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Roger Alan McDowell was born December 21, 1960, in Cincinnati, Ohio. His parents Herbert & Edna had two other children as well with Roger being the youngest of the McDowell children. After high school in Cincinnati, he attended Bowling Green State University in Ohio on a baseball scholarship. By 1982 the six foot one, right hander was signed by the New York Mets in the third round of the amateur draft. In the minor leagues he was still a starting pitcher, going 11-12 at AA Jackson in 1983. In 1984, with the AA Jackson Mets, he suffered an arm injury & had surgery to repair it, missing all but three games that season. After the injury he converted from being a starter to being a full-time relief pitcher. McDowell’s best pitch & basically his only pitch was his sinker ball which made him a right-handed ground ball specialist. Mets Career: In 1985  McDowell surprisingly made the Mets staff out of Spring Training. Davey Johnson wa...

Richard Allen White was born December 23, 1968, in Springfield, Ohio. The tall 6’ 4” right hander was drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 15th round of the 1990 draft. He began his career as a starter as well as a reliever going 4-5 with six saves in his 1994 rookie season, posting a 3.82 ERA. After two seasons he began moving around and became strictly a reliever throwing a good fast ball, slider & forkball. He would go on to play twelve seasons for twelve different teams mostly used as a middleman. The journeyman pitched for Pittsburgh (1994-1995) & Tampa (1996-1997). BP Collision: In Tampa the big guy was involved in a batting practice collision with Jim Mercir while chasing a fly ball. White was fine, but Mercir hurt his elbow and missed the rest of the season. During the summer of 2000 as the New York Mets were on their way to contend for the pennant but wanted to secure up their bullpen.  They made a good trade with the Tampa Bay Devil ...

David Arthur Kingman was born December 21, 1948, in Pendleton, Oregon. His father worked with United Airlines & moved the family around the country often. When Kingman was three years old his family moved to Colorado, then when he was six to Los Angeles, finally settling in Mount Prospect Illinois. Kingman went to high school in Illinois & was drafted twice in the late sixties. The first time as a first-round pick in 1968 by the Baltimore Orioles but he did not sign.  USC: Kingman then attended the University of Southern California where he became a star college player.  First off he was a four-year letter winner at basketball.  Kingman was converted to an outfielder there by legendary coach Rod Dedeaux. He was also a member of the Trojans College World Series Championship in 1980.  The big six-foot six right-handed  Kingman was quickly drafted in the first round, as the number one overall pick by the San Francisc...