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Richard Warren Aguilera was born December 31, 1961, in San Gabriel, California. In high school he was originally a third baseman. In 1980 he got drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals but did not sign. Instead, t he tall six-foot four right hander, attended Brigham Young University, where he played on the same team with future big leaguers Cory Snyder & Wally Joyner. There he made the full-time transition to a pitcher. Aguilera was drafted by the New York Mets in the third round of the 1983 draft. In 1983 he began at A ball Little Falls going 5-6. In 1984 he began at A ball Lynchburg then was pushed up to AA Jackson where he was 4-4. In 1985 he was 6-4 with a 2.41 ERA at AAA Tidewater then got called up to the Mets staff when Bruce Berenyi went down with an injury.  Mets Career: Aguilera debuted on June 12th, 1985, at Philadelphia's Veteran Stadium, earning the win after pitching two innings in the Mets 7-3 extra inning victory. On June 16th he got...

Dennis Cook was born October 4th, 1962, in La Marque, Texas. The six-foot three right hander was named to the All-Southwest Conference Team while playing for the University of Texas. For the Longhorns he played primarily as an outfielder.  Cook got drafted in the 6th round of the 1983 MLB draft by the San Francisco Giants but did not sign. He was then signed in 1985 by the Giants as a pitcher. MLB Career:  In 1988 Cook was a Giants September call up winning his first career game, while pitching in relief. On September 25th in his second start, he pitched a complete game shutout against the eventual World Champion Los Angeles Dodgers.  In 1989 he was traded to the Philadelphia Phillies along with Terry Mulholland & Charlie Hayes in exchange for Steve Bedrosian.  Brawl with Mets: In a 1990 game between the Mets & Phillies, Dwight Gooden had hit two Phillies with pitches. Phillie pitcher Pat Combs hit Gooden with a pitch & He cha...