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William Charles Monboquette known as Monbo, was born on August 11, 1936, in Medford Massachusetts. He was one of five children & grew up a Boston Braves fan never going to Fenway Park for the Red Sox. In 1956 t he five foot eleven right handed pitcher, signed with his local Boston Red Sox as an amateur fee agent. Signed by the Sox: The day he signed with the Red Sox he attended the Red Sox game & things got ugly when somebody spilled beer on his mother. He & his father ended up getting into a fight & then got arrested by Boston Police, until the Red Sox team bailed him out. In 1956 he was a 15 game winner in the minor leagues & the following season won double figures as well. In 1958 Monbo made it to the Red Sox staff establishing himself as a quality starter over the next two seasons. By 1960 he was a 14 game winner going 14-11 (7th most wins in the AL) with a 3.64 ERA. From 1960-1965 Monbo won 14 games or more for four straight seasons. In 1963 & 1964 ...

Gregory Michael Pavlick was born March 10, 1950 in Washington, DC. The tall six foot right hander attended the University of North Carolina getting drafted by the New York Mets in 1971. In the early seventies the Mets had many good pitching arms throughout the organization. In 1973 as the Mets were winning the pennant, Pavlik had his best season going 7-7 with a 3.45 ERA at A ball Visalia. Greg did have control issues that kept him from making it to the big leagues.  By 1977 Pavlick got as high as AAA Tidewater where he made just four appearances, walking ten batters in nine innings. Retirement & Coaching Career: After his playing days, Greg would go on to work as a pitching coach for 13 years throughout the Met organization. He began his coaching & roving instructor at the minor league levels. In 1983 he became a bullpen coach at A ball Columbia & the next year at AA Jackson. Pavlick served as a coach on the Mets big league club during three different periods...

Hayden Craig Senger was born April 3rd, 1997 at Hamilton, Ohio.  Hayden attended Miami University in Ohio, playing baseball on the Red Hawks team earning First Team All American & All-Defensive Team selections. In 2018 he was selected by the New York Mets in the 24th round. The catcher spent seven long years in the Mets minor leagues, going thru the ranks before finally making it to the big leagues at age 28. Mets Career: After a good 2025 Spring he made the Mets team heading north for Opening Day backing up Luis Torrens as Francisco Alvarez started on the season on the IL. In the Opening Day loss he made his MLB debut coming into the game in the 8th inning. In his first at bat he struck out.  On April 2nd in a 6-5 win in South Florida, Hayden collected his first career hit, a double off Connor Gillespie.  He saw action in 14 games thru April, batting .179 before getting  optioned to AAA Syracuse. On June 22nd Senger returned back with the Mets when Francisco ...

Jeffrey Braden Francoeur was born January 8, 1984, in Atlanta Georgia.  His mother Karen is from Green Bay, Wisconsin & his father David, is from Massachusetts. They were both teachers. Jeff, the six foot four, right-handed outfielder was a high school baseball & football star in Georgia, winning two titles there in both sports. Francoeur was offered a football deal with the Clemson Tigers, where he was going to play defensive back. Instead, Francoeur he was drafted by his hometown Atlanta Braves in 2002, as a first round pick (23rd overall). Jeff moved up through the Braves organization very quickly and in July 2005 was called up to fill in a roster spot, for an injured Brian Jordan.  MLB Career: In his first career game he hit a three run HR & stayed hot batting over .400 in his first month. He was part of the "baby Braves" rookie players.  In the outfield his great arm gave him 13 assists in only 67 games, third best in the majors....