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Charles Sidney Fernandez was born in October 12, 1962, in Honolulu, Hawaii. The left hander threw a no hitter in his first high school start & was drafted by the Los Angele Dodgers in the third round of the 1981 draft, right out of high school. He went 32-11 in three years in the Dodgers minor leagues winning the Texas League Pitching Triple Crown (13 wins, 209 strikeouts, and a 2.28 ERA) in 1983 with the San Antonio Dodgers. Fernandez threw two no hitters in the minor leagues to add to his resume. He was brought up briefly by the Dodgers in 1983 appearing in two games going 0-1. The next year he was traded to the New York Mets for Bob Bailor. Fernandez starting out the season at AAA Tidewater going 10-6. He was brought up to the Mets team in July 1984.  Mets Debut: Fernandez debuted as a Met in Houston on July 16th warning a win allowing just two runs in seven innings of work. That season he quickly settled in to the young Mets rotation by winning his first three star

Philip Louis Maton III was born on March 25th, 1993, in Paducah, Kentucky. Family: Both of Maton's parents attended Eastern Illinois University playing sports. His father ran on the track team & his mother played volleyball.  Phil has two brothers, both played pro baseball. His brother Nick Maton has played parts of four seasons in ML with the Phillies (2021-2022) Tigers (2023) & Orioles (2024) batting .205. Phil attended Louisiana Tech where he ended his career as the school's all-time leader in innings pitched (358.2) & is second in strike outs (324). In 2015, the six foot two right hander was selected in the 20th round of the draft by the San Diego Padres. Maton came up with the Padres & spent parts of three seasons with them making 112 appearances with a 4.16 ERA. There his teammates gave him the nickname "Spin Rate". In July 2019 he was traded to the Cleveland Indians where he pitched middle relief for parts of three more seasons. On July 30th,

Ty Allen Wigginton was born on October 11, 1977, in San Diego, California. The stocky six-foot, 230-pound right hand hitting infielder attended UNC Ashville College where he still holds many hitting records.  Wigginton became the first alumni to make the major leagues when he was drafted by the New York Mets in 1998 in the 17th round.   Wiggy hit over 20 HRs with 70 plus RBIs at A ball St. Lucie in 1999 & then did the same at AA Binghamton in 2000. Mets Career : In 2002 he began the year at AAA Norfolk. On May 15th he was brought up to the Mets making his debut the next night striking out as a pinch hitter. Mets Trivia: On May 17th, he became the 124th third baseman in Mets history. That May Wigginton  appeared in just six games as pinch hitter & pinch runner. On May 29th he collected his first career hit, a pinch-hit single off Randy Wolf in a 4-3 win over the Phillies. He was sent back down to AAA Norfolk where he batted .300, with six HRs, then  returned to the Mets in Aug