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Travis d'Arnaud: 2015 NL Champion Mets Catcher (2013 - 2019)

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Travis d'Arnaud was born on February 10, 1989, in Lakewood California.  His mother Marita ran an after school performing arts center & father was a musician who played trumpet, trombone & piano.  Travis & his older brother Chase grew up as baseball rivals, even going to different high schools in order to compete against each other. The always imagined how great it would be if they both made the major leagues & played against each other.  That dream did come true. Trivia:  The six-foot two catcher Travis grew up a Los Angeles Dodgers fan with Mike Piazza being his favorite player. After attending high school at Los Alamitos, Ca. Travis went to Pepperdine University playing baseball for there for one season. He was then  signed by the Philadelphia Phillies in the 37th round, of the 2007 first year player draft. In 2008 he played in the A ball, New York Penn. League batting .309 in 48 games played. He finished the year at A ball Lakewood b...
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Tom Veryzer: Former Long Island Born Mets Player (1982)

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Thomas Martin Veryzer was born on February 11, 1953, in Port Jefferson, New York. Tom came from a sport-oriented family, his father John Veryzer was a basketball star at Manhattan College in the Bronx in the forties. Also, his older brother played baseball in the Detroit Tigers organization in the early seventies. The six foot one, right-handed short stop, Tom Veryzer went to Islip high school on Eastern Long Island getting drafted in the first round of the 1971 draft (11th pick overall) by the Detroit Tigers.  The shortstop had a good glove & impressed right away, getting a big league call up as soon as 1973 after playing at AAA Toledo. He batted a minor league best .296 in 1974 at AAA Evansville, getting called up for good after that season. MLB Career: In 1973 Tom came up with the Tigers as a September callup, mostly coming in as a pinch hitter or late inning replacement. In the final two games of his season, he made starts in New York playing ag...
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