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Seattle Offside would like to wish very happy birthdays to two very important people: Happy 40th to goalkeeper extraordinaire Kasey Keller and his ever-present gum, and a very happy NOT-40th to...

The great Gianluigi Buffon turns 32 today. The greatest goalkeeper in the world, with an outstanding sense of loyalty, he certainly wins bonus points for adding a link to his wife's site on his...

It's that time of year, again. 35 years ago, 3 wise men saw a bright star in the sky. Instead of camels, they took an Alitalia flight to Milan, vowing never to fly that worthless airline again....

Today is Brandon Morrow's 26 27th birthday. He gets the start today too. Years ago Bill James did a little study on how players did on their birthdays, I don't remember too much about it, other...

Mike Sirotka turns 40 today. If we ever do a list of 'worst trades in Jay history', the David Wells for Mike Sirotka deal will be on the list,  not that the White Sox got much out of it either....

Jim Clancy turns 55 today and Roy Howell 57. Jim Clancy pitched for us from 1977 to 1988. He and Dave Stieb battled for franchise lead in wins for a number of years. He was a horse, he threw 250...

Former Jay slugger Tony Batista turns 37 today. In 2.5 seasons Tony hit 80 home runs for us. Like our Jose Bautista, this Batista had one massively great season, hitting 41 homers and 114 RBI in...

Today is the birthday of a pair of good left handed pitchers. John Candelaria turns 57 today. The Candy Man pitched in 600 major league games, finishing with a 177-122 record. 13 of those games and...

Lloyd Moseby turns 51 today.  Lloyd played center field for us for 10 seasons. He was part of the great outfield we had in the 80's with George Bell in left and Jesse Barfield in right. He was our...