Jack McDowell from Van Nuys, CA and former White Sox, Yankees, Indians and Angels pitcher is 46 today..Black Jack was a 3X All-Star, a 1X AL Cy Young Award winner and had a 3.85 era with 127 wins and 1,311 strikeouts..He was perhaps best known for giving the finger to the fans at Yankee Stadium after being booed off the field after getting bombed by the White Sox on July 18, 1995 in the second game of a doubleheader..McDowell's band, Stickfigure, was formed in 1992, following a tour with his former band, V.I.E.W., as the opening act for The Smithereens.