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Kevin Jeffrey Plawecki was born February 26th 1991 in Carmel, Indiana where his father coached his youth baseball teams.  The six foot two right hand hitter can play both catcher & at first base. After attending Westfield High School he went to Perdue University where he was a star baseball player. He set a freshman school RBI record there getting named Freshman All American. He got better through the years, getting named Big Ten Player of the Year & second team All American batting .359 with 20 doubles in 59 games. He was also voted Most Outstanding Player in the 2012 Big Ten Tournament.  Plawecki was the New York Mets first round draft pick (35th overall) in the 2012 amateur draft. His pick along with Gavin Cecchini were compensation for losing Jose Reyes to free agency. He spent 2012 with the Brooklyn Cyclones batting .250. In 2013 he was with the A ball Savannah Sand Gnats & then a promotion to A ball plus St. Lucie where he hit .294.  He was ga...

Samuel Douglas Taylor was born on February 27, 1933, in Woodruff South Carolina.  Military Service: Taylor served in the Korean War conflict from age 17. He returned to baseball in 1956 at age 23. The six foot two, left hand hitting catcher was signed by the Milwaukee Braves in 1956.  After two seasons in their minor leagues, he was traded along with Taylor Phillips, to the Chicago Cubs for Eddie Haas, Don Kaiser and Bob Rush.  MLB Career: Taylor became the Cubs regular catcher in 1959, batting .269 with a career high 13 HRs, 13 doubles & 43 RBIs.  Odd Paly with Stan the Man: In June of the 1959 he was involved in a strange play while behind the plate.  The legendary Stan Musial walked on a ball four, wild pitch that got past Taylor. He argued the call, saying Musial had foul tipped the ball as it rolled to the backstop.  Musial ran to second, Alvin Dark ran to the backstop to retrieve the ball. The ball wound up in the hands of the...

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...