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William Thomas Pulsipher was born October 9, 1973, in Fort Benning, Georgia. The Pulsipher family moved to the D.C. area where Bill became a local baseball & basketball star in Fairfax, Virginia.  The six-foot three left hander got offers for college scholarships, but instead he chose to sign with New York Mets in 1991. Mets Career: Pulsipher immediately made a quick impact within the organization. He posted low ERAs in his first two years at A ball, getting promoted to AA Binghamton in 1994. There he threw a no hitter going 14-9 with a 3.22 ERA getting selected to the Eastern League All Star game. Bill led his team to the playoffs & by the age of 20, was considered one of the best pitching prospects in baseball. Mets Career:   On June 17th, 1995,  Pulsipher made his debut  at Shea Stadium, making a start  against the Houston Astros. He gave up five runs in the 1st inning & a total of seven runs in seven innings, taking the los...

Braden Laverne Looper was born October 28, 1974 in Weatherford, Oklahoma. He is one of the few Mets to be born in Oklahoma and one of very few players to have a middle name of Laverne.  Looper was no dummy a smart student graduating in the National Honor Society. He was a scholar, as well as a four-letter man in High school. The six foot four right handed pitcher attended Wichita State, earning All American honors going to the College World Series and later getting elected to the Wichita Hall of Fame. In 1996 he was part of the bronze winning US Olympic baseball team in Atlanta. The tall six-foot five right hander was originally drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in 1996 as a first-round selection the third pick overall. Two years later he was traded to the Florida Marlins with Armando Almanza and Pablo Ozuna for Edgar Renteria.  MLB Career: Looper debuted during the 2000 season as a mid-reliever in going 5-1, with 18 holds as the setup m...

The Nineties-  1990: Howard Johnson doubled his salary, earning one point six million dollars & with that, the expectations for him were very high. But as was his history he would have better odd number years than even number years. His numbers did not compare to his big season the previous year but he still put-up good numbers.  He hit a HR in the Opening Day Mets 12-3 loss to the Pirates. They would lose two of three in that series & be haunted by these Pirates all season long. On April 16th & 17th he drove in three runs for both games, then drove in two more two days later. He  finished up April at .252 with just four HRs. He began May with HRs in back-to-back games, on Atlanta, then at home in a 5-0 Frank Viola shut out win over the Reds.  Grand Slam: On June 13th, at Wrigley Field, Hojo began his game with a sac fly in the 1st inning. In the 9th inning of a wild game the score was tied at 10-10. Les Lancaster walked Greg...

Howard Michael Johnson known as "Hojo" was born on November 29, 1960, in Clearwater, Florida. The five-foot eleven switch hitter was originally drafted as a first round, pitcher out of St. Petersburg College, by the Detroit Tigers in 1979. In the minors he was converted into a third baseman due to bat & his strong arm. In his third minor league season he hit 22 HRs at AA Birmingham in 1981. In 1982 he hit 23 HRs while batting .317 stealing 35 bases at AAA Evansville earning a call up to the big leagues. MLB Career: He came up to the Tigers in 1982 as a backup to Tom Brookens batting .316 with 4 HRs in 54 games. By 1984 he was being platooned with Brookens, starting out the year hot, driving in run in six of ten games in May.  A strong June had him hit up at the .300 mark along with four HRs. But he tailed off as the year came to an end, and he saw less playing time in September after the Tigers rolled over the American League. Soon veterans Darrel Evan...