If Your Birthday is January 29th...
...you share it with the White Sox 1st baseman Jose Abreu . The Cuban-born slugger and 2020 American League MVP has been a model of consistency since coming to Chicago -- averaging 30 homers, 102 RBI and a batting average in the .290s. Notably, his 198 career homers are already the most for any player born on this date! Turning 34 today, Abreu is the seasoned veteran leading a group of budding stars that went 35-25 in the 60-game season -- and returned to the post-season for the first time since 2008. Also on today's cake and candles list: Hank Conger had a seven-year run as a backup catcher with the Angels, Astros and Rays. As with many who played behind the plate, he's gone into coaching and will spend 2020 coaching in Korea, the country from where his parents emigrated. Mike Aldrete spent 10 years in the majors, bookended by the '86 Giants and '96 Yankees. His second San Francisco season was his best, when he batted .325. But he never again posted numbers that