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Ed Lynch: Brooklyn Born 1980's Mets Pitcher (1980-1986)

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Edward Francis Lynch was born on February 25th, 1956, in Brooklyn, New York. The Lynch family soon moved to Westchester County & then to Miami Florida. In high school at Miami, Ed played both basketball & baseball making All-City honors. His brother Chris was also right-handed pitcher, getting drafted three times by the Cardinals (1972) Mets (1973) & then Dodgers (1974) instead he chose to finish college & go to law school. The six-foot six inch tall, Lynch was such a good basketball player, he went to the University of South Carolina on a basketball contract. But he ended up playing on the baseball team instead getting to the College World Series. He played on that team with future Mets teammate Mookie Wilson. In 1977 Lynch was a business management graduate. That year he was also drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 22nd round.  In 1977 he pitched at the A ball level then was promoted to AA the next season. In 1979 at AAA Tus...
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Monte Irvin: New York Giants Hall of Famer (1949 - 1956)

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  Monte Merrill Irvin   was born February 25, 1919, in Halberg, Alabama but his family soon moved up North. Irvin grew up in West Orange, New Jersey. He was to become became one of just five players from the state of New Jersey to go to the Baseball Hall of Fame.  Monte went to West Orange high school and starred in four different sports, setting a state record for javelin throwing. He was offered a scholarship to the University of Michigan but turned it down, because he could not afford to move to the Ann Arbor area. He went to play for the Newark Eagles in the Negro Leagues on weekends under a different name to keep his amateur status. In baseball Irvin could do it all and was a five-tool player in the style of his future teammate Willie Mays.  Irvin was a five time All Star with his home state Newark Eagles in the Negro Leagues, hitting over .400 twice & just missing a third time batting title when he hit .396. He led hi...
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