Brewers Manager : Ron Roenicke

Another first year manager, Ron Roenicke has been a coach with the Angels from 2000-2010 before being hired to manage the 2011 Milwaukee Brewers.

 

(No coach or manager card so the best I could find was the 2011 Brewers Team Card).

Roenicke began his MLB career late in 1981 and appeared on the 1982 Topps Dodger Future Stars card along with teammate and 4th consecutive LA Dodger Rookie of the Year, Steve Sax.

In 1993 Sax played on the division winning Chicago White Sox team along with DH Dan Pasqua.

 

Pasqua played on the 1986 New York Yankees with Ron Roenicke's brother Gary.

Gary Roenicke debuted in 1976 on the Montreal Expos. For his teammate, Nate Colbert, 1976 marked his 9th consecutive season playing on a last place team. 

 In 1973 Colbert played on the San Diego Padres with pitcher Fred Norman. Norman started the '73 season 1-7 with the Padres then went 12-6 after being traded to the Cincinnati Reds.

Still good seats available

Norman was traded to the Chicago Cubs in time for the 1964 season, where he played with Ron Santo.

 

From Ron Roenicke via his brother Gary Roenicke to Ron Santo in 6 degrees.

One Year Anniversary of The Perfect Game That Wasn't

One year ago today Armando Galarraga pitched his near perfect game. To those of you who don't remember, Galarraga had a perfect game through 8 2/3 innings and the 27th batter he faced grounded to first. Miguel Cabrera tossed the ball to Galarraga who stepped on the bag for what should have been the final out. Only the first base umpire Jim Joyce called rookie Jason Donald safe. Galarraga didn't argue or make a fuss, he went back to work and retired Trevor Crowe for the final out. Jim Joyce admitted his mistake and publicly apologized to Galarraga. While Galarraga won't go into the record books as pitching a perfect game, the sportsmanship on both his and the umpire's part was truly refreshing. Now for our game.

In 2010 Galarraga and Miguel Cabrera were on the Detroit Tigers.

Cabrera and Ivan Rodriguez received World Series Rings while on the 2003 Florida Marlins.

In 1993 Pudge was teamed with the ageless Julio Franco on the Texas Rangers.

The 1983 Cleveland Indians played home to Franco and Bake McBride.

In 1976 McBride shared the outfield with stolen base king Lou Brock on the St. Loius Cardinals.

Before one of the most infamous trades in baseball history, Brock was teammates with Ron Santo (who looked an awful lot like Don Landrum) on the 1963 Chicago Cubs.

From Armando Galarraga to Ron Santo (or was it Don Landrun?) in 6 degrees.