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Brooks Lee Raley was born June 29th, 1988, in San Antonio, Texas. The six-foot, three left hander attended Texas A&M University getting drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the sixth round of the 2009 Amateur draft. MLB Career: In 2012 Brooks was promoted to the Cubs staff in August, making five starts going 1-2 with a 8.14 ERA. In 2013 he was up & down from AAA Iowa three times, making nine appearances with a 5.14 ERA allowing sight runs in 14 innings. Korean Baseball Organization: In December 2014 Raley signed a contract to play in the Korean Baseball Organization with the Lotte Giants. He played in five years in the KBO going 48-53 with a 4.13 ERA striking out 755 batters in 910 innings.  For 2020 he signed a minor league deal with the Cincinnati Reds & he made the team for the Covid19 season. After four games he was traded to the Houston Astros for a player to be named later. In 17 appearances he went 0-1 with a 3.94 ERA.  2020 Post Season: Rayley made an appeara...

Philip Louis Maton III was born on March 25th, 1993, in Paducah, Kentucky. Family: Both of Maton's parents attended Eastern Illinois University playing sports. His father ran on the track team & his mother played volleyball.  Phil has two brothers, both played pro baseball. His brother Nick Maton has played parts of four seasons in ML with the Phillies (2021-2022) Tigers (2023) & Orioles (2024) batting .205. Phil attended Louisiana Tech where he ended his career as the school's all-time leader in innings pitched (358.2) & is second in strike outs (324). In 2015, the six foot two right hander was selected in the 20th round of the draft by the San Diego Padres. Maton came up with the Padres & spent parts of three seasons with them making 112 appearances with a 4.16 ERA. There his teammates gave him the nickname "Spin Rate". In July 2019 he was traded to the Cleveland Indians where he pitched middle relief for parts of three more seasons. On July 30th, ...

Tommy Lee McCraw was born November 21, 1940 in Malvern, Arizona. The McCraw family, his father a singer & mother a food worker, moved to Southern California, with Tom attending high school in Venice Beach & then Santa Monica Community College. In 1960 t he speedy first baseman / outfielder got signed by the Chicago White Sox. In 1962 he won the AA batting title hitting .362 making it to the big leagues the next year.  MLB Career : McCraw came up to the big leagues with a lot of promise, becoming the Sox everyday first baseman in his rookie year.  That season (1963) he hit .254 with 6 HRs 33 RBIs & 15 stolen bases. Tommy would steal 15 or more bases in five of his first six seasons. McCraw spent eight seasons in Chicago during the years of their classic powder blue road uniforms, hitting 50 of his 75 career HRs.  In 1967 he hit a career best 11 HRs, with 45 RBIs batting .236 while stealing 24 bases (4th in the league). That season the White Sox finished four...