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Michael Thomas Conforto was born on March 1st, 1993, in Woodinville, Washington. Michael comes from a family full of athletes.  His father was a football, linebacker at Penn. State University & his sister, Jacqueline was a college soccer player. His mother, Tracy Ruiz Conforto was a two-time, Olympic Gold Medalist (1984 / 1988) in synchronized swimming. In 2004 he played in the Little League World Series for the Northwest Region. In high school the honor roll student played short stop on the baseball team & was a standout safety in football. He was recruited by several Ivy League schools for football & was also sought after for baseball. He chose to stick with baseball & play at Oregon State.  College Baseball: In his first year he was voted Freshman Hitter of the Year batting .349 with 13 HRs & setting a school record with 76 RBIs.  In his sophomore year, he was named All American, leading his Oregon Beavers to the College World Ser...

Kelly Andrew Johnson was born February 22nd, 1982, in Austin Texas. The six foot one Johnson bats left-handed & throws right-handed. The all-around player was a first round draft pick of the Atlanta Braves (38th overall) in 2000 at the age of 18. MLB Debut: Johnson debuted in 2005 with the Braves starting out his career as an outfielder. After spending 2006 in the minors, he was coming back in 2007 converted into the Braves everyday second baseman. He spent a total of four seasons in Atlanta hitting a best .287 in 2008 with a career high 39 doubles. In 2010 he signed on as a free agent with the Arizona D-backs. In Arizona he found power & became more of a HR hitter, hitting a career high 26 HRs & 71 RBIs while batting .284. That season he hit for the cycle on July 23rd in a game against the San Francisco Giants. In 2011 he hit two grand slams for the D-backs, then after hitting 18 HRs with Arizona he was traded to the Toronto Blue Jay...