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  Geremis Segundo Gonzalez Acosta was born January 8th, 1975, in Maracaibo, Venezuela. Geremi was signed as a non-draft amateur free agent by the Chicago Cubs at age 16. MLB Career: After five seasons in the minor leagues, he was brought up to the major leagues debuting on May 27th, 1997, getting a start against the Pirates in Pittsburgh. He pitched 5.1 innings allowing three runs but earned his first career victory. He was placed in the Cubs rotation earning wins in seven of his first nine decisions. On June 23rd he tossed a four-hit shutout against the Cardinals at Busch Stadium. In his Rookie year he was 11-9 with a 4.25 ERA coming in ninth in the Rookie of the Year voting. After two seasons with the Cubs, he signed on with the Tampa Rays.  In 2003 he went 6-11 with a 3.91 ERA but was better than his record showed. In 17 starts that season he allowed three runs or fewer without much run support. In fact, he received the l...

After the Championship-1970:   Nolan Ryan's first start after being a World Series Champion, came on Saturday April 18th at Shea Stadium, in a match up against the Philadelphia Phillies.  One Hit Shut Out: It was one of his best regular season performances in a Met uniform. After allowing a leadoff single to infielder Denny Doyle, Ryan never gave up another hit thru the next nine innings. Overall he struck out 15 batters while walking six, tossing a one hit shutout in a 7-0 win.  It was the fourth one hitter thrown by a Mets pitcher & the first since Tom Seaver's "Imperfect Game" the previous July. Two Hitter: In his next start he was almost just as good, this time he allowed one run on just two hits in eight innings, taking a 1-0 loss at Dodger Stadium, to Claude Osteen. The only run came on Maury Wills 3rd inning RBI single. Three Hit Victory: On April 30th in San Francisco, he pitched a three-hitter complete game, allowing just one run to beat the G...

Lynn Nolan Ryan was born on January 31st, 1947, in Refugio, Texas, a son to Robert Ryan & Martha Lee Hancock a descendant of John Hancock, signer of the Declaration of Independence . The Ryan family moved to Alvin, Texas when Nolan was just six weeks old. He began to pitch in Little League & tossed his first no hitter at nine years old. From the ages of 8-18 he learned a strong work ethic, working with his dad who besides working for a local oil company was also a Houston Post distributor. Young Nolan rolled up & tossed the news papers, strengthening that gifted arm. With the arrival of major league baseball in Houston, Ryan was able to go watch games & it was there he was first mesmerized by the pitching of Sandy Koufax.  In high school the Ryan stories are legendary, one tells of a game in the first inning where he cracked the lead off man's batting helmet, hit the number two man & broke his arm & had the third hitter refuse to enter the batter...