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Peter John Smith was born on February 27, 1966 in Abington, Massachusetts. In high school the six-foot two right hander, threw a pair of no hitters for his Burlington High team. By 1984, he was a first round draft pick (21st pick overall) for the Philadelphia Phillies.  The following year he was traded along with Ozzie Virgil, to the Atlanta Braves for Steve Bedrosian and Milt Thompson. He spent two years with the Braves AA Greenville club breaking into the big leagues by 1987. MLB Career:  In September 1987, Smith debuted as a September callup, pitching in six games as a starter. In 1989 he was 7-15 with a 3.69 ERA, tying a young Tom Glavine for the team lead in wins. That year the Braves finished last going 54-106. In 1989 he was 5-14 on another last place Braves team.  Smith remained in Atlanta for seven seasons, he was there as the Braves got better, getting to two consecutive World Series with him. In those years he was 30-48 in 125 appearances making 113 sta...

Anthony Vito Recker was born on August 29th in Allentown, Pennsylvania. The six-foot tow catcher attended Alvernia College at Reading, Pa.  Anthony was selected by the Oakland Athletics in the 18th round of the 2005 amateur draft. In the late 2000's Recker made a pact with a friend, that he would join the FBI if his career didn't go anywhere soon.  Recker played in the minors for seven years before getting an MLB call up & actually considered retirement from the game to join the FBI. In 2007 he did show some power in A ball hitting 15 plus HRs then matching that total two years later at AAA Sacramento (12 HRs) & AA Midland (2 HRs).  In 2011 at AAA Sacramento, he had his best year hitting .288 with 16 HRs & 48 RBIs, finally getting called up to the big leagues. MLB Career:  O n August 25th,  Recker debuted with the Oakland A's, catching behind the plate in a four & half hour, 22-9 loss in New York. Recker played in five games the rest of the ...

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...