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Michael James Nickeas was Born on February 13, 1983, in Vancouver, British Columbia.  Soccer Father: He is the son of British professional soccer player, Mark Nickeas. Mark played for Liverpool, & Plymouth, then later for Vancouver & San Jose in the NASL. There his father played against Pele & the NY Cosmos & has a signed program from the game. Nickeas grew up in West Lake California & then attended Georgia Tech. University playing on their baseball team for three years. The six foot right-handed hitting catcher was originally drafted by the Texas Rangers in 2004. In August of 2006 he was traded to the New York Mets in exchange for Victor Diaz.  After having success early in his career, especially during the Pan Am games & low levels of the minors, he struggled at both A ball St. Lucie & AA Binghamton.  Nickeas attended Mets Spring Training as early as 2007 but didn't get near making any team. That year he played for Grea...

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...