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Norm Sherry was born on July 16th, 1931, in New York City. The Sherry family soon moved out West to Los Angeles California where the Sherry brothers played baseball & went to high school. In 1950 the five foot eleven right-handed hitting catcher, was signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers as a free agent. His bother Norm would eventually get signed by the Dodgers as well. Military Service: Norm went off to serve two years in the Military during the Korean War Conflict with the US Army, returning to baseball in 1954. He spent most of the decade of the fifties in the minor leagues, hitting 44 HRs with 200 RBIs batting .245.  MLB Career:   In 1959 Norm played in two games at the big-league level for the World Champion Dodgers.  In the second game of the season, Sherry was hit by a pitch in his first at bat. In his next at bat he hit a two-run single for his first career hit. He was sent back down & returned in the Dodgers 150th game of...

Demetrius Jerome Stewart was born November 30th, 1993, in Gainsville, Florida. His father Reggie was drafted by the San Diego Padres & played minor league ball nwever getting to the majors. He attended high school in Jacksonville where he played both baseball & football. Originally, he was drafted by the AL New York team but did not sign. Instead, he chose to attend Florida State University playing baseball for the Seminoles. Florida State: In his first year  with the Seminoles,   he hit .364 & followed in his sophomore year getting voted Atlantic Coast Player of the Year & All-American. After three seasons he was the Baltimore Orioles first round draft pick in 2016. In 2019 he was named to the Seminoles baseball All- Decade team. MLB Carrer: In 2018 he was brought up as a September call up playing for manager Buck  Showalter, debuting in a 10-0 loss at Oakland.  On September 13th, he hit his first career HR, a solo shot off the Blu...

Saturday May 21st , 2016: The Mets (23-18) had taken the opener in this series against the Milwaukee Brewers (18-24) after a rough week losing two of three to the Washington Nationals at home, and a skip of losing six of seven. the previous week. Not a good week for the defending N.L. Champions. Curtis Granderson led off the game with yet another home run, his second this week, his 8th on the year. But the Brewers came back right away as Ramon Flores hit his first career HR off Jacob deGrom to put Milwaukee up 2-1. They tacked on two more in the 4th inning as Flores added a sac fly & Jonathann Villare had an RBI single. In the home 4th Yoenis Cespedes singled & with Neil Walker up Pitcher Zach Davis threw a wild pitch advancing Cespedes. Asdrubal Cabrera then singled him in to make it 4-2. In the 6th, Cespedes continued to show how good & important he is to this team, as he belted his club leading 14th HR of the year, a two run shot tying the game at four. That...

  1999: In the third season of the TV show "Everybody Loves Raymond" (Episode 19 titles "Big Shots"). Ray the sportswriter, takes his brother Robert to the Hall of Fame for a 1969 World Champion Mets autograph signing event. Their mother, Marie Barone forces Raymond to take Robert to the show. When the brothers arrive at the Hall of Fame, the Meet the Mets line is very long.  Robert encourages Ray to use his sportswriter authority to jump the line. Ray attempts to use his credentials to get up front. After aggravating security, as well as the 1969 Mets alumni, Ray & Robert are forced to leave the event, never meeting the Mets. On their way home, they get pulled over for speeding. Now Robert tries to use his authority, of being a cop to avoid the ticket, but to no luck. On their drive home the Barone brothers break out into the classic Mets theme song "Meet the Mets". Former 1969 Mets included Bud Harrelson, Tug McGraw, Tommie Agee, Jerry Grote, Cleon J...

  Jacob Seth Lugo   was born November 17th, 1989, in Shreveport Louisiana to his parents Ben & Vicki Lugo. The six foot four, right-handed Lugo attended Centenary College at Louisiana where he was studying to be a landman, majoring in geology.  He was also a punter for his high school football team & a soccer goalie as well. He was spotted by Mets scout Jimmy Nelson in the deep South & got an invite for a try out. The six foot four, right-handed pitcher signed out of a division 3 School (Centenary College of Louisiana) where he was signed in the 34th round of the 2011 draft, the 1032nd pick overall. I n 2011 he was diagnosed with Spondylolisthesis which is a displacement of vertebra in the spine, it required ten hours of surgery for repair. After the procedure he was bed ridden for three months & recuperated at his mother's home. Quotes- Seth  Lugo  when he found out about the surgery- "Whoa. Hold on, I don't know if...

Samuel Douglas Taylor was born on February 27, 1933, in Woodruff South Carolina.  Military Service: Taylor served in the Korean War conflict from age 17. He returned to baseball in 1956 at age 23. The six foot two, left hand hitting catcher was signed by the Milwaukee Braves in 1956.  After two seasons in their minor leagues, he was traded along with Taylor Phillips, to the Chicago Cubs for Eddie Haas, Don Kaiser and Bob Rush.  MLB Career: Taylor became the Cubs regular catcher in 1959, batting .269 with a career high 13 HRs, 13 doubles & 43 RBIs.  Odd Paly with Stan the Man: In June of the 1959 he was involved in a strange play while behind the plate.  The legendary Stan Musial walked on a ball four, wild pitch that got past Taylor. He argued the call, saying Musial had foul tipped the ball as it rolled to the backstop.  Musial ran to second, Alvin Dark ran to the backstop to retrieve the ball. The ball wound up in the hands of the...