is the cousin of sure-fire Hall of Famer Mariano Rivera. But his productivity and temperament didn't compare to his famous and widely respected relative.


  • Curt Schilling became a star on the Phillies 1993 pennant winners. But he took his game to the next level in Arizona and then Boston. Remember the 2001 World Series where he and Randy Johnson delivered a Diamondbacks title, seemingly by themselves? Three years later, he made history with the Red Sox as a central figure in snapping that 86-year championship "curse." A borderline candidate for the Hall of Fame, his outspoken comments on social issues cost him a prominent job with ESPN.

  • Willie Hernandez spent 13 seasons in the majors, highlighted by his work on the pennant-winning '83 Phillies, who then traded him to Tigers. The next year, he had a season for the ages, appearing in 80 games, finishing 68, saving 32 and winning both the Cy Young and Most Valuable Player Awards as Detroit won its most recent World Series.


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