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Donald Eugene Cardwell was born on December 7, 1935, in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. The big six foot four right-handed pitchers went to Appalachian State University, getting signed by the Philadelphia Phillies in 1954. MLB Career: Cardwell debuted in the majors three years later in 1957 with the Phillies pitching as both a starter & reliever.  He began his career earning a save in his first game. He started out going 3-0 record by the end of May.  He then lost six straight decisions ending the year at 4-8 with a 4.91 ERA.  He posted losing records in each of his next two seasons as the Phillies never finished higher than eight. Cardwell won 16 games while losing 24 in his Phillie years (1957-1960) posting a 4.50 ERA.  Cubs Career:   In May of 1960 Cardwell was traded to the Chicago Cubs for Tony Taylor. No Hitter: Two days later,  in the second game of a doubleheader, at Wrigley Field Cardwell made his first Cub appearance.  Ca...

Michael Joseph Baxter was born on December 7th, 1984, in Whitestone Queens, New York, just a stone's throw from Shea Stadium.  The six-foot outfielder was a Mets fan & loved the swing of John Olerud while growing up. Baxter attended Archbishop Molloy high school in Briarwood Queens, becoming the first MLB player from Molloy to make it to the big leagues.  Baxter then attended Columbia University & then Vanderbilt University in Nashville. In 2005 he was selected as a fourth-round pick of the San Diego Padres. By 2009 he was batting .300 at AAA for the Portland Beavers. In 2010 he hit 18 HRs with 30 doubles & 72 RBIs hitting .301 at Portland when he was brought up to the Padres big league team. MLB Career: Baxter would go 1-9 the rest of the season as a pinch hitter. In July 2011 was placed on waivers & got picked up by his hometown New York Mets. Mets Career: He was sent to A ball St. Lucie in the Florida State League where in four ga...

2023:  The Mets gave Pete 14.5 million for 2023 during arbitration. The season started with high hopes for the team, but everything fell apart really fast. The Mets were done early on, they fell under .500 on May 7th for the first time. They got to three games above that mark, but on June 6th fell below .500 for good. Multi HR Game:  On April 5th Alonso hit two HRs off the Brewers Corbin Burnes but the Maets took a 7-6 loss to the Brewers. In his next game, on April 7th, Pete his 150th career HR, passing Carlos Beltran for sixth on the Mets all-time list, making him the second fasted player in MLB history to reach that mark that quickly in his career at 538 games. He homered the next day as well in the Mets second straight win over the Marlins at Citi Field.  In a ten-game stretch in mid-April Pete collected 15 hits with 5 HRs & 12 RBIs hitting .375. On April 15th, Pete hit a solo HR off the A's Shintaro Fujinami in a 3-2 win at Oakland. The next day, Alonso's top of ...