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Jose Desiderio Rodriguez Lima was born in the Dominican Republic on September 30, 1972. He was originally signed by the Detroit Tigers in 1989, making his debut there in 1994. The colorful, animated pitcher, pitched there for three seasons, going 8-16 with three saves. He began as a started but by 1996 was put in a relief role. In 1997 he was traded to the Houston Astros along with Brad Ausmus, Trever Miller, C.J. Nitkowski and Daryle Ward in exchange for Doug Brocail, Brian Hunter, Todd Jones, Orlando Miller and cash. In Houston Lima would have his best seasons. He had a successful 1998 season, winning 16 games (16-8) tenth most wins in the NL. He posted a .667 win loss % also tenth best in the league. He posted a 3.70 ERA pitching in 233 innings. At the plate he even hit .138 driving in four runs. He went on to have his best season in 1999, making the All Star team, going 21-10 (2nd most wins in the NL). He lead the NL in starts, posting a 3.58 ERA (9th in the NL) striking

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Davis Aydelotte Robertson was born on September 25th, 1889 in Portsmouth Virginia. The six foot left hand hitting outfielder, was an educated man, attending North Carolina State University at Raleigh, North Carolina. He was the first MLB player to come out of the school, where he starred in baseball, football, basketball & track. By 1912 he was signed with the New York Giants & played three games there that season, collecting a stolen base & RBI in just two at bats. He played minor league ball in 1913, batting over .330 getting back to New York by 1914. In 1916 he led the league in HRs with 12, and in singles with 142. He would bat.307, while driving in 69 runs (8th in the NL) & stealing 21 bases. He was one of the leagues top players, leading all right fielders in turning double plays (5) put outs (248) errors (1) & was third in assists with 17. The following season, he helped lead John McGraw's team to a pennant & World Series win over the Chica

September 24th 2015: After a rough home stand, Terry Collins first place Mets (85-67) took to the road with a Magic number of 5 to clinch the NL Eastern title. The second place Washington Nationals have been helping the Mets and finishing off getting swept by the Baltimore Orioles earlier in the day, brought the Magic Number down to 4. The Mets opened up a series in Cincinnati against the last place Reds (63-88). On the mound for the Mets was Steven Matz, who allowed a run in the 1st inning. In 5.2 innings he gave up three runs on ten hits, while striking out eight not figuring in the decision. In the 3rd inning, with Matz aboard, David Wright doubled to left field bringing in the Mets first run. Daniel Murphy followed with a single, sending Wright to third. Yoenis Cespedes then hit a sac fly scoring Wright and a Lucas Duda base hit brought in Murphy with the Mets third run. The Reds came back with RBI singles from Brandon Philips & Adam Duvall to tie it up. The Mets b

Gonzalez Germen was born on September 23rd, 1987 in La Romana, Dominican Republic. The six foot, two right hander was signed by the New York Mets as an amateur free agent in 2007. He pitched at low levels of the minors through 2011, with the Gulf Coast Mets, Kingsport Mets & Savannah Sand Gnats. In 2012 he began the year in Florida with the St. Lucie Mets going 3-0 with a 3.04 ERA. He moved on to AA Binghamton going 8-12 with a 4.49 ERA. He ended the year at AAA Buffalo (1-0) compiling a total of 12 wins on the year, tying Zack Wheeler for most Mets wins in the farm system. In 2013 Germen started out at AAA Las Vegas, where he struck out 51 batters in 44 goings, going 3-4 with four saves. He posted a 5.52 ERA in 35 games. Germen got his big league call up in early July & debuted as the sixth pitcher in an 11 inning loss to the Pirates in Pittsburgh. German walked two batters in the 12th inning, then gave up the game winning hit to Jordy Mercer.  On July 20th he pit

Mark Andrew Guthrie was born September 22, 1965 in Buffalo, New York. The six foot four, left hander's family moved to a warmer climate & he attended high school in Venice, Florida. Guthrie then went to LSU, pitching for the Tigers baseball team there. Guthrie was signed in the 7th round of the 1987 draft, by the Minnesota Twins. Two years later he was in the big leagues with the Twins, beginning his career as a starting pitcher. He would win seven games two straight years in the Twins rotation, then got moved to the bullpen becoming a middle reliever. Post Season: He appeared in the 1991 post season with the World Champion Twins, pitching two games in the ALCS against the Toronto Blue Jays. In Game #3 he earned the win, after pitching a scoreless 9th inning. In the World Series win over the Atlanta Braves, he appeared in four games. He took the loss in Game #4 at Atlanta, giving up a 9th inning triple & an intentional walk, before getting relieved. He

Vincent Michael Mazzaro was born on September 27, 1986 in Hackensack, New Jersey. He grew up in the shadow of the Meadowlands & Giants Stadium, attending East Rutherford High School where he pitched his high school to two straight championships. In 2005 the six foot two, right handed pitcher was drafted by the Oakland A’s in the third round. After winning nine games twice at the A ball level he was promoted to AA where went 12-2 with a 1.90 ERA in 2008. He was promoted to AAA Sacramento in the Pacific Coast League going 3-3 then making the A’s big league staff in 2009. He made his MLB debut in June and won his first start, pitching into the 7th inning in Chicago allowing no runs on three hits to the White Sox. He won his next start against Baltimore as well, this time pitching into the 8th inning allowing no runs on 5 hits, with 4 strike outs, in Oakland. From there he struggled losing his next eight decisions, before winning at Kansas City & Baltimore in early Aug

Scott Adam Rice was born on September 21st, 1981 in Simi Valley California. The tall six foot six left hinder was signed after high school by the Baltimore Orioles as a 14th round pick in 1999. Rice spent 14 seasons in the minor leagues before getting his big league call up. He pitched in the Rookie League his first three seasons as a starting pitcher. He then went to A ball through 2003, where he was converted to a reliever. Prior to that he had a horrid seasons going 1-13 overall in 2002. He spent eight years in the Orioles organization before signing with the Texas Rangers in 2006. He spent four years there seeing limited action due to injuries on his flexor tendon. He then pitched as a middle reliever in the New York area in the Independent League, with the Long Island Ducks (2008) & Newark Bears (2009). He then got signed by the Colorado Rockies in 2010 but was granted free agency at the end of the seasons. In November 2010 he signed with the Chicago Cubs but w

William Henry Dozier was born on September 21th, 1965 at Norfolk, Virginia. The six foot right hand batter was originally signed by the Detroit Tigers in 1983 but chose not to sign, instead going off to college. He attended Penn State University and became a star running back leading the Nitanny Lions in rushing four straight seasons. He was featured on the cover of Sports Illustrated in both November 1985 and again in 1987. That year he scored the winning touchdown in the Fiesta Bowl in the National championship game win over the Miami Hurricanes. Dozier would be the Minnesota Vikings first round pick in 1987 (14th pick overall) debuting the following season. In Minnesota he spent most of his time on the bench because the Vikings had Herschel Walker as their main back. He was traded to the Detroit Lions, only to sit behind another star running back; Barry Sanders. Dozier battled for his free agency, taking it all the way to court. After five NFL seasons no one signed him a

Charles William Smith was born on September 15, 1937 in Charleston, South Carolina. The six foot one, right hand hitting Smith was a third baseman / shortstop who was one of the last players to get signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers. At AA Victoria in 1959, Smith batted .308 moving up to AAA Spokane in 1960 where he then hit an impressive .322. He made his debut with the Los Angeles Dodgers in 1960, playing as a September call up batting .167 in the month.  The next season he was traded to the Philadelphia Phillies where he played for manager Gene Mauch as the team’s main third baseman, batting .248 with 9 HRs in 112 games. His stay there was brief as he was soon sent to the Chicago White Sox, for Roy Sievers. He played there for two seasons a reserve infielder (1962-1963) behind Hall of Famers Luis Aparicio & Nellie Fox, as well as Hal Smith. In April of 1964 he was traded to the New York Mets for infielder Chico Fernandez. Mets Career: In New York he quickly became the t

David Thomas Gallagher was born September 20, 1960 in Trenton, New Jersey. The South Jersey outfielder was a first round draft pick of the Cleveland Indians in 1980 (the 8th pick overall). He spent seven years in the minor leagues, batting over .300 three times. In 1983 he hit .338 at AA Buffalo in 1983, getting promoted to AAA Maine where he spent another three seasons. Gallagher was not a HR hitter not known for his power, since he never hit double figures in HRs in his ten year minor league career. In 1987 he made the Indians club out of Spring Training, but after batting just .111 he was sent back down to the minors .At AAA Buffalo he went on to hit .329 in 75 games the rest of the year. Gallagher was traded to the Seattle Mariners for Mark Huismann, but then got released in September 1987. In December he was signed by the Chicago White Sox & found a home on the south side of Chicago. Gallagher became an fine defensive outfielder for the White Sox over the next two seas