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Steven John "Turk" Wendell was born on May 19, 1967, in Pittsfield, Massachusetts in the southwest part of the state of Massachusetts. His father Charles was a foreman for GE & also owned a variety store. His mother Bea was a homemaker taking care of Turk, his brother & four sisters. Wendell grew up in the same town as former Mets & MLB reliever Jeff Reardon. Turk grew up a Red Sox fan & his hero was Hall of Famer, Carl Yastrzemski. Turk nickname: Turk said his grandfather gave him the nickname of Turk after one of his buddies, because he was always doing stupid rebellious things. The six foot two, right-handed pitcher attended Quinnipiac College, setting single season strikeout & ERA records there. Wendell was then drafted in the fifth round of the 1988 draft by the Atlanta Braves. He began his minor league career as a starter, going 11-11 in 1989 at both the A & AA levels. He fell to 5-12 the next year moving into the bullpen as a ...

Ron Darling started out the season with his one of his worst outings of the year. In the Mets second game of the season, Ron allowed six runs in Philadelphia, the second highest amount of runs he gave up one the year while giving up two HRs in the games as well. Ron would allow two HRs in a game three times on the season. He earned no decision in the game as the potent Mets line up put up seven runs & won the game 9-7. On April 18th, he earned his first win beating the Phillies at Shea. He then took two more no decisions, which included giving up five more runs in Atlanta. He ended April 1-0 with a 6.75 ERA. In May Ronnie turned things around, winning five straight games 5-0 with a 1.63 ERA. May 4th:  In Cincinnati, the Mets gave him a three run lead in the 1st inning, led by a two run HR from Darryl Strawberry & RBI single from Ray Knight. Straw added another HR in the 3rd inning to make it 4-0. On the mound, Darling kept the Reds scoreless thru the first four innings, al...

Tuesday April 6th: On Opening Day, the Mets were in Atlanta facing the rival Braves. This season pitcher Tom Glavine who had tormented the Mets for years was now on their team signing as a free agent in the off season. The Mets had signed Japanese All Star Kaz Matsui that season as well. In his MLB debut, Matsui became the third Mets player to hit a HR in his first career at bat. Matsui homered off the Braves Russ Ortiz to start the season. Matsui had a great debut, collecting three hits with a HR & two doubles driving in three runs in the Mets 7-2 win. Wednesday April 28th: The Mets were in Los Angeles taking on the Dodgers. In the top of the 1st inning, Matsui led off the game with a HR off Odalis Perez, for his second leadoff HR of the season. Matsui would collect two hits in the game, keeping his average at .272. The Dodgers won the game 3-2, led by HRs from Adrian Beltre & Dave Roberts coming off losing pitcher Steve Trachsel. Wednesday May 12th: The Mets (15-19) were in...