Sunday, July 27, 2014

Happy Birthday - 7/27

Happy Birthday to ~

RHP Brandon Culbreth (22)
Drafted by Houston in the 8th round in 2011 out of high school in North Carolina, Culbreth is currently playing on Team Rehab in Kissimmee. I met Culbreth at Spring Training and he was sporting a tell-tale TJ surgery scar. In four games (one start) during the 2013 season, he was 1-0 with a 2.89 ERA and a 1.500 WHIP.

Quad Cities Hitting Coach Joel Chimelis (47)
Chimelis was drafted by Oakland in the 11th round in 1988 and spent time in the Oakland, San Francisco and New York Mets organizations as well as playing in the Mexican League and Independent League baseball. Chimelis has been a hitting coach in the Astros organization for Tri-City (2006-2010), Lexington (2011), Corpus Christi (2012) and is now in his second season as hitting coach for Quad Cities.

One former Astro celebrates the day as well ~

C Jack Hiatt (72)
Hiatt came to Houston from the Cubs organization in December of 1970. He played in Houston from 1971 until he went to the Angels in July of 1972. In 79 games, he hit .266/.393/.347.

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