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Thomas Matthew Hausman was born on March 31, 1953, in Mobridge, South Dakota. The six-foot four right hander was an All-State basketball player as well as a top pitcher in Laverne, California. He was drafted by the Milwaukee Brewers in the tenth round of the 1971 amateur draft.  Hausman would win 13 games at A ball, with the Newark Co-Pilots in the New York / Penn league in 1971. In 1972 & 1973 he won 12 games each season, posting winning records both times, getting called up to the 1975 fifth place Milwaukee Brewers staff.    MLB Career: He debuted pitching in New York, allowing two runs in 10-1 loss to the A.L. New York club. He suffered from back issues throughout the season. On the year he was 3-6 with a 4.10 ERA in 29 games pitched.  With the exception of three appearances with the Brewers, he spent most of 1976 & all of 1977 with AAA Spokane, in the Pacific Coast League. There he was 13-6 leading the league with 30 starts....

Alex Ochoa was born on March 29, 1972, in Miami Lakes Florida. He was signed by the Baltimore Orioles in the third round of the 1991 draft.  Over the next four seasons Baseball America had his rated along the top fifty prospects each season, peaking at #35 in 1995. He hit over .290 three times in his first four seasons getting up to the AA ball level.  He eventually got traded to the New York Mets with Damon Buford (son of former 1969 Oriole Don Buford) in July 1995 in exchange for Bobby Bonilla. After landing at AAA Tidewater, he batted .309 in 34 games with two HRs six doubles & 15 RBIs before getting called up to the big leagues in September.  Mets Career:   On September 18th, 1995,  Alex made his MLB debut getting a hit in his first at bat & stealing a base. He scored a run in the 7-1 loss at Atlanta. As a September call up, he hit .297 going 11-37, with four multi-hit games in eleven games play...

Jose Luis (Pimental) Vizcaino was born on March 26, 1968, in San Cristobal, Dominican Republic. The versatile six-foot one switch hitting infielder was signed by the Los Angeles Dodgers as an amateur free agent in 1986. Vizcaino spent two seasons in A ball batting a best .291 in 1987 getting pushed up to the AAA level. He hit .283 while playing great defense at AAA Albuquerque in 1989 getting a September call up to the Dodgers. H e spent two seasons in Los Angeles as a part time player, then was traded to the Chicago Cubs for Greg Smith in 1991. After two seasons as a backup, he got a starting role in 1993, seeing playing time in 151 games batting .287 with 153 hits, 131 of them singles (9th most in the league). He also had nine sacrifice hits, second most in the league, plus 12 stolen bases, 57 RBIs & 19 doubles. During the 1993 season, the Mets had Tony Fernandez begin the year at short stop, but then he departed going off to win a World Series in Toronto w...

Marvin Edward Grissom was born March 31, 1918 in Los Molinas, California.  MLB Relatives: Marv's older brother Lee Grissom was a left-handed pitcher with the Cincinnati Reds (1934-1939) AL New York team (1940) Brooklyn Dodgers (1940-1941) & Philadelphia Phillies (1941) going 29-48 lifetime with seven saves & a 3.89 career ERA.  Marv's nephew Jim Davis was a left-handed pitcher as well,  pitching for the Chicago Cubs (1954-1956) St. Louis Cardinals (1957) & New York Giants (1957) as a teammate of Marv's. He was 24-26 lifetime with 8 saves & a 4.01 ERA. Marv began to find placed to pitch on weekends because his high school had no baseball team.  Military Service: In 1941, Grissom went off to World War II serving in the US Army for four years of service.  In the Army he pitched against a team managed by the New York Giants star Johnny Mize. Mize was impressed by Grissom's wicked curve ball. When Mize returned home, he recommended ...

David William Telgheder was born on November 11th, 1966, in Middletown New York. He was raised on a fruit farm in Slate Hill, NY owned by his parents Bill & Ruth. He grew up a fan of Catfish Hunter & the AL New York team. The six three right-handed pitcher attended the University of Amherst in Massachusetts.  In 1989 he was a long shot 31st round pick of the New York Mets. Telgheder spent a long eight-year career in the minor leagues before reaching the majors. In 1990 at the A Ball level, he won 18 games (1-7) between Columbia & St. Lucie. In 1991 he was promoted to AA Williamsport where he went 13-11 with a 3.60 ERA.  In 1992 Telgheder reached the AAA level with the Tidewater Tides in their final season in that area before the move to Norfolk. That season he made headlines throwing a no hitter. Quotes- Dave Telgheder: "It was a good time, but I never thought it would become that big of a deal. I had a lot of newspapers lining up to talk to m...