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George Basil Theodore was born November 13, 1947, in Salt Lake City, Utah. The tall lanky six-foot four right-handed outfielder, was an unusual looking ballplayer. He wore thick glasses, had long legs with a hunched over shoulder frame and a long nose.  He also has the distinction of being the only Mets player in history to ever be from the state of Utah. Theodore attended the University of Utah playing baseball with future MLB player Bill Parsons. Theodore was selected by New York Mets way down in the 31st round of the 1969 free agent draft.  Theodore credits his minor league manager Joe Frazier for giving him the chance to play. After struggling at the AA level Frazier sent him back to A ball Visalia where he excelled. In 1971, Theodore was the California League MVP for Visalia batting .333 with 28 HRs & 113 RBIs. It’s hard to imagine but the Stork was a power hitter in his early years in the small ballpark at Visalia.  In 1972 at AA...

Robert Raymond Pfeil was born on November 13, 1943 in Passaic, New Jersey. When he was two years old, his mother passed away, his father & his grandmother moved Bobby out West.  Pfeil attended high school in Reseda California, where he would get signed out of by the Chicago Cubs in 1961. The six-foot one infielder was traded to the St. Louis Cardinals organization in 1965. There he won a Texas League Championship with Tulsa. He dwindled in the minors through the sixties, not getting to the big leagues for seven years. In that time, he worked for Walt Disney Studios in Burbank, storing old animation. By 1968 he was sent over to the New York Mets and hit .280 with 8 HRs & 49 RBIs at AAA Jacksonville, winning a minor League Championship. There he played on a team with Duffy Dyer, Amos Otis, Ken Singleton, Tug McGraw & Danny Frisella, who would all have success in the big leagues. Pfeil was expecting to get selected in that year's expansion draft by e...

Donald Antone Hahn was born November 16, 1948, in San Francisco, California. Don has a sister & two brothers, one a twin. His brothers played minor league ball, in the Padres organization.  Hahn attended Campbell high school where he played football & basketball as well as baseball. Campbell high school also produced NFL quarterback Craig Morton, who played with the Dallas Cowboys, New York Giants & Denver Broncos. The six-foot right hand hitting outfielder was drafted in the 17th round of the 1966 draft by the local, San Francisco Giants. Hahn played three seasons at A ball then in 1968 he was picked up as a Rule 5 draft pick by the expansion Montreal Expos.  Original Expo: He was the original Montreal Expos centerfielder in the first game ever played in the history of the franchise, on April 8, 1969, at Shea Stadium. The 20-year-old went 0-3 that day in an exciting 11-10 win over the New York Mets. He was the first Expo to ever field a...