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Michael Lewis Vail was born November 10, 1951, in San Francisco, California. The six feet, right-handed hitting outfielder was first drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in 1970 but did not sign. A year later, he did sign a deal, this time with the St. Louis Cardinals. Over the next four years, Vail bounced from single A to double A minor league baseball. Trivia: In these early days, Vail's baseball roommate was future wrestler "Macho Man" Randy Savage. After the Mets 1973 Pennant season, the team disappointed their fans finishing in fifth place in 1974. The biggest problems were an off year by Tom Seaver & more even mor so a lack of offense & power.  During the 1974 off season, the Mets traded utility infielder Teddy Martinez to the St. Louis Cardinals in exchange for outfielder Mike Vail & infielder Jack Heideman. IL Player of the Year: At AAA Tidewater, Vail won the 1975 International League Player of the Year Award, hitting .342 with 23 doub...

 Andrew David Smith was born September 24th, 1993, at Fort Worth Texas. His father owns a landscaping company & his mother works as a children's director at a Church. Smith attended Crowley High School getting named a District MVP in 2012. Drew was a position player until converting to a pitcher at age 14.   During the off seasons, he continued to help coaching at his old high school.  Drew then attended Dallas Baptist University, studying engineering & playing baseball. If not for baseball he would have been an engineer.  In 2015 he was a third-round draft pick of the Detroit Tigers, the fifth highest player to be drafted by the school. In April 2017 he was traded to the Tampa Rays, then in July was sent to the New York Mets in exchange for Lucas Duda. In 2018 he started the season at AA Binghamton then after just two games, was pushed up to AAA Las Vegas. MLB Debut: On June 23rd, he made his MLB debut finishing off a loss to the Dodgers at Citi Field....

Peter Frank Falcone was born October 1, 1953, in Brooklyn, New York. The six-foot, two left hander attended Lafayette High School in Brooklyn. Lafayette High: This is the same school the Mets John Franco & Dodgers Sandy Koufax graduated from as well as 21 other major leaguers including brothers, Bob & Ken Aspromonte, Al Ferrara, Kevin Baez, Luis Lopez & former Mets owner Fred Wilpon. Mets Family Cousins: Falcone is second cousin to former long time Mets coach Joe Pignatano.   After high school Falcone attended to Kingsborough College in Brooklyn, getting drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the first round of the 1973 draft. That year he we was 8-1 in the Pioneer Rookie league posting a 1.50 ERA.  In 1974, he jumped through all three levels of the minor leagues going 12-8, averaging 11 strikeouts per nine innings. He was brought up to the Giants staff the next year. MLB Career: Falcone debuted at Candlestick Park on April 13th, 1975, pitching eight...