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Calvin Drew Schiraldi was born on June 16, 1962, in Houston, Texas. His father Joseph was a former basketball & track star at Texas A&M before going into the business world. His mother Ramona was a secretary & teacher's aide. Calvin also has a sister named Rhonda.   The tall six-foot five right hander was first offered a contract by the Chicago White Sox but chose to go to college instead. College World Series: Calvin pitched at the University of Texas where he won a College World Series with the Longhorns, with future Red Sox teammates, Spike Owen & Roger Clemens. Calvin was voted the Series' Most Outstanding Player going 2-0 with a 0.63 ERA. In 1983, Schiraldi was chosen by the New York Mets in the 1st round of the draft, as the 27th pick overall. In 1984 he went 14-3 with a 2.88 ERA for the AA Jackson Mets, getting named the league's most valuable pitcher. He was promoted to AAA Tidewater where he went 3-1 with a 1.15 ERA. The Mets brought him up th...

Friday June 25th , 1976 :   Just eight days away from America's big bi-centennial celebration day, Joe  Frazier's third place New York Mets (35-37) were in Chicago going up against Jim Marshall's fourth place Chicago Cubs (30-38).  It was a usual matinee at Wrigley Field in front of a crowd of 11,280. At this point in time, Wrigley Field did not yet have lights & all home games were day games.  Today the Mets Jon Matlack (8-2) went up against  the Cubs Ray Burris (3-9). At short stop utility infielder Mike Phillips was playing short stop & batting leadoff filling in for an injured Bud Harrelson. In the top of the 1st, the Cubs pitcher, Ray Burris struck out leadoff  man, Mike Phillips to start the game.  In the bottom of the 1st, Rick Monday started the game for the Cubs with a HR, his 12th of the year. Monday would hit 32 round trippers on the season. In the top of the 3rd inning, Phillips doubled down the right field line.  Then ...

Carlos Juan Delgado was born in Puerto Rico on June 25, 1972. The New York Mets showed interest in him in high school, but he chose to sign with the Toronto Blue Jays in 1988. Carlos was only 17 at the time and spent his minor league career as a catcher making frequent All Star appearances at all minor league levels. He was the 1993 Southern League MVP at AAA Knoxville hitting 25 HRs with 102 RBIs & a .430 on base %. MLB Career- Blue Jays: Delgado made his MLB debut as a catcher, with the 1993 World Series Champion Blue Jays, playing in the last two games of the regular season.  In 1994 he converted from catcher becoming the Blue Jays regular left fielder. He received attention when he hit 9 HRs in just 130 at bats, but after a great April was sent down to AAA Syracuse to fine tune his hitting. By 1996 he became an everyday player & became one of the best power hitters in the AL over the next decade. He is only one of four players to hit over 30 HRs in ten straigh...