If Your Birthday is September 22nd...

 ...you share it with Tommy Lasorda.  A successful pitcher in the Dodgers farm system, where he won 66 games for Triple A Montreal between 1950 and '54, things didn't go as well with the big club.  the suburban Philadelphia native never won a game in eight Brooklyn appearances -- and was sent back to the minors in June 1955 to make room on the roster for then-rookie Sandy Koufax, a move that he often joked about. Tommy later appeared with the Kansas City A's, but in his heart, he never left the Dodger organization. After his playing days, he worked his way up the L.A. system as a scout, then manager, before joining Walter Alston's coaching staff and succeeding him in 1977.  He earned a pair of World Series rings: in 1981, when his Dodgers dropped the first two games before knocking off the Yankees; and 1988, the "Kirk Gibson" series.

Spanning both coasts, Lasorda spent 71 years in Dodger Blue.  He died at age 93 in 2021.

Let's also remember:

Bob Lemon, a Hall of Fame pitcher with the Cleveland during the late '40s and '50s, who replaced Billy Martin as Yankees manager in July 1978, then quietly guided the club to one of baseball's greatest second half turnarounds ever -- culminating in a World Series triumph over Tommy Lasorda's Dodgers. 

Also in our September 22nd birthday circle:

Carlos Correa, the 2015 AL Rookie of the Year and a mainstay of the Astros for seven seasons until moving to the Twins as a 2022 free agent -- and reupping on a long term deal with Minnesota last winter.

Jeremy Pena, who took over for Correa as Houston's everyday shortstop in 2022 and dialed up his game several notches -- capping his year being named World Series MVP.