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George Arthur Foster was born December 1st, 1948, in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. When he was eight years old, his parents separated. His mother then moved to the outskirts of Los Angeles with George, his brother & sisters. George attended Lawndale high school where he was a top athlete. Trivia: Foster played in the same Little League as future slugger Dave Kingman. The six-foot one right hand hitting outfielder was drafted in the third round of the 1968 draft by the San Francisco Giants. In 1969 he hit 14 HRs & bat .321 at A ball Fresno.  MLB Career: Foster got a brief September call up for the Giants appearing in eight games. On September 27th, he collected his first career hit coming off the Dodgers Claude Osteen in a 2-1 extra inning loss. Foster made just 18 appearances in two years at San Francisco due to the fact that Willie Mays & Bobby Bonds were fixtures in the Giants outfield. Reds Career: In May of 1971 he was traded to the Cincinnati Reds for s...

Guillermo Montañez Naranjo was born on April 1, 1948, in Catano, Puerto Rico, a suburb outside of San Juan known for being the home of the Bacardi Rum distillery. His father was a truck driver & his mother a housewife. In 1965, the six-foot left-hand hitting outfielder / first baseman would originally get signed by the St. Louis Cardinals at age 18.  The next year  Montanez would get drafted (Rule V) by the California Angels MLB Career:  In 1966 Montanez made his MLB debut on Opening Day as a pinch runner & stole a base against the Chicago White Sox He would play in eight games before getting sent to back to the Cardinals.  M ontanez played the next three seasons in the minors & then was sent to the Philadelphia Phillies as a player to be named later in the infamous Curt Flood trade. Flood had originally refused to report to Philadelphia challenging the reserve clause. In 1970  at AAA Eugene, in the Pacific Coast L...