born 2 April 1970

Carlos Aguilera, Mexico City, cinematographer

Denny Hocking, Torrance, California, major league baseball player

Jamison Newlander, Woodland Hills, California, actor

Jo Berry, Hitchin, England, critic

Jon Lieber, Council Bluffs, Iowa, major league pitcher

Ken Kenitzer, birthplace unspecified, American soap opera actor

Massimo Ciaraglia, Rome, Italy, special effects technician

Pablo Reyes, Mexico City, cinematographer

Scott Matthews, Mobile, Alabama, gay porn star

Tammi Reiss, New York, New York, actress

With baseball season just around the corner, I salute the example of Today’s Winner. Too many pitchers take too much time out on the mound between pitches, shrugging off signs, polishing the pill, wringing out the resin bag: in a word, bellyitching. Not our man Jon Lieber. He just stepped in there and threw the ball. The running times of his starts were demonstrably shorter than those of his fellow armsmen. He was the anti-Steve Trachsel. His contribution to the game will be greatly missed, and too-little emulated. Enjoy your retirement, Mr. Lieber, and shotgun a beer on me.